CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Southeastern Louisiana's Southland Conference match at Texas A&M-Corpus Friday night was a defensive battle as expected as the Lady Lions and Islanders played to a scoreless draw in two overtimes at Jack Dugan Stadium.

    Southeastern (3-6-2, 1-2-1 Southland) came in ranked fifth in the conference in goals against average while Corpus Christi (4-4-2, 1-2-1) was third.

    Freshman goalkeeper Michaela Hawthorn made four saves in recording her fourth shutout of the season. Sophomore forward Amber Marinero took a team-high four shots, three on goal. Junior defender Christina Cutura sent one of her three shots on goal.

    Jordan Wainwright had eight saves for her second shutout for Corpus Christi. Siri O'Donnell took two shots, one on goal.                                          
 
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
   Corpus Christi had the first chance in the match as Hawthorn saved a shot by Emily Keoughan in the third minute.

    Southeastern quickly countered as redshirt-junior Maggie Ramsey took a shot in the fourth minute that was saved by Wainwright.

    Junior defender Sofia Olsson missed high in the 11^th minute.

    Hawthorn recorded a save against O'Donnell in the 16^th minute.

    Wainwright stopped an attempt by senior midfielder Lauren Babcock in the 27^th minute. She added saves on a pair of shots by Marinero in the 36^th and 41^st minutes.

    Cutura opened the second half with a shot that was saved by Wainwright in the 49^th minute.

    Hawthorn got her first save of the second half against Kayla Gove in the 59^th minute.

    Marinero launched a shot high in the 65^th minute.

    Wainwright saved a shot by freshman midfielder Gabbi Anderson in the 73^rd minute.

    The Islanders threatened in the 77^th minute as O'Donnell missed wide left before Celia Hilsabeck sent a shot high.

    Hawthorn stopped a shot by Katie Lawrence in the 81^st minute. The Lady Lions then countered with Wainwright saving an attempt by junior midfielder Vanessa Arzaluz in the 83^rd minute.         

    Ramsey sailed a shot wide right in the 98^th minute. Marinero then had a shot saved by Wainwright in the final minute of the first overtime.

    Cutura sent a shot high in the 102^nd minute.

    Kaitlyn Joy missed wide right in the final 10 seconds.
 
NOTES
   Southeastern out-shot Corpus Christi, 13-8.
 
   Southeastern and Corpus Christi also played to a scoreless draw in regulation in 2016 before the Lady Lions scored in the first overtime for a 1-0 victory in Hammond.
 
   It was Southeastern's first scoreless draw since ULM on Aug. 28, 2016. It was the first in a conference regular season match since Sam Houston State on Oct. 16, 2015.
  
   Southeastern still leads the series with Corpus Christi, 4-1-1.
 
   Ramsey's two shots tied her for sixth with Becca Weingartner (1998-2001) on the Lady Lions' career list with 158.
 
QUOTES
Southeastern head coach Chris McBride:
"Both teams came out and defended really well. It's tough to go on the road and have a good performance and I thought we had a really good performance today. We moved the ball really well and we limited their chances. They are obviously very dangerous on their set pieces, their throw-ins and their corners and I thought we defended them really well. We worked really hard tonight and I'm proud of the girls' efforts."
 
UP NEXT
   Southeastern concludes the two-match road trip at Houston Baptist, Sunday, at 1 p.m. The Huskies (4-4-1, 3-1 SLC) defeated Nicholls, 4-0, on Friday.
   Live stats, provided by Houston Baptist, will be accessible on the Southeastern women's soccer schedule page at www.LionSports.net.