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Detroit Blanks Falcons, 3-0
September 17, 2003 | Women's Soccer
Sept. 17, 2003
DETROIT, Mich. - The University of Detroit Mercy scored an early goal and never looked back en route to a 3-0 win over the Bowling Green State University women's soccer team Wednesday afternoon (Sept.17). The non-conference match was held at Titan Field.
With the win, the Titans improve to 3-1-0 on the young season, while the Falcons drop to 1-5-1.
UDM got a goal from Judith Atwood with just 2:12 elapsed in the match, and the Titans were never headed. The hosts doubled the lead with 34:01 gone, as Bianca Savarino converted a cross from Alex Moraca. Moraca assisted on each of the two first-half goals.
The Titans scored the lone goal of the second half, with Atwood striking again. Kathy Banjavcic assisted on the goal, which came at the 69:02 mark.
UDM goalkeeper Allison Dube was forced to make just one save in earning a shutout win. The Titans outshot the Falcons by a 19-5 margin, including an 8-1 advantage in shots on goal.
Ali Shingler played 77-plus minutes in net for the Falcons, making five saves.
BGSU returns home for a pair of weekend matches, beginning with Friday's (Sept. 19) Mid-American Conference contest vs. the University of Akron. Kickoff is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. at BGSU's Cochrane Field.
NOTES
QUOTING HEAD COACH ANDY RICHARDS
"It was a bad day and a below-par performance, particularly in light of the improvements we had made over the last three or four games."
"It was disappointing in that we didn't make the alterations within the game that we should have recognized, and we all take the blame for that; coaches as well as players."
"The situation wasn't helped by conceding an early goal off a piece of set play that we talked about, knew about, and should have dealt with handily."
"At halftime, we talked about the adjustments we had to make, and in the second half, I felt we did a better job of putting some pressure on them and creating opportunities. Unfortunately, we didn't take advantage of those opportunities, and it was a case of too little, too late."
"We have an opportunity to put it right, and we have an opportunity to put it right in the MAC (with Friday's match vs. Akron). I have the utmost confidence that the players will perform to the best of their abilities, as we know they can."
