Wolverines Maul Golden Grizzlies With Offensive Explosion

Thursday, September 11

Ypsilanti, Mich.

5:00 PM

Michigan

3-3-1

Oakland

1-4-1

Oakland

Michigan

Wolverines Maul Golden Grizzlies With Offensive Explosion

9/11/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Site: Ypsilanti, Mich. (Scicluna Field)
Score: Michigan 6, Oakland 2
Records: U-M (3-3-1),OAK (1-4-1)
Next U-M Game: Friday, Sept. 19 --at Arizona(Tucson, Ariz.),7 p.m. MST

Boxscore | Notes & Quotes

YPSILANTI, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's soccer team scored four first-half goals on its way to a decisive 6-2 win over Oakland Thursday evening (Sept. 11) at Eastern Michigan's Scicluna Field.

Sophomore Amanda Bowery(Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester) and freshman Natalie Horner(Upper Arlington, Ohio/Upper Arlington) each scored two goals in the effort with Horner's first tally marking the first goal of her career. Freshman Clare Stachel(Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Central) chipped in for a goal and two assists and freshman Kristen Goncalves(Ann Arbor, Mich./Gabriel Richard Catholic) tallied the first goal of her career.

The Maize and Blue got on the board quickly on Bowery's first goal of the contest to give U-M a 1-0 lead in the fifth minute. Freshman Kim Siebert(Troy, Mich./Avondale) took control of a loose ball at midfield and beat two Oakland players down the right side before sending a cross to the far post. The Golden Grizzlies' goalie managed to get her hands on the ball but it slipped through and fell to Bowery who put it in the back of the net.

Michigan struck again ten minutes later to expand the lead to a 2-0 margin. Stachel stripped the ball from a defender on the left side of the box, turned and fired a hard shot into the far side past the diving goalie.

Michigan continued its barrage in the 32nd minute when senior Kristin Thomas(Centennial, Colo./Cherry Creek) and Horner connected to put U-M up 3-0. Thomas lofted a long ball over the Oakland backline to Horner, who found the pass on a run. Horner dribbled down the right side past a defender and toward the goal before beating the goalie one-on-one with a shot into the left-side netting.

Goncalves got into the action in the 39th minute, delivering her first career goal and upping the U-M lead to 4-0. Freshman Kelsey Rogind(Emerald Hills, Calif./St. Francis) started the play, sending the ball into the offensive third. Stachel outran the defense to the ball and dribbled into the left side of the box and sent a crossing pass to a streaking Goncalves, who directed the ball into the open net for the score.

Both teams scored early in the second stanza with Oakland breaking through at 49:36 and Michigan responding at 54:34 to keep the margin at four, 5-1. Deanna Colarossi scored for the Golden Grizzlies, but Horner earned the goal back when she got behind the defense to receive a through ball from Bowery. Horner then dribbled to the right side and beat the goalie with a shot to the far post.

Bowery finished the scoring for the Maize and Blue in the 62nd minute when she headed home a goal off a corner kick. Stachel set up for the corner and sent a line drive into the box where Bowery out-jumped the defense crowded around the near post and connected on the header, giving the Wolverines a 6-1 advantage.

Down by five goals, Oakland turned up the offensive pressure and managed to push across a second goal on a long shot from Kristi Evans. Bowery had a chance at a hat trick a minute later, but the sophomore sent the ball off the right post on a breakaway opportunity.

Michigan will take the weekend off before traveling to Arizona for a two-game road trip. U-M will face Arizona in Tucson, Ariz., on Friday (Sept. 19) and Arizona St. in Tempe, Ariz., on Sunday (Sept. 21).

GAME SUMMARY

By Periods	1	2	F
Oakland	0	2	2
Michigan	4	2	6

Scoring, Time (Assist)
1st -- U-M, Amanda Bowery, 4:23 (Kim Siebert)
1st -- U-M, Clare Stachel, 14:30 (Unassisted)
1st -- U-M, Natalie Horner, 31:27 (Kristin Thomas)
1st -- U-M, Kristen Goncalves, 38:06 (Stachel, Kelsey Rogind)
2nd -- OAK, Deanna Colarossi, 49:36 (Kristi Evans)
2nd -- U-M, Horner, 54:34 (Bowery)
2nd -- U-M, Bowery, 61:15 (Stachel)
2nd -- OAK, Evans, 63:58 (Unassisted)

Shots: U-M 13, OAK 13
Shots on Goal: U-M 7, OAK 7
Saves: U-M5 (Madison Gates 5; Kristen Keane 0), OAK 1 (Shannon Coley 0; Kim Herbst 1)
Corner Kicks: U-M 5, OAK 4
Fouls: U-M 8, OAK 10
Cards: OAK, Nick O'Shea, 39:00 (Yellow).