The UTM soccer team was unable to come up with a goal against the Louisiana-Monroe Lady Indians in the Skyhawks’ first game of the Skyhawk Invitational Tournament, played in Martin Sept. 10-12.

The Lady Indians picked up their second win of the season, defeating the Skyhawks 2-0 Friday afternoon.

Laurie Arnold scored ULM’s first goal with 13 minutes left in the first half. She was unassisted in the play.

The Skyhawks entered the break trailing by one.

UTM battled to tie the game throughout the second half. Lady Indian Kortney Harris provided insurance for her team when she scored the second and last goal of the game with fewer than 20 minutes left to play.

Junior Dani Myrick was able to return to action in Friday’s game. She contributed one shot in the Skyhawks’ effort to catch Louisiana-Monroe.

Junior Katie Jackson finished the game with six shots as the Skyhawks outshot the Lady Indians 17 to 9. UTM was unable to capitalize on these opportunities.

In the second game of the tourney, sophomore Kindal Keim set the tone early for the Skyhawk’s soccer game on Sunday afternoon.

UTM picked up a 2-1 victory over Arkansas State University, scoring the first goal only 17 seconds into the game.

Keim launched the ball from the side of the field at the top of the box to give the Skyhawks an early lead. This was her second goal of the 2004 season.

Skyhawk senior Ginger Schmitt scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal with only eight minutes left in the first half. She was unassisted in her first goal of the season.

Arkansas State challenged UTM’s lead when Shawna Sparks connected on a penalty kick with fewer than six minutes remaining.

The two teams were side-by-side offensively and defensively as both teams finished the game with 14 shots and three corner kicks. Arkansas State goalkeeper Kelly Goodman and Skyhawk goalkeeper Megan Dempsey each finished the game with four saves.

This game marks the Skyhawks’ first home win of the season with an overall record of 2-4-1. The Skyhawks took second place in this weekend’s tournament.

The team will have a break before traveling to Morehead State Sept. 24 in Ohio Valley Conference action.