Michigan
7-3-2
Ohio State
6-2-3
Wolverines, Buckeyes Battle to Double-Overtime Draw
10/3/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 13 University of Michigan women's soccer team went to double overtime for the second time in three days and ended up with a 1-1 draw against No. 21 Ohio State on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 3) at the U-M Soccer Field. Freshman Kandice McLaughlin (West Hills, Calif./El Camino Real HS) gave the Wolverines the early advantage with a goal in the 35th minute, while sophomore goalkeeper Megan Tuura (Tucker, Ga./St. Pius X Catholic HS) turned in a another strong performance with a career-high 11 saves to help U-M preserve the tie.
| | McLaughlin has scored two goals in the last four games. |
Ohio State knotted the score in the 63rd minute on a goal by Lara Dickenmann, as she took a pass in the middle and put it past Tuura into the lower right corner for the equalizer. The Buckeyes nearly put the game away with under seven minutes left, but Dickenmann's shot from outside the box was stopped by Tuura.
Each team had one quality scoring opportunity in the first overtime. Sophomore Katelin Spencer (Brighton, Mich./Brighton HS) took a cross from freshman Melissa Dobbyn (Livonia, Mich./Stevenson HS) and blasted a shot in traffic, but OSU goalkeeper Emily Haynam came up with a big save. Two minutes later, Lisa Grubb's shot at the game-winner grazed the top of the crossbar and went out of play. Ten more minutes of extra time were unable to determine a winner, and each team went to the locker room with another point in the Big Ten standings.
The Wolverines (7-3-2, 4-1-1 Big Ten) begin a stretch of five consecutive road matches with a trip to West Lafayette, Ind., to face Purdue in Big Ten action Friday (Oct. 8) at 3 p.m. EST/CDT.
GAME SUMMARY
| Team | 1 | 2 | OT | OT | F |
| Ohio State | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Scoring, Time (Assist)
1st -- U-M, Kandice McLaughlin, 34:53 (Therese Heaton)
2nd -- OSU, Lara Dickenmann, 62:45 (Carla Arbulu, Danielle Dietrich)
Shots: U-M 14, OSU 29
Saves: U-M 11 (Megan Tuura), OSU 6 (Emily Haynam)
Corner Kicks: U-M 6, OSU 6
Fouls: U-M 18, OSU 17
Cards: None
Q U O T E S
U-M Head Coach Debbie Rademacher
On Michigan's performance ... "It was certainly a hard game against a good team. The girls fought hard. Our attack has been pretty stagnate the past two games and I think we need to step it up on the attack."
On U-M's strategy against Ohio State ... "They have one of the premier players in the Big Ten (in Lara Dickenmann). She's hard to handle, so we certainly had to take someone like Jamie (Artsis) out of our attack in order to keep her at bay. I think we need to make better decisions and be more aggressive on our attack. That would have helped us a little bit. But Ohio State is a good team and put us under a lot of pressure."
On the Big Ten race ... "We just have to take care of the rest of our Big Ten games. Penn State is obviously sitting at the top, but they haven't played Ohio State yet. There are a lot of games still to be played and we're certainly not out of the picture by any means."
N O T E S
Megan Tuura finished the game with a career-high 11 saves. Her previous career best was a nine-save effort in Michigan's 1-0 double-overtime loss to Penn State on Friday (Oct. 1).
Kandice McLaughlin recorded her second career goal. In 12 career games, McLaughlin has posted two goals and one assist for five points.
Therese Heaton posted her third assist of the season and the 10th of her career. She is now tied for the team lead in assists with Laura Tanchon and Katelin Spencer.
U-M holds a 2-1-2 record in overtime in 2004.
Michigan moves to 2-3-1 against nationally ranked opponents this season.
The Wolverines lead the all-time series 9-4-2.
Contact: Marc Ressler (734) 763-4423
Team Stats
McLaughlin, Kandice (2)
Assisted By: Heaton, Therese
off corner, pass to middle , from two y
34:53
Dickenmann, Lara
Assisted By: Arbulu, Carla , Dietrich, Danielle
pass to goal mouth, shot to lower right
62:45
