Box Score MURRAY, Ky. - SIUE women's soccer dropped its second consecutive
game Sunday, falling at Murray State 1-0 in Ohio Valley Conference
action.
SIUE drops to 5-9-1 overall and 3-5 in the OVC. Murray State is
6-7-3 overall and 3-2-2 in the OVC.
"It feels like a little bit of a repeat of Friday," SIUE Head
Coach Derek
Burton said. "We played well, we created chances. We're just
having trouble putting the ball in the back of the net."
Julie Mooney accounted for all of the scoring. Mooney scored on
a free kick in the 56th minute.
The game featured 43 total fouls five yellow cards. Burton said
the physical nature of the match played a part.
"I thought we stood up to them in terms of effort and
physicality," he said. "It does wear on you and eventually they
kind of took us out of (the game) with the how physical it
was."
Courtney Vonder
Haar played the entire 90 in goal for the Cougars, for the
second straight game. She made three saves.
"She played well again," Burton said. "She made some good saves
and controlled things well from the back."
Yi Du made two saves to earn the shutout in goal for the
Racers.
Burton also commended the play in the midfield.
"We were very strong in the middle," Burton said. "Kaci Harkey was very
good. It may have been her best game of the season."
The loss marks the seventh time this season the Cougars have
been shutout. SIUE is 0-6-1 in games in which it fails to
score.
The Cougars complete the season Sun., Oct. 30 at Eastern
Illinois.
"I'm glad we have a couple of extra days," Burton added. "We'll
use the time to recover. We'll get back to work in front of goal
and see if we can't figure this out."