Stachel Scores Late to Rally U-M Past Purdue for First Big Ten Win

Thursday, October 14

Ann Arbor, Mich.

7:00 PM

Michigan

6-2-4, 1-1-2Big Ten

Purdue

6-9-2, 2-4-1Big Ten

Purdue

Michigan

Stachel Scores Late to Rally U-M Past Purdue for First Big Ten Win

10/14/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

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By: Ryan Sosin

Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (U-M Soccer Stadium)
Score: Michigan 2, Purdue 1
Records: U-M (6-2-4, 1-1-2 Big Ten), Purdue (6-9-2, 2-4-1 Big Ten)
Attendance: 479
Next U-M Event: Sunday, Oct. 17 -- at Indiana (Bloomington, Ind.), 1 p.m.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's soccer team scored twice in the second half to record its first win of the Big Ten season, edging Purdue, 2-1, on Thursday night (Oct. 14) inside the U-M Soccer Stadium.

Clare Stachel

Freshman Nkem Ezurike (Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia/Sackville) scored 59 seconds into the second half and junior/sophomore Clare Stachel (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Central) tallied the game-winner in the 83rd minute for the Wolverines. Junior/sophomore Haley Kopmeyer (Troy, Mich./Lahser) made five saves for the victory.

Trailing 1-0 at halftime, Michigan got the equalizer less than a minute into the second frame, when freshman Meghan Toohey (Philadelphia, Pa./Phil-Mont Christian) sent a through ball to senior Amanda Bowery (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester), who flicked the ball to Ezurike in the box. Ezurike did not get all of the ball, throwing off the goalkeeper as the shot skipped into the back of the net.

Toohey came through for the Wolverines again in the 83rd minute with a steal at midfield and a through ball to Stachel, who slotted it past the keeper into the right side of the net.

In the first half, the Wolverines nearly capitalized on a free kick in the 26th minute as senior Jackie Carron (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester) served a low cross to Ezurike, whose shot from inside the box was deflected over the crossbar by the Purdue goalkeeper Carianne Betts, who made 10 saves in the game. Purdue broke through first in the 38th minute with a header that clanged off the right post on a corner kick.

The Wolverines complete the weekend on the road, taking on Indiana on Sunday (Oct. 17) at 1 p.m. in Bloomington, Ind.

GAME SUMMARY

By Periods	1	2	F
Purdue	1	0	1
Michigan	0	2	2

Scoring, Time (Assist)
1st -- PUR, Katie Leinhart, 37:40 (Kellie Phillips)
2nd -- U-M, Nkem Ezurike, 45:59 (Amanda Bowery, Meghan Toohey)
2nd -- U-M, Clare Stachel, 82:35 (Toohey)

Shots: U-M 16, PUR 10
Shots on Goal: U-M 12, PUR 6
Saves: U-M 5 (Haley Kopmeyer), PUR 10 (Carianne Betts)
Corner Kicks: U-M 10, PUR 2
Fouls: U-M 13, PUR 12
Cards: U-M, Jackie Carron, 51:46 (Yellow); U-M, Ezurike, 76:02 (Yellow)

NOTES

• Michigan improved to 6-3-3 in the all-time series with Purdue.

• With the victory, U-M bettered its record to 6-2-4 on the season and matched last season's win total. The Wolverines' six wins mark the most since the 2006 season when they went 9-7-6 en route to an NCAA Tournament bid.

• Senior Sarah Stanczyk made her 50th collegiate appearance tonight. She has played 31 games for Michigan after competing in 19 games at Connecticut.

• Senior Amanda Bowery collected the 13th assist of her career tonight, moving her into a tie for 11th on the all-time list. She matched Stephanie Chavez's (13, 2000-03) career totals.

• Freshman Meghan Toohey tallied a career high two points on a personal-best two assists.

• Junior/sophomore Clare Stachel, who missed all of last season due to injury, tallied her first goal since Sept. 11, 2008, against Oakland. The marker was also her first career game-winning goal.

QUOTES

Michigan Head Coach Greg Ryan
On the game ... "We got the chances we wanted, I felt like it was just bad luck in the first half. If you looked at the shots, we had the better chances. If you look at the corners, it was six for us to two for them. But they executed really well on their one corner and scored. It has been that way a bit this year where we are getting good chances and just not putting them away. Then in the second half, to come out and get the tying goal in the first minute was huge in terms of momentum. I thought it shifted the whole game for pretty much the whole second half."

U-M Freshman Forward Nkem Ezurike
On what the team talked about during half time ... "We knew that we had to come out strong in the second half. We played well in the first half, but we were still down a goal, so we had to give it our all in the second half. (The goal) came quickly, which was good for us."