HAMMOND, La. – Southeastern Louisiana junior midfielder
Maggie Ramsey scored the equalizer off a pass from junior defender
Christina Cutura in the 61
st minute as the Lady Lions drew a 1-1 tie in double overtime with Louisiana-Monroe Sunday night in Strawberry Stadium.
It was a familiar outcome in the series for the Lady Lions (2-4-1) and Warhawks (0-7-1) who have now played to a tie in each of their past three meetings.
ULM took a 1-0 lead when Alexis Cherry drilled a shot from inside the box past freshman goalkeeper
Michaela Hawthorn off a cross from the left side by Rahel Zerazion in the 42
nd minute.
Southeastern tied it when Cutura fed a pass to Ramsey who weaved into the box from the left side before sending in a shot past Brooke-Lynn Scroggins for her team-high third goal of the season. Cutura recorded her first assist.
Danielle Sabathe and Cherry both sent shots wide for ULM in the first overtime period. Cutura headed a corner from Ramsey high in the 96
th minute.
Hawthorn saved shots by Alexiss Trudeau, Sabathe, Cherry and Danielle LaFrance in the second extra period. She finished with eight saves while Scroggins had four.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Scroggins dove to her right to snare a shot by freshman midfielder
Megan Gordon in the 20
th minute. Freshman midfielder
Larissa Galvez Estrada hit the crossbar with a corner in the 43
rd minute.
Ramsey just missed the left post with a shot from the top of the box in the 56
th minute.
Junior midfielder sent a pair of headers high off crosses from Ramsey in the final 12 minutes.
NOTES
Southeastern and ULM played to a scoreless tie in Hammond in 2016 and to a 2-2 tie in Monroe in 2015. The last decision between the two teams was a 4-0 Lady Lion win in Hammond in 2014.
Cherry's goal for ULM was the first for either team in the series in more than 184 minutes. Ramsey's goal broke a scoreless spell of more than 215 minutes for the Lady Lions against the Warhawks.
Southeastern still leads the series 13-6-6.
Ramsey's goal was the 20th of her career, two outside the Southeastern career list.
Ramsey took four shots to move into ninth place on the Southeastern career list with 152. She needs one more to tie Wanda Regan (1999-2002) for eighth.
Cutura picked up the third assist of her career and the first since Sept. 8, 2016 at Southern.
Cherry had her first goal and Zerazion her first assist of the season for ULM.
QUOTES
Southeastern head coach Chris McBride:
"It was a tough battle tonight. Sunday soccer at its best and it was really just a fight and it was who had more fight and determination and both teams had it tonight. They both fought well. Both teams got tested so I thought it was a fair result."
On the Lady Lions' play in the second half:
"We just created some opportunities. We felt as though the first half we had some good opportunities. Their keeper made a really, really good save against Megan. The second half, we just put more runners inside the box and created chances from out wide a little more. It was good. We just have to find the back of the net eventually."
UP NEXT
Southeastern opens up Southland Conference play at McNeese Friday at 7 p.m. in Lake Charles, La.