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Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | WIU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

Leathernecks Fight Hard in Close Game, Lose 1-0

Southern Indiana came away with the win in Macomb.

MACOMB, IL -- Western played its first women's soccer home match in two weeks on Thursday, as they welcomed the Screaming Eagles of Southern Indiana as they faced off for the first time as OVC members. 

Southern Indiana started out on the attacking end, as they spent a lot of time in this match in Western's half. The Screaming Eagles got three corners inside sixteen minutes, but the Leatherneck defense held strong and denied them of a goal. Western got its first chance of the match in the nineteenth minute, as Alanna Pennington fired in a shot that just missed wide. 

USI would get on the board in the fortieth minute, as they drew a penalty off of a handball. Peyton Murphy converted the chance that proved to be the only goal of the match for either side. 

Western fought hard in the second half to get back on track, but chances for the Leathernecks were few and far between as the Screaming Eagles defense played well in the second period. Western drew free kicks in the eighty-seventh and eighty-nineth minutes, and had good chances on both, but failed to score the equalizer. 

The Leathernecks fall to 2-5-4 on the season, and were handed their first loss in OVC play, now standing with a 0-1-3 record. Southern Indiana now stands in fourth place in the conference with a 2-1-1 record. 

Looking ahead, Western will travel to Cookeville to take on Tennessee Tech on Sunday. 
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