Women’s Soccer Travels to No. 11 Penn State – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/12/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Oct. 12, 2006
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s soccer team will seek its fourth-consecutive win at 1 p.m. Sunday when it faces No. 11 Penn State at Jeffrey Field in University Park, Pa.
The match up between the Buckeyes (8-5-1; 3-3-0 Big Ten) and the Nittany Lions (8-3-3; 4-1-1 Big Ten) will be a rematch of a close 1-0 loss OSU suffered last season to the then-No. 1 team in the country at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.
NATIONAL RECOGNITION
Lara Dickenmann was named to the SoccerBuzz.com Elite Team of the Week for the week of Oct. 9. This is Dickenmann’s third elite team of the week honor and her second accolade for the week. She was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week Monday.
BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Midfielder Lara Dickenmann was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 9 following a three-goal weekend against Iowa and No. 10 Illinois.
Dickenmann collected the first two of her six points against the Hawkeyes, scoring one of two goals in the Buckeyes’ 2-0 win. Dickenmann returned to action against the Fighting Illini and scored both OSU goals in the team’s 2-0 victory.
Dickenmann leads the team in points with 18 on seven goals and four assists.
The Buckeyes have won every match in which Dickenmann has tallied at least one point, except Indiana. MAKE IT 32 AND 33
Lisa Grubb, who already has six assists to her credit this season, tallied her first and second goal of the season against Wright State Wednesday. The OSU all-time goals leader, Grubb’s career goals total is 33.
POINTS SYSTEM
Eleven Buckeyes have tallied at least a point this season, including Carla Arbulu and Keiana Mitchell, who recorded their first points of 2006 against Wright State.
Arbulu scored an assist and Mitchell notched two helpers.
1 VS. 2
The match Sunday between the Buckeyes and the Nittany Lions will feature the Top 2 teams in the Big Ten Conference in points tallied.
Penn State is No. 1 with 75 points in 14 games. Ohio State is second with 69 points in 14 matches.
THE TRIFECTA
Buckeye tri-captains, Emily Francis, Lisa Grubb and Melissa Miller contributed an assist for the third consecutive game against Iowa. In all, the trio has combined for 18 points this season – Francis (4a), Grubb (2g, 6a), Miller (4a).
GOOSE EGG
The OSU defense has posted five shutouts on the season. Ohio State has notched consecutive shutouts twice this season, the first coming against Kent State (0-0) and Xavier (2-0) and second vs. Iowa (2-0) and Illinois (2-0).
BUCKEYE SNAPSHOT
Ohio State is out scoring and out shooting its opponents, 22-15, and 227-153, respectively. The Buckeyes also have the corner kicks advantage, 88-51.
DAVID VS. GOLIATH
The Scarlet and Gray has defeated two ranked opponents in 2006. The Buckeyes dropped No. 15 California, 1-0, Sept. 15 during the Ohio State Tournament in Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium and then defeated tenth-ranked Illinois, 2-0, Oct. 8.
IN THE BIG TEN
Ohio State is ranked in the Top 5 in nine categories in the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes, which are taking 227 shots, good for fourth, have connected 22 times, which also is good for fourth in the league. Ohio State also is fifth in goals per game (1.57). The 25 helpers on those goals keep OSU tops in the assists category, as well as assists per game (1.79). In all, the Buckeyes have compiled 69 points, which ranks them second. The Scarlet and Gray has completed five shutouts (T-fifth), have committed the least amount of fouls with 135 (first) and has taken 88 corners (second).
Individually, OSU leading scorers Lisa Collison and Lara Dickenmann are ranked in the Top 3 in six standings. Collison is first in points per game (1.42) and third in points (17). Collison also is first in goals and goals per game with eight and 0.67, respectively. Dickenmann’s 57 shot attempts and 4.07 per game are third. Dickenmann also is tied for second in the conference in points per game with an average of 1.29. Tied for third in goals (7) and fourth in goals per game (0.50), Dickenmann cracked the Top 5 in assists with four helpers. Dickenmann joins teammates Emily Francis and Melissa Miller, who both have four assists to their credit. Keeper Lauren Robertson is tied for third in shutouts with five.
SCOUTING PENN STATE
The Nittany Lions enter their match vs. the Buckeyes with an 8-3-3 record and a 4-1-1 mark in the Big Ten. Penn State is led by a pair of forwards in Aubrey Aden-Buie and Katie Schoepfer. Aden-Buie has 18 points on eight goals and two assists, while Schoepfer has collected 16 points on six goals and four assists.
PSU is out scoring and out shooting its opponents, 27-15, and 244-160, respectively.
Paula Wilkins (Massachusetts, 1994) is the head coach for Penn State. In her seventh season, Wilkins has compiled a record of 109-17-10.
