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Aug. 27, 2008
OXFORD, Ohio - The Miami RedHawks women's soccer team will take on Michigan Sunday, Aug. 31 at 1:00 p.m. in Oxford on Miami Soccer Field.
SWEET SWEDE: LUND NAMED MAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sara Lund (Sr., Malmo, Sweden) earned Mid-American Conference player of the week award honors following her performance in the RedHawks season opener Aug. 22.
Lund started the season off with a bang against Morehead State with the first hat trick of her career. After the RedHawks went down 1-0 to Morehead State Lund put up three unanswered goals to give the Red and White a 3-1 victory.
Lund scored all three goals in a hard earned fashion. Lund scored her first goal by beating a defender and then firing a shot hitting goalie Sam Yocke and getting into the net. The second goal by Lund had to be the most unlikely as she hit the near post and the ball ran along the goal line striking the far post and then entering the goal before Yocke could fall on it. The third goal of the day by the 5 foot, 7 inch sophomore was a brilliant sliding shot.
Lund is not the only international player for the RedHawks as she is one of five players from Sweden (Eva Candia, Sarah Dessfelt, Nathalie Hillgren and Alexandra Karlsson). Four are from Malmo, a port city on the southern tip of the country. Dessfelt is from Vellinge.Miami also has four player from Canada, Courtney Clarke, Haley Clark, Krysti Clarke and career saves leader at Miami Krista Pace.
THE MICHIGAN WOLVERINES
Michigan (0-1-1) will compete in its third straight road game to open the 2008 season against Miami on Sunday. The Wolverines lost their first game of the season to No. 5 Notre Dame 7-0 Aug. 22 and tied Eastern Michigan 2-2, Aug. 24. Miami will have a third game to their credit before their game against Miami as they will take on Cincinnati Friday, Aug. 29.
Michigan has used three goalkeepers on the season with Madison Gates seeing a majority of the time including all of Eastern Michigan game. The Wolverines were blitzed in their first game as Notre Dame scored three goals in the first have and added four more in the second period of play. Michigan grabbed a two goal second half led of Eastern Michigan with two goals from Amy Klippert. Eastern rallied and tied the game in the 90th minute. The Maize and Blue goalkeepers have out saved their opponents 11-6 with 8 of the stops coming in the second half.
LAST TIME OUT
The RedHawks open the 2008-09 athletic season for Miami University in dramatic fashion as they fell behind early to Morehead State on a deep goal from Bethany Davidson in the fifth minute. Davidson stuck the ball from almost 25 yards and hit the back of the net.
Miami would rally behind 2007 Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year Sara Lund (So., Malmo, Sweden). Lund tied the game in the 16th minute with a hard shot that hit Eagles goalkeeper Sam Yocke and went in. Lund was far from finished as she scored again about 13 minutes later. Lund fired a shot at the near post that hit the pipe ran along the goal line hitting the far post and then going in the net.
Lund finished off her hat trick in the 48th minute after Stephanie Wilson (Sr. Elma, N.Y.) tipped the ball, Lund came sliding in a beat the keeper to close out the scoring. The weather picked up in the 53rd minute bringing a stoppage in play that last 50 minutes. After the delay, Miami killed the clock and Krista Pace (JR. Toronto, Ontario) made some solid stops to secure the win for the RedHawks.
The win for Miami is their third consecutive against Morehead State to open the season. Miami moves their all time record against the Eagles to 5-0-0.
REDHAWKS PICK FOURTH IN MAC
Miami was picked to finish fourth in the MAC regular season in a poll conducted by the MAC coaches. Toledo was picked to finish fourth and received the most votes for tournament champion (7), however the RedHawks finished second with three votes for MAC tournament champion.
RECAPING 2007
Miami went 6-10-3 in 2007 to finish eighth in the conference and qualify for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) tournament but Miami lost in the first round of the MAC tournament to top seed Ball State. The RedHawks built on a core of young talent and return Sara Lund (So., Malmo, Sweden), Miami's top goal scorer and MAC Freshman of the year. Miami also returns Julie Thompson (So., Glenview, Ill.) who, along with Lund, was named to the conference All-Freshmen team. Krista Pace (Jr., Toronto, Ontario) set the Miami single season record for saves in 2007 as she recorded 120 stops for the season. Pace used her 120 save season to move a top the career saves list at Miami as she begins the 2008 campaign with 200 career saves. Pace is also only four shutouts away from becoming the school record holder.
NEXT UP
The next game for the RedHawks will be Friday, Sept. 5 at 1 p.m., when in-state rival Cincinnati travels to Oxford.
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