Lady Miner soccer shut out

By John Kean
UMR Sports Information

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- A trip outside the Great Lakes Valley Conference didn't change the University of Missouri-Rolla women’s soccer team’s luck, as Saginaw Valley State handed UMR a 3-0 loss Saturday afternoon. The Cardinals scored 33 seconds into the game to take a lead that it would carry into halftime, then got goals early and late in the second half to get the victory.

Saginaw Valley's Stephanie Roy scored the first goal, then Tammie Edmunds got a goal on a breakaway a little over 10 minutes into the second half to extend the lead. Kim Oberski's goal on a head ball with just under three minutes left wrapped up the scoring.

The Lady Miners were outshot 21-11 in the game but had nine shots on goal. Catherine Swift started the game in goal for UMR and was credited with five saves, while Kelsey Kurilla had one save in her 35 minutes of action. UMR also had three corner kick chances in the contest.

UMR (3-7-1) will return to action Friday when it faces Quincy in a 5 p.m. game in Quincy, Ill.

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Another GLVC heart-breaker for Lady Miners

By John Kean
UMR Sports Information

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – The University of Missouri-Rolla women’s soccer team has certainly shown that it can play on the level with teams in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. It just hasn't been able to squeeze out a victory since conference play started.

UMR dropped its fourth straight league game Sunday by a 2-1 score at Lewis, as the Flyers won the game on Courtney Kettel's penalty kick with just over 16 minutes to play.

After a scoreless first half, the Flyers grabbed the lead at the 52:55 mark on Amy Foran's unassisted goal.

UMR came back and tied the score a little more than 14 minutes later, as Brooke Ryan got to a loose ball at the top of the penalty area and blasted a shot past Andrea Iossi for her first goal of the year.

The Lady Miners outshot the Flyers by a 13-11 margin for the game, but it was Lewis that got the break to give it the lead. A foul by the Lady Miners in the box at 73:45 gave Lewis a penalty kick which Kettel converted to make it 2-1.

Kelsey Kurilla was credited with three saves in goal for the Lady Miners.

At Kenosha, Wis., for the third straight game the Lady Miners held down a top team from the GLVC but couldn’t generate enough offense to get a result.

Meredith Novak’s goal with just under 20 minutes to play was enough to give Wisconsin-Parkside a 1-0 victory over the Lady Miners Friday.

The Lady Miners had the only shot on goal in the first half and finished the game with five overall to the Rangers’ nine. They were able to thwart most of WU-Parkside’s offensive chances, forcing it into nine corner kicks and drawing it offsides six times.

Kurilla was credited with two saves in goal for UMR.

UMR (3-5, 0-4 GLVC), which will return to action Friday, Sept. 21, when it hosts 12th-ranked Northern Kentucky at 5 p.m. at the UMR Soccer Field.

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Lady Miners miss chances; lose

By John Kean
UMR Sports Information

ROLLA -- Time after time Tuesday night, Sept. 11, the University of Missouri-Rolla women’s soccer team had chances to score. But a foot here, a foot there...

UMR's missed scoring opportunities came back to haunt it as it suffered its second straight one-goal loss, a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Drury in a make-up contest at the UMR Soccer Complex.

The Lady Miners outshot the Panthers 19-12 in the game and had eight shots on goal to Drury's five. However, a shot by DU's Aly Reynolds just over 10 minutes into the game made it into the net and held up for the lone goal of the game.

Reynolds scored after the Lady Miners had cleared a ball out from in front of the net, but right to her and her return shot got past goalkeeper Kelsey Kurilla.

UMR had a 12-7 edge in shots in the opening half. Its best scoring chance in the first half came when Tabitha Ausman got loose on a breakaway, but was stopped by goalkeeper Jessie Sanderson.

The Lady Miners had a chance to tie in the second half as well, but had that attempt stopped by a defender at the goal line.

Kurilla finished with four saves in the contest for UMR (3-3, 0-2 GLVC), who will head to the road for a pair of conference tilts this weekend starting Friday afternoon, Sept. 14 at Wisconsin-Parkside.

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Lady Miners shine despite loss

By John Kean
UMR Sports Information

ROLLA -- The University of Missouri-Rolla women’s soccer team opened its conference season Sunday by playing arguably one of its best halves in recent memory.

Unfortunately, it wasn't able to keep up the pace in the second half as Rockhurst rallied for a 2-1 win over the Lady Miners in a Great Lakes Valley Conference game at the UMR Soccer Field.

