Sept. 16, 2008
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OXFORD, Ohio - For the first time this season, the Miami University women's soccer team hits the road as they head to Sacramento State for a match on Friday, Sept. 19 at 3:30 (PST) and then down the coast to San Jose State to take on the Spartans on Sunday, Sept. 21 at noon (PST).
SACRAMENTO STATE HORNETS
Sacramento State comes into its matchup with the RedHawks with a record of 1-4-1. The Hornets opened the season with a 2-0 loss at Pacific and earned a tie 1-1 with Seattle University in their home opener. Sacramento State earned its first win against the UC-Riverside Highlanders, 1-0. The Hornets then dropped a 2-0 decision to then-No. 21 UC Santa Barbara and then fell 1-0 to UC Davis and San Jose State. The loss to San Jose State came in overtime. Ashley Forbes and Kim Kemper lead the Hornets in scoring with one goal apiece. Forbes leads the team in points with 3, while Kemper leads the team in shots with nine. Jenny Lawrence has seen all the net time for the Hornets, recording 33 saves and a 1.12 goals-against average with one shutout.
THE ALL-TIME SEREIS VS. SACRAMENTO STATE
9-03-2004 at Sacramento State W, 2-0
SAN JOSE STATE SPARTANS
Heading into the weekend, the San Jose State Spartans boast a record of 1-3-2. The Spartans earned their first victory of the season against Miami's first West Coast opponent, Sacramento State, 1-0 in overtime Sept. 14. After opening the season with back-to-back losses to Santa Clara and California, the Spartans posted 0-0 ties with UC Davis and Seattle University. Emmy Belding is the Spartans' leading scorer heading into the weekend with two goals. Roxy Kamal is the team's leading shooter with 13 shots on the 2008 campaign. Jordan Santos has all six deceisions between the posts for the Spartans and has seen a majority of the minutes. However, Nina Butera also has seem game action this season and has 32 saves with a 1.55 goals against average.
THE ALL-TIME SEREIS VS. SAN JOSE STATE
9-05-2004 at San Jose State W, 3-2
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CONTRASTING STYLES
Miami has played with a high-tempo attacking mentality this season, while San Jose State and Sacramento State have been rock-solid defensive squads. The RedHawk duo of Sara Lund and Stephanie Wilson has combined for 13 points on the season, which also is the same number of points combined by the Hornets and Spartans. Neither the Spartans nor the Hornets have had more than one goal in a game this season, while Lund has had three one-goal games in '08.
Lund's aggressive style has come at a price as she has two yellow cards on the season and carries one into the matchup with Sacramento State. Combined, the Spartans and the Hornets have four goals on the season in 12 games, and Lund has five goals in five games this season. Sacramento State has only allowed seven goals in six games, and goalie Jenny Lawrence has posted 33 saves, one shutout and 1.12 goals against average. San Jose State has only allowed 10 goals in six games, while Spartan keepers have combined for 33 saves and a 1.54 goals-against average. On the season San Jose State has six points, Sacramento State has seven and the RedHawks have 20. The contrasting styles should be one of the biggest storylines as Miami heads to the West Coast.
FIRST TIMERS
Brooke Livingston and Stephanie Wilson both scored the first goals of their careers last weekend. Livingston scored her goal against DePaul in the 10th minute on a header off a corner kick from Danielle Hays. Stephanie Wilson scored the first goal of her career a day later against then-No. 26 Louisville. Wilson bent her goal in from the right side of the field from just inside the 18-yard box. The ball bent just inside the far post and the keeper for Louisville could only stand and watch the ball hit the back of the net.
BOFF TAKES OVER FOR PACE
After Krista Pace (Jr. Toronto, Ontario) left with an injury against DePaul, Rachelle Boff (So., Naples Fla.) made only the second appearance of her career and then made the second start of her career against Louisville. In the game against Louisville, Boff made a team-high eight saves. It was the most stops by a Miami keeper in 2008.
SWEET SWEDE
Sara Lund (Sr., Malmo, Sweden) currently leads the Mid-American Conference in points per game, goals and goals per game. The 2007 MAC Freshman of the Year also is second in the league in points with 10. Lund is tied for 30th nationally in points per game and tied for 15th nationally in goals per game. With five goals on the season, Lund is only two away from equaling her 2007 total. Lund earned Mid-American Conference Player of the Week honors following her performance in the RedHawks' season opener on 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 that hit goalie Sam Yocke and got 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 sophomore was a brilliant sliding shot.
IN THE "ZWING" OF THINGS
Jodi Zwingelberg (Jr. Elgin, Ill.) posted two assists against rival Cincinnati with dishes to goal machine Sara Lund and Stephanie Laser. With those two assists, Zwingelberg equaled her 2007 point total and rocketed up the Mid-American Conference leader board. Zwingelberg is currently tied for seventh in the conference in assists and is tied for fourth in assists per game.
INTERNATIONAL REDHAWKS
The Red and White have nine international players. Sara Lund, Eva Candia, Sarah Dessfelt, Nathalie Hillgren and Alexandra Karlsson are all from Sweden. Five are from Malmo, a port city on the southern tip of the country. Dessfelt is from Vellinge. Miami also has four players from Canada; Courtney Clarke, Haley Clark, Krysti Clarke and career saves leader Krista Pace.
LAST TIME OUT VS. LOUISVILLE
Stephanie Wilson (Sr. Elma, N.Y.) netted the first goal of her career to open scoring in the 14th minute and gave the RedHawks an early 1-0 lead. Wilson fired a shot across the box and bent the ball into the net with a little help from the 30-50 mile per hour winds.
Louisville's Mallory Lampson tied the game off a pass from Kelsey Hunyadi that slipped by Rachelle Boff (So. Naples, Fla.) on the left side to tie the game in the 24th minute. Giselle Mangal gave the Cardinals the lead in the 56th minute on a rocket shot off a pass from Shannon Smyth. Lindsay Boling padded the Cardinal lead in the 81st minute when she scored off a pass from Caitlin Rehder.
Boff did a solid job between the posts making nine saves and also did a good job clearing the RedHawk zone while battling with the wind. Sara Lund (So. Malmo, Sweden)received her second yellow card of the season in the 25th minute.
The game was delayed at the 57:27 mark after winds from Hurricane Ike knocked down a 50-foot tree that fell in close proximity to the field.
NEXT UP
Miami opens action in the Mid-American Conference as it travels to Michigan to take on the Eastern Michigan Eagles on Friday, Sept. 26 in Ypsilanti. The RedHawks then head to Mount Pleasant, Mich., to take on Central Michigan
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