Claremore, Okla. – The Missouri Southern soccer program came away with a late goal from Ashley Koepp to tie 1-1 against Rogers State at Soldier Field today.

Southern (1-9-1, 1-3-1 MIAA) was led by Koepp with her second goal of the season and had a team high two shots while Jori Hays collected her second assist of the season on the goal. Lilly Doneghue put in another shift in goal finishing with nine saves in 90 minutes.

Rogers State (4-4-4, 1-2-2 MIAA) was led by Andrea Egerer with a penalty kick goal along with four shots. Cambree Towle spent 90 minutes in goal for the Hillcats and didn't register a save.

The first half saw the Hillcats go ahead 1-0 in the 30th minute on a penalty kick from Egerer, Mackenzie Scholtz was able to get off one shot for the team and Lilly Doneghue saved six shots in the half. Rogers State would pick up two cards in the first half and held the advantage in shots and corners.

In the second half the tide started to turn in favor of the Lions along with a red card being shown to a Hillcats player reducing them to 10 with 24 minutes left. Following the red card the Lions were on the offensive but were repelled wave after wave of attacks by the Hillcat defense. 

The breakthrough would come in the 87th minute as a Hays corner found Koepp who headed the ball near side and into the roof of the net. Southern would have one last chance with an attack happening with under 15 seconds left in the game resulted in a cross inside the box but it was claimed by Egerer with an unmarked Lion alone in the box unable to reach it.

Up next for the Lions is Senior Day against Washburn with kickoff set for Friday October 7th at 6:00pm. Emporia State will follow the Ichabods into Joplin and play on Sunday October 9th at 2:00pm with both games set to be played at Hal Bodon Field.