Bowling Green Stays Undefeated With Win At EMU
Sunday’s Scoreboard
Ohio 2, Buffalo 1
Bowling Green 1, Eastern Michigan 0
Toledo 2, Central Michigan 0
Miami 4, Northern Illinois 0
Kent State 1, Akron 0
Ball State 3, Western Michigan 0
Stories Courtesy of MAC Sports Information
Ohio 2, Buffalo 1
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BUFFALO, N.Y. – For the third-straight game, the Ohio soccer team (5-5-3, 3-1-2 MAC) would need extra time to decide the fate of their game, this time battling Mid-American Conference foe, Buffalo (9-4-0, 3-3-0 MAC) to a 2-1 overtime victory Sunday afternoon (Oct. 7) in Buffalo.
"We grew in confidence as the game went on," head coach Aaron Rodgers said. "Buffalo is a challenging place to play and credit to them, but our team played an excellent second half and overtime and really pushed each other. We are so proud of the togetherness of this group."
Ohio registered the first attempt of the game, when Maria Collica(Solon, Ohio) fired a shot that was blocked in the first minute. Buffalo would record the next attempt in the sixth minute on a ball that would go wide.
After the Bulls would record a header in the 15thminute that would be blocked, Buffalo would strike first, with Marcy Barberic beating starting keeper Sydney Malham (Nashville, Tenn.) to the right corner to put UB up 1-0.
After the goal, UB would register the next three attempts of the game. Then in the 39thminute Sydney Leckie (Medina, Ohio) would fire a shot at the Buffalo net, forcing the Bulls' keeper to make the save, to send the game to the half with the Bobcats trailing 1-0.
At the half, Ohio was outshot six to two, while also recording one shot on goal compared to UB's two.
In net, Malham allowed one goal and one save in the first 45 minutes.
The Bulls would get the first attempt in the second half when in the 51stminute, they would release a shot that would go wide.
Ohio would then start to attack, registering the next three attempts, with Abby Townsend (Powell, Ohio) forcing the UB keeper to make a save in the 52ndminute. Leckie would then register another shot and then in the 57thminute, Sarina Dirrig (Powell, Ohio) would record an attempt that would go high of the net, keeping the game at 1-0.
Ohio would continue to push, with Townsend and Dirrig both recording shots in the 60thand 65thminutes. Then as the second half began to wind down, Ohio would attack again, this time with Townsend registering a shot that would be blocked before Collica would collect the rebound and push the ball wide of the net in the 80thminute.
The pressure would finally pay off, when in the 88thminute, Leckie would record her second goal of the season. Leckie would receive the ball from Townsend and fire it past the keeper, tying the game at 1-1 and sending the game into overtime.
Buffalo would get the first chance in overtime, on a ball that would go wide of the net.
Ohio would then take over and put the pressure on the Bulls' defense again. Jenni Santacaterina (Geneva, Ill.) would register a header off of a corner kick that would be blocked, before Madelyn Kah (Hamilton, Ohio) would record her own header that would also be blocked.
Then in the 97thminute, the chances would pay off, when Alivia Milesky (Plain City, Ohio) would collect the UB turnover and fire the ball past the Buffalo keeper, scoring the game-winner and sealing the two points for the Bobcats in the 2-1 victory.
Overall, Ohio outshot Buffalo, 16 to nine, with the Bobcats recording five shots on goal, compared to UB's three.
Townsend registered four shots, with one on goal and one assist, while Leckie recorded one goal on three shots off the bench. Milesky registered one goal on two shots, while Kah, Collica, Dirrig all recorded two shots each.
In net, Malham allowed one goal and registered two saves in 97 minutes in net.
Up next, the Bobcats return to action next weekend when the Bobcats head to Toledo to take on the Rockets on Friday, Oct. 12 at 4 p.m. Ohio wrapped up the weekend on Sunday, pct. 14 at Bowling Green. First touch is set for 1 p.m.
Bowling Green 1, Eastern Michigan 0
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BOWLING GREEN -- Redshirt sophomore Nikki Cox scored early in the second half, lifting the Bowling Green State University women's soccer team to a 1-0 victory over Eastern Michigan University on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 7). The Mid-American Conference match was held at Cochrane Stadium.
With the win, the Falcons remain unbeaten in MAC play. BGSU is now 8-3-2 overall and 6-0-0 in the conference. The win, combined with Sunday's other outcomes around the conference, puts the Falcons a full two games ahead of the second-place teams.
