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Alyssa Zuccaro scored two goals, including the winner with 63 seconds left, at Buffalo (photos by John Enright)
Zuccaro Strikes Twice as Falcons Post Come-From-Behind Win
September 23, 2011 | Women's Soccer
Senior captain nets winner with 1:03 left in 2-1 victory at Buffalo
Senior captain Alyssa Zuccaro scored a pair of goals, the second with just 1:03 left in the second half, to lift the Bowling Green State University women's soccer team to a 2-1, come-from-behind win over the University at Buffalo Friday night (Sept. 23). The Mid-American Conference match was held at UB Stadium.
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With the win, the Falcons improve to 4-6-0 overall and 1-0-0 in MAC play. The Bulls drop to 7-2-0 and 0-1-0, respectively.
BGSU has matched the overall win total for all of last season. The Falcons have a 3-3-0 road record in 2011, after posting just one win away from home in 2010.
The Falcons, after allowing a goal just 44 seconds into the match, peppered the Buffalo net with shots for the remainder of the contest. UB goalkeeper Ainsley Wheldon was up to the task for much of the night, but the Falcons finally broke through.
Zuccaro scored to tie the match, on the Falcons' 17th shot attempt of the night, at the 64:25 mark. Then, the captain notched her fourth goal of the year, and second of the night, with 88:57 elapsed. The Falcons did not allow any shots in the final 63 seconds, and BGSU had the road win.
Junior Sarah VonderBrink, who has a history of being involved in 11th-hour BGSU goals, assisted on Zuccaro's winner. Sophomore Ashley Miller had picked up her first career assist on 'Z's first goal of the night.
"We are all delighted with the result tonight," said Falcon head coach Andy Richards. "I am very proud of the way the team played, and impressed by the entire performance and the bravery that they showed throughout the game. It wasn't just physical bravery, but also the mental bravery and toughness that they showed to stick with the game and come back from a goal down."
BGSU outshot Buffalo by a 23-6 count, with a 10-2 margin in the first half and an advantage of 13-4 in the second. Wheldon made 14 saves in net, while BG 'keepers Becca Ison and Laura Arnold combined for two stops. Ison played the first 82-plus minutes, while Arnold entered the game with 7:57 left in the second half and picked up the win without facing a single shot.
Aubrey Stahl scored the Buffalo goal, which came with just 44 seconds gone. It marked the first time in 11 years and a day that BGSU had allowed a goal in the opening minute. On that day, just like on Friday night, the Falcons rallied for a 2-1 road win.
"Buffalo got a great goal, from their perspective," said Richards. "It was a really great strike. It was not the way we wanted to start, but at least we had nearly 90 minutes to get it back.
"I felt that the longer the game went on, the more we got our confidence, and in the second half I really felt we dominated the game."
After Stahl's goal, the Falcons took the next three shots of the match. Stahl had another shot at the 12:43 mark, with Ison making the save, but that was UB's last shot of the opening half. BGSU fired the next seven shot attempts in the period, with six of those shots on frame. The Falcons, however, went to halftime still down by a goal.
As the second half began, little had changed. The Falcons took three shots in the first 3:10 of the period. A VonderBrink effort was saved, Zuccaro's shot went high, and sophomore Kaitlyn Tobin's try was stopped by Weldon. Zuccaro had two more shots before the period was nine minutes old, and senior Megan Amann put a header on goal in the 59th minute, but the UB 'keeper was up to the task.
UB's Karen McMahon saw her shot blocked at the 63:24 mark. That shot was the Bulls' first in over 50 minutes, and snapped a streak of 13 consecutive BGSU shots. The next Falcon shot, however, would do what the first 16 had not - find the back of the net.
In the 65th minute of the match, 'Z' tied the score. She settled a ball at the top of the box and fired BGSU's 17th shot of the night, a shot that beat Wheldon and found the upper part of the net. Miller drew the assist on Zuccaro's first goal of the night.
"We had had several good chances, and then 'Z' popped up with a wonderful strike with her left foot to get us back into the game," said Richards. "It was a goal that we thoroughly deserved.
"Then, we just stuck with it. We defended well, we had a lot of chances and we could have perhaps scored earlier than we did. But, we didn't, and it was up until the last minute when 'Z' popped up again. I know she and the rest of the team are proud about us scoring at the near post."
