No. 12/24 Women’s Soccer Welcomes Iowa, Youngstown State – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/16/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Sept. 16, 2003
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Columbus, Ohio – The No. 12/24 Ohio State women’s soccer team (5-0,0-0) heads into the 2003 Big Ten opener against the Iowa Hawkeyes Friday night at 7:30 in Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium aspiring to capture its best start to a season in program history, as the Buckeyes look improve to 6-0. Following the Big Ten opener, the Buckeyes remain at home to close out the weekend stand with a non-conference, intrastate match up with Youngstown State at Noon Sunday.
LAST WEEK: BUCKEYES CONTINUE CONVINCING WAYS IN TWO VICTORIES
The Buckeyes continued to impress last week, as they improved to 5-0 with a shutout victory over Cincinnati and 3-1 win over Coastal Carolina.
Heather Miller and Colleen Hoban scored goals in OSU’s win over the Bearcats Friday night, while junior Emily Gilbert recorded her first two-goal performance to lead the Buckeyes past the Chanticleers Sunday.
Freshman Jackie Lafond contributed her first career goal in Sunday’s win, while Paige Harrison assisted on each of Gilbert’s scores.
Keepers Emily Haynam and Staci Sinkway split time in the OSU box, as each recorded a win over the weekend.
OHIO STATE MATCHES BEST START IN PROGRAM HISTORY
Ohio State has jumped out to its most impressive start to a season in program history. OSU has celebrated its 10th anniversary season in grand fashion as the Buckeyes have claimed victory in each of their first five matches to start the 2003 season.
The last time an Ohio State team started a season 5-0 was 1998 when the Buckeyes registered wins at Evansville, at Louisville, at Dayton, over Purdue and over Xavier. The 2003 and 1998 season also share a striking similarity in that the Buckeyes outscored their opponents by a 14-2 margin and each team posted three shutouts among the five wins.
BUCKEYES EARN HIGHEST RANKING IN 10-YEAR HISTORY
With its 6-0 start, including an upset of then-No. 6 Virginia on September 5 and a shutout of 2002 Conference USA champion Cincinnati last Friday, the Buckeyes are continuing to climb in NSCAA.com/adidas Top 25, as OSU has staked claim to the No. 12 slot. The ranking is Ohio State’s highest in program history and marks OSU’s second mention in the Top 25 since claiming the 15th spot last week. The Buckeyes have cracked the Top 25 in the Soccertimes.com and Soccerbuzz.com polls as well, claiming the No. 18 ranking in Soccertimes, while scoring the No. 24 spot in Soccer Buzz this week.
REGIONAL RECOGNITION
The Buckeyes also find themselves in the regional rankings as OSU claims the No. 2 slot in the NSCAA/adidas Great Lakes poll, while they hold the No. 3 spot behind conference foe Michigan State and Notre Dame in the Soccer Buzz.com regional poll.
AN EYE ON THE HAWKEYES
The Iowa Hawkeyes come into Friday’s contest sporting an even 3-3 record. After getting off to a 1-3 start the Hawkeyes have rebounded with two straight victories over Rutgers and BYU at the Kentucky Invitational.
The Hawkeyes are led by leading scorer, sophomore forward, Katelyn Quinn, who scored the game-winning goal against BYU Sunday. Quinn leads the Hawkeyes with four goals and eight points. For her career, Quinn has scored 15 goals, had five assists and tallied 35 points.
Net-minding duties are given to Britta Vogela. Vogela has 50 saves and a goals against average of 1.68. Vogela has completed one shutout this season coming against Drake and boasts a career record of 19-16-2 along with 287 career saves.
The head coach of the Hawkeyes is Carla Baker. Baker is in her second season as head coach and has complied a career record of 14-10-1. She finished 11-7-1 in her inaugural season last fall with three of her players honored by the Big Ten in the postseason.
LAST SEASON: IOWA 3, OSU 1
Ohio State suffered a 3-1 defeat to Iowa last season at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. The Hawkeyes prevailed despite being out-shot by OSU 29-10, including a 20-4 margin in the second half.
