Women’s Soccer to Play Host to Kentucky – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/7/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Sept. 7, 2005
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s soccer team (2-1-1; 0-0-0 Big Ten) will play host to Kentucky (3-0-1; 0-0-0 SEC) at 6 p.m. Sunday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. The Buckeyes have won 16 of 17 matches in Columbus, dating back to the Buckeyes’ first home contest and win (8-1) last year vs. Xavier Sept. 2.
RADIO AND GAMETRACKER AVAILABLE
Live stats via GameTracker will be available for all Ohio State home games and selected away matches at ohiostatebuckeyes.com. In addition, KBUX, OSU’s student radio station, will broadcast several of the Buckeyes’ home games this season. Gavin Blair and Jeff Svoboda’s call can be heard live at undergound.fm.
PROMOTIONAL CALENDAR
The Ohio State vs. Kentucky match Sunday will celebrate Youth Soccer Month. Children in the eighth grade and under will be admitted free when they wear their soccer jersey and are invited to participate in a postgame soccer kick. In addition, all fans will receive a free OSU women’s soccer team poster during the game.
INJURY UPDATE
Seniors Lisa Grubb and Megan Stickler will not return for the 2005 season because of injury. Grubb, a native of Portage, Mich., was diagnosed with a stress fracture in her lumbar spine. Stickler, who hails from Hudson, Ohio, suffered a fibular fracture and had surgery to repair it last week.
WORLD CUP ACTION
Sophomore Lara Dickenmann was not in action for the Buckeyes in their match vs. Cincinniati after returning to Switzerland for a World Cup Qualifier match against Russia Sept. 1. The Swiss fell to Russia 2-0.
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Ohio State looks to maintain its dominance at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. In 2004, the Buckeyes held a 10-game unbeaten streak at home. The Scarlet and Gray extended that run to 16 games in the postseason, winning three matches during the 2004 Big Ten Tournament to become champions and capturing an additional three contests to advance to the “Elite Eight” of the NCAA tournament.
The Buckeyes own a .668 winning percentage in Columbus. So far, Ohio State has played 119 home contests and have compiled 76 wins and seven ties.
M.A.C. HERMANN CUP WATCH LIST
Lara Dickenmann and Melissa Miller are on the Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy watch list. The honor, awarded to the top female student-athlete who represents the highest level of individual achievement in collegiate soccer, will be presented by the Missouri Athletic Club Jan. 6, 2006 in St. Louis.
The 25-player watch list will be narrowed down to 15 semifinalists by representatives from each Division I conference in early November and three finalists will be announced in December by Division I coaches who are members of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).
A GLANCE AT THE POLLS
Ohio State slipped to 23rd in the Soccer America Poll and dropped to 19th in the SoccerBuzz.com rankings, but is No. 5 in the SoccerBuzz.com Great Lakes Regional Poll. The Buckeyes fell out of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) rankings, but remain in the Top 10 (7) in the NSCAA Great Lakes Regional Poll.
CONFERENCE STATUS
In the Big Ten’s first women’s soccer release of the 2005 season, Ohio State is ranked in the Top 5 in eight categories.
The Buckeyes are second in the conference in assists (7) and assists per game (1.75) and are third in shots and points, tallying 60 and 21, respectively. Ohio State holds down the No. 4 spot in goals (7), goals per game (1.75) and corner kicks (22) and are fifth in saves with 24.
Individually, Lara Dickenmann is first in the league in shots per game, notching an average of 6.67. Dickenmann also is second in shots (20) and assists (2) and assists per game (0.67). Freshman Lisa Collison, who leads the team with three goals, is tied for third in the conference in points (7), points per game (1.75), goals (3) and goals per game (0.75). In net for Ohio State for 200 minutes, OSU goalkeeper Staci Sinkway is seventh and eighth in saves and goals against average, recording 14 and an average of 0.90, respectively.
FURMAN GAME
Ohio State suffered a 1-0 defeat to Furman Sept. 4 at Baujan Field in the Nike Dayton Flyer Invitational in Dayton, Ohio.