The captain's second goal of the game, and team-leading fourth of the season, came with 88:57 elapsed. Zuccaro made a run from midfield, got the ball from VonderBrink on the left side of the pitch, and was able to beat Wheldon to the near side. The goal was the fifth game-winner of Zuccaro's career.
"That last minute can sometimes be frantic, like it was against Youngstown State earlier this season," said Richards. "But, I thought we dealt with it calmly and professionally tonight, and we managed to get a road win. Any win, of course, is received well, particularly in the MAC. We are happy to get the win, and now we will look to recover tomorrow and go forth against Kent State on Sunday."
Zuccaro had a total of eight shots on the night, putting four on net, to lead all players in both categories.
The Falcons stay on the road, heading to Northeast Ohio for the aforementioned Sunday (Sept. 25) match vs. Kent State University. That contest is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. at KSU's Zoeller Field.
FALCON NOTES
* BGSU has matched the overall win total for all of last season ... the Falcons are 4-6-0 this year, after finishing the 2010 campaign with a record of 4-12-4.
* The Falcons have a record of 3-3-0 on the road this year to date ... last fall, the Brown and Orange went 1-5-2 away from home.
* BGSU's totals of 23 shot attempts and 16 shots on goal both were season bests ... the overall shots total was BG's highest in nearly two years, since the Falcons fired 24 shots on Oct. 18, 2009, also against Buffalo.
* The Falcons' shots-on-goal total was the team's highest in exactly four years ... BG had 16 shots on goal in a win at Youngstown State on Sept. 23, 2007.
* Aubrey Stahl's goal on Friday night marked the first time in 11 years and one day that BGSU had surrendered a goal in the first minute of a match ... Corrie Hasenjager gave Toledo a 1-0 lead with 56 seconds gone in a match in the Glass City on Sept. 22, 2000 ... on that date, just as on Friday, the Falcons rallied back from an early deficit on the road to post a 2-1 win.
* Senior Alyssa Zuccaro's multiple-goal game was her first of the season and the third of her career ... she leads the Falcons with four goals and eight points in 2011.
* Zuccaro now has career totals of 19 goals and 48 points ... Zuccaro has moved into a tie for fifth place on the BGSU career goals list ... she passed Michelle Lisy (18 goals from 1997-2000) and has tied her former teammate, Corbie Yee (19 goals from 2005-08) ... 'Z' is just one goal shy of both Jill Conover (1999-2002) and Tracy Gleixner (1998-2002), who are tied for third place on the BGSU list with 20 goals apiece.
* Zuccaro's total of 48 points ties her for seventh place on the BGSU career list ... she is tied with both Gleixner and Lisy, and sits just one point behind sixth-place Britt Anderson (49 points from 2002-05).
* Zuccaro has scored five goals vs. Buffalo in the last two meetings ... she had her first collegiate hat trick in last season's win over the Bulls at Cochrane Field (Sept. 24, 2010).
* Last year, Zuccaro had three points after eight matches, then proceeded to score 19 points over the final 12 games ... this season, 'Z' had four points after nine matches, before scoring four points in Friday's win vs. Buffalo.
* In her BGSU career, Zuccaro has 24 points (nine goals, six assists) in home matches and 24 points (10 goals, four assists) in away contests.
* Junior Sarah VonderBrink has played a major part in each of the Falcons' last four road wins ... last season, she scored with under 12 minutes left, giving the Brown and Orange a 3-2 win at Indiana State ... earlier this month (Sept. 2), 'Vondy' scored the lone goal in BG's 1-0 win at Cleveland State ... the following weekend (Sept. 11), she had the primary assist on sophomore Kaitlyn Tobin's last-minute winner at Youngstown State ... VonderBrink again had the primary assist on the winning goal on Friday, as the Falcons downed UB.
* BGSU now leads the all-time series with Buffalo, 11-4-1, and the Falcons have won four consecutive meetings ... BG is 3-1-1 on the road against the Bulls.
FINAL STATISTICS: HTML | PDF
BGSU's 2011 CUMULATIVE STATS: HTML | PDF
With the win, the Falcons improve to 4-6-0 overall and 1-0-0 in MAC play. The Bulls drop to 7-2-0 and 0-1-0, respectively.
