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Sunday, October 2
12 pm
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Toledo
Women's Soccer Notches Second Straight Shutout; Bulls Blank Toledo, 1-0
10/2/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo women's soccer team (5-5-2, 2-2-0 MAC) collected their second straight shut out at UB Stadium on Sunday afternoon as Moira Petrie netted her first career goal, the game winner, in the 48th minute of play as UB downed Toledo 1-0. The win gives UB a 5-0-1 record at UB Stadium this season and the Bulls improved to 22-1-4 at home over their last three seasons.
The Basics
- Score: Buffalo 1, Toledo 0
- Records: Buffalo (5-5-2, 2-2-0 MAC), Toledo (6-5-1, 1-2-1 MAC)
- Buffalo Goal Scorer: Moira Petrie (1)
- Buffalo Assist: Celina Carrero (2)
- Location: UB Stadium – Buffalo, NY
- Attendance: 112
Starting Lineups
- Buffalo: Laura Dougall, Nicole Gerritz, Gurjeena Jandu, Angel Hart, Adrianna VanCuyck, Andrea Niper, Ashley Evans, Moira Petrie, Dana Lytle, Celina Carrero, Carissima Cutrona
- Toledo: Katie Wilson, Sheridan Bufe, Isabella Echeverri, Kiersten Johnson, Natalie Knauf, Sydney Vinton, Brooke Maletic, Alena Sidwell, Alex Troy, Abby Demboski, Chiara Paradiso
How It Happened
- The Rockets were able to notch the first shot of the match in the fourth minute as Isabella Echeverri ripped a shot from 25 yards out that Laura Dougall made a diving stop on.
- In the 5th minute, Carissima Cutrona forced a foul and free kick just outside the box. On the ensuing kick, Andrea Niper had a low blast that was grabbed by the Toledo keeper.
- The Rockets had a dangerous chance in the 16th minute as Brooke Maletic took a long shot that Laura Dougall made a nice save to her left on.
- The Rockets were able to keep the match scoreless in the 20th minute as Nicole Gerritz had a dangerous right-footed shot that was saved by a diving keeper.
- Kara Daly made a nice run down the right wing in the 38th minute and took a shot that was grabbed by the Toledo keeper.
- The Bulls grabbed the 1-0 lead in the 48th minute of play as Celina Carrero dropped a pass to Moira Petrie who ripped a shot over the keepers head and into the left corner of the net. The goal for Petrie was the first of her UB career.
- In the 64th minute, Moira Petrie had a great chance for her second of the match but her right-footed boot was saved by a leaping keeper as she punched it over the cage and out of harms way after a nice feed from Celina Carrero.
- Andrea Niper made a great pass to the back corner in the 66th minute but Carissima Cutrona's diving shot attempt went just wide of the cage, keeping the score 1-0 in favor of UB.
- Laura Dougall came up with a nice stop in the 73rd minute as she turned away a hard low shot by Toledo leading scorer Kiersten Johnson.
- Toledo had a long shot in the 83rd minute as Alex Troy ripped a shot that went wide of the right corner.
- Carissima Cutrona forced a foul and a free kick in the 86th minute but the ensuing kick by Andrea Niper just missed the lower left corner of the goal.
- The UB defense held the Rockets without a shot over the final three minutes of play as they earned their second straight clean sheet.
Inside The Numbers
- With the win, the Bulls have now won five straight matches against the Rockets.
- The win also moves the Bulls home record to 5-0-1 on the year. Buffalo has been dominant at home over the past three seasons as they own a 22-1-4 record at UB Stadium.
- For the match, the Bulls held the 11-5 edge in shots and the dominant 6-0 lead in corner kicks.
- The game-winning goal for Moira Petrie was her first career marker for the Bulls.
- With her assist on Petrie's goal, Celina Carrero notched her second assist of the season and 14th of her career, tying her for 10th on the all-time assist list at UB.
- Junior Laura Dougall added to her program record for shutouts with her 25th of her career. Dougall now has four on the year and her second straight.
- Laura Dougall draws within four wins of the program record as she notched her 30th win of her impressive career.
- Moira Petrie and Andrea Niper tied for the team-lead with three shots each in the win. Carissima Cutrona finished off her game with two shots.
- Laura Dougall finished off her second straight clean sheet with three saves.
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The Bulls will return to UB Stadium on Thursday night for their third straight home match as they welcome Ohio. Thursday's match will start at 7:00 pm against the Bobcats.
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