CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. – The Southeastern Louisiana University women's soccer team tied 1-1 in a hard-fought battle with McNeese in the opening round of the SLC Tournament.
Southeastern (6-10-2, 4-5-1) fell behind early, but held the McNeese (8-7-4, 5-3-2) scoreless for the remaining 85 minutes of the match. Lady Lion goalkeeper
Olivia Griffin played all 110 minutes of the match with five saves.
Nicole O'Neill found the net for her first goal of the season from an assist by
Kelsey Fuller to help SLU get on the board. The goal came in the 52
nd minute of the match to level the playing field.
McNeese wasted no time taking the early advantage. Kaile Kukaua scored off a feed from Morgan Fiedler in the fifth minute to give the Cowgirls a 1-0 lead.
SLU held a strong defensive front that left McNeese scoreless for the remainder of the match to force overtime. Overtime regulation added two 10-minute halves to the match.
Southeastern had five total shots in overtime, but would not extend the lead. The Cowgirls were kept off the board for all 20 minutes of overtime to force penalty kicks.
The Lady Lions had the first penalty kick by Sarah Bancevic that soared past McNeese goalkeeper Jackie Kelly.
Hannah McCord and
Mya Guillory would follow next to connect on goal to total three penalty kicks on the board.
McNeese goalkeeper Jackie Kelly would deny SLU's third round kick to advance the Cowgirls to the semifinals of the SLC Tournament off a penalty kick advantage (4-3).
Southeastern finishes the 2023 season in the SLC Tournament and has clinched a bid the last three years.
SLU – 1 0 – 1 (6-10-2, 4-5-1)
OM – 1 0 – 3 (8-7-4, 5-3-2)
Scoring Summary
1. 4:07 – MCN – Kaile Kukaua (7) – Assist: Morgan Fiedler
2. 52:54 – SLU –
Nicole O'Neill (1) – Assist:
Kelsey Fuller
Shots – SLU 19, MCN 11
Saves – MCN 10, SLU 5
Corner Kicks – SLU 9, MCN 5
Fouls – SLU 15, MCN 14
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