BGSU has matched the overall win total for all of last season. The Falcons have a 3-3-0 road record in 2011, after posting just one win away from home in 2010.
The Falcons, after allowing a goal just 44 seconds into the match, peppered the Buffalo net with shots for the remainder of the contest. UB goalkeeper Ainsley Wheldon was up to the task for much of the night, but the Falcons finally broke through.
Zuccaro scored to tie the match, on the Falcons' 17th shot attempt of the night, at the 64:25 mark. Then, the captain notched her fourth goal of the year, and second of the night, with 88:57 elapsed. The Falcons did not allow any shots in the final 63 seconds, and BGSU had the road win.
Junior Sarah VonderBrink, who has a history of being involved in 11th-hour BGSU goals, assisted on Zuccaro's winner. Sophomore Ashley Miller had picked up her first career assist on 'Z's first goal of the night.
"We are all delighted with the result tonight," said Falcon head coach Andy Richards. "I am very proud of the way the team played, and impressed by the entire performance and the bravery that they showed throughout the game. It wasn't just physical bravery, but also the mental bravery and toughness that they showed to stick with the game and come back from a goal down."
BGSU outshot Buffalo by a 23-6 count, with a 10-2 margin in the first half and an advantage of 13-4 in the second. Wheldon made 14 saves in net, while BG 'keepers Becca Ison and Laura Arnold combined for two stops. Ison played the first 82-plus minutes, while Arnold entered the game with 7:57 left in the second half and picked up the win without facing a single shot.
Aubrey Stahl scored the Buffalo goal, which came with just 44 seconds gone. It marked the first time in 11 years and a day that BGSU had allowed a goal in the opening minute. On that day, just like on Friday night, the Falcons rallied for a 2-1 road win.
"Buffalo got a great goal, from their perspective," said Richards. "It was a really great strike. It was not the way we wanted to start, but at least we had nearly 90 minutes to get it back.
"I felt that the longer the game went on, the more we got our confidence, and in the second half I really felt we dominated the game."
After Stahl's goal, the Falcons took the next three shots of the match. Stahl had another shot at the 12:43 mark, with Ison making the save, but that was UB's last shot of the opening half. BGSU fired the next seven shot attempts in the period, with six of those shots on frame. The Falcons, however, went to halftime still down by a goal.
As the second half began, little had changed. The Falcons took three shots in the first 3:10 of the period. A VonderBrink effort was saved, Zuccaro's shot went high, and sophomore Kaitlyn Tobin's try was stopped by Weldon. Zuccaro had two more shots before the period was nine minutes old, and senior Megan Amann put a header on goal in the 59th minute, but the UB 'keeper was up to the task.
UB's Karen McMahon saw her shot blocked at the 63:24 mark. That shot was the Bulls' first in over 50 minutes, and snapped a streak of 13 consecutive BGSU shots. The next Falcon shot, however, would do what the first 16 had not - find the back of the net.
In the 65th minute of the match, 'Z' tied the score. She settled a ball at the top of the box and fired BGSU's 17th shot of the night, a shot that beat Wheldon and found the upper part of the net. Miller drew the assist on Zuccaro's first goal of the night.
"We had had several good chances, and then 'Z' popped up with a wonderful strike with her left foot to get us back into the game," said Richards. "It was a goal that we thoroughly deserved.
"Then, we just stuck with it. We defended well, we had a lot of chances and we could have perhaps scored earlier than we did. But, we didn't, and it was up until the last minute when 'Z' popped up again. I know she and the rest of the team are proud about us scoring at the near post."
The captain's second goal of the game, and team-leading fourth of the season, came with 88:57 elapsed. Zuccaro made a run from midfield, got the ball from VonderBrink on the left side of the pitch, and was able to beat Wheldon to the near side. The goal was the fifth game-winner of Zuccaro's career.
"That last minute can sometimes be frantic, like it was against Youngstown State earlier this season," said Richards. "But, I thought we dealt with it calmly and professionally tonight, and we managed to get a road win. Any win, of course, is received well, particularly in the MAC. We are happy to get the win, and now we will look to recover tomorrow and go forth against Kent State on Sunday."
