Golden Eagles go to SIUE for first road OVC match of season
Fresh off the 2025 OVC opener, the Tennessee Tech soccer team will now turn its attention to the club’s first road conference clash of the year with a Thursday-evening match at SIUE.
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| Shots (on goal) | 14 (6) | 6 (3) |
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| Fouls | 9 | 8 |
| Corner Kicks | 9 | 2 |
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By Dylan Vazzano, TTU Athletics Media Relations
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Fresh off the 2025 OVC opener, the Tennessee Tech soccer team will now turn its attention to the club's first road conference clash of the year with a Thursday-evening match at SIUE. Kickoff in Edwardsville, Ill. is slated for 7 p.m. CT.
The match will be livestreamed on ESPN+. Click here to watch. Live stats will also be available. Click here to view.
A look at Tennessee Tech
The Golden Eagles (0-6-5, 0-0-1 OVC) enter their first road OVC affair on the heels of a 1-1 draw with Little Rock in the conference opener Sunday in Cookeville. The knot saw the Trojans score with only 32 seconds left in regulation to escape Tech Soccer Field with a tie.
Tech's goal came courtesy of a Katie Toney score in the 41st minute for the senior forward's first goal of the year and 17th of her career to move into a four-way tie for fifth place on the program's all-time career goals list. Toney is now deadlocked with Bailey Taylor (2019-23), Andrea Meloff (2009-12) and Robin Vince (2001-02) with those 17 scores.
Lucia Cuadra assisted on the Toney goal for her first helper of the year. The Barcelona, Spain native led conference last season with nine assists en route to an All-OVC first-team campaign. Cuadra joins Tori Soutuyo, Natalie Howard, Melina Hamm, Claire Palya and Cheyenne McCloud as Golden Eagles with assists this year, while Toney, Soutuyo, Howard, Ebba Melin and Allison all have goals this season. Howard still leads the squad with two goals and five points.
Senior keeper Maggie Conrad is coming off a three-save showing in the 1-1 knot with Little Rock. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa product is second in program history in both career victories and career shutouts.
Dating back to Oct. 2021, Tech has lost only three of 33 OVC contests. The Golden Eagles boast a 21-3-9 league record during that span.
A look at SIUE
The Cougars welcome Tech to town for the club's OVC home opener following a 2-0 defeat at EIU to being conference play on Sunday. The loss to the Panthers marked SIUE's eighth-consecutive defeat after starting the season 1-0-1 with a 2-1 win at IU Indy and a 2-2 draw at Chicago State.
After scoring seven goals in the team's first four matches, the Cougars (1-8-1, 0-1-0 OVC) have been held to just two goals over the next six contests, having been shutout in five of the six tilts. Amanda Dean, Savannah DeFini and Alyana Hauser pace the club with two goals apiece. Anna Zichella is the team leader with three assists to tie for first in the OVC.
Defensively, SIUE has yielded 29 goals in 10 matches for the third-most scores surrendered in the league. Sarah Bozeman has spent the most time in net, playing in nine matches and over 790 minutes of action. The O'Fallon, Mo. native has allowed 26 goals to go along with 53 saves.
Inside the series
Thursday's get-together will be the 17th edition in the all-time series. The set remains all even at 6-6-4, which includes consecutive ties in the series. The two teams played to a 1-1 draw on Oct. 13, 2024 in the last gathering, while the last Edwardsville meeting saw a scoreless knot on Oct. 5, 2023.
Photo: Thomas Corhern, TTU Media Relations
