RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University soccer team will host first-place Southeast Missouri on Saturday. First touch from EKU Soccer Field is scheduled for 1 p.m.
 
Senior Day will be celebrated before kickoff against the undefeated Redhawks.

The game will stream live on ESPN+.
 
 
WHAT TO KNOW
 
EKU (2-4-0) went on the road and shut out Eastern Illinois, 2-0, on Tuesday in Charleston.
 
Sophomore Michaela Iacono put the Colonels ahead with a goal in the eighth minute. Sophomore Audrey Anderson recorded the assist on the score.
 
Senior defender Claire Hicks provided insurance in the second half, burying a long-range strike for her first career goal. Freshman Kylie Fitzgerald earned the assist on the play.
 
Senior goalkeeper Billie Clark notched her first clean sheet of the year against the Panthers, making a pair of crucial saves.
 
Iacono paces the Colonels with six points this season (two goals, two assists).
 
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
 
SEMO (5-0-1) won its first five games before playing SIUE to a 3-3 draw on Tuesday in Cape Girardeau.
 
Lauren Welker leads the Redhawks offensively with three goals and one assist.
 
This is the 16^th all-time meeting between EKU and Southeast Missouri. The Redhawks lead the series, 9-3-3. EKU's last win over SEMO came in 2016, a thrilling 2-1 victory in OT.
 
 
UP NEXT
 
Eastern will play its final home game against Belmont on Tuesday, March 30, at 3:30 p.m.