Oct. 8, 2008

OXFORD, Ohio -

Miami women’s soccer looks to continue its winning streak as they hit the road to take on conference and in-state rivals Toledo on Friday at 4 p.m., and Bowling Green on Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
TOLEDO
The Rockets come into their game with Miami with a record of 7-4-0 and a conference mark of 2-2-0. Toledo has won the past two Mid-American Conference Tournament titles. The Rockets are coming off a weekend in which they fell 1-0 to Akron and topped Ohio, 2-0. This weekend is the first set of home games in the MAC for Toledo. The leading scorers for the Rockets are Molly Cornwell and Ail Leak, who each have three goals and two assists on the season. Brittany Hensler is tied with Cornwell and Leak for the team lead in goals with three. Leak and Miami forward Sara Lund are the only players in the MAC with a three-goal game this season. Vicki Traven is the starting goaltender for Toledo with a record of 5-2-0 with three shutouts. Traven is second in the league in goals against average with a mark of 0.57. Andrea Plewes and Angela Righeimer have also seen time in net. Plewes has a record of 2-0-0 and Righeimer 0-2-0. 

Friday’s match has been tabbed as "Think Pink Day" at Scott Park. The Rockets will wear pink jerseys and raffle them off after the match with all proceeds going to Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. The first 100 fans through the gates will also receive a "Think Pink" Breast Cancer Awareness t-shirt.
 
THE ALL-TIME SEREIS VS. TOLEDO
10-19-07  Toledo   L, 1-0
11-3-06  at Toledo#  L, 1-0 (OT)
9-29-06  at Toledo   T, 2-2
9-30-04  Toledo   W, 2-1
10-10-04  at Toledo   L, 3-1
10-3-03  Toledo   W, 4-3
9-13-02  at Toledo   W, 2-0
10-4-01  Toledo   L, 2-0, 2(OT)
10-8-00  at Toledo   L, 1-0
10-1-99  Toledo   W, 3-2 (OT)
9-20-98  at Toledo   L, 2-0
9-7-97  Toledo   L, 1-0 
#-denotes Mid-American Conference Tournament

BOWLING GREEN
The Falcons come into the weekend tied for third in the conference with a record of 7-3-3 overall and a 2-1-1 mark in MAC play.  The Falcons have been tough to beat at home with a record of 3-1-0.  The leading scorer for Bowling Green is Gina Rossi with four goals and two assists (10 points). Megan Amann leads the Falcons in assists with four and is followed by Kaitlyn Kobe with three.  Alexa Arsenault has started all of the games in the net for the Falcons and has only allowed nine goals. Arsenault has a goals against average of 0.70 and holds a record of 7-3-3. Arsenault has seen all of the action in MAC play and holds a goals against average of 0.47 and a league save percentage of .913.
 
THE ALL-TIME SEREIS VS. BOWLING GREEN
10-21-07  Bowling Green  L, 1-0
10-1-06  at Bowling Green  L, 2-0
10-2-05  Bowling Green  L, 3-1
10-8-04  at Bowling Green  L, 2-0
10-5-03  Bowling Green  L, 3-2
11-8-02  Bowling Green#  W, 3-0
9-20-02  at Bowling Green  W, 3-0
10-28-01  Bowling Green  W, 3-0
11-5-00  vs Bowling Green#  W, 1-0 (OT)
10-6-00  at Bowling Green  W, 4-1
10-3-99  Bowling Green  W, 3-1
10-30-98  at Bowling Green  W, 2-1 (OT)
10-11-97  Bowling Green  W, 3-2
#-denotes Mid-American Conference Tournament

CLARKES, INC.
In the first weekend of home conference play Courtney Clarke and Krysti Clarke both posted big numbers and helped the RedHawks to back-to-back wins. In the opening game of the weekend, Courtney Clarke scored the game-winning goal with just three seconds left on the clock. Courtney Clarke was not finished as she registered two assists against Buffalo to give the RedHawks the weekend sweep.

Krysti Clark was not to be out done as she assisted on two goals during the Buffalo game and earned a mention from coach Bobby Kramig following the 3-1 win over the Bulls.

"Krysti Clarke had a very good game," Kramig said. "She has been injured and has missed some time but today we saw the real Krysti Clarke."

IN THE “ZWING” OF THINGS
Jodi Zwingelberg posted an excellent weekend to open home MAC play as she scored the game tying goal against Kent State and final goal of the game against Buffalo.

Zwingelberg 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 surpassed her 2007 point total with her goal against Sacramento State, the junior now has four points on the campaign. 

SWEET SWEDE
Sara Lund has five goals and two assists on the campaign and is only two goals away from equaling her 2007 total. She 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.

PACE RETURNS
When Krista Pace left with an injury against DePaul, Rachelle Boff came in and did a solid job in her absence posting two eight save games and a shutout. Pace went untested in her first game back as her defense stepped up and did not allow a shot on net the entire game. In her second game against Buffalo, Pace made some great saves to move her record to 3-2-0 on the season.
 
Boff 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. On the road trip to California, Boff posted her first career shutout against San Jose State on Sept. 21. Boff tied her career high with eight saves against Central Michigan.

FIRST TIMERS
Brooke Livingston and Stephanie Wilson both scored the first goals of their careers in the final weekend of home non-conference play. Livingston scored her goal against DePaul in the 10th minute on a header off a corner kick from Danielle Hays. 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.

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. BUFFALO
Jackie Hardek gave the Red and White the lead on goal in the 55th minute. The goal came after a brilliant cross from Krysti Clarke was headed down by Stephanie Laser, right to Hardek's foot. Buffalo evened the score, 1-1, in the 63rd minute when Lindsey Bailey launched a free kick into the back of the net from just outside of the 18-yard box. Hardek would give Miami the lead for good when Courtney Clarke crossed the ball finding Hardek near the penalty spot and she slipped it passed the keeper on the left side.

Jodi Zwingelberg would close scoring in the game with her third goal of the season and second of the weekend in the 84th minute. The goal came off another cross from Courtney Clarke and was tipped to Zwingelberg by Krysti Clarke.

In the first half, Brooke McCalla of Buffalo had a break away and beat a charging Krista Pace and fired a shot that seemed destined for goal but Courtney Elsen came flying in and made the stop.

NEXT UP
Miami returns to Miami Soccer Field for the final time in 2008. The RedHawks take on Akron on Oct. 17 at 4 p.m. and then battle with Ohio University on senior day, Oct. 19 at 1 p.m.

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