Oct. 10, 2008

Final Stats

Queens, N.Y. -

Box Score in PDF Format

Sophomore Ashley Bares' golden goal in the 103rd minute gave Marquette a hard-fought 2-1 double overtime victory over BIG EAST American Division foe St. John's Friday night at Belson Stadium. With the win, the Golden Eagles move to 8-4-2 (4-1-1 BIG EAST), while the Red Storm falls to 4-4-4 (0-3-2).

"This is a great win in a tough environment. St. John's played very well and we have to give them a lot of credit," said head coach Markus Roeders. "They hadn't lost a match all season on their home turf and beating them here was difficult, but our squad showed poise and maturity. We are thrilled about the win and proud of our team. We didn't let up after they scored and executed our adjustments perfectly. We challenged every ball and that led to us tying the score. In overtime, once again we showed our experience to get the goal and win the game."

The closely contested match was tied 1-1 through 100 minutes of play. Marquette's game winner came as the junior Becky Ryan won the ball in the midfield by and Bares got herself open in front of her defender. Ryan fed the ball to Bares who turned and fired it to the far post from 18 yards out.

For the game, Marquette outshot the Red Storm 16-10, including a 6-4 shots on goal ratio. Redshirt freshman Natalie Kulla played the entire 102:52 in net making three saves, while Capinera stopped four shots.

Vailia Barsley put St. John's ahead 1-0 in the 73rd minute. The goal came after Marquette was called for a foul and St. John's was awarded the ensuing free kick. C.J. Ludemann took the kick and Barsely knocked it in with her head past Kulla for the score.

Ryan, who started the second half, scored the equalizer for Marquette in the 82nd minute. The sequence began as Bares passed the ball back to sophomore Stephanie Vasos who served the ball into the box for Ryan. Ryan challenged Capinera who then couldn't control the ball and it bounced in to tie things up, 1-1. The goal was Ryan's first of her Marquette career.

From there Marquette pressed taking three shots for the remainder of the second half, but could not capitalize. The Golden Eagles were awarded a corner kick in the 88th minute and senior Katie Kelly served the ball into junior Kelly Wepking who's shot went wide.

In the first overtime, sophomore Julia Victor had a chance to put it away for MU at the 99:58 mark, but her shot was saved by Capinera.

Marquette heads to Syracuse for its Sunday afternoon match with the Orange on Oct. 12. Kickoff is set for noon CT.

Match Notes
• The overtime match was the Golden Eagles' sixth of the season and MU moves to 4-0-2 overall in overtime matches.

• Marquette remains undefeated against St. John's at 4-0-0 overall for the series.