Southeast Missouri State roundup: Redhawks blank Evansville in soccer

The Southeast Missouri State women's soccer team posted its second straight shutout, a 3-0 victory over host Evansville on Friday.

Southeast improved to 3-1 with its second victory in three road games. Evansville fell to 1-4-1.

The Redhawks grabbed a 1-0 lead in the 30th minute on the first collegiate goal by freshman Torey Byrd. She headed home a cross from sophomore Jacey Boyko.

"The team did not play up to its standard in the first half," Southeast coach Heather Nelson said. "Our possession and team defensive shape was below average in comparison to recent performances.

"We did however manage to create some excellent scoring opportunities, and Torey was successful attacking a cross that was served into the penalty area by Jacey."

Southeast made it 2-0 just four minutes into the second half on Lauren Bozesky's first goal of the year, a shot from the middle of the 18-yard box. It was unassisted.

Freshman Erin Shulman iced the victory with her team-leading fourth goal of the season in the 75th minute. It also was unassisted.

"Our possession was much improved in the second half," said Nelson, whose squad outshot Evansville 13-10. "We were better defensively and showed better composure in the final third."

Sophomore goalkeeper Ashton Aubuchon made four saves while playing nearly 79 minutes. Freshman Abby Jordan saw her first collegiate action, spending the final 11-plus minutes in the nets. She did not face a shot.

Southeast returns to action Friday, when it faces Butler at the Kentucky tournament in Lexington, Ky.

Volleyball

The Southeast volleyball team notched its first victory under rookie coach Julie Folliard, beating Buffalo 19-25, 26-24, 25-21, 27-25 on Saturday at the Indiana tournament.

Southeast (2-5) came back later in the day and notched its second win, in five games, against Youngstown State. Scores were not available at press time.

The Redhawks opened the tournament with Friday's 25-21, 26-24, 33-31 loss to Indiana.

Senior Paige Dossey and junior Karlee Lursen were named to the all-tournament team.

Junior Brittney Kalinoski led the win over Buffalo with a career-high 12 kills and added 10 digs. Sophomore setter Julie Shives recorded 27 assists and 17 digs, while junior Samantha Lowman contributed 16 digs.

"Lots of people contributed and we had the other team guessing and we were able to put the ball down," Folliard said.

Lursen had 12 kills and 12 digs against Indiana. Senior Holly Reynolds recorded a career-high 10 kills. Shives posted 37 assists and 10 digs, while Lowman added 15 digs.

Southeast is back in action Friday at the Evansville tournament.

Cross country

The Southeast cross country program opened its season with strong showings at Saturday's Washington University Earl Bird meet in St. Louis. Southeast was the only Division I school in the field.

Southeast's women were second in the 15-teams event. The Redhawks had 46 points, behind host Washington's 16 points.

Southeast's men were third in the 19-team event with 79 points. A Washington alumni team won with 36 points, followed by Washington with 39 points.

Senior Jessica Bollinger led the women with a fifth-place finish. She covered the 4-kilometer course in 14 minutes, 52.5 seconds.

Rebekah Lawson was seventh (15:08.7), Jenny Govero eighth (15:15.7), Gloria Westlake 12th (15:30.1) and Melanie Lacey from Scott City 14th (15:39.7) rounded out the Redhawks' scoring. All four runners are freshmen.

Junior Nate Shipley paced the men with a sixth-place showing. His time over the 6-kilometer course was 19:29.0.

Sophomore Brent Collins was eighth (19:38.3), junior Tyler Mullen 19th (20:04.5), junior Alex Zisser 21st (20:10.6) and freshman Mohamed Souleiman 25th (20:17.1) capped Southeast's scoring runners.

Southeast squads next compete Sept. 16 at the SIU-Edwardsville Challenge.

-- From staff reports