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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Northeastern State women's soccer team lost to Southwest Baptist University 2-0 Thursday afternoon at SBU Soccer Field.

The two teams played a scoreless first half, but Ali Skogrand would put the home team ahead in the 57th minute. The Bearcats earned a corner and Skogrand headed home what would become the game winner.

SBU doubled its lead in the 88th minute. Karla Jamison was able to score the insurance marker on a counterattack goal. Jamison was the MIAA leader in points and goals entering Thursday's match.

NSU (6-9, 3-8 MIAA) was outshot by Southwest Baptist (12-3, 9-2 MIAA) 20-6. The last time the RiverHawks gave up 20 shots in a match was 27 games ago in an overtime loss to Lindenwood Sept. 27, 2013.

Sophomore goalkeeper Jordan Woodruff fell to 6-9. She played all 90 minutes and made seven saves, while giving up two goals.

The Bearcats committed 22 fouls in the match to 15 by the RiverHawks. The last time an NSU opponent committed that many fouls was on Oct. 7, 2012. NSU is also now on a five-match losing streak, which is the longest since 2007.

Northeastern State will next face Missouri Southern State at 1 p.m. Oct. 25 in Joplin, Missouri.

NORTHEASTERN STATE COACH CHASE WOOTEN
Opening Statement...
"Overall, the game was fairly even. When looking at actual dangerous chances I felt like both teams had some. We played really hard and I'm really proud of our effort. We had some good looks early and then throughout the game we had chances. We stuck to our game plan of trying to put pressure on their backline. They're a good team, but we played well and I thought we were right there in it. The second goal we gave up we had been up pressing for an equalizer and gave up a counterattack goal. I'm not mad at that. We were giving it all we had to try to even things up and they got the luck of the bounce. Overall, I'm really happy with how we played."
 
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