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Yee's Golden Goal Downs Golden Flashes, 1-0
October 13, 2006 | Women's Soccer
Oct. 13, 2006
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KENT, Ohio - Sophomore Corbie Yee scored in overtime to cap off a mad scramble, giving the Bowling Green State University women's soccer team a 1-0 victory over Kent State University Friday afternoon (Oct. 13). The Mid-American Conference match was held at a windy Kent State Soccer Field.
With the win, the Falcons improve to 7-8-0 overall, and BGSU is now 4-3-0 in MAC play. The host Golden Flashes drop to 7-7-1 and 4-3-0, respectively.
Lindsay Carter, the Falcons' lone senior, picked up the assist on Yee's goal.
The wind, with gusts of nearly 40 miles per hour that nearly toppled the press tent between the team benches on several occasions, obviously played havoc with the offensive efforts of both teams. The Falcons and Flashes battled through 90 scoreless minutes of regulation time.
The Falcons' winning play began with a corner kick by Carter. The ball was played into the penalty area, where several players from each team had a poke at it.
Carter took a shot that was blocked by a KSU defender, and Yee then deposited the ball across the goal line to end the scrum in the box at the 95:25 mark and give the Falcons the win.
The Flashes had 22 total shot attempts to the Falcons' 13 on the day, and KSU held a 7-5 advantage in shots on goal. BGSU sophomore Christy Zabek, however, made seven saves to pick up the shutout. That save total included a leaping effort to deflect a Lisa Kurz shot over the crossbar in the final three minutes of regulation.
"There are times in the game of soccer when you just have to defend and weather the storm when another team is applying pressure," said BGSU head coach Andy Richards. "Then, hopefully, during your period of advantage, you can score a goal.
"Today, we had long periods of stout defense, and it was an effort of Herculean proportions by all of our defenders, from Christy Zabek in goal to the back line to the midfielders and the forwards. We defended very well against a Kent team that threw a lot of offense at us.
"We are very pleased, of course, with the win. We have had some games this year where we haven't defended very well, or we have given in to pressure. This day was extremely pleasing because we defended very well, and we took our chance when it came.
"Corbie's goal was a result of determination and purposeful effort, rather than of skill and guile. But, sometimes that is what is needed to win a game, and we are very happy to get another MAC win. Kent State is a very good team, particularly on their own field, and I have tremendous admiration for the effort put forth by our team to get the win today.
"Credit should go to Christy, as well as to Corbie and our team defensive effort. Christy had several high-quality saves to earn her shutout."
The Falcons return to action on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 15), facing the University at Buffalo. More information on that game is below.
SCHEDULE NOTE
According to the University at Buffalo's athletics web site, the Falcons' Sunday (Oct. 15) game against the Bulls has been moved to Kent State due to the record-breaking snowfall in western New York that has resulted in a state of emergency being declared over the region. The BGSU-UB game is now scheduled for a 4:00 p.m. start, according to the web site.
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STANDINGS
(through Friday) Team MAC Pts. Toledo 4-1-1 13 Ball State 4-2-1 13 Ohio 4-2-1 13 BGSU 4-3-0 12 Kent St. 4-3-0 12 Central Mich. 3-3-1 10 Buffalo 3-3-0 9 Akron 3-4-0 9 Northern Ill. 3-4-0 9 Miami 2-3-2 8 Western Mich. 2-5-0 6 Eastern Mich. 2-5-0 6 (Teams earn 3 pts. for a win, 1 for a tie)
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* The Falcons' win over Kent State moves BGSU into a fourth-place tie with the Golden Flashes ... both teams have 12 points on the season, and are just one point behind Toledo, Ball State and Ohio (see standings above) ... of the five MAC games that were played on Friday, no home team emerged victorious.
* For sophomore Corbie Yee, Friday's goal was her first of the season ... she now has seven career goals, the most of any active Falcon, and 18 points.
* Senior Lindsay Carter, who picked up the lone assist on Yee's goal Friday, is the Falcons' active career points leader ... Carter has 20 career points, including a total of eight assists, the highest career total of any active member of the Brown and Orange.
