Two-Minute Drill: Soccer Picked Third in Preseason Poll

Southeast Missouri women's soccer was predicted to finish third in the Ohio Valley Conference this season in a poll of the league’s soccer coaches and sports information directors. The Redhawks received two first-place votes and 99 points in the projected order of finish for third. SIUE, the 2021 Spring OVC Tournament Champions, was picked first, and Murray State, the Regular Season Champions in the spring, was pegged in the second place spot. The Redhawks finished last school year’s spring campaign with a 7-4-1 record, posting a 6-3-1 OVC record for third in the league. SEMO qualified for its fourth-straight Tournament and finished as the 2021 Spring OVC Championship Tournament runners-up. Senior midfielder Lauren Welker was tabbed to the 2021 OVC Players to Watch List. Welker, a senior from Jackson, Missouri, was named to her first career OVC preseason team. The Jackson High School alum led the Redhawks' offensive charge with six goals and four assists, for a total of 16 points in