TAHLEQUAH – Four goals in the second half by Northeastern State soared them past Missouri Southern to a 6-2 win on Friday evening.  Sarah Rector set the pace for NSU and broke a 2-2  tie out of the half with a goal in the 48th minute.  From there the RiverHawks never looked back to move to 5-0 this season.  Valeria Pankratova book ended the scoring for NSU with their first and sixth goal.  Both goals by MSSU (3-1-1) came off penalty kicks in the final ten minutes of the first half.
 
IN THE BOX SCORE

• The RiverHawks out-shot Missouri Southern 24-8 and in the second half, it was 15-to-3.
• Pankratova led NSU with six shots.
• Paige Lorenzo, Emily Seiler, Taylor Pease, and also had goals for NSU.
• Haylie Coats saw her first action for the RiverHawks and had one save in the final four minutes.
• 29 NSU players saw action on Friday night.

TURNING POINT
Rector's game winning goal in the 48th minute set the pace for the rest of the half.
 
EXTRA NOTES

• Northeastern State has won 21 straight non-conference home regular season contests in a row.
• Eighth straight win for the RiverHawks over Missouri Southern and snapped a streak of four 1-nil wins for NSU.
• Second career game winning goal for Rector.
• First career goals for Pankratova and Pease. 

UP NEXT
The RiverHawks will remain at home to host rivals Central Oklahoma this Sunday at 1 p.m.