Friday's Women's Soccer Results
MAC Women's Soccer Results 10/10/2014
Eastern Michigan 1, Toledo 0
Kent State 1, Miami 1
Ohio 1, Ball State 0
Central Michigan 1, Bowling Green 0
Buffalo 0, Northern Illinois 0
Western Michigan 1, Akron 0
Courtesy of MAC Athletic Communications
Eastern Michigan 1, Toledo 0
Box Score
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University soccer team (7-4-1, 3-2-0 MAC) picked up its seventh victory of the season, taking down the University of Toledo (4-8-1, 1-4-0) in a narrow 1-0 victory at Scicluna Field Friday, Oct. 10.
Senior Bianca Rossi tallied her fourth goal of the season, finding the net with less than four minutes to play to score the lone goal of the contest and Marisa Kozikowski added her third assist of the season. The senior forward led the Green and White with four shots, two of which landed on goal, while Angela Vultaggio had three shots, one of which was on goal. The EMU defense picked up their fifth shutout of the season, while junior Megan McCabe stopped four shots on net. The Eagles controlled the ball for the majority of the contest, outshooting Toledo 10-2 in the first half and 13-11 for the entire 90 minutes of play.
For the Rockets, Geri Siudzinski paced the offense with two shots on goal, while Hannah Scafaria landed one on net and goalkeeper Sam Tiongson saved two shots for UT.
Eastern had the first good look of the game in the 11th minute. Vultaggio found Rossi in the middle of the box, but the shot missed wide. Nearly 10 minutes later, Hallee Kansman had an opportunity on a set piece from Molli Krick. However, the shot was blocked at the line by a UT defender as the game remained scoreless.
With over five minutes remaining in the first half, the Rockets searched out a quality scoring chance. From the top of the box, Kiersten Johnson banged a shot off the crossbar. After 45 minutes, the match stood at a 0-0 standstill. The Green and White registered three shots on goal while the EMU backline did not allow a shot on target by UT. Each team had opportunities to score on corners as Eastern held a 3-2 advantage.
Just two minutes into the second half, Toledo attempted its first shot on goal, but McCabe was ready to make the save. Five minutes later, the junior goalkeeper made a diving stop to maintain the tie game. As the clock ticked down and action moved to the other side of the pitch, Rossi made a solid pass across the box to Chelsie Oddan, whose blast ricocheted off the post and out of bounds, leading to a UT goal kick.
The contest remained a clean sheet until 3:34 to go when the Eagles found the back of the net. Sprinting down the left side of the field, Kozikowski placed a beautiful ball in the box to Rossi. The Eastern senior did the rest, connecting the ball with the back of her right heel and directing it into the right side of the net past a stretching TIongson. With the 86th-minute goal, EMU held on to a 1-0 lead; the Green and White survived a shot off the post with less than two minutes remaining to claim the shutout victory.
The Green and White will be back in action Sunday, Oct. 12 for an Eagles Unite match against Central Michigan. First kick from Scicluna Field is set for 1 p.m.
Kent State 1, Miami 1
Box Score
KENT, Ohio- Kent State and Miami (OH) battled to a 1-1 double-overtime tie in women's soccer on Friday night at Zoeller Field. With the result, Kent State moved to 7-3-3 overall and 2-1-2 in the Mid-American Conference. Miami is now 10-2-2 overall and 3-1-1 in league play.
Miami took a 1-0 lead in the 30th minute of the first-half when Kelsey Dinges put a header in the net off of a RedHawks corner kick.
The Golden Flashes struck back fourteen seconds later when sophomore forward Jenna Hellstrom scored her fifth goal of the season. Kent State stormed down the field after the kick-off and Hellstrom took a pass from senior Stephanie Haugh inside the 18-yard box on the left side. Hellstrom then drove a shot past RedHawks goalkeeper Vic Manicai.
Neither team was able to break the deadlock the rest of the way. Kent State enjoyed a 7-3 advantage in corner kicks and Miami outshot the Flashes 11-9 in total shots.
Both teams had their chances to win the game but could not capitalize. Kent State had a good chance at the 23:40 mark of the second-half when Hellstrom crossed a ball across the front of goal for junior Madison Helterbran but Heltebran could not get a foot on the pass.
In overtime Kent State goalkeeper Stephanie Senn made two key saves to preserve the tie. In the first overtime Senn came up with a save at the 2:35 mark and then in the final overtime period Senn made a diving save with 1:48 remaining.
Senn tallied six saves overall today, while Miami's Maniaci posted two. Miami out-shot Kent State 17-10, but the Golden Flashes edged the RedHawks in corner kicks, 8-7.
The Golden Flashes return to action on Sunday at 1p.m. when they host Ball State.
Ohio 1, Ball State 0
Box Score
ATHENS, Ohio – The Ohio women’s soccer team shutout Ball State 1-0 in a Mid-American Conference matchup Friday afternoon at a rainy Chessa Field.
The Bobcats (6-7-0, 3-2-0) struck first in the 50th minute when freshman Megan Niebuhr (Cincinnati, Oh.) scored her first career goal. Redshirt sophomore Carly Manso (Vernon Hills, Ill.) was credited with the assist, finding Niebuhr off of a corner kick.
