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MARTIN, Tenn. – Murray State's Miyah Watford scored in the early portion of the first half on Friday afternoon as the Racers beat Eastern Illinois, 1-0, to end the Panthers season in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament semifinals.
 
Played in a consistent rain, EIU ended the year at 6-8-6.  The Panthers will lose four seniors from this year's team that returned to the OVC Tournament for the first time since 2013.  Murray State will play No. 1 seed UT Martin on Sunday for the championship as the Racers improved to 12-4-1.
 
Watford took a pass from OVC Freshman of the Year Abby Jones and scored from seven yards out past EIU goalkeeper Sara Teteak in the 13th minute.  It was Watford's ninth goal of the season.
 
The Racers held control of the flow of the match for most of the afternoon as they finished with 25 total shots and nine on goal.
 
EIU had eight total shots with four on goal.  Sarah DeWolf had two shots on goal while Eva Munoz and Itxaso Aguero had the others.
 
Teteak, who earned second team All-OVC honors on Thursday evening, made eight saves in the match. 
 
Henar Urteaga was the other Panthers player to be honored by the OVC on Thursday evening as the junior was a first-team All-OVC defender.