What an exciting, but frustrating weekend for the Ohio State Women’s soccer team. Ohio State took on Iowa (Friday 10/14/11) and Nebraska (Sunday 11/16/11). OSU came out strong in both games!
Against Iowa (1-0)
On this day Ohio State showed its support for breast cancer by warming up in pink shirts and giving honor to those who have survived breast cancer. A block “O” with a pink ribbon stood out in the middle of the field. There were about 7 survivors that lined the field with the player. Then both teams let out pink balloons.
Within the first 5 minutes of the game Paige Maxwell and Tiffany Cameron began making passes towards the goal. Maxwell attempted the first goal and was blocked by Iowa’s goal keeper Emily Moran.
Ohio State had the first corner kick of the game taken by Megan Fuller.
Ohio State was faced with an impressive player from Iowa. Cloe Lacasse, a freshman, named top freshman by the Big Ten and has 10 goals to her name this season. She played very aggressively in this game. There were a few times when Megan Fuller from OSU’s defensively line challenged her to stop her from making any goals.
During the second half of the game OSU’s starting goal keeper Katie Baumgardner was substituted by Rachel Middleman. She did a great job holding down the goal, with 2 great saves.
There were a lot of great passes and had a lot of great passes throughout the game.
Liz Sullivan was an ideal player in the game. She was very aggressive throughout the whole game. She used her speed moving up and down the field. She definitely stood out in this game.
As far as Iowa’s team, players Alyssa Cosnek, Morgan Showalter, and Alex Melin all played aggressively and had excellent speed throughout the whole game. Alex Melin made the winning goal with an assist by Morgan Showalter.
Towards the end of the game OSU tried to set up another goal. Tiffany Cameron was determined to make something happen for her team. With 10 seconds to go she gained possession of the ball and attempted for a shot.
Against Nebraska: (3-2)
This game was an exciting battle right from kickoff!
Both Ohio State and Nebraska started this game off strong. Ohio State was faced again with a challenge. Nebraska’s team holds a player, Morgan Marlborough who had already had 16 goals under her belt for this season alone. She definitely posed as a threat for OSU. Throughout the first half of the game, she didn’t really have a lot of footing on the ball.
Nebraska had the first attempt at goal as well as the first goal on the scoreboard, a questionable goal. All players on the field thought the refs might stop the play, so everyone stopped and the ball rolled into OSU’s goal. No one was given credit for the goal.
Nebraska played very well defensively, often having 2 or 3 players on attack on ISO offensive.
Ohio State then scored next. The goal was made by Lauren Granberg, assisted by Paige Maxwell and Kiirri Kuld.
Throughout most of the first half OSU had possession of the ball and had 18 shots on goal compared to Nebraska’s 5. Emma Stevens is an impressive goal keeper deserves recognition for her talent. Despite everything that OSU threw at her she was able to stop most of them. She had a total of 12 saves for the game.
There was an interesting turn in the second half. OSU wasn’t playing as aggressively and Nebraska dominated the field the most of the second half, keeping the ball in OSU’s territory.
Paige Maxwell attempted a goal from a backwards kick. The ball actually made it into the net but was not counted because of an “off sides” call.
Megan Fuller also had a backwards kick in the game. Her kick was to help save an attempted goal shot by a Nebraska player.
Despite a not so good start to the game, star player Morgan Marlborugh came through with 2 goals in the second half.
Nebraska had a very good defensive line. Players such as Maritza Hayes and Mayme Conroy stood out for their speed and ability to challenge players.
Danielle Scoliere made the second goal for OSU.
Ohio State has 3 more games left in the Big Ten conference.
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