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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Northeastern State women's soccer team lost to No. 9 Central Missouri 4-2 Sunday afternoon at DeLoache Field.

The RiverHawks (6-8, 3-7 MIAA) put away two goals in the first half, which were the most conceded by the Jennies (13-0-1, 10-0 MIAA) in a half this season. The two tallies for NSU also tied a season high for goals allowed in a match by UCM. Central Missouri entered the contest with eight shutouts and just six goals allowed all season.

Hannah Pyle put the visitors ahead in the 17th minute after receiving a ball over the top and slotting it low far post. The RiverHawks tied the match in the 36th minute when freshman forward Melissa Giles netted her team-leading sixth marker. Sophomore forward Anastasia Robinson was able to pick out Giles in the box with a cross from the right side and Giles found the back of the net.

Northeastern State took the lead three minutes later. Freshman midfielder Chelsea Martin was taken down in the box and junior midfielder McKenzie Musella calmly stepped up to the penalty spot and buried the ball in the left corner.

The RiverHawks entered halftime with a 2-1 lead, which was second time all season that Central Missouri was trailing at the half.

The Jennies were able to regain the lead in the second half with a pair of goals in the 73rd and 75th minutes scored by Hannah Pyle and Julie Ireland, respectively. Erin Robinson would add an insurance marker in the 82nd minute to keep Central Missouri undefeated in MIAA play.

Woodruff (6-8) gave up a career-high four goals. She played all 90 minutes and made four saves.

Northeastern State will next travel to Bolivar, Missouri, to take on Southwest Baptist Oct. 23 at 3 p.m.

NORTHEASTERN STATE COACH CHASE WOOTEN
Opening statement…
"I thought we did a lot of things right today. We had a couple of chances to add another goal and weren't able to find that third goal. McKenna (Jetton) hit the post, and Anastasia (Robinson) had a couple of good looks today. It's been awhile since I would say that we had two losses but we felt like we were playing pretty good soccer. I thought on Friday we gave one away and played really well. Today, at times, we looked really good. Central Missouri is certainly a great team. From a standpoint of creating chances, we were able to go at them a little bit. We didn't just put 11 girls behind the ball and defend the whole match. We started getting beat in the back third 1v1 defensively, and that hasn't happened much this year. We just didn't have a whole lot of answers once it began to break down a little bit."
 
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