Michigan
3-1-2
Kentucky
4-2-0
Kentucky Goal in Final Minute Deals Michigan First Loss
9/10/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Site: Lexington, Ky. (UK Soccer Complex)
Score: Kentucky 1, Michigan 0
Records: U-M (3-1-2), Kentucky (4-2)
Next U-M Event: Friday, Sept. 15 -- Loyola Marymount (U-M Soccer Field), 7 p.m.
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Despite a 6-3 shots-on-goal advantage and a 6-1 edge in corner kicks, the University of Michigan women's soccer team could not tally a score and allowed Kentucky to score the game's lone goal with just 41 seconds to play in a 1-0 loss Sunday afternoon (Sept. 10) at the UK Soccer Complex. The loss is Michigan's first of the season as the Wolverines fall to 3-1-2.
Judy Coffman (San Jose, Calif./Santa Theresa) earned the first two shots on goal for Michigan 15 minutes into the match, but both shots were turned away by Anne Ogundele. The second save gave U-M a corner. Coffman's service went directly to Emily Kalmbach (Coto de Caza, Calif./Santa Margarita Catholic), who fired a shot that had to be saved.
Michigan took three more shots the rest of the half, with one reaching the goal mouth. Despite a 6-1 shot advantage, the Wolverines had to settle for a 0-0 score at the halftime buzzer. The start of the second half was delayed 25 minutes due to lightning in the area.
Megan Tuura (Tucker, Ga./St. Pius X Catholic) had to make her first save 11 minutes into the second half on Kentucky's second shot of the game. Michigan continued its offensive pressure, earning two corners and two shots on goal by Coffman. Unfortunately, the Wolverines were still unable to bury any of their six shots on goal past Ogundele.
The teams continued to trade shots and corner attempts as neither team could net the first marker of the contest. Michigan secured a great scoring opportunity in the 84th minute on a corner kick, but Kentucky was able to clear.
Tuura looked to be the hero and force overtime, making a strong save with less than two minutes to go, but a shot by Megan Jones from 24 yards out with just 41 seconds remaining sailed over Tuura for the game's lone goal.
Michigan returns to host the first home night match of the season as U-M is set to take on Loyola Marymount on Friday (Sept. 15, 7 p.m.) at U-M Soccer Field.
GAME SUMMARY
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
| Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Scoring, Time (Assist)
2nd -- UK, Megan Jones, 89:19 (unassisted)
Shots: U-M 9, UK 6
Shots on Goal: U-M 6, UK 3
Saves: U-M 2 (Megan Tuura), UK 6 (Anne Ogundele 5, Team 1)
Corner Kicks: U-M 6, UK 3
Fouls: U-M 17, UK 17
Cards: None
NOTES
• Michigan has played into the half scoreless in five out of six games this season. The Wolverines' lone first-half goal came on the game-winner at 28:34 by Katie Miler on Friday (Sept. 8) at Dayton.
• The Wolverines fall to 3-4-1 all-time against Kentucky and 6-5-1 in games against the Southeastern Conference.
• U-M has allowed two goals in the first six games this season, setting a program record for fewest goals allowed in the first six games to start the season. The previous mark was five, set in 1997.
• For the fifth time in six games this season, Michigan ended a contest in a shutout. This is the first of the five in which the Wolverines have been on the losing end of the shutout.
• Michigan began the season undefeated through five games for the third time in program history. All three undefeated records ended in U-M's sixth game.
• Senior Katelin Spencer moved into 10th place all-time in games started at U-M with 74, passing Vicky Whitley (1999-2002), who started 73 games in her career.
• Senior Judy Coffman led the Wolverines in shots for the first time this season with four in the game.
QUOTES
Michigan Head Coach Debbie Rademacher
On today's game ... "We dominated in a lot of the categories, but they got the goal and we were unable to score. It's disappointing to allow a goal with 41 seconds left. They were opportunistic, but it's still disappointing."
On returning home for next week's play ... "It will be nice to be home. Kentucky is a good team. We need to play good teams early on before Big Ten play. We are prepping ourselves with good competition before the conference season begins."
Team Stats
Megan Jones (2)
shot from 24 yards out over keeper
89:19
