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Marquette Falls Short to UWM, 1-0
Sept. 3, 2008
MILWAUKEE - The No. 25 Marquette women's soccer team's three-match win streak came to a halt Wednesday night as cross-town rival No. 24 Wis.-Milwaukee defeated the Golden Eagles 1-0 at Valley Fields. The Panthers improve 4-0-0 on the season, while the Golden Eagles stand at 3-1-0. Wis.-Milwaukee scored the lone goal of the game in the 71st minute. Sarah Hagen started the sequence with a breakaway on a pass up the midfield from Keara Thompson. Marquette keeper Chelsey Turner knocked the ball away, but Hagen retained possession. Marquette's defense quickly swarmed to clear the ball out of play leading to the corner kick. As the Golden Eagles tried to control the loose ball, Hagen knocked it in for the score. "The most disappointing thing is the result, but we move forward," said head coach Markus Roeders. "I am really proud of the team and of the way we played. I thought we had some really great stretches where we dictated the tempo of the game. Really the only opportunity they had was the back-to-back play with the breakaway and the ensuing corner kick. It came down to a set play and one team took advantage and we didn't." For the game, the Golden Eagles owned a 15-5 shots advantage including a 6-2 shots on goal differential. Marquette put two shots on target in the first half in which the two teams were left scoreless. Sophomore Lauren Acree sent a shot high to the right corner that Panther keeper Erin Kane punched up over the crossbar, and classmate Ashley Bares launched one right at Kane in the first frame. The Golden Eagles came out with a higher sense of urgency in the second half and quickly put their first two of three shots on goal. In the 56th minute, senior Katie Kelly fed a beautiful ball up the right side to freshman Danielle Martens who recovered from a tackle to cross the ball back to Kelly. But, it was again unlucky as Kelly's one-timed shot sailed high over the goal. "We didn't finish the chances we created and that part has to continue to get better. Even though, I thought we had some good opportunities," said Roeders. Marquette continued its relentless push on offense and took four shots following UWM's goal, but the Golden Eagles were unable to capitalize. "We didn't get rewarded for the work that we put in, but if we continue to build on this game and play the way we have already, we are going to be fine. We just have to score goals. The game is about scoring goals and we didn't do that today," said Roeders. Turner played the entire 90 minutes in her second career start in goal and made one save, while Kane registered six saves. The The Golden Eagles will be back in action at Valley Fields on Saturday when they host BYU at 7 p.m.
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