Zuccaro had a total of eight shots on the night, putting four on net, to lead all players in both categories.
The Falcons stay on the road, heading to Northeast Ohio for the aforementioned Sunday (Sept. 25) match vs. Kent State University. That contest is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. at KSU's Zoeller Field.
FALCON NOTES
* BGSU has matched the overall win total for all of last season ... the Falcons are 4-6-0 this year, after finishing the 2010 campaign with a record of 4-12-4.
* The Falcons have a record of 3-3-0 on the road this year to date ... last fall, the Brown and Orange went 1-5-2 away from home.
* BGSU's totals of 23 shot attempts and 16 shots on goal both were season bests ... the overall shots total was BG's highest in nearly two years, since the Falcons fired 24 shots on Oct. 18, 2009, also against Buffalo.
* The Falcons' shots-on-goal total was the team's highest in exactly four years ... BG had 16 shots on goal in a win at Youngstown State on Sept. 23, 2007.
* Aubrey Stahl's goal on Friday night marked the first time in 11 years and one day that BGSU had surrendered a goal in the first minute of a match ... Corrie Hasenjager gave Toledo a 1-0 lead with 56 seconds gone in a match in the Glass City on Sept. 22, 2000 ... on that date, just as on Friday, the Falcons rallied back from an early deficit on the road to post a 2-1 win.
* Senior Alyssa Zuccaro's multiple-goal game was her first of the season and the third of her career ... she leads the Falcons with four goals and eight points in 2011.
* Zuccaro now has career totals of 19 goals and 48 points ... Zuccaro has moved into a tie for fifth place on the BGSU career goals list ... she passed Michelle Lisy (18 goals from 1997-2000) and has tied her former teammate, Corbie Yee (19 goals from 2005-08) ... 'Z' is just one goal shy of both Jill Conover (1999-2002) and Tracy Gleixner (1998-2002), who are tied for third place on the BGSU list with 20 goals apiece.
* Zuccaro's total of 48 points ties her for seventh place on the BGSU career list ... she is tied with both Gleixner and Lisy, and sits just one point behind sixth-place Britt Anderson (49 points from 2002-05).
* Zuccaro has scored five goals vs. Buffalo in the last two meetings ... she had her first collegiate hat trick in last season's win over the Bulls at Cochrane Field (Sept. 24, 2010).
* Last year, Zuccaro had three points after eight matches, then proceeded to score 19 points over the final 12 games ... this season, 'Z' had four points after nine matches, before scoring four points in Friday's win vs. Buffalo.
* In her BGSU career, Zuccaro has 24 points (nine goals, six assists) in home matches and 24 points (10 goals, four assists) in away contests.
* Junior Sarah VonderBrink has played a major part in each of the Falcons' last four road wins ... last season, she scored with under 12 minutes left, giving the Brown and Orange a 3-2 win at Indiana State ... earlier this month (Sept. 2), 'Vondy' scored the lone goal in BG's 1-0 win at Cleveland State ... the following weekend (Sept. 11), she had the primary assist on sophomore Kaitlyn Tobin's last-minute winner at Youngstown State ... VonderBrink again had the primary assist on the winning goal on Friday, as the Falcons downed UB.
* BGSU now leads the all-time series with Buffalo, 11-4-1, and the Falcons have won four consecutive meetings ... BG is 3-1-1 on the road against the Bulls.
Team Stats
BGSU
UB
Goals
2
1
Shots
23
6
Shots on Goal
16
3
Saves
2
14
Corners
5
3
Fouls
9
7
Scoring Plays
STAHL, Aubrey (1)
Shot from 25 yards out over goalies head
0:44
ZUCCARO, Alyssa (3)
Assisted By: MILLER, Ashley
settled ball at top of box, beat goalie
64:25
ZUCCARO, Alyssa (4)
Assisted By: VonderBRINK, Sarah
Took ball from midfield on left side, be
88:57
Game Leaders
Players
Shots
8
SOG
4
Goals
2
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
2
Goals
0
Assists
1
Shots
2
SOG
2
Goals
0
Assists
1
Shots
3
SOG
3
Goals
0
Assists
0
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