Michigan
(8-10)
Miami (Ohio)
(13-6)
Michigan Drops Overtime Game Against Miami (Ohio)
10/31/2008 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Phyllis Ocker Field)
Score: Miami (Ohio) 3, Michigan 2 (OT)
Records: U-M (8-10), MIA (13-6)
Next U-M Match: Sunday, Nov. 2 -- at Iowa (Iowa City, Iowa), 2 p.m. CST
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan field hockey team could not hang onto its halftime advantage as Miami (Ohio) tallied three unanswered goals to claim a 3-2 overtime decision on Friday afternoon (Oct. 31) at Phyllis Ocker Field.
The RedHawks scored twice -- within a 26-second window -- during the final 14 minutes of regulation play to knot the score at 2-2 before Courtney Fretz recorded the gamewinner on a 2-on-1 break just 2:18 into the overtime stanza.
U-M had held a two-goal advantage until the 56:32 mark when Kate Synder put Miami on the board with a low shot past Wolverine sophomore/freshman goalkeeper Christi Barwick(San Diego, Calif./Torrey Pines HS) following a broken RedHawk corner. Maggie Marcum evened the score just 26seconds later -- at the 56:58 mark -- taking a goal-mouth pass from Mary Hull, who created a breakaway opportunity off the midfield restart, and tapping it in from the left-side post.
Sophomore/freshman Zara Saydjari(Skowhegan, Maine/Skowhegan HS) netted both of the Wolverines' first-half tallies for the first multi-goal effort of her career. She gave Michigan the initial lead at the 9:25 mark, battling for a ball in front of the Miami cage before banging it to the back of the net. Senior Stephanie Hoyer(Englewood, Colo./Cherry Creek HS) started the play at midfield, carrying the ball down the left side of the field and into the circle before dishing a pass to Sayjdari in front.
Saydjariconnected for her second goal seven minutes later -- at 16:27 -- on a reverse shot from the top of the circle. The rocket shot defeated MU goalkeeper Abbey Huck low to the left-side corner.
The RedHawks outshot Michigan 15-10, including a 12-5 advantage in the second half, and outcornered the Wolverines 8-4. Splitting time in the Michigan cage, senior/junior Paige Pickett(Dallas, Texas/Episcopal School of Dallas) recorded one save in the opening frame, while Barwick made eight stops in the second half. Miami also played two goalkeepers in the winning effort; Huck made no saves in the first half, while Kelsey Dean stopped all three U-M shots on goal in the final 37:18 to claim the victory.
The Wolverines will wrap up the regular-season portion of their 2008 campaign when they head to Iowa City, Iowa, on Sunday (Nov. 2) to face the No. 9-ranked Hawkeyes. The game is slated for a 2 p.m. CST start at Grant Field and will be aired live on the Big Ten Network.
GAME SUMMARY
| By Periods | 1 | 2 | OT | F |
| Miami (Ohio) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Scoring, Time (Assist)
1st -- U-M, Zara Saydjari, 9:25 (Stephanie Hoyer)
1st -- U-M, Saydjari, 16:27 (unassisted)
2nd -- MIA, Kate Snyder, 56:32 (Katie Brightwell)
2nd -- MIA, Maggie Marcum, 56:58 (Mary Hull)
OT -- MIA, Courtney Fretz, 72:18 (Elizabeth Gilroy)
Shots: U-M 10, MIA 15
Saves: U-M9 (Paige Pickett 1, Christi Barwick 8), MIA3 (Abbey Huck 0, Kelsey Dean 3)
Defensive Saves: U-M 0, MIA 0
Penalty Corners: U-M 4, MIA 8
Contact: Leah Howard (734) 763-4423
Team Stats
Saydjari, Zara
Assisted By: Hoyer, Stephanie
20 carried into circle, 9 dug out of scr
9:25
Saydjari, Zara
reverse shot from the top of the circle
16:27
SNYDER, Kate
Assisted By: BRIGHTWELL, Katie
on corner, shot from left side of circle
56:32
MARCUM, Maggie
Assisted By: HULL, Mary
breakaway, pass to left post, one-timer
56:58
FRETZ, Courtney
Assisted By: GILROY, Elizabeth
brea into the circle, pass to 11 on left
72:18
