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Michigan Plays Western Michigan to Scoreless Draw
8/25/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (U-M Soccer Field)
Score: Michigan 0, Western Michigan 0 (2OT)
Records: U-M (0-0-1), WMU (0-0-1)
Next U-M Event: Sunday, Aug. 27 -- vs. Arizona (U-M Soccer Field), noon
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's soccer team outshot Western Michigan 33-6 but could not capitalize on scoring chance after scoring chance and played the Broncos to a 0-0 draw Friday (Aug. 25) at U-M Soccer Field. Megan Tuura (Tucker, Ga./St. Pius X Catholic), who played the first half, and Madison Gates (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker), who played the second half and both overtime frames, combined for the shutout.
A Michigan corner led to the first scoring chance of the afternoon seven minutes in as Katelin Spencer (Brighton, Mich./Brighton) headed a Danelle Underwood (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Northern) corner off of the post.
Judy Coffman (San Jose, Calif./Santa Theresa) earned the best opportunity the rest of the half off a pass from Sarah Banco (Medfield, Mass./Noble and Greenough). Banco touched the ball to Coffman in the 18-yard box, but Coffman could not get enough mustard on the shot and Western Michigan made the save. The game went into halftime 0-0 despite U-M creating a 14-2 shot advantage.
The Wolverines once again dominated the shot chart (11-4) in the second stanza. Coffman had the closest chance in the 75th minute, juking a defender at the top of the box and firing a shot off a WMU defender and wide. U-M earned a corner kick on the play for its final chance of regulation.
Overtime saw no scores and the contest ended 0-0. Michigan's best scoring play in the first overtime came on Jamie Artsis' (Chatsworth, Calif./Harvard-Westlake School) header from 13 yards out that trickled inches by the left post, narrowly missing the goal. In the second, U-M looked to end it on an Underwood set piece, but a wild scramble in the six-yard box ended with a WMU clear.
The Wolverines welcome No. 17 Arizona to Ann Arbor on Sunday (Aug. 27) as they take on the Wildcats at noon at U-M Soccer Field.
GAME SUMMARY
| Team | 1 | 2 | OT | OT | F |
| Western Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Shots: U-M 33, WMU 6
Shots on Goal: U-M 10, WMU 1
Saves: U-M 1 (Megan Tuura 0, Madison Gates 1), WMU 10 (Jenna Schrumpf)
Corner Kicks: U-M 11, WMU 6
Fouls: U-M 9, WMU 13
Cards: None
NOTES
• Following today's draw, U-M moves to 4-0-1 against Western Michigan all-time.
• After ending the 2005 regular season in a scoreless tie against Michigan State, Michigan has now played to two straight 0-0 ties in regular-season play. U-M has failed to score in each of the past three regular-season games dating back to last season.
• This marks the second straight season Michigan has started the season with a tie. U-M played No. 23 Kansas to a 1-1 draw to open the 2005 campaign.
• Amy Klippert made her first career start in her first career game, while Katie Miler and Kylie Neschke saw their first career action.
• Michigan's shot total of 33 is the highest shot total for the Wolverines since Oct. 15, 2000, when the Maize and Blue fired off 41 in a 3-1 victory at home against Ohio State.
• Judy Coffman notched a career-high nine shots.
• Melissa Dobbyn took 10 shots in the game to lead the Wolverines, which continues her streak of recording a shot in all but one game of her career.
QUOTES
Michigan Head Coach Debbie Rademacher
On today's game ... "We dominated in a lot of the statistical categories, but we didn't put one away, which is a big disappointment for us. We still have a lot of work to do attacking-wise. We didn't put ourselves in a great position to really be in danger of scoring except for a couple of times. We need to build off of our chances today and find the back of the net."
On the play of Amy Klippert and Emily Kalmbach ... "Amy Klippert played well. She gives us an element of speed in the back. Emily is healthy this year. She played all summer and she is more game ready. We felt like we needed to change something defensively to become stronger in the back and they both did well."
On earning a shutout in the first game of the season ... "Our defensive goals-against average is a huge goal for us and we took care of that stat today. Now we just have to take care of the finishing."
