The Skyhawks were unable to come up with a win in their first Ohio Valley Conference soccer game of the 2004 season. UTM fell to the Morehead State Eagles 4-1 on Friday afternoon.

Morehead took a commanding lead in the first half, scoring two goals before the break. Just two minutes into the second half, Megan Guinan added another goal to make the score 3-0.

UTM continued to work as freshman Katie Behrens came up with a goal with 21 minutes left to play, scoring her second goal of her college career. This was the last time the Skyhawks added any points to the board.

The Eagles tacked on one more point as Elise Wahlstrom knocked in the team’s fourth and final goal of the game with nine minutes left.

Skyhawk goalkeeper Megan Dempsey had three saves on 16 shots. She now has 40 saves this season. Morehead goalkeeper Stefani Workman finished with five saves out of 15 shots by UT Martin.

On Sunday afternoon, the Skyhawks worked through 110 minutes to force a scoreless tie against the University of Arkansas-Little Rock.

After two overtimes, UTM added its second tie of the season. The scoreless game proved to be a competition between the defenses. Dempsey played the entire game, picking up seven saves on UALR’s 13 shots. The opposing goalkeeper, Marsha Stewart, also played the whole game, finishing with 10 saves. UTM was able to bring a lot of power and add valuable experience to its squad as every player on the team saw action in the match.

Senior Rachel Callahan, junior Katie Jackson and sophomore Kindal Keim each had four shots. The Skyhawks out shot Arkansas-Little Rock 16-13.

UTM is now 2-5-2 on the season.