Southeast Missouri State soccer slips past Belmont in overtime

The Southeast Missouri State soccer team kicked off a four-game homestand Friday night with a 2-1 overtime win over Belmont.

Southeast improved to 5-5-3 overall and 3-1-2 in Ohio Valley Conference play. The Redhawks are 5-1-2 in their last eight matches. Belmont fell to 4-7-2 overall and 2-3-1 in the OVC.

Freshman Jennifer Antonacci, a graduate of Cor Jesu Academy in St. Louis, scored her first collegiate goal 28 seconds into overtime to give the Redhawks the victory.

The Redhawks scored first in the 18th minute of play when junior Breana Beine, a transfer from Evansville, scored her first goal at Southeast.

Aubuchon recorded her first career point with an assist on the play.

"That goal is a huge confidence boost for Bre," Southeast coach Heather Nelson said in a release. "She's had good looks and been very close to scoring, but either the keeper has made a good save or the ball has just missed by inches. Hopefully she can get on a roll and balance out our attack."

It took barely more than five minutes after halftime for the Bruins to tie the score and it was 1-1 after regulation before Southeast quickly ended things in overtime.

Antonacci scored the winning goal with help from freshman Chistina Rohde and sophomore Erin Shulman.

Antonacci and Beine became the sixth and seventh Redhawks to record a goal this season. Shulman leads Southeast with four goals while Rohde and Natasha Minor are tied with three assists each.

Belmont finished with an 11-10 advantage in shots while Southeast had a 5-3 edge in corner kicks.

Aubuchon made four saves and is now three saves from tying Lindsay Pickering's school record of 228 saves.

"Ashton was very effective today," Nelson said. "The game was played at both ends of the field, when she got the ball in her hand, she helped us transition. A number of our attacks tonight were generated from her punts."

The Redhawks host Tennessee Tech today in a 1 p.m. OVC matchup.

Volleyball

Southeast split two OVC matches in Nashville, Tenn., over the weekend.

The Redhawks bounced back from Friday's 25-20, 25-20, 23-25, 25-14 loss at Belmont to beat Tennessee State 25-18, 25-23, 20-25, 25-16 Saturday.

Southeast is now 12-11 overall and 4-4 in conference play, putting it third in the OVC West Division it was picked to win before the season started.

Southeast got a career-high 21 kills from junior Andrea Baylin against Tennessee State. She also hit a career-high .400 while adding 12 digs.

Senior Berkley Idel tied a career high in digs with 29. Senior Emily Coon hit .350 with eight kills and five blocks. Senior Julie Shives added 11 digs.

Sophomore Taylor Masterson had a team-high nine kills and five blocks against Belmont. Baylin led in digs with 22, followed by Idel with 21. Shives recorded 31 assists and 18 digs.

Southeast returns to action Thursday, hosting OVC opponent Eastern Kentucky.

Cross country

Southeast's men were ninth and the women 10th during Friday's Bradley Classic in Peoria, Ill., the Redhawks' final tuneup before the OVC meet Nov. 2 in Morehead, Ky.

Craig Munie led the men, placing fourth in the 8K race in 24 minutes, 31 seconds.

Other finishers for the men were Tyler Holmes (58th, 25:33), Marc Maton (74th, 25:44), Ryan Anderson (76th, 25:45), Shane Brown (99th, 25:59), Tyson Stoverink (147th, 26:36), Andrew Gordon (143rd, 27:05) and Sean Brown (218th, 29:20).

Rebekah Lawson led the women in the 6K race, finishing ninth in 21:20.

Other finishers for the women were Gloria Westlake (63rd, 22:20), Mary Dohogne (66th, 22:22), Laura Chavez (100th, 22:39), Melanie Lacey (127th, 22:55), Megan Parks (133rd, 23:02), Lindsey Seabaugh (155th, 23:18), Madalyn Stichnot (163rd, 23:25) and Maria Trowbridge (225th, 25:25).

-- From staff reports