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

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By: Marc Ressler

Site: Madison, Wis. (McClimon Soccer Complex)
Score: Wisconsin 3, #13 Michigan 1
Records: U-M (9-5-2, 6-2-1 Big Ten), Wisconsin (11-4-1, 5-4-1 Big Ten)
Next U-M Event: Friday, Oct. 22 -- at Michigan State (East Lansing, Mich.), 3 p.m.

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)

NOTES

• 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.