TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The home-standing Indiana State Sycamores used a pair of second-half goals Thursday night to rally past the University of Evansville women's soccer team, 2-1, at Memorial Stadium in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Evansville took an early 1-0 lead in the 11th minute, as sophomore midfielder Hailey Autenrieb (Cincinnati, Ohio/Seton HS) scored her first career goal on a strike from the top of the penalty area off of feed from fifth-year forward Emily Ormson (Folsom, Calif./Vista del Lago HS). Evansville would take that lead to the halftime locker room, as the Purple Aces controlled much of the half, out-shooting Indiana State, 6-3, through the first 45 minutes.
The complexion of the match would change just 58 seconds into the second half though, as Indiana State's CeCe Wahlberg looped a shot over UE goalkeeper Sophie Lindner (Vienna, Austria) from 30 yards out on the right-hand side to tie the contest at 1-1. The Sycamores would put pressure on for the next 15 minutes, before Evansville would regain its footing and nearly retake the lead twice in the final 10 minutes.
In the 82nd minute, UE senior defender Emilie Hill (Franklin, Ind./Franklin Central HS) was robbed of a goal on a header attempt off a corner kick by a diving ISU keeper Maddie Alexander. Then, two minutes later, senior Monique Landrum (Escondido, Calif./San Pasqual HS) had a shot off a corner kick headed away by an ISU defender on the far post. On the ensuing counter-attack, ISU's Ella Gorrie rocketed a ball to the upper-right 90 from 30 yards out in the 84th minute to give the Sycamores a 2-1 victory.
Evansville out-shot Indiana State, 13-9, including putting seven shots on goal. The Purple Aces also created eight corner kicks to just three for ISU.
With the result, both teams stand at 1-5-2 overall, with Indiana State moving to 1-0-1 in the Missouri Valley Conference, while Evansville sits at 0-2 in league play. Evansville will return home to Arad McCutchan Stadium on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. when UE will host Murray State on "Women In Sports Day." It will be the first home contest for UE since beating Morehead State, 2-1, on August 28, a span of 28 days.