The lone goal of the afternoon came in the 58th minute. After the Falcons saw a shot go wide from the right side of the box, the Eagles (7-8-0, 2-4-0 MAC) took a goal kick. The ball sailed toward midfield, where junior Chelsee Washingtongot her head on it. Washington hit it forward to senior Erica Hubert, who lifted her boot up to knee level and one-timed it past the EMU defense to Cox.
Cox headed into the box on the left side and hit a perfectly-placed low shot that rolled just out of reach of diving EMU goalkeeper Mabel Dunn. The ball caromed off of the inside of the far post and landed in the net on the left side.
Juinor Kathleen Duwve made seven saves as the Falcon defense recorded a shutout for the seventh time this season and the fifth time in six MAC matches. BG was credited with a 'team save' as well, as freshman Mackenzie Reuber blocked an Eastern shot attempt on the goal line early in the second period.
The Falcons had a 22-13 advantage in total shot attempts, including a 9-8 margin in shots on goal. Dunn made eight saves, including several spectacular stops, for the visitors.
As mentioned, BGSU is now two games ahead of the three teams tied for second place in the MAC standings. The Falcons are 6-0-0, while Kent State, Toledo and Western Michigan all are 4-2-0 in conference play.
Toledo 2, Central Michigan 0
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Toledo, Ohio - The Toledo women's soccer team (8-5-1, 4-2-0 MAC) posted a 2-0 shutout of Central Michigan (5-9-0, 3-3-0 MAC) today, giving the Rockets their first back-to-back victories since the start of September and establishing a three-match winning streak. Sophomore Alex Troy netted her third of the season, and senior captain Hannah Scafaria notched her 13th.
Scafaria's goal puts her in second place for most goals in a single season at UT. Two more and she'll tie for the most with Molly Cornwell (2007) and Corrie Hasenjager (2000).
"It feels great to get a team win honestly. I'm so happy to get a fourth MAC win and I want to keep going," Scafaria said. "We have five games left and I think we have a lot more to show. To get these two wins this weekend is huge and that was our goal going in and was the turning point of our season. Like I said, we have a lot more to show and I can't wait for the rest of the season to come."
"I thought we had an overall great team performance starting from the back line," head coach TJ Buchholz said. "Central is an explosive team, and you can never take your eye off their top forward (Lexi Pelafas) because she's so relentless. Our team did a such an awesome job at neutralizing here. I'm really proud of our defense in Madison Perrin,Rachelle Topolewski, Sheridan Bufe, Regan Price and Betsy Lueckcoming through. On the offensive side, our girls were great and created so many opportunities. Their keeper had a wonderful game and showed awesome effort. We kept getting in behind them and she kept up with save after save so I'm really proud of our team's persistence and to get that late second half goal from Hannah showed a great team effort."
Miami 4, Northern Illinois 0
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OXFORD, Ohio – After a scoreless first half, the Miami University soccer team exploded for a season-high four goals in the second half to earn their first Mid-American Conference victory, 4-0, over Northern Illinois. The RedHawks improve to 3-9-1 overall and 1-5 in the MAC. The Huskies fall to 1-13 overall and 0-6 in the MAC.
The first 25 minutes were played mostly in the midfield as neither team could establish control. In the 10th minute freshman goalkeeper Lauren Parker made a great diving save to keep NIU off the board. In the final 20 minutes the RedHawks began pressing the action. Freshman Desiree Grubbs had three shots, while sophomore Soph Spinell had a shot from the corner of the box that the Huskie goalkeeper made a nice save on. The half ended scoreless with Miami holding a 9-4 advantage in shots.
The RedHawks continued to apply pressure to begin the second half as they had a pair of early chances. Miami was rewarded in the 65th minute when freshman Kristina DeMarco gained control and took the ball down the right side. She sent a cross into the box which found junior Olivia Winnett, who buried it to put the Red and White in front 1-0.
In the 73rd minute, freshman Lyda Bogdanovitch was taken down on a breakaway inside the box. She was awarded a penalty kick, which she buried to make it 2-0.
Bogdanovitch got her second of the match in the 87th minute when she brought the ball into the box and hit the top left corner of the net on her shot. Only 49 seconds later freshman Tyler Klika took a shot from the middle about 30 yards out and was able to just sneak under the top of the net for her first career goal to finish the scoring and make it 4-0.
Miami outshot Northern Illinois, 21-10, for the match and had a 5-1 advantage in corner kicks. Bogdanovitch led the 'Hawks with five shots, while Winnett had four. Parker finished with two saves in net.
The RedHawks return to action Friday when they host Buffalo at 4 p.m.
Kent State 1, Akron 0
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Ball State 3, Western Michigan 0
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