Lisa Collison Named to TopDrawerSoccer.com Team – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/6/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
COLUMBUS, Ohio Ohio State senior forward Lisa Collison has been named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com College Team of the Week.
Collison scored the first two goals in Ohio State’s 4-0 win Friday over Wisconsin. She converted in the 22nd minute to open the scoring, off an Ashley Bowyer through ball, by sidestepping the Wisconsin keeper to score from 10-yards out. Just six minutes later Collison and Bowyer hooked up again to make the score 2-0. This time Bowyer drove a free kick from the right side into the box that Collison angled into the net off a beautiful header.
The Niagara Falls, Ontario native and graduate of Saint Michaels has been on a roll with 11 points during the Buckeyes current six-game winning streak that has improved their record to 6-4-2 overall and to 3-0-0 in the Big Ten. Here’s a recap:
- Collison scored the game winner off a terrific through ball from Emily Esbrook in the 3-1 win over Evansville.
- Two days later she set up the tying goal in the 82nd minute of a 2-1 win over Louisville, sending a ball into the box that freshman Taylor Moront “headed” into the net. She then scored the game-winner in the 98th minute for her 10th career game-winning goal.
- She added another game-winner in the team’s 2-0 win over Wright State.
- Then came her two goals last Friday vs. Wisconsin, which increased her team-leading totals to six goals and 14 points this season.
Collison’s streak has moved her into second-place all-time at Ohio State with 34 career goals. She trails only Lisa Grubb (35 goals from 2001-06). Collison’s 78 career points rank fourth all-time at Ohio State.
Collison and the Buckeyes hit the road this week for games against Michigan State at 4 p.m. Friday in East Lansing and Michigan at 1 p.m. Sunday in Ann Arbor.
TopDrawerSoccer.com Women’s College Team of the Week:
Ashley Thompson, GK, UCLA
Emily Zurrer, D, Illinois
Jessie Davis, D, Penn State
Crystal Wagner, D, Missouri
Corky Julien, M, James Madison
Kayla Grimsley, M, South Carolina
Lisa Collison, F, Ohio State
Felicia Schroeder, F, Purdue
Lindsay Taylor, F, Stanford
Sinead Farrelly, F, Virginia
Casey Nogueira, F, North Carolina
Player of the Week: Casey Nogueira, North Carolina
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