The Lady Miners controlled play for a better part of the first half and outshot the Hawks 11-3. They also posted the only goal in the first 45 minutes, which came when Marci Byrd converted a free kick that caromed off the leg of a Rockhurst defender and past goalkeeper Alyssa Miller at the 34:28 mark.

Rockhurst tied the game in the early stages of the second half when Lisa Schwarz sprung Lindsey Ewert on a breakaway, then she beat goalkeeper Kelsey Kurilla at 54:32. Ewert then gave the Hawks the lead just over 15 minutes later when she took a pass from across the box and scored from about 15 yards away.

About two minutes after Ewert's go-ahead goal, the Lady Miners had a chance to tie it, but Morgan Lockowitz's head ball was stopped by a sprawling Miller.

UMR outshot the Hawks 22-13 for the game, with Kurilla finishing with six saves.

The Lady Miners (3-2, 0-1 GLVC) will face Drury in a make-up game Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 5 p.m. at the UMR Soccer Field.

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Lockowitz powers Lady Miner soccer

By John Kean
UMR Sports Information

SPRINGFIELD -- Morgan Lockowitz came to the University of Missouri-Rolla women’s soccer team with a history of scoring goals -- and her arrival in the scoring column Sunday, Sept. 2 led the Lady Miners on their way to their third straight victory.

After spotting Upper Iowa two early goals, Lockowitz scored twice in a span of 2:04 early in the second half to tie the game and the Lady Miners added two more goals to post a 4-2 victory over Upper Iowa for their second straight win in the Drury Invitational.

The four goals were the most the Lady Miners have scored in a game since Oct. 22, 2004 when they beat Northwest Missouri State 5-0 and could not have come at a more opportune time with conference play right around the corner.

Upper Iowa took the early lead on goals by Jennifer Lee at the 8:04 mark and Lauren Smith at 9:28, both on plays right in front of the UMR net.

The Peacocks held onto that 2-0 advantage for the balance of the half even though UMR outshot them 9-4.

Lockowitz, who scored 31 times as a high school senior at Wesclin High School in Illinois, got her first collegiate goal 5:35 into the second half when she scored from right in front of the net. Lockowitz then tied the score just over two minutes later on another unassisted tally.

At 67:43 mark, Lockowitz got in on the scoring again, only this time it was to assist on what turned out to be the decisive goal. Her pass to Janine Einhellig in front of the goal was put home by the UMR junior to give the Lady Miners their first lead of the afternoon.

Erin Rouse added an insurance goal for converting a penalty kick at the 78:34 mark for the final margin.

UMR outshot Upper Iowa 17-5 in the game, as the Peacocks got only one shot off in the final 45 minutes. Catherine Swift played all 90 minutes and was credited with two saves.

The Lady Miners, 3-1 on the season, return home to open Great Lakes Valley Conference play Friday, Sept. 7 against Drury at 5 p.m.

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UMR women’s soccer falls in rainy opener

By John Kean
UMR Sports Information

ROLLA – The start of the 2007 season for the University of Missouri-Rolla women’s soccer team was delayed by rain, then a late rally effort fell short for UMR as it dropped a 3-1 decision to Ashland Friday, Aug. 24 at the UMR Soccer Field.

Severe thunderstorms that dropped nearly two inches of rain in the Rolla area Friday afternoon held up the start of the game for two hours, but the Lady Miners had a solid first half of play as they outshot the Eagles 10-9 and had a couple of good scoring opportunities.

However, it was Ashland’s Beth Moor who came up with the only goal in the first 45 minutes, as she took a cross from Courtney Schuster and put it past Kelsey Kurilla to give the Eagles a 1-0 halftime lead.

The game stayed that way well into the second half, which was played in a steady rain, until Kelly Usher pounced on a rebound of her own shot that was stopped by UMR goalkeeper Catherine Swift (who entered the game at the start of the second half) and scored with just under 15 minutes to play to extend the lead.

UMR cut that lead in half thanks to a great individual effort by freshman midfielder Melia Miller. She took a feed from Brooke Ryan and dribbled past two Eagles to get free for a shot, which she hit past Marie Supanich with 6:01 to go.

But after making a brief surge in an effort to tie the game the Eagles were able to put the game away when Dani Lamb got to a ball that got by Swift near the front of the penalty area and scored into an open net for the final score.

The Lady Miners outshot the Eagles 17-16 in the game. Kurilla and Swift combined to make eight saves on the night.

UMR will host Missouri Western Sunday, Aug. 26, at 2 p.m. at the UMR Soccer Field.

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