The Buckeyes stormed out of the gate in the early going of the match. OSU recorded three shots in keeping the ball in the Hawkeye zone for nearly all of the first eight minutes of play. Iowa would answer, however, with a burst of three goals over the next eight minutes of action to build what would turn out to be an insurmountable lead.
Ohio State tallied nine shots in the first 15 minutes of play in the second stanza, but failed to strike the Iowa net until freshman forward Colleen Hoban snapped the scoring drought as she buried a rebounded-shot in the Hawkeye net in the 58th minute. The goal was Hoban’s fifth of the season. Sophomore midfielder Paige Harrison and Lisa Grubb each were credited with an assist on the play.
Ohio State continued its onslaught upon the Hawkeye defense as it registered 10 more shots over the final 32 minutes but were denied each time by Iowa goaltender Britta Vogele, who tallied 11 saves to record her sixth win of the season.
BUCKEYES – HAWKEYES: THE SERIES
The Buckeyes and Hawkeyes have met six times with each team claiming three victories apiece. Ohio State has the series lead in Columbus at two games to one, while the Hawkeyes hold a two games to one edge in Iowa City. In last year’s meeting the Hawkeyes edged the Buckeyes 3-1 picking up their first victory in Columbus.
THE FYI ON YSU
Youngstown State makes their first trip to Columbus sporting a 1-5 record. The Penguins are led by junior midfielder Kim Jugenheimer, who has netted four goals and has tallied nine points this season.
Junior Mia Railing covers the goalkeeping duties for the Penguins. Railing has played in all six contests tallying 40 saves and a goals against average of 4.00. Railing has 79 saves for her career.
Liz Bartley enters her fourth season as head coach of the Penguins. Bartley owns a 39-66-2 career record.
FIRST MEETING BETWEEN THE BUCKEYES AND PENGIUNS
The meeting between YSU and the Buckeyes will mark the first game between the two teams. OSU has met teams from the Horizon League before, the most recent came on Aug. 31, 2003 against Wright State University with the Buckeyes claiming a 4-0 victory. Ohio State holds a 12-3 overall record against teams from the Horizon league.
ONE-SIDED SCOREBOARD
With its three shutout wins and 4-1 decision over Indiana State and 3-1 win over Coastal Carolina Sunday, the Buckeyes hold a 14-2 advantage in goals. The 12-goal margin is OSU’s largest through five games in a season since starting the 1998 campaign with an identical 14-2 edge. Included in the offensive dominance is an 18-2 advantage in assists and a 42-14 ledger in corner kicks, including a 17-5 edge in Sunday’s win over the Chanticleers.
KEEPER BY COMMITTEE
The Ohio State goal box has been occupied by a quartet of Buckeyes so far in 2003, as juniors Emily Haynam and Jen Heaney and freshman Shannon Neely and Staci Sinkway all have seen action in at least one of the five matches thus far.
In each contest this season, Ohio State head coach Lori Walker has chosen to switch keepers at intermission. Heaney and Neely split action in the first contest this season, while Haynam has started the last three matches and has given way to Sinkway in the second half, as the freshman has closed out each win.
Sinkway leads the club in minutes with 180, which includes five second half saves in the wins over Virginia and Cincinnati, while Haynam follows with 135 minutes in net. Heaney has accounted for just over 115 minutes of action and two of the five victories. Haynam also has recorded two of the wins, while Sinkway was credited with the win over Cincinnati. Overall, the OSU netminders have accounted for three shutouts – all by way of the combined variety – as Heaney and Sinkway boast a 0.00 goals against average, while Haynam sports a 0.67 GAA.
STIFLING DEFENSE
The Buckeyes have recorded three shutouts in their five victories in 2003. The Ohio State backline featuring juniors Erica Nollen and Paige Harrison, sophomore Kristin Sawchak, and freshman Melissa Miller and Emily Francis allowed just 54 opponent shots, including just 31 at the OSU goal in the five matches.
The Buckeye backline has allowed OSU to take a 93-54 advantage in total shots and a 52-31 edge in shots on goal. Overall, the Ohio State defense has allowed just 0.40 goals per game, as opponents have connected on just two of their 54 strikes.