BUCKEYES VS. NITTANY LIONS
Ohio State trails Penn State 4-11-0 in the all-time series.
NO. 1
Lisa Grubb is the Ohio State all-time leader in goals (33), assists (25) and points (87). Grubb took over the top spot in career goals in the Buckeyes’ 2004 NCAA tournament match against Tennessee. After missing the 2005 season because of injury, Grubb has returned to the lineup this season and has tallied 10 points on two goals and six assists. Grubb started the season just two points and four assists behind Lisa Suttmiller (1994-97) for the all-time lead.
ADD TO THE COLLECTION
Lisa Collison was named to the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week for the week of Oct. 2 after her three-goal performance vs. Northwestern Oct. 1. Collison notched a hat trick against the Wildcats, becoming the first Buckeye to do so since 2004 when former midfielders Heather Miller and Danielle Dietrich recorded three goals against Xavier and Minnesota, respectively.
The award by Top Drawer Soccer is the second of Collison’s career. The sophomore earned the weekly honor this time last year (Oct. 3, 2005) after tallying a three-goal weekend vs. Illinois (Sept. 30) and Iowa (Oct. 2).
HATS OFF TO YOU
With her three-goal outing against Northwestern, Lisa Collison is tied for second all time for the most goals scored by a Buckeye in a game. Collison joins five former Buckeyes in the records list. Tiffany Tisdale (1994-97) owns the record with four goals against the Miami RedHawks in 1997.
THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT JESSE
Despite dropping its first match at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium this season against Northwestern, Ohio State owns an impressive record of 84-39-10 (.669) in Columbus.
The Buckeyes are 5-1-1 at JOMS in 2006 and have three more matches to play.
BIG TEN RECORD
In 13 seasons, Ohio State has compiled a 48-60-11 conference record.
OFFENSIVELY SPEAKING
Three of the four goals and points leaders from the past four seasons are on the 2006 roster. Lisa Collison (13g, 3a) was the 2005 goals and points leader. Lara Dickenmann owned the ranking in 2004 (13 g, 12a) and Lisa Grubb was tops in 2001 (12g, 5a) and 2002 (7g, 3a).
MAKE IT 100
Head coach Lori Walker earned her 100th OSU win Aug. 27 when Ohio State shut out Xavier, 2-0, at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.
Walker’s Buckeye career record is 107-79-15 in 10-plus seasons at Ohio State.
BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE WEEK
True freshman Lauren Robertson was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for the week of Aug. 28 following her performances vs. Kent State and Xavier. Robertson is the first OSU goalkeeper since 1998 to record two shutouts in the first two games of the season. The last Buckeye keeper to accomplish the feat was Ohio State career shutouts leader Amber Barnes (1997-2000). Barnes recorded 22 shutouts in her four-year career and opened the `98 campaign with shutout victories against Evansville (1-0) and Louisville (5-0).
Prior to Barnes, only Stacey Smith (1993 and 1995) tallied consecutive shutouts in the first two games of a season.
LAST TIME OUT
VS. WRIGHT STATE The gamewinning goal by Lisa Grubb lifted Ohio State over nonconference opponent Wright State, 3-1, Wednesday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. The win improves the Buckeyes to 8-5-1 overall and they remain 3-3-0 in the Big Ten Conference. The Raiders drop to 8-3-3 and 1-2-1 in the Horizon League. The match, which was scheduled for 7:30 p.m., was delayed one hour and five minutes because of inclement weather.
Grubb ended the 1-all tie in the 42nd minute when she picked up the rebound from Keiana Mitchell’s shot and put the ball in the back of the net for her first goal of the season and her 32nd overall. Both Mitchell and Carla Arbulu, who took the corner kick that led to the goal, were credited with the assist.
Grubb then sealed the win for Ohio State at the 73:41 mark when she recorded her second goal of the game. Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 9) Lara Dickenmann and Caitlin Colfer fed Grubb the ball from the midfield and the senior tri-captain was able to beat a Wright State defender from the left side of the box.
The Buckeyes were down early after the Raiders’ Amy Miller scored on a penalty kick at 5:33. However, Ohio State answered when Mitchell notched her first point of the game and the season after she led Lisa Collison from the midfield to the goal for the score in the 19th minute. Collison’s game-tying goal was her eighth of the season.
Ohio State out shot Wright State, 16-8, and held the corner kicks advantage, 7-1. OSU keeper Lauren Robertson made two stops, while WSU’s Steph Comisar had five saves. The Raiders also were credited with a team save.
UP NEXT
The Buckeyes return to Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium when they host Michigan State at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20 and Michigan at 1 p.m. Oct. 22.
