2005 SOW vs. Penn State -- Notes & Quotes

N O T E S

With her second-half goal, Therese Heaton moved to within three points of Jessica Limauro (1995-98) for fourth place in all-time points by a Wolverine. Heaton's 76 career points trail Limauro's 79. Heaton also tied her career-best season total in points (24) with her second-half goal.

Heaton moved into a tie for fifth place on Michigan's career games played list in tonight's game.

Megan Tuura's seven-save performance moved her into sole possession of third place in all-time career saves in the Michigan record book. She has a team-leading 62 saves this season and 223 in her career.

Judy Coffman fired two shots in tonight's game, reaching the 50-shot mark on the season. Her 50 shots this season are the second highest total on the team.

Jamie Artsis added to her career-best season total in assists after tallying her third helper of the season on Danelle Underwood's second-half goal.

Melissa Dobbyn added to her team leading-point total with an assist on Danelle Underwood's second-half goal. She has a team-leading 28 points this season. She also continued her streak of being the only Wolverine player this season to record a shot in every game with her two shots tonight.

Dobbyn and Heaton each extended her point streak to five games. Dobbyn has tallied three goals and five assists in the last five games, while Heaton has netted four goals and earned three assists over the five-game span.

Danelle Underwood tallied three points for the first time in her career with her goal and assist in tonight's contest. Underwood is now tied with Judy Coffman for the third most points on the team this season with 12. Underwood also equaled her career high in shots with a team-high six. She fired a team-high six shots at Miami (Ohio) earlier this season (Sept. 11).

Q U O T E S

Michigan Head Coach Debbie Rademacher
On tonight's game ... "What's disappointing is that you have them within one goal and you give up that killer (goal). It's 2-1, then it's 3-1, then it's 3-2, then it's 4-2. I think that's disappointing, but we had some real shining moments in our attacking game and made it really exciting."

On giving up goals right after scoring ... "We talk about it all the time and the girls are conscious of it. It's something we need to figure out and we're trying to find the answer. Certainly we've been vulnerable."

On the momentum gained in the second half ... "As the first half went on, we started gaining a little bit. I just told them that we were winning balls and then giving them away when we certainly had the ability to hold the ball and move it around better. I think they realized that and they just need to relax a little bit and settle the game down."

On the play of freshman defender Skylar Andrews ... "We talked about that being her focus. She had the job of marking Tiffany Weimer. Tiffany is a goal scorer and can slip away at any moment. Skylar really stayed focused and she did have a good game despite Weimer getting the goal."

Freshman Defender Skylar Andrews
On tonight's game ... "It was a tough battle the whole game. I knew that once this game started I was going to tough it out and battle and try to shut down whoever I was marking. [Marking Tiffany Weimer] was my job and yes, I got beat once, but I was still in for the rest of the game."