MIAA Soccer: Nebraska-Omaha And Truman State Locked In Tight Race

Missouri Southern Lions – 0
Nebraska-Omaha Mavs – 1
Goalkeeper Randi Russell notched a career-high 12 saves to keep the Missouri Southern Lions close, but Megan Jensen scored in the 24th minute for UNO and the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks held on for a 1-0 win Thursday afternoon (Oct. 29) in Omaha, Neb. Jensen’s score came at the 24:09 mark of the first half off a free kick from the deep right side of the field.

Russell’s 12 save output gave the Lions (4-13, 2-11 MIAA) a chance to win a match in which they were out-shot 22-2 overall and 13-0 on-goal. Michelle Dimza recorded both of the Lions’ shot-attempts. Jerica Kuncl had a match-high seven shots for the Mavericks (13-4-1, 12-1-1 MIAA).

The Lions will next play at Northwest Missouri State on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 31) at 2 p.m. in Maryville, Mo.

Truman State Bulldogs – 1
Washburn Lady Blues – 0
Freshman Olivia Hayes scored her 12th goal of the season in the 33rd minute of Thursday night’s match at Washburn University to help the Truman women’s soccer team win its 11th straight match in a 1-0 win against the Lady Blues.

The team shutout was the 10th in the current 11-match winning streak, as Truman has surrendered just one goal in the past 1,015 minutes of action. The lone tally during the stretch was scored by Central Missouri, the Bulldogs’ next opponent on Saturday night at 7:00 pm in Warrensburg. Truman recovered from an early UCM goal to score two of its own in the second half and beat the Jennies, 2-1, in Kirksville on Oct. 12.

Southwest Baptist vs Central Missouri Jennies – SBU Bearcat soccer head coach Rob Podeyn has announced that today’s (Thursday) game with Central Missouri has been postponed due to weather conditions. The Bearcats and Jennies will play on Monday, November 2 at 2 p.m at the SBU Soccer Field. The two teams met this past Monday with UCM winning in Warrensburg, by a 1-0 score in double overtime.