No. 20 Central Missouri women’s soccer finishes regular season

Published 5:03 am Thursday, October 29, 2026

No. 20 Central Missouri women’s soccer concluded its regular season with a 4-0 win over Missouri Southern on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at Hal Bodon Field in Joplin.

The Jennies (13-1-4, 7-0-4) took a 1-0 lead in the 11th minute after senior Mikayla Ernst scored her own goal. They doubled it in the 15th minute, when senior Hadley Lockhart scored off an assist from senior Aspen Patterson.

In the 66th minute, sophomore Coryn Jespersen scored off an assist from sophomore Alexandra Hofbauer.

Freshman Habiba Lamrani posted the final goal in the 89th minute. UCM and Southern (4-9-4, 3-6-3 MIAA) both had 15 shots. The Jennies won the shots on goal margin 8-7.

Lockhart led the Jennies with three shots.

Senior Kirsten Wright tallied six saves in 78 minutes of action. Freshman Jamie Ricker posted one in 13.

Senior Bella Smith posted four saves for the Lions.

No. 2 seeded UCM will host No. 7 Northwest Missouri State in the opening match of the MIAA Tournament at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1.

Jennies No. 4 in NPI Central Region Rankings

Central Missouri was positioned fourth in the latest NPI Central Region Rankings, released Monday, Oct. 26.

Minnesota State is No. 1 in the rankings, while Washburn is two, Pittsburg State is three, UMary (N.D.) is five, Augustana (S.D.) is six, Central Oklahoma is seven and Northern State is eighth.

The Central Region receives eight bids.