Southeast women's soccer team falls short in battle for crown

The Southeast Missouri State soccer team fell just short of the Ohio Valley Conference regular-season championship.

Southeast entered Friday night's regular-season finale at Tennessee-Martin with a clear mission -- win and the Redhawks capture the OVC title along with hosting the conference tournament.

But, after 90 scoreless regulation minutes and a scoreless first 10-minute sudden-death overtime period, UTM's Abi Sanvee found the net just 1:11 into the second and final 10-minute sudden-death overtime to give the Skyhawks a 1-0 victory.

The Skyhawks (10-8-1, 8-2 OVC), who only needed a tie to secure their second straight OVC regular-season crown, will host the six-team league tournament beginning Thursday.

The Redhawks (8-6-3, 6-2-2) fell to third in the 11-team OVC. They can finish no higher than that but could drop to fourth.

UTM dominated Friday's match, with a 39-6 edge in shots and a 9-1 advantage in corner kicks.

But the Redhawks got another strong performance from senior keeper Ashton Aubuchon. She recorded 13 saves, including several impressive stops.

Cross country

Southeast's women finished fourth and the men were fifth during Saturday's OVC cross country meet in Morehead, Ky. Twelve schools competed.

Eastern Kentucky repeated their championships in each division with decisive victories. The women scored 29 points while the men claimed their eighth straight title with 16 points.

Belmont's women were second with 71 points, while Eastern Illinois (100), Southeast (104) and Murray State (115) rounded out the top five.

Belmont's men were second with 74 points, with Morehead State (81), Eastern Illinois (107) and Southeast (122) rounding out the top five.

Junior Rebekah Lawson earned her third straight first-team all-OVC honor (for placing in the top seven) as she finished second. Her time over the 5K course was 17 minutes, 49.13 seconds.

Gloria Westlake was 16th (19:01.33), Central graduate Mary Dohogne 27th (19:17.59), Scott City graduate Melanie Lacey 30th (19:23.80), Central graduate Laura Chavez 31st (19:24.01), Madalyn Stichnot 45th (19:44.13), Jackson graduate Lindsey Seabaugh 46th (19:44.88) and Megan Parks 51st (19:55.22).

Junior Craig Munie led Southeast's men in the 8K race, making first-team all-OVC by placing seventh in 24:59.01.

Tyler Holmes was 20th (25:45.71), Charles Johnson 28th (25:59.92), Colten Strotheide 34th (26:25.41), Ryan Anderson 40th (26:34.15), Shane Brown 46th (26:50.84), Jackson graduate Tyson Stoverink 55th (27:22.07) and Marc Maton 58th (27:31.48).

Volleyball

Southeast split a pair of tight OVC road matches over the weekend, beating SIU Edwardsville 25-20, 25-22, 19-25, 22-25, 19-17 Friday and losing at OVC West Division leader Eastern Illinois 25-16, 25-18, 19-25, 26-24 Saturday.

The Redhawks (14-14, 6-6 OVC) trailed 11-6 in the decisive fifth set against SIUE before rallying for the win.

Colleen Yarber led Southeast with 18 kills and 25 digs. Berkley Idel had 24 digs, followed by Andrea Baylin with 19. Julie Shives recorded 43 assists and 12 digs.

Southeast's comeback fell short against EIU (15-10, 9-3). Coon had 10 kills. Idel led in digs with 15, followed by Yarber with 12 and Baylin with 10.

-- From staff reports