Soccer Ends Home Portion of Regular Season with 1-0 Loss to Sycamores

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Oct 23

5 PM

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Indiana State

Carbondale, IL

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1 PM

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Oct 30

1 PM

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CARBONDALE, Ill. – Southern Illinois soccer (9-4-3, 3-3-1) played in their final home game of the regular season on Thursday when they welcomed Indiana State (7-4-6, 3-1-3) to Carbondale. SIU offense never could find the back of the net, with the game ending 1-0 in favor of the visiting Sycamores.

Inside the Box Score

Aylie Haycock mustered up the only shot-on-goal for the Salukis.
In addition to Haycock, Katelyn Tallbacka, Dory Latenser, and Olivia Anderson had multiple shots in the game.
Reagan Miller made three saves in goal for SIU.

How it Happened

First Half
While Indiana State largely controlled possession to start the game, SIU's defense was able to keep the Sycamores off the board. That is until the 19:01 mark when Indiana State opened the scoring and took a 1-0 lead.

Southern finally put a shot on goal 28:14 into the match, but Indiana State's keeper made the save to preserve their 1-0 lead. The Sycamores put another attempt on net with less than 13 minutes to go in the half, but Miller made the stop. SIU had a chance in the closing seconds with a close freekick from Anderson, but her shot off the kick rang off the cross bar to end the half.

Second Half
Both teams struggled to generate offense coming out of the halftime break, with the first shot-on-goal coming at the 63:05 mark from Indiana State, a shot that was saved by Miller. Southern came close to finding an equalizer in the 80th minute when two point-blank shots were blocked right in front of the goal line.

Despite plenty of pressure, Southern never could find that game-tying goal in the closing minutes, sealing their 1-0 defeat.

Up Next
Soccer now hits the road for their final roadtrip of the season. On Sunday, Oct. 26, they travel to UNI for a 1 p.m. match.

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