Match #16
Southeast Missouri (1-11-1, 2-3-1 OVC) at SIUE (2-10-3, 1-3-2 OVC) 
 
Date: Thursday, October 16 
Time: 7:30 p.m., CT. 
Location: Evansville, Ill. 
Venue: John MacKenzie Alumni Field
Series: SEMO leads 11-8-3
Head Coaches: John Klein (SEMO | First Season); Ross Henderson (WIU | First season)
 
Match #17
Tennessee Tech (3-6-7, 3-0-3 OVC) at Southeast Missouri (1-11-1)
 
Date: Sunday, October 19
Time: 1:00 p.m., CT. 
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo. 
Venue: Houck Field
Series: SEMO leads 16-9-4
Head Coaches: John Klein (SEMO | First Season); Corey Boyd (WIU | Second season)
 
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SEMO Soccer heads into the final stretch of its regular season with two more games, including its final game at home. 

Sundays match against Tennessee Tech will be the final match at home this season serving as the team's senior night. The seniors being honored include Navi Washington, Emma Cloud, Macie Hockett, Melissa Kubin, Zoe Houston and Cayla Koerner. 

Series History

SIUE
The Redhawks lead the all-time series 11-8-3 and have won the last three matchups. Last season the Redhawks took the regular season matchup 2-1 on home turf. In 2023 SEMO also won the regular season matchup 1-0, but the two teams also met in the OVC tournament which ended in a 1-1 draw, before the Redhawks advanced on penalty kicks 5-4. The first matchup between the squads was in 2004 in which SEMO hosted SIUE and won 1-0. 

Tennessee Tech

SEMO also leads the all-time series 16-9-4 and carries a 10-2-2 home record against the Golden Eagles. One of those home losses came in 2023, as Tennessee Tech is currently on a three-match win streak against the Redhawks. Before that the Redhawks went 3-0-2 against TTU from 2018-21. The first matchup between the teams' dates back until 1999 in which the Golden Eagles won 2-0

Last week

The Redhawks picked up its second win of the season exploding for five goals in a 5-0 win at Western Illinois. Hayley Hogeniller led the way scoring the first two goals of the match in the 29^th and 41^st minutes. Laia Amat and Olivia Klinkhardt added the assists. Riley Henderson scored her first collegiate goal three minutes later, right before halftime, with Melissa Kubin and Amat grabbing the assists. Kubin would add a goal herself right after the halftime kickoff in the 45^th minute with Hogenmiler snagging her fifth point of the match. Wrapping up the scoring was Navi Washington, who also scored her first career goal, off assists by Carson Bohnenstiehl and Alyssa Schulte. 

Madison Geisler notched her first career clean sheet making four saves.

The Redhawks also welcomed Eastern Illinois, who lead the OVC, and after a 0-0 draw in the first half, Eastern Illinois scored in the 82^nd minute to prevail in the defensive battle. Geisler added three saves. 

Strong Goalkeeping

As I mentioned above Geisler earned her first career clean sheet against Western Illinois by making four saves. All four came in the first 20 minutes of the game. The seven saves and one goal allowed this week lowered her goals against average to 2.16. In her last five games she has only allowed four goals.  

Nationally she is now up to eighth, and leading the OVC in saves per game at 6.60. Her 66 total saves are 45^th most in the country. 

Staying Hot

After scoring her first collegiate goal against Little Rock on September 25^th, Hayley Hogenmiller has contributed nine points in her last five games. In those five games she also has taken seven shots with six of them on goal. Also, her five-point breakout match against Western Illinois came off the bench, and only playing 35 minutes.

Production from the Subs
 
Against Western Illinois the substitutes contributed all five goals and three assists. Furthermore, SEMO has added two more assists from substitutes since the turn of conference play. 
 
A Whole Lot of Firsts
 
The match against Western Illinois provided many firsts. As I mentioned it was Geisler's first clean sheet. Riley Henderson and Navi Washington both scored their first goals of the season and in their career as well. Melissa Kubin also joined the scoring party finding the back of the net for her first goal as a Redhawk. Finally, Alyssa Schulte, who has already scored this season, earned her first assist of her career in the Western Illinois game. 
 
Another Player Back
 
Sophie Shrum returned from her injury and logged 17 minutes off of the bench in the win against Western Illinois. 
 
Scouting SIUE
 
The Cougars are just below SEMO in the conference standings totaling five points. As a team they have scored 12 goals and have totaled 57 shots on goal. Their leading scorer with three goals is Savannah DeFini ahead of three other players with two. 
 
Scouting TTU
 
The Golden Eagles are undefeated in conference play totaling 12 points. As a team they have scored 21 goals while also racking up 18 assists. On the defensive side of the ball, they have given up 16 goals and 16.2 shots per game. Natalie Howard is the leading scorer with 12 points including five goals and two assists.