KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan women's soccer team opened up a five-game homestand with a 3-1 win over Oakland at the WMU Soccer Complex on Thursday afternoon.

WMU's three goals, a season high, all came in the first half. The Broncos (2-1-0) outshot the Golden Grizzlies 11-10, with an 11-7 advantage in shots on goal. Western Michigan held Oakland (2-3-1) to just two shots total in the second half and only one made it on frame.

Bailey Korhorn, Grace Labadie and Reagan Wisser each scored their first goals of the season, while Morgan Otteson led the way with two assists. Junior goalie Maggie Rogers made four saves, with the team making two, to earn her second win of the season.

Rogers had to make two saves in the first two minutes of the game, but it was WMU that struck early on a counter attack goal by Korhorn. The Broncos quickly moved the ball up the field after breaking up an attack by OU. Otteson played the ball through the Golden Grizzly back line to Korhorn. The junior's shot was initially deflected by the Oakland goalkeeper but trickled through and into the net in the seventh minute.

Oakland responded in the 24th minute after forcing a turnover on WMU's back line. Sierra Grodsinsky got the ball up to Alexa Sabbagh and she put the ball in the lower-right corner of the net for her fourth goal of the season to tie it up.

WMU responded quickly in the 32nd minute on a goal by Labadie. Freshman Katie Sullivan crossed the ball from the right side to the far post. Korhorn then played it back into the middle of the goal for Labadie to tap it in on the goal line.

"I think it's becoming a thing, where we are able to respond pretty quickly," said interim head coach Sammy Boateng. "Yes, we make mistakes, but one of the things we ask them is what do we do after mistakes happen? Now we are responding and fighting and that's a great trend for us heading into a difficult conference season in two weeks."

Just over seven minutes later Western Michigan added its third of the game. This time Otteson played a ball wide into the right side of the box and Wisser ripped it into the back of the net for her first collegiate goal, pushing the lead to 3-1.  

"For us, it's not just one person that's scoring, it's a team effort," said Boateng on the three different goal scorers. "For Morgan to be a center forward and to score earlier in the season and now assisting, it means she is very involved. The scoring being spread out today was great to see that and all three goals came on great combination plays."

Western Michigan returns to action on Sunday when it hosts No. 18 Kansas at 12 p.m.  

BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo women's soccer team left Saint Francis seeing red as they scored three goals in a three minute span in the first half which proved to be the difference as the Bulls defeated the Red Flash 4-1 at Stokes Soccerplex on Thursday afternoon.

The Bulls got on the board first as Katherine Camper was taken down in the box in the 29th minute, resulting in a Bulls penalty kick. Gurjeena Jandu stepped up and drilled the PK in the bottom corner, past a diving Julia Hernan, in the 31st minute to give the Bulls a 1-0 lead.

Buffalo added to their lead in the 34th minute when Kara Daly played a ball across to Kaitlyn Walsh who blasted the one-timer into the top left corner for her first goal of the season to put UB up 2-0.

The barrage continued as less than a minute later, Annie Judasz played a perfect ball across the top of the box to the foot of Tatyjana Scalisi who blasted it home for her first career goal to give the Bulls a 3-0 lead.

The Red Flash got on the board in the 40th minute as Alyssa McGhee took advantage of a defensive lapse by the Bulls and found of back of the net to cut the lead to 3-1 at the half.

The Buffalo offense picked up right where they left off to start the second half as Leah Wengender played a ball into the mix off of a UB corner in the 50th minute and Kara Daly was there to finish it off for her first goal of the season to put UB up 4-1.

Saint Francis threatened in the 58th minute as Emily Kelly tried to stop a Red Flash offensive attack but was called for a foul in the box resulting in a penalty kick, but Kelly redeemed herself as she came up with a huge stop, knocking away the PK attempt by Emilee Barnett to preserve the three goal lead.

It was a balanced and efficient effort offensively as UB took 12 shots off the feet of 11 different Bulls with seven of shots on goal. In net, Kelly made three saves for UB on six attempts, while Hernan had one stop and Shaelyn Parry had two saves off the bench for the Red Flash. For her efforts, Kelly was named Player of the Match by the UB coaches.

"It's always nice to see for goals on the day," said head coach Shawn Burke. "We were a bit sloppy and should have been more comfortable in a 4-1 win. Saint Francis never let up and caused us a lot of problems in the back that we have to address, but a win on the road is never easy."

The Bulls return to UB Stadium on Sunday for a 12 pm match with local rival Niagara.

Gia Wahlberg scored with just under two minutes gone in overtime, lifting Michigan State University to a 3-2 win over the Bowling Green State University women's soccer team Thursday night (Sept. 12). The non-conference match was held at DeMartin Stadium.

With the victory, the Spartans improve to 6-1-0 on the young season. The Falcons are now 2-3-1 on the year.

Redshirt junior Nikki Cox scored both BGSU goals, with her second marker giving BG a 2-1 first-half lead. But, Paige Webber tied the score with just under 10 minutes remaining in regulation, before Wahlberg scored the winner at the 91:51 mark.

Senior Kristin Tveit assisted on Cox's first goal, while classmates Chelsee Washington and Maureen Kennedy picked up assists on her second.

Senior Kathleen Duwve made three saves in goal for the Brown and Orange.?
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