EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women's Soccer continues its homestand Sunday when the Screaming Eagles clash against Southern Illinois University at 1 p.m. from Strassweg Field.
Admission to Sunday's match and all 2025 USI Soccer regular-season home games is free courtesy of ProRehab. Sunday's match can also be seen with a subscription to ESPN+.
Sunday's contest is the middle game of USI's current three-match homestand and will be the first meeting between USI (0-5-0) and Southern Illinois (4-0-0).
The homestand began Thursday afternoon, as USI fell 3-1 to Eastern Michigan University. The Screaming Eagles trailed by one at halftime but tied the match shortly after the break. However, Eastern Michigan went on to score a pair of second-half goals to pull ahead for the win.
USI's goal on Thursday was scored by senior defender
Brynn Quick off a couple of assists by redshirt junior midfielder
Emma Thurston and senior forward
Peyton Murphy. The 49
th-minute goal by Quick was the first of her career.
Over the last two matches, USI has scored four goals by four different Screaming Eagles. Through five matches, USI is top five in the Ohio Valley Conference in goals scored and shots on goal. Despite the Eagles being limited to only five shots on Thursday against Eastern Michigan, USI ranks even better for second in the OVC with 63 shots and 12.6 shots per game this season. Thursday's game against Eastern Michigan was the first time USI was held to fewer than 14 shots and limited to single-digit attempts since the season opener at the University of Nebraska on August 14.
Individually, senior forward
Emerson Grafton paces the team with 11 shots, which is good for the top 10 in the OVC. Graduate midfielder
Maggie Duggan is second with nine attempts. Redshirt sophomore forward
Eva Boer (8), the reigning OVC Offensive Player of the Week, and Murphy (7) rank third and fourth on the squad. Murphy has a team-best three shots on goal.
Southern Illinois comes to USI with an unblemished record so far through four matches played. The Salukis have split their games by going 2-0 at home and 2-0 on the road. Southern Illinois has scored multiple goals in each outing, totaling 13 goals and 3.25 goals scored per match. The only goal allowed so far by the Salukis was against Indiana University Indianapolis last Sunday.
The Salukis head into Sunday's battle coming off a 4-0 clean sheet at Alabama A&M University on Thursday. Southern Illinois exploded for three goals in the first 20 minutes before tacking on a penalty-kick goal in the second half.
Junior midfielder Dana Nadda is the top scorer for the Salukis through four matches, collecting three goals off eight shots and six on frame. Nadda scored twice in Thursday's game at Alabama A&M. Freshman midfielder Michelle Betancourt and sophomore defender Dory Latenser have each scored twice this season. In goal, junior goalkeeper Reagan Miller has recorded a shutout in each of her three starts as the Salukis' netminder.
Southern Illinois is the first of back-to-back Missouri Valley Conference opponents for the Screaming Eagles. USI will also host Valparaiso University on Thursday, September 4, at 7 p.m. to conclude the three-match homestand.
