EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women's Soccer closes a two-game road set in Ohio Valley Conference play Sunday at 4 p.m. against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
 
Sunday's match will be streamed on ESPN+. Live stats and additional coverage are available at USIScreamingEagles.com.
 
USI Women's Soccer (2-8-5, 1-1-2 OVC) opened its brief two-match road set in the Greater St. Louis area on Thursday at Lindenwood University, narrowly falling to the Lions 1-0.
 
Despite USI playing with a player advantage for over 45 minutes after Lindenwood received a red card late in the first half, the Lions scored the game-winning goal shorthanded in the 81^st minute. USI had 11 shots, three on goal, and multiple chances that went off the woodwork. Lindenwood had 12 shots with five on frame.
 
The Screaming Eagles look to bounce back after Thursday's loss snapped a three-match unbeaten streak for USI at the start of OVC play. USI had gone unbeaten through the first three matches of the OVC schedule for the third consecutive season.
 
Junior defender Emma Schut leads USI in scoring this season with six points on three goals. Schut scored in back-to-back matches against Southeast Missouri State University on October 4 and Western Illinois University on October 11. Earlier this week, Schut was named OVC Co-Defensive Player of the Week.
 
Senior forward Eva Boer has a team-high 26 shots and leads the team with two assists. Junior forward Josie Pochocki tops the squad with 12 shots on goal. As a team, USI leads the OVC in shots (184) and ties for second in shots on goal (77).
 
Between the posts, sophomore goalkeeper Merrick Schwalbach has a 1.20 GAA with 53 saves and five clean sheets, which is tied for second-most in the OVC.
 
SIUE (5-4-3, 3-1-0 OVC) is undefeated at home this season, posting a 3-0-3 record so far at Ralph Korte Stadium. The Cougars are coming off their first setback in OVC play, falling 2-0 on Thursday at Western Illinois University. The loss snapped SIUE's three-match winning streak.
 
SIUE leads the OVC in scoring with 22 goals this season. Sophomore midfielder Claire Nieroda leads the Cougars' attack and leads the OVC in scoring with 25 points, nine goals, and seven assists. Junior forwards Tori Bockstadter and MaryClaire Imig are second on the squad with 10 points on three goals and four assists.
 
The Cougars' goalkeeping has been split between senior Sarah Bozeman and freshman Baylor Lynch, with each making six starts this season. Bozeman has a 1.57 GAA with 24 saves, while Lynch has a 2.00 GAA with 15 saves. Each has one shutout on the campaign.
 
SIUE leads the all-time series 11-3-4, but USI won last year's meeting at USI 1-0. Before last year's win, USI tied with SIUE in the previous three meetings.
 
Heading into Sunday's matchup, USI is sixth in the standings with five points, while SIUE sits second with nine points.
 
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