Ball State (6-4-2, 2-3-0) had a couple of chances to find the equalizer, but were denied each time by senior goalkeeper Nicole Amari, who finished with five saves.
The Bobcats fired 11 shots on goal with Niebuhr, Manso, freshman Allie Curry (Fairfield, Oh.) and sophomore Alexis Milesky (Plain City, Oh.) each recording a pair.
The Bobcats return to Chessa Field to face Miami Sunday, Oct. 12 at 1 p.m for the NSCAATV.com Game of the Week.
Central Michigan 1, Bowling Green 0
Box Score
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Jennifer Gassman scored in the second overtime Friday, lifting the Central Michigan women's soccer team to a 1-0 Mid-American Conference victory over Bowling Green.
The win, CMU's first in league play, snapped a four-game losing streak. The Chippewas are 3-9-1 overall, 1-4-0 league. Bowling Green is 2-10-0, 1-4-0.
"I'm very proud of our team," CMU coach Peter McGahey said. "I thought it was a good performance, I thought we invested a lot and we're certainly well deserving of the result."
The Chippewas outshot the Falcons, 21-15, and had eight corners to the Falcons' one. Sophomore Heather Laeufer, making her first conference appearance, posted her first shutout. She made four saves, three of which came in the first half.
"I think the pass/kicking plays was absolutely outstanding," McGahey said. "Heather Laeufer made her MAC debut tonight and did an excellent job."
On the game-winning combination, Kaelyn Korte played the ball over the Falcon defenders and Gassman chased it down, chipping it over the head of Bowling Green keeper Lauren Cadel.
It was Gassman's first goal of the season and Korte's first assist. It came at the 103-minute, 40-second mark.
"We did a couple things, we made a few adjustments and Laeufer got to start," McGahey said. "We deployed a few other players including Gassmen earlier tonight and it certainly helped us."
Senior Laura Gosse finished with six shots for CMU, and Gassmen had three.
The Chippewas will play a MAC match at Eastern Michigan on Sunday. The Eagles are 7-4-1, 3-2, after a 1-0 win over Toledo on Friday.
"Again, I just think its one of things that you have to recharge, re-load, and get everything organized for Sunday," McGahey said.
The Eastern game is CMU's fourth consecutive on the road. The Chippewas play host to Buffalo and Akron next weekend.
Buffalo 0, Northern Illinois 0
Box Score
DEKALB, IL – The State University of New York, Buffalo women's soccer team stayed unbeaten in Mid-American Conference play on Friday night as they battled Northern Illinois to a 0-0 draw on the road. The draw gives UB an overall record of 8-2-2 and a conference mark of 4-0-1.
"I give a ton of credit to Northern Illinois," said first-year head coach Shawn Burke. "They played with a lot of determination and fight all night. At the end of the day, we weren't technical to get a full three points but we battled for a result."
In net, freshman goalkeeper Laura Dougall continued her strong play for the Bulls as she earned her eighth shutout of the season, moving her into a tie for second place in shutouts in a season in program history. Dougall needs just two more shutouts to tie the record currently held by Ainsley Wheldon. For the season, Dougall owns an 8-2-2 overall record and a goal-against average of 0.35.
The Bulls had a flurry of opportunities in the final overtime period to try and score the game-winning goal but three straight UB chances were turned aside by Huskie keeper Amy Annala. Megan Giesen had the first chance as she headed a ball towards the goal but her chance was saved. A minute later, Kassidy Kidd had a shot that was turned away and then Julia Benati saw her attempt get swallowed up by the Huskies keeper in the 108th minute of action.
The UB defense of Sophie Therien, Jackie Hall, Kristin Markiewicz and Angel Hart continued their strong play as they have now allowed five or fewer shots on goal in eight of 12 games this season.
For the match, the Bulls held the 19-7 advantage in shots including a dominant 8-2 margin in the second half and a 6-2 margin in the two overtime periods. Kidd led all players with seven shots while Courtney Mann, Katie Roberts and Benati each finished with two shots for the game.
Following the match, Kidd was awarded the "Player of the Match" award by the UB coaching staff after another strong game offensively. Kidd finished off her night with a match-high seven shots and three shots on goal. She has been awarded "Player of the Match" in two of the last three matches for the Bulls.
When asked about the play of Kidd, head coach Shawn Burke stated, "Kassidy Kidd was one of the rare bright spots for us tonight as she was very involved offensively, which we like."
Western Michigan 1, Akron 0
Box Score
AKRON, Ohio -- The Western Michigan women's soccer team bounced back after losing two straight to defeat Akron, 1-0, on the road on Friday night.
The Broncos (9-4-0, 3-2-0 MAC) allowed just four total shots and two shots on goal while firing off 19 of their own. Irene Young netted her first goal of the season and Stephanie Heber improved to 6-0 after making two saves.
"I thought we had a very good performance tonight," said head coach Nate Norman. "We did a great job keeping the ball and creating a number of chances. The goal we scored was a guild build up and a great cross and finish. Overall I was very proud of the way we played. We have to keep that up on Sunday against a very good Buffalo team.
WMU's lone goal came in the 21st minute when Young finished a cross from Gina Maddi from inside the box.
Senior Forward Aubrey Sudomier fired off a game-high seven shots, while Young had two of her five shots land on goal.
Western Michigan's road trip continues at Buffalo on Sunday at 1 p.m.
