Badgers Settle For 1-1 Tie With Iowa State
September 12, 2003 | Women's Soccer
The University of Wisconsin women's soccer team dominated every statistical category except the one that counted, settling for a 1-1 tie with Iowa State in the opening night of play at the Rocky Rococo Invitational Friday.
The Badgers held a dominating 25-8 edge in shots and an 11-2 advantage in corner kicks, but was unable to record the game-winning goal. With the tie UW moves to 4-1-1 overall, while Iowa State's record now stands at 2-1-1.
"We just didn't finish the easy one," Wisconsin head coach Dean Duerst said. "We needed to step up and put one away. A lot of other chances we wanted it too bad. We were not calm enough when we had easy chances."
The Cyclones wasted little time in jumping out to the 1-0 lead. With only 55 seconds expired in the match, Kristina Baumann took a thru ball from Erin Weldon and chipped a shot from 30 yards out over UW keeper Stefani Szczechowski (Plymouth, Mich./Ladywood) for the goal.
Wisconsin knotted things up in the 33rd minute when freshman Emily Kintzer (Madison, Wis./East) was the recipient of a thru ball of her own from Marisa Brown (Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township). The freshman dribbled her way around ISU keeper Beth Chapman at the top of the box and put home the first collegiate goal of her career.
The Badgers created numerous opportunities for themselves throughout the the second half, posting a 14-3 shots advantage, but could never get the goal it needed. Neither team managed a shot in the first overtime, before UW outshot the Cyclones 3-2 in the second OT.
Chapman made seven saves for Iowa State, while Szczechowski stopped three shots.
Wisconsin closes out play at the Rocky Rococo Invitational at 1 p.m. Sunday when it takes on Nebraska.
Nebraska 1, Michigan 1 (2OT)
In monsoon-like conditions in the second half and beyond, Nebraska and Michigan played to a 1-1 tie in the opening match of the Rocky Rococo Invitational Friday afternoon.
Nebraska had a golden opportunity to win the match with a minute and a half remaining in the second overtime as Michigan was called for a handball in the penalty area. However, Wolverine goalkeeper Megan Tuura came up big, stopping Kari Hogan's shot, preserving the tie.
The Cornhuskers held a decisive 8-1 advantage in shots on goal in the first half, but were unable to score. NU finally got on the board at 52:01 as Vern Fitzgerald finished off a rebound of a free kick by Jenna Cooper.
Michigan tied the game at 66:02 when Stephanie Chavez finished off a rebound of an initial shot by Therese Heaton, skipping the ball off the wet turf past Husker keeper Brooke Bredenberg.
Nebraska is now 2-2-1, while Michigan moved to 0-3-2.
