Southeast Missouri State soccer team hands 2-0 loss to Lindenwood

The Southeast Missouri State soccer team stretched its undefeated streak to four games by beating visiting Lindenwood 2-0 on Friday night.

Southeast, 3-0-1 in its last four matches, improved to 3-4-2 on the season. Division II Lindenwood fell to 7-3 as the Lions had their five-game winning streak snapped.

The Redhawks got on the board early as junior Breana Beine caused a turnover by LU's defense and broke down the back line along the right side for a shot. Lindenwood keeper Bailey Tracy made the stop, but sophomore Storm French pounced on the rebound and fired it into the open net to make it 1-0 just 4 minutes, 28 seconds into the game.

It was the first goal of the season for French, a St. Vincent High School graduate. Beine, a transfer from Evansville, earned the first point of her Southeast career.

"Bre did a great job attacking with confidence all night," Southeast coach Heather Nelson said in a release. "She was constantly putting pressure on the defense, and that first goal was because of her attacking mentality and quick feet."

Southeast was foiled on several other solid opportunities before adding an insurance goal with just 5:27 remaining in the contest.

Torey Byrd scored her first goal of the season as the junior headed in a flip throw from senior Amy Ward,

The Redhawks enjoyed a 13-5 advantage in shots and took six corner kicks while yielding just two to the Lions.

Senior Ashton Aubuchon earned her second win of the season by making a save while playing in 49:42 in goal. Freshman Lauren Meyer started the second half, but was forced out due to injury after clocking 40:18 in the net and making a save.

"We grinded out this win tonight even though I didn't think we played all that well, but I feel we will be sharper on Sunday," Nelson said.

Southeast, which is 1-0-1 in OVC play after playing its first two conference matches on the road last weekend, hosts OVC opponent Jacksonville State at 1 p.m. today.

Volleyball

Southeast broke a two-match OVC losing streak by sweeping visiting Jacksonville State 25-15, 25-17, 25-15 on Saturday afternoon.

The Redhawks improved to 9-9 overall and 2-2 in OVC play. The Gamecocks fell to 10-9 and 3-1.

Senior Colleen Yarber led a balanced Southeast offensive attack with 14 kills. She also paced the Redhawks with 20 digs.

Senior Emily Coon had 10 kills, while junior Andrea Baylin contributed 19 digs. Senior setter Julie Shives recorded 31 assists, 11 digs and a season-high seven kills.

Freshman Madalyn Werths posted six kills in her first career start.

"It feels great to give Jacksonville their first OVC loss, and I am very happy with how we responded to two tough losses this week," Southeast coach Julie Yankus said in a release. "We worked hard in the gym this week and got a working game plan for today. Jacksonville is a very good team, and this win is a great confidence builder for our team right now."

The Redhawks return to action Friday at OVC opponent Austin Peay.

Cross country

Southeast's men finished 13th while the women were 16th at Saturday's Greater Louisville Classic.

Craig Munie led Southeast's men in the 8,000-meter race, finishing 27th with a time of 25 minutes, 33 seconds.

Charles Johnson was 56th (25:57), Marc Maton 62nd (26:04), Colten Strotheide 90th (26:38), Tyler Holmes 101st (26:46), Ryan Anderson 109th (26:57), Shane Brown 126th (27:17), Tyson Stoverink 149th (28:14) and Andrew Gordon 157th (29:03).

Rebekah Lawson paced Southeast's women in the 5,000-meter race, finishing 44th in 18:23.

Mary Dohogne was 85th (19:03), Lindsey Seabaugh 88th (19:03), Gloria Westlake 103rd (19:20), Melanie Lacey 107th (19:22), Madalyn Stichnot 111th (19:23), Megan Parks 121st (19:39), Laura Chavez 124th (19:42) and Maria Trowbridge 169th (21:30).

Southeast runners don't compete again until Oct. 18 at the Bradley Classic in Peoria, Ill.

-- From staff reports