Northwestern
Ohio State
Women's Soccer Falls to Ohio State, 1-0
10/19/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Oct. 19, 2001
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Northwestern women's soccer team suffered yet another hard-luck loss Friday night, falling to Ohio State, 1-0. The Wildcats were victimized by a penalty kick in the match's 23rd minute.
The loss dropped NU to 4-8-1 overall and 2-5-1 in the Big Ten, and kept the Wildcats in 10th place in the Big Ten standings with two conference matches left on the schedule. The top eight teams at the end of the regular season will qualify for the Big Ten's postseason tournament.
OSU's Lindsay Eckles drew the PK, breaking in alone behind the NU defense before she was taken down in the penalty box. Jen Miller stepped up to take the kick, and booted a shot into the top right corner of the goal past Wildcat goalkeeper Susie McCreery (Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South).
It was an unfortunate turn of events for the Wildcats, who held most of the play in the first half and outshot the Buckeyes 9-3 for the stanza. In the second half, OSU outshot NU 6-5.
McCreery had three saves in the NU goal. For the sixth straight match and the 11th time in 13 matches this season, Northwestern held its opponent to a single goal. At the other end, Jen Heaney was credited with four stops for OSU.
"I don't think we came with our best play tonight, and it cost us," said head coach Jenny Haigh. "We needed to play more thoughtful soccer. We had a lot of good chances, but we just couldn't make them pay off. It's disappointing."
Northwestern will be back in action Sunday afternoon, taking on sixth-ranked Penn State in University Park, Pa. The Nittany Lions sit atop the Big Ten standings with a 7-0-1 conference mark after a 2-0 win over Wisconsin Friday night.
Score By Half
Northwestern 0 0 - 0
Ohio State 1 0 - 1
Scoring
OSU - Jen Miller (PK), 22:25
Goalkeeper Saves
NU - Susie McCreery, 3
OSU - Jen Heaney, 4
Shots
Northwestern 14, Ohio State 9
Corner Kicks
Ohio State 12, Northwestern 8
Fouls
Ohio State 25, Northwestern 17
Offsides
Ohio State 2, Northwestern 0
Cards
NU - Katie Kovatch (Y), 64:33
Records
Northwestern 4-8-1, 2-5-1
Ohio State 7-7-0, 4-4-0
