NORMAL, Ill. – A second-half Redbird surge was hard to combat for the University of Evansville women's soccer team on Sunday afternoon as host Illinois State scored twice after the break to take the lead and never looked back, earning a 2-1 victory over the Purple Aces in the Missouri Valley Conference championship match at Adelaide Street Field.
"I thought the girls battled hard today," UE head coach Krista McKendree said. "We wanted to put ourselves in a position to compete for the championship today, and I thought they did that. They got the early goal, but Illinois State is a very good team and they took advantage of two of their opportunities.