The SIU Women’s Soccer team (0-7-1) traveled to Murray, Kentucky on Sunday for a match against the Racers (4-3) in which they lost 3-1. The Salukis were outshot 19-16 on the day, with eight of those being on goal and lost the margin of corner kicks 3-2. The day was filled with lots of fouls by both teams, combining for 19 total fouls. Nine of those came from the Salukis and ten of those from the Racers.

The SIU football team (2-1) cruised to a relatively easy win Saturday Night against Dayton. The Salukis were favored by roughly 30 points to win and certainly lived up to expectations with a 55-3 final score. The Salukis were strong in all areas throughout the night. On offense the Salukis were led by sophomore quarterback Nic Baker. Baker put up 235 passing yards with 16 completions on 21 attempts and threw three touchdown passes. Freshman quarterback Stone Norton also came in for relief during the fourth quarter to throw a touchdown pass of his own with two completions on four attempts.

The Salukis took on the Golden Hurricanes in their final game at the Redhawk Invitational. This game was a heartbreaker for the Salukis, where they lost in four sets. However, the Salukis lost every set by less than five points.  In the first set for the Salukis, they led an 8-point comeback to make the score 18-all in the middle of the set. This wouldn’t be enough, as the Salukis lost 29-27.

Saluki Stadium will allow the maximum 15,000 fans for Saluki football’s home opener against the Dayton Flyers on Sept. 18, marking a return to full capacity two years in the making. Southern Illinois is coming off a 31-23 defeat at the hands of Kansas State, dropping their record to 1-1 on the year. Meanwhile, Dayton won in i

Interim head coach Taylor Brittingham’s debut did not go SIU’s way as the women’s soccer team dropped their sixth straight game, a 3-0 shutout by the Missouri State Bears at home Friday night.

The Saluki Women’s Volleyball team lost both of their Friday matches at the Redhawk Invitational in Cape Girardeau. SIU played the Central Arkansas Sugar Bears at 1 p.m, losing 3-1, and finished the night against the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks at 7 p.m, losing 3-0 as well. Headlining Friday’s affairs for the Salukis was sophomore outside hitter Nsia Gittens, leading the Salukis in kills with 26 throughout both matches. Freshman setter Anna Jaworski also made an impact, with 72 total assists throughout both matches, leading the Salukis.

Both SIU cross country teams travelled to Normal, Illinois to compete in a meet held by Illinois State University. Many other colleges from the Midwest were present.  The University of Illinois won both the Men’s and Women’s division of the meet. For the men, Illinois senior Jonathan Davis won the meet with a time of 23:22.8.

The SIU swim team travelled to Lone Star Lake, in Douglas County Kan., where the University of Kansas hosted the CSCAA Open Water Championship. The SIU Men’s team placed 5th, while the Women’s team placed 4th.  Four distance swimmers from each team were selected to compete in the invitational. Each swimmer participates in a 5000-meter swim over open water. 

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In their second invite of the year, the SIU Men’s Golf team earned ninth place out of 13 teams in the Wildcat Invitational. The invite was hosted by Kansas State in Manhattan Kansas and lasted from Monday through Tuesday evening.

The Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational was hosted by Air Force University and took place over the weekend from September 10-12.  UC Davis won the invitational with a score of 831. The Salukis came in 17th with a score of 895. 

The SIU Women’s Soccer team lost their senior day game against Bellarmine University by a score of 2-0. The Salukis managed to outshoot the Knights 10-7 with four on goal and matched the Knights in corner kicks with three each. Highlighting the Salukis on offense were junior forward Liz Brechtel, freshman midfielder Ashley Scesniak, and sophomore midfielder Ashlyn Henrie. Brechtel led the Salukis with two shots, both of them bein