Furman took a 1-0 halftime lead after a nearly scoreless stanza in which the Buckeyes had eight shots to the Lady Paladins’ 11. Furman’s Andre’a Morrison slid a shot past OSU goalkeeper Staci Sinkway on a breakaway at the 44:36 mark. Both keepers were even with four saves a piece and the Lady Paladins had a 4-1 corner kicks advantage at the break.
Both teams were scoreless in the second half and Furman was able to hold on to its 1-0 lead. The Buckeyes recorded a nine-shot half and after splitting time in the net with teammate Shannon Neely in the three previous matches, Sinkway remained in goal, notching three saves. Lady Paladin goalkeeper Andie Hinshaw compiled four saves.
Ohio State posted 17 shots compared to Furman’s 18 and registered three corner kicks to the Lady Paladins’ seven. Sinkway recorded seven saves and the OSU defense had two team stops. Hinshaw recorded eight saves.
CINCINNATI GAME
Ohio State rallied from a 0-2 deficit for a 2-2 double overtime tie against Cincinnati in the Buckeyes’ first of two matches at the Nike Dayton Flyer Invitational Sept. 2 at Baujan Field in Dayton, Ohio. Lisa Collison and Jennifer Greenwood were the Buckeye scorers.
The Bearcats opened the half with a goal 1:45 seconds into the game when Jenn Johannigman lofted a shot 25 yards out into the upper right corner of the net. In a stanza where Ohio State took three shots and Cincinnati seven, the Bearcats took a 2-0 lead at the 27:40 mark after Chelsea Kindschuh took a shot 20 yards from the goal. The Buckeyes cut the Bearcats’ lead to one goal five minutes (40:28) before halftime when Greenwood rebounded a Melissa Miller shot for the score. Miller was credited with the assist. OSU goalkeeper Shannon Neely made three saves and UC goalkeeper Sherry Slye recorded zero.
The Buckeyes evened the score in the second half with a Collison goal at the 74:50 mark. Emily Francis was able to serve the ball from the middle of the pitch to the 18 yard point where Collison fired a shot into the back of the net. It was the third goal for Collison in as many games, as she scored in Ohio State’s season openers vs. Kent State (Aug. 26) and Xavier (Aug. 28). Staci Sinkway was in net for the Buckeyes and recorded no saves. Slye registered one save.
Ohio State and Cincinnati were even in shots and corner kicks, compiling nine and eight, respectively. The Buckeyes tallied three saves on the night, while Cincinnati had one.
A LOOK AT KENTUCKY
The Wildcats, who are led by head coach Warren Lipka, are projected to finish sixth in the Southeastern Conference’s Eastern Division. So far in 2005, Kentucky has compiled a 3-0-1 record, with wins over Eastern Kentucky (5-0), Miami (Ohio) (2-0) and Bellarmine (7-1). The Wildcats tied (1-1) Michigan State in their season and home opener.
Eight different Wildcats have scored a goal with Kate Huges leading the squad in goals (4) and points (8). In the net for Kentucky is Anne Ogundele. In four games, Ogundele has allowed only two goals, notching a GAA of 0.47 and has made three saves.
BUCKEYES VS. WILDCATS
The Buckeyes trail the Wildcats 0-3 in the all-time series record. In the teams’ last meeting, Ohio State dropped a 2-0 contest to Kentucky in Lexington, Ky.
This only is the second match to be played between the Buckeyes and the Wildcats in Columbus and is the first game to be played at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Ohio State and Kentucky last met in Columbus in 1994 and the Scarlet and Gray suffered a 3-2 loss.
UP NEXT
Ohio State returns to the road for another four-game road trip beginning with a test at the Harvard Invitational in Cambridge, Mass., vs. Harvard and Northeastern. The Buckeyes will face the Crimson at noon Sept. 15 at Ohiri field and will then square off against the Huskies at 11 a.m.
