INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer advanced to the GLVC Tournament semifinals with a 1-0 victory over the University of Indianapolis, 1-0, Sunday afternoon in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Screaming Eagles, who are the fifth seed, go to 11-5-2 in 2021, while the Greyhounds, who are seeded fourth, fall to 10-3-3 this fall.
With the 1-0 victory, USI sophomore goalkeeper Maya Etienne (Midland, Michigan) posted a program record 28th shutout of her Eagles’ career. Etienne set the career mark and recorded her seventh shutout of the season by making five saves and facing 11 shouts.
After the Eagles and the Greyhounds played a scoreless first half, USI got the eventual game-winning goal late in the second half. Sophomore midfielder Jill DiTusa (St. Charles, Illinois) knocked the match’s only goal of the game into the net off an assist by freshman midfielder Maggie Duggan (Defiance, Missouri).
The goal was DiTusa’s team-best sixth of the season and tied for the team-high with three game-winning goals. DiTusa also has a team-best 13 points for the season on those 13 goals and one assist.
UPCOMING GLVC TOURNAMENT:Â USI vs. Missouri-St. Louis
USI will play eighth-seeded University of Missouri-St. Louis in the GLVC Tournament semifinals after upsetting top-seeded McKendree University this afternoon in Lebanon, Illinois, on penalty kicks. UMSL, which is 8-7-3 overall, battled McKendree to a 1-1 draw through 110 minutes and advanced after five rounds of penalty kicks.
USI is tied with UMSL in the all-time series, 13-13-1, after falling to the Tritons on the road, 2-1, during the final weekend of the regular season. The Eagles have taken three of the last five matches, going 3-1-1.
The Eagles and the Tritons will meet Friday evening in Springfield, Missouri, after Drury University (13-4-1) earned the right to host the GLVC Tournament semifinals and championship game with a 2-0 win over Lewis University. Drury will play sixth-seeded Missouri University of Science & Technology (9-5-3), which advanced after a 2-0 win over third-seeded Truman State University.
Game times for the Friday’s semifinals are to be announced, while the championship match is slated for Sunday at 1 p.m.
