Soccer Ends Regular Season With Loss At SHU
Crusaders advance to WHAC Tourney
next Wednesday
Oct. 17, 2007
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Rachel Thompson had a shot on goal in MU's 1-0 setback at Siena
Heights on Wednesday afternoon. |
BOX
SCORE
ADRIAN,
Mich.
– The Madonna women’s
soccer team saw its bid for a home playoff game slip away Wednesday afternoon in
a 1-0 loss at Siena Heights. The Crusaders finish the regular season at 8-6-2
overall and 7-4-1 in WHAC play.
The match was
very slow in developing as the majority of the first half was played in the
midfield. The Crusaders did have the only two real scoring chances of the
opening frame as a header by Rachel Thompson in he 12th minute forced
Haley Mancini off of her line and into a leaping save to keep the match
scoreless. MU had another chance in the 45th minute as a Kaila Moore
shot was snared by Mancini just before the half ended to send the two sides into
the locker room tied at 0-0.
Coming out of the
intermission, the two sides traded shots, with SHU having the first scoring
chance of the second half as Kristin Brundage pressed up from her spot on the
back line and sent in a shot on Crusader freshman keeper Chelsea Gregg that the
MU net minder snared to keep the Saints off the board.
The Crusaders had
four quality chances to net the first goal of the game in span of just over four
minutes as Moore’s line drive shot was stopped by Mancini in the 62nd
minute and Ashley Stoychoff’s shot in the 63rd minute hit the cross
bar and bounced back into play. A Moore header in the 64th minute
went just wide of the frame but the sophomore forward found the ball again just
68 seconds later and sent in a shot that once again forced Mancini into making
another save to keep the match scoreless.
After SHU earned
a corner in the 66th minute, Gregg pulled out another save on a
Bridgette Scott strike to keep the Saints off the board. The MU keeper had to
make back-to-back saves in the 72nd minute on shots by Lindsey
Mancini and Amanda Marinello.
After nearly 85
minutes of scoreless soccer, SHU cracked the scoring column at the 84:51 mark as
Marinello took a pass from Ashley Poirier and chipped her shot over Gregg for a
1-0 Saint lead.
Madonna pressed
up in an effort to tie the match but saw its last effort, a Moore shot in the 87th
minute sail high and fell by the 1-0 final.
The match was
very even on the score sheet as SHU out-shot MU by a 15-10 final, but held just
a 5-4 edge in shots on goal. The Saints did however, hold a significant lead in
corner kicks at 7-2. Each keeper made four saves in the contest.
Madonna will have
seven days to regroup after today’s loss, as the Crusaders move onto the WAHC
tournament next Wednesday. MU will be on the road to open post season play at a
to be determined opponent. Playoff pairings will be announced on Monday.
Contact:
Patrick Moore, Sports Information Director
(734) 432-5834
pimoore@madonna.edu
