Tech travels to SEMO for final road match of regular season
The final road match of the regular season is on deck for the Tennessee Tech soccer team as the Golden Eagles will be at Southeast Missouri for a Sunday battle with the Redhawks.
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Team Stats
Southeast Missouri
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| Shots (on goal) | 9 (5) | 2 (0) |
| Saves | 0 | 3 |
| Fouls | 8 | 9 |
| Corner Kicks | 3 | 2 |
| Offsides | 3 | 0 |
By Dylan Vazzano, TTU Athletics Media Relations
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The final road match of the regular season is on deck for the Tennessee Tech soccer team as the Golden Eagles will be at Southeast Missouri for a Sunday battle with the Redhawks. Kickoff in the second-to-last match of the regular year is slated to begin at 1 p.m. CT.
The match will be livestreamed on ESPN+. Click here to watch. Live stats will also be available. Click here to view.
A look at Tennessee Tech
The Golden Eagles (4-6-7, 4-0-3 OVC) flock to Cape Girardeau on a seven-match unbeaten streak, the longest since a program-record tying nine in a row in 2023. The purple and gold made it seven straight after topping Southern Indiana 2-0 in Tech's last contest Thursday evening in Cookeville.
The crucial conference nod pushed the Golden Eagles into a tie for second place with Little Rock behind 15 OVC points. Eastern Illinois is sitting in first with 16 points. Tech hosts EIU in the regular-season finale on Oct. 26.
Katie Toney and Lucia Cuadra each found the back of the net in Thursday's victory over USI. Toney's first-half score marked the third-consecutive contest in which the senior forward has found the back of the net. The goal also put Toney in rarified air in becoming only the third Golden Eagle with 20 career scores. Angela Freund (1998-01) has 24 career goals and TTU Hall of Famer Jill Burns is the program record holder with 40 scores.
Cuadra's second-half goal tied her for the team lead with Natalie Howard thanks to five scores. Cuadra also assisted on Toney's goal to give the Barcelona, Spain native a club-best 14 points to rank fourth in the OVC. Cuadra's four assists also tie her for second in the league, while Melina Hamm is the conference leader in assists behind five helpers. Hamm assisted on Toney's first-half goal on Thursday.
Thursday's shutout marked the third clean sheet of the year and 20th in the career of senior keeper Maggie Conrad. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa product became only the second Tech keeper with 20 career clean sheets, joining Kari Naerdemann who collected 34 shutouts throughout her TTU tenure.
The Golden Eagles head into Sunday's matchup at SEMO having lost only three of the last 39 OVC regular-season matches, dating back to October 2021. Tech has a 25-3-11 record over that span.
A look at Southeast Missouri
After winning back-to-back matches behind victories over UT Martin and Western Illinois for SEMO's first wins of the year, the Redhawks have dropped their last two affairs with consecutive 1-0 losses to Eastern Illinois and SIUE.
Southeast Missouri (2-13-1, 2-4-1 OVC) currently holds the final OVC Tournament spot, sitting in eighth place in the league with seven conference points.
Haley Hogenmiller leads the team with four goals and 10 points. The junior transfer from Murray State is one of four Redhawks with two assists, joining Justi Nelson, Carson Bohnenstiehl and Laia Amat Garrido. Nelson is second on the squad with three goals and eight points.
Madison Geisler has spent the most time in net for SEMO with 11 appearances, 10 starts and over 966 minutes of action. The Manchester, Mo. product has allowed 22 goals to go along with 77 stops for a 2.05 goals against average and a .778 save percentage.
Inside the series
Sunday's showdown with the Redhawks will mark the 30th meeting in the all-time set. SEMO leads the series 16-9-4, but the Golden Eagles have gone unblemished over the last four clashes thanks to a 3-0-1 record. Tech took last year's gathering with a 3-0 victory on Sept. 26 in Cookeville.
Photo: Jim Dillon
