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Oct. 7, 2001
OXFORD, Ohio - Paced by two goals apiece from junior forward Andrea Cunningham (Cincinnati, Ohio/McAuley) and freshman midfielder Megan Shapiro (Grosse Pointe, Mich.), Miami University's women's soccer team snapped a two-game home losing streak in grand fashion, defeating the University of Akron, 6-0.
Miami, which had been shut out in its previous two home contests, wasted little time in taking it to the Zips. Just 3:45 into the game Cunningham got behind the Akron defense and beat UA goalkeeper Meghan McCarthy to snap a Miami home scoreless streak that had extended for more than 260 minutes. Sophomore midfielder Danielle Altiero (Upper Arlington, Ohio/Upper Arlington) assisted on the goal.
Starting in the 17th minute, the RedHawks went on a torrid run that put the contest out of reach, netting three goals in under eight minutes. Shapiro opened the fireworks, by taking a cross kick from freshman midfielder Laura Freel (Atlanta, Ga./Westminster) and depositing it in the net. Freel also sparked Miami's third goal at 19:52, sending a pass to Julie Grosso (Dublin, Ohio/Scioto), who sent a pass to the front of the net, where Danielle Berkemeier (Fairfield, Ohio/Fairfield) was in place to finish the goal. Cunningham wrapped up Miami's first-half scoring, once again beating the Akron defense for a one-on-one score, her team and league-best ninth goal of the season.
The Red and White tacked on two more goals in the second half. Shapiro notched the second goal of the match and her collegiate career at 70:52 when her well-placed corner kick was fumbled into the goal by the Zip goalkeeper. Katie Milligan (Strongsville, Ohio/Strongsville) rounded out Miami's scoring at 79:28 with a penalty kick.
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Miami goalkeepers Katie Karlander (Carmel, Ind./Syracuse) and Caitlin Wolf (Fairfield, Ohio/Dayton) shared the team's third shutout of the season. Both goalkeepers collected three saves, while Karlander notched her seventh win of the season. McCarthy absorbed the loss for the first-year Zips, who dropped to 2-9-0 overall and 0-7-0 in the Mid-American Conference.
With the win, Head Coach Bobby Kramig, who has coached both women's and men's soccer at the collegiate level for 19 seasons, reached the 200-win milestone. Kramig, who coached one year of women's soccer at Morehead State in 1982 before joining Miami as head men's soccer coach from 1983-98, has mentored Miami's women's soccer program since its inception in 1998. His overall collegiate coaching record stands at 200-182-25, while his women's record stands at 62-39-4.
With the win, Miami moved to 7-4-0 on the season and 4-1-0 in the MAC. The RedHawks, who are 6-0-0 in away games this season, return to the road next weekend for key league contests versus Ohio on Friday and Marshall on Sunday.
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