U-M Closes Regular Season With OT Loss to Louisville

Sunday, October 30

Ann Arbor, Mich.

1:00 PM

Michigan

(12-7)

Louisville

(14-6)

OT 3

Louisville

Michigan

10/30/2005 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey

Box Score

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 11-ranked University of Michigan field hockey team suffered a 3-2 loss in overtime against No. 16 Louisville in its final contest of the 2005 regular season Sunday (Oct. 30) at Phyllis Ocker Field. The non-conference decision halted the Wolverines' winning streak at six games.

Coming out firing after a scoreless second half, both teams traded quality scoring chances in the extra frame with Louisviille owning a slight advantage in shots, 4-2. The Cardinals' Jessica Javelet notched the game-winner at the 82:38 mark during a scrum in front of the U-M cage. Junior goalkeeper Beth Riley (Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra Area HS) made the initial save from a hard shot from the perimeter of the circle, but the Wolverines could not control the rebound as Javelet lifted the ball over a sprawling Riley to the upper right corner.

The Wolverines jumped out to an early lead as senior/junior Katie Morris (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer HS) opened scoring just 58 seconds into the contest. Junior Kara Lentz (Manchester, Mass./St. Paul's School) initiated the play just outside the Cardinal striking circle, playing the ball deep to the front of the cage. Fighting through traffic, Morris sprinted to catch the ball, which she hammered into the lower left corner past Cardinal goalkeeper Marie-Claire Heller.

Louisville responded with back-to-back goals at 15:24 and 29:54 to gain its first lead in the match. Standing alone in the U-M circle, Casey Diener capitalized on a long feed pass from Jen Payne to send a shot past Riley to the lower right corner. After several good scoring opportunities from the Wolverines, Carrie Jackson swung the momentum back to Louisville's favor, scoring off a rebound to give the Cardinals a one-goal advantage.

Less than four minutes later, sophomore Mary Fox (St. Louis, Mo./Cor Jesu Academy) scored off a Michigan penalty corner opportunity to knot the score a 2-2 heading into the halftime intermission. Lentz took the hard direct shot from the top of the circle, and Fox got her stick on it from in front of the Cardinal cage, redirecting the ball to the lower corner.

Michigan just narrowly outshot the Cardinals 18-17 but registered a dominant advantage in penalty corners, 14-3. Riley tallied nine saves in the U-M cage, while Louisville's Heller made six stops on Michigan's nine shots on goal.

The Wolverines will kick off the 2005 Big Ten Tournament on Friday (Nov. 4) at Grant Field in Iowa City, Iowa. Seeded fourth in the annual conference tournament, Michigan will open first-round competition against host Iowa, the No. 5 seed, at 12:30 p.m. CST.

MATCH SUMMARY

Team	1	2	OT	F
Louisville	2	0	1	3
Michigan	2	0	0	2

Scoring, Time (Assist)
1st -- U-M, Katie Morris, 0:58 (Kara Lentz)
1st -- UL, Casey Diener, 15:24 (Jen Payne)
1st -- UL, Carrie Jackson, 29:54 (unassisted)
1st -- U-M, Mary Fox, 33:14 (Lentz)
OT -- UL, Jessica Javelet, 82:38 (unassisted)

Shots: U-M 18, UL 17
Saves: U-M 9 (Beth Riley), UL 6 (Marie-Claire Heller)
Defensive Saves: U-M 0, UL 1
Penalty Corners: U-M 14, Iowa 3

Contact: Leah Howard (734) 763-4423