The Skyhawk soccer team will return home this weekend to close out its 2004 Ohio Valley Conference season with two matches.

The Skyhawks will host Austin Peay at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22 and Tennessee Tech at 1 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 24.

The bad news is the Skyhawks are 0-6 in OVC play and have just a glimmer of hope of earning a berth in the postseason tournament.

Austin Peay and Tennessee-Martin entered Sunday’s matches with 0-5 won-loss records and no points. Austin Peay gained an advantage in the standings by battling Jacksonville State to a 1-1 tie.

The tie earned Austin Peay one point.

The Skyhawks suffered a 1-0 loss to host Southeast Missouri State Friday afternoon and then dropped a 3-1 decision Sunday afternoon to host Eastern Illinois.

Southeast Missouri’s Molli Beard scored the only goal in the match when she made a penalty kick at the 77:20 mark. SEMO out shot the Skyhawks 14-2 in the match.

After a scoreless first half, Eastern Illinois out scored Tennessee-Martin 3-1.

Eastern Illinois used goals from Sharyne Connell, Michelle Steinhaus and Kathleen Hayes to beat Tennessee-Martin. Down 2-0, the Skyhawks got a goal from Jamie Price at the 61:06 mark.

Price scored on a header from the right post. She used an assist from Katie Behrens.

The goal was Price’s second of the season and Behrens’ second assist of the season.