– Seniorscored the decisive goal on Senior Day as the Eastern Kentucky University soccer team prevailed over visting SIUE, 1-0, on Sunday afternoon at EKU Soccer Field.The Colonels have now broken the program record for conference wins in a season (seven). With one game remaining in the regular season, EKU (12-4-0, 7-2-0 OVC) sits in second place in the league standings and has already locked up its first OVC Tournament berth since 2012."Today was a great way to finish Homecoming Weekend," first-year head coachsaid. "Sunday games are always tough, especially against a very good SIUE team, but the players really battled and found a way to win. We're really happy to win on Senior Day and to be able to celebrate two players Mikayla and Cassie, who have done so much for EKU soccer."Smith's goal came just four minutes into the match, as she played a rebounded ball around 15 yards away and buried it into the back of the SIUE net.With the score, Smith tied juniorfor the team lead in goals this season (seven), which is also the EKU record for a single season.It is the second time Smith has scored seven goals in a season, the first coming during her sophomore campaign in 2014.Following the early goal, the game became a defensive battle, and the EKU defense rose to the occasion. Juniorand sophomoresandplayed all 90 minutes as the Colonel backline recorded its program-record ninth shutout of the season.Junior goalkeeper, meanwhile, made three key saves to seal the win.Eastern has not surrendered a goal at home since the home opener versus Xavier on August 21 – a streak spanning seven games and 650 minutes of action.Both teams fired 11 shots on the day, but EKU held the advantage in shots on goal by a 6-3 margin.Smith and fellow seniorwere honored before the start of the match.The Colonels close out the regular season when they host third-place Tennessee Tech in a crucial game on Thursday, October 27, at 3:00 p.m.