RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University soccer team will travel to Cape Girardeau, Missouri on Thursday to face OVC foe Southeast Missouri State at Houck Field at 7:30 p.m. ET.
 
 
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EKU (4-5-1, 0-1-1 OVC) was set to face old in-state rival Morehead State at home last Sunday, but the match was postponed due to inclement weather.
 
Due to the postponement, EKU will have gone 11 days without a match when they square off against Southeast Missouri on Thursday night.
 
The Colonels' last game was a scoreless draw versus Eastern Illinois at home on Sunday, September 16.
 
Junior Erin Torrence enters this week ranked fourth in the OVC with nine points (three goals, three assists). Senior Idalys Rea is tied for fifth with eight points (three goals, two assists).
 
 
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SEMO (2-7, 0-3 OVC) fell at Jacksonville State last Sunday, 1-0.
 
The Redhawks are led by junior Esmie Gonzales, who has scored three of SEMO's six goals for the season. 
 
Southeast Missouri leads the all-time series with EKU, 8-3-2; however, the Colonels tied the Redhawks, 1-1, last year in a double overtime showdown, and defeated them, 2-1, in overtime in Cape Girardeau in 2016.
 
Former Colonel Jordan Foster scored the equalizer against SEMO in the 82^nd minute of the match in 2017 and scored the winning goal in overtime at Houck Field in 2016.
 
Torrence, then a freshman, also scored in the come-from-behind 2016 victory over SEMO.
 
 
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The SEMO match will be the first of three straight road games for the Colonels. They head to Tennessee next weekend to face Austin Peay (Friday, October 5) and Belmont (Sunday, October 7).