Southeast Missouri State women's soccer team adds three transfers

The Southeast Missouri State soccer team announced the addition of three transfers for the upcoming season on Wednesday afternoon.

Shelby Beussink, Maggie Pike and Alyssa Sickler round out the Redhawks' roster.

Beussink, a graduate of Notre Dame, played one season of women's basketball at John A. Logan Community College, starting all 28 games and averaging 11.6 points.

Prior to that she was an all-conference and all-region defender twice for the Bulldogs as well as all-district during her senior season when Notre Dame reached the state quarterfinals. She was teammates with Southeast soccer coach Heather Nelson's daughter Jordan Nelson, who previously signed to play at Southeast.

Pike, a midfielder/defender who was all-state her senior year at Oakville High School in St. Louis, transferred from Division II Southern Indiana. She scored one goal and had one assist in 17 games during her freshman season.

Sickler spent one season at Heartland Community College in Normal, Illinois. She made 56 saves and allowed 13 goals in nine appearances as a goalkeeper and had one assist in the field.

She was all-conference, all-sectional, all-state and the Northern Illinois Conference MVP as a goalie during her senior season when her team won the NIC-10 and regional championships.

Jordan Nelson, Lauren Kaempfe, Maddi Karstens, Angie Mann, Brooke Marseal and Siena Senatore already signed to play for the Redhawks, who begin their season at Division II Missouri S&T in Rolla, Missouri, on August 21.