EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women's Soccer continues Ohio Valley Conference play on the road Sunday at 1 p.m., when the Screaming Eagles travel to Southeast Missouri State University.
 
Sunday's match will stream on ESPN+. Live stats and additional coverage are available at USIScreamingEagles.com.
 
USI Women's Soccer (1-7-4, 0-0-1 OVC) enters Sunday's matchup with a 1-2-2 road record this season, including a 1-1 tie at DePaul University in USI's last road game. This Sunday will be the second time USI's OVC road opener is at Southeast Missouri (2-6-3, 1-0-0 OVC), as the two sides tied 1-1 to open OVC play in 2024. The Screaming Eagles have tied in OVC road openers in each of the last three seasons.
 
The Screaming Eagles wrapped up a two-game home set and began the OVC season last Sunday with a 0-0 draw against the University of Tennessee at Martin. It was USI's first time opening its OVC schedule at home since joining the conference in 2022. Sunday's tie was USI's fourth clean sheet of the season.
 
USI created several quality chances against UT Martin, but the Screaming Eagles could not sneak one into the net. USI outshot UT Martin 15-9 overall and 6-3 in shots on goal. Senior forward Eva Boer, graduate forward Payton Seymour, and sophomore Anna Depenbrock each had three shots to lead the team, with Boer topping the squad with two shots on goal.
 
On the season, freshman midfielder Shea Krakowski leads the team with three points off one goal and an assist. Krakowski is one of four players and one of three freshmen with a goal this season. Boer paces the squad with 22 shots and nine shots on goal alongside junior forward Josie Pochocki. In goal, sophomore goalkeeper Merrick Schwalbach has a 1.33 GAA with 49 saves and four clean sheets, which is tied for second-most in the OVC.
 
Southeast Missouri is coming off back-to-back results and returns home Sunday after a conference-opening 1-0 win at Western Illinois University last Sunday. The Redhawks scored the game-winning goal in the 70^th minute and outshot the Leathernecks 16-5 overall and 11-2 in shots on target.
 
Sophomore midfielder Riley Henderson leads the Redhawks with five points off a team-high two goals and an assist. Sophomore forward Maya Domian, who scored the game-winning goal against Western Illinois last Sunday, has three points on a goal and an assist. As a team, the Redhawks have five goals scored by four different players. Between the posts, SEMO has split time among goalkeepers, with senior goalkeeper Natalie Allison seeing the most minutes and starting the last match against the Leathernecks. Allison has a 1.29 GAA with 34 saves and three shutouts.
 
USI leads the all-time series against SEMO, 2-1-2, after winning both meetings last year. The Screaming Eagles won 2-1 in the regular season at home before capturing a 2-0 win in the OVC Tournament for USI's first-ever conference tournament win.
 
Heading into the second weekend of OVC play, USI is tied fourth in the standings with a point, while Southeast Missouri is tied for first with three points.
 
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