Early Goals Doom Michigan in Road Loss at Wisconsin

Sunday, October 17

Madison, Wis.

1:00 PM CT

Michigan

9-5-2, 6-2-1

Wisconsin

11-4-1, 5-4-1

Michigan

Wisconsin

10/17/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

MADISON, Wis. -- The No. 13 University of Michigan women's soccer team dropped its second straight game with a 3-1 loss to Wisconsin Sunday afternoon (Oct. 17) at the McClimon Soccer Complex. The Badgers scored a pair of goals in the first 19 minutes of the game and added another in the 65th minute to seal the victory and send the Wolverines (9-5-2, 6-2-1 Big Ten) to their second Big Ten conference loss of the season.

Wisconsin used a penalty kick from Amy Vermeulen at 12:52 to gain the early advantage, and Marisa Brown took a ball from Vermeulen just six minutes later to put the Badgers ahead 2-0 at 18:41. The Wolverines had a more difficult time finding their offensive touch early on, as they failed to convert on five first-half corner kick opportunities and finished the first 45 minutes with just one shot on goal.

Unfortunately for Michigan it was not a tale of two halves, as the Badgers added an insurance score off a free kick by Kara Kabellis at 64:24 and the Wolverines got off just one more shot on net and could not put anything together on a majority of their set pieces.

Michigan's lone bright spot of the game came at 67:34, when sophomore Katelin Spencer (Brighton, Mich./Brighton HS) knocked home a goal off a Laura Tanchon (Laguna Niguel, Calif./Dana Hills HS) corner kick to cut the Wisconsin lead to two goals.

The Wolverines complete their five-game road stretch Friday (Oct. 22) against Michigan State. The match is slated to start at 3 p.m. at Old College Field in East Lansing, Mich.

GAME SUMMARY

Team	1	2	F
Michigan	0	1	1
Wisconsin	2	1	3

Scoring, Time (Assist)
1st -- UW, Amy Vermeulen, 12:52 (penalty kick)
1st -- UW, Marisa Brown, 18:41 (Vermeulen)
2nd -- UW, Kara Kabellis, 64:24 (unassisted)
2nd -- U-M, Katelin Spencer, 67:34 (Laura Tanchon)

Shots: U-M 10, UW 8
Saves: U-M  2 (Megan Tuura), UW 2 (Lynn Murray)
Corner Kicks: U-M 9, UW 3
Fouls: U-M 10, UW 16
Cards: UW, Molly Meuer, 66:23 (yellow); UW, Ann Eshun, 67:10 (yellow)

N O T E S

With Penn State's 2-0 victory at Minnesota today, the Nittany Lions have clinched the Big Ten regular-season championship for the seventh straight season.

Katelin Spencer scored her first goal of the season and the second of her career. In 39 games, Spencer has collected two goals and five assists for nine points.

Laura Tanchon has now taken sole possession of the team lead in assists with four this season. Tanchon has six helpers for her career.

The Wolverines fall to 6-8-1 all-time against Wisconsin.

Contact: Marc Ressler (734) 763-4423