October 25, 2010

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BAY CITY, Mich. - Northwood University junior forward Amanda Watson (Oregon, Ohio) earned GLIAC Women's Soccer "Athlete of the Week" honors after leading Northwood to a pair of victories last week, scoring four goals while adding an assist.

GLIAC Women’s Soccer Athlete of the Week:
Amanda Watson - Northwood University
Junior/Forward
Oregon, Ohio/Clay.

Junior Amanda Watson led Northwood to a pair of victories last week, scoring four goals while adding an assist.  She netted both goals in a 2-0 victory over Michigan Tech Friday afternoon.  Watson then had a hand in three of four goals in a 4-1 victory over Northern Michigan.  She assisted the opening tally before scoring the next two goals.  For the season, she leads the GLIAC in goals (15), goals per game (1.0), points (35) and points per game (2.33).

GLIAC Women’s Soccer Weekly Honor Roll:  Alicia VanZanten - AU, Emily Karska - FSU, Kayla Addison - GV, Kaitlyn Holland - LEC, Jennifer Holton- OD, Kaysie Morand - SVSU, Lauren Turkington - TU.

2010 GLIAC Women’s Soccer Athletes of the Week: (9/7) Amanda Watson - NU; (9/13) Amelia Johnson - NM; (9/20) Jessica Baker - NM; (9/27) Jaleen Dingledine - GV; (10/4) Melanie Hoffman - MT; (10/11) Rachel McCollum - FS; (10/18) Kayla Addison - GVSU; (10/25) Amanda Watson - NU

Ashland Eagles

The Eagles went 1-1 on the weekend, falling to Ohio Dominican on Friday, 3-0, before earning a hard-fought 2-1 home win on Sunday over Urbana. The Eagles took a 1-0 lead in Sunday’s game on a goal by senior Ashley Dragos in the 57th minute. Urbana answered with the equalizer in the 78th minute, but the Eagles bore down and got the game-winner in the 82nd minute. Freshman Tani Lopez took a pass from senior Alicia VanZanten and scored into the right side. VanZanten assisted on both goals. The Eagles finish their regular season schedule this weekend with home games against Tiffin on Friday and Findlay on Sunday.

 

Ferris State Bulldogs

Freshman forward Emily Kraska has compiled a combined three points in her last two outings after tallying a goal at Findlay last Friday (Oct. 22) and then picking up an assist in Sunday’s (Oct. 24) contest at Tiffin.  Kraska’s six points (2-2=6) in 17 matches this season presently ranks tied for the third highest on the squad.  The Bulldogs have posted a 2-3-2 record (.500) in away matches this fall and are averaging 1.19 goals per contest while allowing the identical average in a road encounter.  Freshman goalkeeper Rachel McCollum has a 2-3-2 mark with a 1.19 goals-against average (nine goals allowed) and an .852 saves percentage (52 total saves) in 680 minutes of action. Ferris State is 2-8-1 (.227) in regular-season finale contests and hasn’t posted a win since the 2002 campaign (Nov. 9) when the Bulldogs recorded a 1-0 home triumph versus Grand Valley State under the lights.  FSU sports a 2-6 mark (.250)  in such encounters against Grand Valley State.  Ferris will face Grand Valley State on Saturday (Oct. 30) at Gramd Valley.

 

Findlay Oilers

The University of Findlay women’s soccer team split a pair of conference games last week, winning 3-1 against Ferris State on Friday at home and losing 3-1 to #3 Grand Valley State University on Sunday at DeHaven Field.  In the win over the Bulldogs, senior Amanda Bachmayer, senior Rosie Paris and sophomore Emily Beddoes each scored goals.  In the loss to the Lakers, senior Sara Jones scored the Oilers lone goal.  She currently leads the team with five goals on the year.

 

Grand Valley State Lakers

Grand Valley State notched a 1-0-1 record over the weekend as the Lakers tied with Tiffin on Friday (1-1) and defeated Findlay on Sunday (3-1).  The #3 ranked division II team advanced its record to 14-1-2 overall and 11-1-2 in GLIAC action…In the tie with Tiffin, junior Erin Mruz (Gurnee, Ill.) scored the lone goal for Grand Valley State, as senior Kristen Eible (DeWitt, Mich.) notched the assist.  The Lakers outshot the Dragons by a 6-2 advantage during the two overtime periods, but were unable to find the back of the net.  GVSU recorded three goals in the last five minutes to claim the victory against Findlay.  Sophomore Kayla Addison (Southfield, Mich.) recorded two goals and an assist for a total of five points in the win, while Jaleen Dingledine (Newaygo, Mich.) notched a goal and an assists and Mruz recorded two assists.  The tough Laker backline held the Oilers to just five shots, including two shots on goal.  Grand Valley State outshot its opponents by a 43-14 advantage in shots, including an 18-5 margin in shots on goal.  Addison leads GVSU in goals (14) and points (34), while Dingledine and Mruz are tied for the top spot with 10 assists.  The Lakers will host their final regular season match on Saturday (Oct. 30) against GLIAC rival Ferris State at 12:00 p.m.