BUCKEYES PLAY FULL 90
Ohio State has proven to spread its offensive production over both the first and second halves of games this season, as the Buckeye have posted seven goals in both the first and second periods of games for its season total of 14.
Ohio State has posted near-identical first and second half combined figures in several other categories, as the Buckeyes have totaled 47 of their 93 shots in the first half, leaving the second half shot production at 46 attempts . In addition, Ohio State has nearly split its corner kick opportunities right down the middle, as the Buckeyes have fired 22 of its 42 corner kicks in the second half.
GILBERT AND MUMLEY SCORE CAREER HIGHS
Junior midfielder Emily Gilbert fueled Ohio State’s 3-1 win over Coastal Carolina with her first two-goal performance of her career, as the Cincinnati native netted a header in both the first and second halves of last Sunday’s contest. Gilbert also set a career-best in assists in one game, as she played a hand on three scores in the 4-1 triumph at Wright State.
Fellow junior Liz Mumley also established a career-high when she netted two goals in the Buckeye win over Wright State on August 31.
ROAD WARRIORS
Ohio State boasts a 7-2 mark in its last nine games played outside the friendly confines of Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, dating back to a 1-0 win at Wisconsin on Oct. 18 of 2002. The streak includes four neutral matches, including the three wins at the Big Ten tournament and the first-round loss in the NCAA tournament.
GRUBB SCORES BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Ohio State junior forward Lisa Grubb was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 1, as she recorded two goals and one assist in OSU’s 4-1 season opening win over Indiana State.
Grubb, the 2002 Big Ten Tournament Offensive MVP, tallied her 18th and 19th career goals and ninth career assist in the victory, as she moved into sixth place in the program’s career points list with 45.
“A CELEBRATION OF 10”
The Ohio State women’s soccer program held its “A Celebration of 10” reunion Aug. 29 and 30 to recognize the 10-year anniversary of the sport. Festivities kicked off Friday, Aug. 29 as the Buckeyes played host to Indiana State in the 2003 home opener and scored a 4-1 victory.
The game commenced a two-day celebration of the tradition and excellence exhibited by the program over the past decade. Former players in attendance were recognized at halftime, while notable players from each of the 10 seasons were honored at a brunch-style banquet the following Saturday morning at the Longaberger Alumni Center.
Former players also attended the season opening football game between Washington and Ohio State, as the Buckeyes topped the Huskies 28-9.
Since it’s first game September 5, 1993 – a 1-0 triumph over Dayton – Ohio State women’s soccer has competed in the top levels of the Big Ten Conference and the national scene. In nine seasons Ohio State has posted 14, 13 and 12-win campaigns and has culminated its rise to the top of the Big Ten with appearances in the conference tournament championship match in 1998 and 2002, winning the 2002 tournament title to earn the program’s first NCAA tournament bid.
Notable Buckeyes from those squads who have helped build the Ohio State tradition will be honored at both halftime of the Indiana State match and at the ensuing banquet Saturday. Amongst the group are 1994 All-Big Ten performers Jody Stranges (1994-1997), a 2003 Ohio State Varsity “O” Hall of Fame Inductee and four-time all-conference honoree, Lisa Suttmiller (1994-97), OSU’s career points leader, and Bree Blakely (1993-96), the first Buckeye to earn First Team All-Big Ten status. 1995 Big Ten Freshman of the Year Jennifer Plante (1995-1998) also will be honored, while 1998 All-Big Ten and Great Lakes Region selection Becky Borchers (1995-1998) will be on hand as well.
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Ohio State’s noted academic success reaches deep into head coach Lori Walker’s tenure, as she has mentored 36 student-athletes to Academic All-Big Ten selections, including a program-best 11 honorees in 2002. The program also boasts 62 OSU Scholar-Athlete selections and the collegiate academic award in 2002.
UP NEXT
Ohio State will play a weekend road trip against Indiana on Friday, September 26, at 5 p.m., and at Purdue on Sunday, September 28, at 1:00 p.m.
