Carbondale Reporter

The Southern Illinois University (SIU) women's soccer team concluded its season with a 2-1 loss to Indiana State in the opening round of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Tournament. The match took place on Thursday.

Indiana State quickly gained an advantage by scoring just 58 seconds into the first half. SIU's Maycie Massingill equalized in the 15th minute with her third goal of the season. However, Indiana State reclaimed their lead ten minutes later, scoring in the 25th minute to make it 2-1. Despite outshooting Indiana State 8-3 in the first half, SIU couldn't capitalize further.

In the second half, both teams played competitively, but neither managed to score. SIU's Sierra O'Grady and Guliana Balistreri had notable attempts at goal but were stopped by Indiana State's defense. As time ran out, SIU was unable to tie the game.

Following this victory, Indiana State will advance to play against Belmont on Sunday, November 3rd.

SIU concludes its season with an overall record of 6-7-5 and a conference record of 2-5-3. This was only the second occasion in program history that SIU reached postseason play.

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