Marshall University Athletics
Women' Soccer Back at Home
10/1/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Women?s Soccer Back at Home
10/1/2003
Marshall will take on Buffalo at home Friday. |
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Marshall will play their second Mid-American Conference home game of the season on Friday, October 3 when the Bulls from the University at Buffalo visit Sam Hood Field at 7 p.m.
The Herd will look to improve on last weekend's performance, where Marshall went 1-1, notching a convincing 3-0 victory at Northern Illinois prior to falling at Western Michigan 3-1.
Sophomore Cara Hemmerich (Dublin, Ohio) emerged as the Herd?s leading goal scorer after knocking in her first career goal against NIU and backing that effort up with a goal against WMU on Sunday.
Senior Danielle Lowther (Grand Haven, Mi.) also made a big impact for the weekend. The 5?6? forward added an assist and a goal against NIU.
Marshall will then travel to Bloomington, Indiana for a non-conference matchup with the Hoosiers of Indiana University on Sunday. The game is scheduled for 2 p.m.
GAME NOTES
Weekend Full of Firsts
In Marshall?s first win of the season on Friday, sophomore Cara Hemmerich (Dublin, Ohio) knocked in her first goal of her collegiate career.
Goalie Kai Nordness (Burnsville, Mn.), making her second appearance of her career in front of the net, got the win over NIU. The redshirt freshman had 5 saves to secure her first collegiate shutout.
The Opponents
The University at Buffalo
The University at Buffalo (5-5-1; 1-3-1 MAC) took two tough losses last weekend. The Bulls dropped a 2-1 decision at Canisius on Friday and fell in overtime to Akron 1-0 on Sunday. The Bulls outshot the Zips in the MAC game 29-14.
Buffalo, who is riding a four game losing streak, is led by MAC points and goals leader Emily Russell. Russell has seven goals on the season to go along with two assists for a total of 16 points.
The Bulls lead the series record 4-1 after a win over Marshall last year, 2-1.
Indiana University
The Hoosiers took on two top 15 teams last weekend, pulling the upset over #11 Ohio State on Friday and dropped a 2-1 decision over #13 Penn State on Sunday. Prior to taking on the Herd, Indiana will travel to Iowa for a Big Ten game against the Hawkeyes on Friday.
Indiana (3-6-0; 1-3-0 Big Ten) is paced by Megan Pipkens, who leads the squad in points (6) and goals (2). The Hoosiers have used three different goalies throughout the season thus far with Shaunna Daughtery seeing the most minutes.
