HOUSTON, Texas – Freshman defender Maja Blanck scored her first career goal off a cross from freshman forward Jessi Cooper in the 79^th minute to lift Southeastern Louisiana to a 2-2 draw in double overtime at Houston Baptist Sunday afternoon.

    Southeastern (3-6-2, 1-2-2 Southland) had its second draw of the weekend after playing a scoreless draw with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Friday.

    Freshman goalkeeper Michaela Hawthorn made six saves for the Lady Lions.

    Baylii Bieke and Autumn Wildung scored for Houston Baptist (4-4-2, 3-1-1 Southland). Jennifer Gebhardt had an assist. Alanis Guevara recorded five saves.

    Blanck tied the match for the second time after taking a cross from Cooper at the right corner of the net and slipping it past Guevara just over the goalline. It was Cooper's team-leading second assist of the season.

    Houston Baptist went up 2-1 in the 76^th minute when Wildung blocked a clearing pass by Hawthorn into the top of the net.                                           

    Southeastern had tied the match at 1 in the 35^th minute as junior midfielder Vanessa Arzaluz took a corner from redshirt-junior midfielder Maggie Ramsey, dribbled in from the left and deflected a shot in off the Huskies' Gebhardt. The goal was later ruled to be an own goal.

    Houston Baptist took a 1-0 lead in the 25^th minute as Bieke beat Hawthorn to the left side on a header off a free kick from Gebhardt.

    A goal by Wildung in the final seconds of the second overtime was waived off by a foul.
 
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
   The Lady Lion defense blocked a shot by Whitney Johnson and a pair by Elee Hall in the opening nine minutes of the match.

    Hawthorn picked up her first save of the match in the 11^th minute on a header by Sabriah Spencer off a corner by Casey Basso.

    Southeastern took its first shot in the 30^th minute when redshirt-freshman Lexie Gundersen missed wide.

    Guevara saved a shot by Cooper in the 32^nd minute, then picked up another against freshman midfielder Megan Gordon in the 35^th.

    Hawthorn jumped on a header by Wildung in the 48^th minute, then denied her again in the 52^nd minute.

    Guevara saved an attempt by freshman midfielder Larissa Galvez Estrada in the 65^th minute.

    Hawthorn stopped a shot by Kaimyn Beal in the 79^th minute.

    Arzaluz missed wide off a corner by Ramsey in the 82^nd minute. Galvez Estrada also missed wide in the 83^rd minute.

    Guevera saved an attempt by sophomore forward Amber Marinero in the 85^th minute.

    Junior defender Christina Cutura shot high with 18 seconds left in regulation.

    Hawthorn stopped a shot by Hall 10 seconds into the first overtime.

    Blanck missed wide in the 92^nd minute.

    Wildung also shot wide in the 95^th minute.

    Guevara saved Cooper's shot with 20 seconds left in the first overtime.

    Hawthorn stopped another shot by Wildung in the 103^rd minute. Wildung got the rebound but missed high.

    Cutura headed a corner by Galvez Estrada high in the 105^th minute.

    Avery Cortez missed wide in the 107^th minute.

    Cutura's attempt off a free kick by Galvez Estrada in the 109^th minute was blocked.
  
NOTES
   Bieke's goal was the first allowed by Hawthorn since the 38^th minute of the Abilene Christian match.
 
   The last time the Lady Lions drew in consecutive matches was Oct. 2-7, 2016 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and at Lamar.
 
   It was the fourth overtime match in the series between Southeastern and Houston Baptist. The teams drew 1-1 in 2013 while the Huskies took a 2-1 double-overtime win in 2014 and a 1-0 overtime win in 2015.
 
   Southeastern played its third Sunday overtime of 2017. The Lady Lions played a 1-1 draw with ULM on Sept. 19 after losing 3-2 in one overtime at Alabama State on Aug. 27.
 
   Houston Baptist now leads the series, 6-0-2.

QUOTES
Southeastern head coach Chris McBride:
On coming away with two ties on the road…
   "To go out there and have two good performances on the road was important. We talked about after the game that we just have to take care of all our individual goals and have a good performance and let the results take care of themselves. We didn't come away a loser in any of the games on the road against Corpus Christi that's a hard place to go play after a long drive and against a well-organized team. Then come back and play Houston Baptist who won the conference tournament last year at their place on a Sunday, to tie that game was also good."
 
On answering Houston Baptist's goals…
   "That was important for us. It showed a lot of our character yesterday. It showed you the mindset of the girls and where their heads are right now in the season. To show that fight to come back was very impressive for us coaches."
 
On the team's defensive effort...
   "We're limiting their chances and the mentality of the girls right now is exceptional. They are focused to their jobs and what their goals are and it's showing up on the field. Defensively, we were very strong again."
 
UP NEXT
   Southeastern returns home to play Lamar Friday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. in Strawberry Stadium. The match will be Student Night with the first 100 students in attendance receiving an authentic soccer scarf.