* Yee now has three career game-winning goals ... she netted the GWG in 2005 victories over Miami (Oct. 2) and Ohio (Oct. 7).
* Carter's game-winning assist was her second this season and the third of her BGSU career ... all three have come in 1-0 wins, with each of this year's game-winning assists occurring in overtime ... her first career GWA came vs. Akron on Oct. 9, 2005, and she had the primary assist on Kayleigh Zajaros' OT goal in last month's home win over Xavier (Sept. 1).
* Sophomore goalkeeper Christy Zabek, in her second career start, picked up her second complete-game shutout ... her other shutout was against Youngstown State (Sept. 8, 2006) at Cochrane Field ... Zabek's minutes-played total of 95:25 on Friday was the highest of her career.
* Zabek has yet to allow a goal in her collegiate career ... Zabek has played in 10 career games, starting two, and has now played a total of 403:10 without ever having to fish a ball out of the back of the net.
* Zabek made a career-high seven saves vs. the Golden Flashes ... prior to Friday, the Hendersonville, Tenn., native had made a total of six stops in her BGSU career.
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BGSU'S ALL-TIME OT GOALS
Kerry McKee (8/29/97 at Kent) Michelle Lisy (8/27/99 vs. Michigan St.) Susan Wallace (8/27/00 vs. Bucknell) * Tracy Gleixner (9/24/00 at EMU) Jill Conover (10/13/00 vs. Marshall) Samantha Meister (10/20/02 at UB) Julie Trundle (11/6/02 vs. UB) Meister (10/12/03 at NIU) Meister (10/26/03 at Marshall) Britt Anderson (11/2/04 at KSU) Leah Eggleton (9/11/05 vs. Eastern Ill.) Kayleigh Zajaros (9/1/06 vs. Xavier) Corbie Yee (10/13/06 at KSU) * at Kent, Ohio
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* BGSU is now 4-0-0 in overtime games at the Kent State Soccer Field ... three of those wins have come against the Flashes, including the first-ever game in the history of both the BGSU and KSU programs (1-0 on Aug. 29, 1997) ... in addition to Friday's win, the Falcons also picked up a road OT victory over KSU in the 2004 MAC Tournament quarterfinals (2-1 in 2-OT on Nov. 2, 2004) ... the Brown and Orange also downed Bucknell in overtime (3-2 on Aug. 27, 2000) in Kent.
* The Falcons now lead Kent State, 7-3-3, in the all-time series between the teams, and BGSU -- as mentioned -- has a 4-2-0 road mark vs. the Golden Flashes ... seven of the 13 series meetings have required overtime.
* BGSU is undefeated (3-0-1) in the last four meetings with KSU ... that stretch includes the aforementioned 2004 MAC Tournament quarterfinal in Kent, as well as the '05 league tournament championship game in BGSU ... the Falcons have held the Flashes scoreless for the last 366:42, or the equivalent of over four games.
* The Falcons' win ended Kent State's school-record home winning streak at 10 matches ... the Flashes' last loss at the Kent State Soccer Field came on Sept. 23, 2005, to Ball State.
* The match was the Flashes' sixth overtime game of the season, and the team's fourth in six home matches ... KSU is now 3-2-1 in 2006 OT contests ... the Falcons are now a perfect 2-0-0 in games that require overtime.
* In the history of the BGSU women's soccer program, the Falcons are now 13-11-16 in overtime matches ... believe it or not, BGSU has never lost a road overtime match, having gone 6-0-7 on opposing soil ... the Falcons are 5-9-8 in home OT games and 2-2-1 in neutral-site overtime affairs ... overall, BG is undefeated in the last nine OT matches, having gone 4-0-5 since the last overtime loss, to Ohio State on Oct. 31, 2003.
* Four of BGSU's 13 overtime wins have come at the KSU Soccer Field (see box).
* Thirteen of the Falcons' 15 games this season have been shutouts, with BGSU on the winning side in seven.
* That total of seven shutouts is the second-highest in school history ... the record is nine, set by last year's team ... the 2002 team also had seven shutouts.
