Southeast Missouri State will be third seed in OVC soccer tournament

The Southeast Missouri State soccer team wound up third in the Ohio Valley Conference and will face sixth-seeded Austin Peay in the opening round of the OVC tournament.

Southeast (8-6-3, 6-2-2 OVC) and Austin Peay (10-5-2, 5-4-1) square off at 7 p.m. Thursday in Martin, Tenn. The regular-season meeting between the squads ended in a 1-1 tie in Clarksville, Tenn.

Thursday's other first-round matchup pits fourth-seeded SIU Edwardsville (12-4-3, 6-3-1) against fifth-seeded Eastern Illinois (6-13, 6-4) at 4 p.m.

Friday's semifinals will feature top-seeded, host Tennessee-Martin (10-8-1, 8-2) taking on the SIUE-Eastern Illinois winner at 4 p.m. and second-seeded Morehead State (8-10-1, 7-3) facing the Southeast-Austin Peay winner at 7 p.m.

Sunday's championship match is set for 1 p.m., with the winner earning the OVC's automatic NCAA tournament berth.

Tennessee-Martin clinched its second straight OVC regular-season title Friday by beating Southeast 1-0 in double overtime. The Skyhawks have won the past two OVC tournaments.