Women’s soccer played twice this weekend, losing to Southeast Missouri and beating Tennessee-Martin by identical 1-0 scores, but the two games had several things in common beside the score.

Both games featured a Panther opponent receiving a yellow card mid-way through the second half, with Southeast Missouri forward Jessie Crabtree being shown the yellow late in the 60th minute while Tennessee-Martin’s Midori Sera got it in the 66th minute of Sunday’s match.

The lone goal in each match was scored after the issuing of the yellow card.

Another parallel between the two matches was Panther red-shirt sophomore goalie Jessica Taldone making 14 saves in each match, for a total of 28 stops against one goal allowed, good for a 1-1 record between the pipes. Taldone now has a 0.33 goals-against average in her three conference match appearances.

Conversely, the Panthers opposing goalies only made four stops on the weekend and allowed one goal.

This means the Panthers nailed five shots on goal throughout the weekend, compared to 29 for their opponents.

The weekend leaves the Panthers at 3-1 in Ohio Valley Conference play, just one game behind first-place Southeast Missouri, who sits at 4-0.

The Panthers will now have a weekend off as they return to action at Lakeside Field Oct. 14 and 16.

Brad Kupiec can be reached at 581-7944 or bmkupiec@eiu.edu