 

Lake Erie Storm

Lake Erie got its first GLIAC win on Sunday with a 2-1 upset of Ohio Dominican.  With the game tied at 1-1 in the 86th minute, sophomore forward Kaitlyn “Skeeter” Holland’s (Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington North) shot from 35 yards out fell just over the outstretched hand of ODU goalkeeper and into the top of the net.  Earlier in the half, Holland picked up the game tying assist as a beautiful cross found the foot of freshman Misty Porter (Reno, Nev./North Valleys). Lake Erie was led by a strong performance by freshman goalkeeper Megan Baldacci (Cavecreek, Ariz./Cactus Shadows).  Baldacci made 17 saves in the game, some spectacular second half saves to allow Lake Erie the chance to make its late rally. In a loss to Seton Hill earlier in the week, Porter scored in the 82nd minute.  The Storm closes out their season with a pair of home GLIAC matches this weekend.

 

Michigan Tech Huskies

Michigan Tech will play the final regular season game of its inaugural season Saturday at Northern Michigan. Tech lost a pair of games last week at Northwood (2-0) and at Saginaw Valley (1-0). Tech is the only team in the GLIAC who has not played an overtime game. The Huskies have recorded only two yellow cards this season, fewest in the league. Freshman Melanie Hoffman continues to lead the GLIAC with five game-winning goals. Freshman MaryBeth Spoehr ranks fourth in the league in saves (94) and fifth in saves per game (5.88). She is also tied for fourth in the league with five shutouts.

 

Northern Michigan Wildcats

The Northern Michigan University soccer team concludes the regular season with a home match against Michigan Tech Saturday (Oct. 30).  Last week the Wildcats snapped its winless streak with a 2-1 win at Saginaw Valley State, the ‘Cats were 0-3-2 before the win.  NMU lost at Northwood also last week.  Senior Kari Buckel and sophomore Amelia Johnson scored goals against the Cardials.  For Johnson it was her third game-winning goal of the season which is a team high and eighth overall.  For Buckel it was her fourth goal of the season.  Brekelle Sellers scored NMU’s lone goal against the Timberwolves as it was her first career goal. 

 

Northwood Timberwolves

Northwood extended their winning streak to four with a pair of victories last week, defeating Michigan Tech 2-0 before downing Northern Michigan 4-1.  NU lost to both of those teams earlier this season.  The Timberwolves are now 7-9 overall, 5-9 in the GLIAC.  Junior forward Amanda Watson (Oregon, Ohio/Clay) continued her strong play with a big week offensively.  She was in on five of Northwood’s six goals, scoring five while assisting on one.  Watson scored both goals in the victory over Michigan Tech.  She then scored two goals while assisting on another against NMU.  For the season, she leads the GLIAC in goals (15), goals per game (1.0), points (35) and points per game (2.33).  NU took control of the Northern Michigan match early, scoring three goals in the opening 5:08 of the contest.  The Timberwolves will travel to Urbana and Ohio Dominican this week.

 

Ohio Dominican Panthers

The Panthers split their final two road games this past weekend, defeating Ashland 3-0 on Friday afternoon, before succumbing to Lake Erie 2-1 on Sunday. Jennifer Holton (So./Johnstown, OH) recorded three scores over the weekend and became just the second Panther to have a multi-goal game this season with her two goals in Friday’s win over the Eagles. Keeper Aimee Simonet (Sr./New Albany, OH) posted her seventh shutout of the season against Ashland. All seven of her victories have come via a shutout. ODU drops to five points behind South Division leader Tiffin and just one point behind second place Findlay with two games remaining. The women return home to conclude their season, hosting Saginaw Valley State (Mich.) at 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 29 and Northwood (Mich.) at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31. Since ODU is its final year of transitioning to NCAA Division II, the women cannot compete in the conference tournament because the winner receives an automatic bid to nationals.

Saginaw Valley State Cardinals

The Saginaw Valley women’s soccer team split the weekend’s matches, falling to Northern Mich (2-1) and defeating Michigan Tech (1-0) in its final regular season home contests. Sophomore Charley Porter scored the only goal for the Cardinals against Northern Michigan and senior Kaysie Morand found the back of the net with just a little over four minutes left in the contest against Michigan Tech for her second game winning goal of the season. Saginaw Valley has a .500 shots on goal percentage with 96 shots in the 2010 season. The Cardinals will be back in action on Friday (Oct. 29) when they travel to Ohio Dominican for their final regular season match-up.

 

Tiffin Dragons

The Dragons picked up a crucial point in Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play as Tiffin battled to a 1-1 tie with 3rd-ranked Grand Valley State. Tiffin’s senior goalie Denise Resende (7-3-2) held with seven saves. Junior Lauren Turkington passed into the box and Jenna Hornyak, senior, deflected the ball into the back of the net for her sixth goal of the year.  The Dragons picked a good day to pull out a clutch, come-from-behind victory, thrilling the large Senior Day crowd in beating Ferris State in a close GLIAC matchup 2-1 in overtime. The Dragons fell behind after a Bulldogs’ goal in the 35th minute, but the goal served as a wakeup call for TU, as they scored one minute later to tie the score at 1-1 at the half. Sophomore, Lauren Merriman took a corner kick from junior, Shelly Rogers and drilled it home from 18 yards out for the goal. TU scored quickly in overtime, with Lauren Turkington knocking home a 15 yard shot off a touch pass from freshman Lauren Bowyer for the gamewinner in the 95th minute. Overall the Dragons outshot Ferris State 23-10 and had an 8-1 edge in corner kicks. Denise Resende got the win in goal, making 5 saves in 95 minutes while allowing one goal.