Carissima Cutrona Buries Game-Winner In Double Overtime To Down Ohio, 2-1

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Carissima Cutrona Buries Game-Winner In Double Overtime To Down Ohio, 2-1

10/6/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

BUFFALO, NY – Redshirt sophomore Carissima Cutrona netted her team-leading eighth goal of the season in the 105^th minute to give the University at Buffalo women's soccer team (6-5-2, 3-2-0 MAC) their third straight conference win on Thursday night at UB Stadium. Cutrona's fourth game-winner of the season gives the Bulls a perfect 6-0-1 record at home this season and an impressive 23-1-4 mark at home over the last three seasons.

The Basics

Score: Buffalo 2, Ohio 1 (2OT)
Records: Buffalo (6-5-2, 3-2-0 MAC), Ohio (2-9-1, 0-5-0 MAC)
Buffalo Goal Scorers: Celina Carrero (1), Carissima Cutrona (8)
Buffalo Assists: Dana Lytle (1), Carissima Cutrona (1), Ashley Evans (3), Gurjeena Jandu (1)
Location: UB Stadium – Buffalo, NY
Attendance: 198

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
Ohio: Celeste Fushimi-Karns, Remi Eades, Mandy Arnzen, Rianna Reese, Alexis Milesky, Mollie Whitacre, Megan Niebuhr, Hannah Jaggers, Sydney Leckie, Alivia Milesky, Taylor Smith

How It Happened

The Bulls struck first in the 16^th minute of play as Celina Carrero was able to net her first of the season into the right corner. Dana Lytle fed a streaking Carissima Cutrona who crossed a perfect ball into Carrero who finished off the goal to give UB the 1-0 lead.
The Bobcats had their first chance of the match in the 24^th minutes as Bryce Hueber earned a free kick that was blocked by the Bulls wall and out of harms way.
Buffalo had a good scoring chance in the 31^st minute as Ashley Evans crossed a great ball into the box where Andrea Niper's header went just wide of the left corner of the net.
Freshman Kara Daly made a great run down the right sideline in the 32^nd minute and crossed a ball into the top of the box for Rebecca Bramble but her hard right-footed shot went just over the cross bar.
In the 37^th minute, Hannah Jaggers had a chance to level the score, 1-1, but her shot went wide right.
The Bobcats had their first shot on goal of the match in the 41^st minute as Bryce Hueber ripped a shot from 20 yards out that was scooped up by Laura Dougall.
The Bobcats evened the score in the 49^th minute of play as Allie Curry gathered the loose ball in the box and hit the right corner of the net with the bicycle kick.
Laura Dougall made a huge diving stop to her right in the 59^th minute as Bryce Hueber ripped a low shot towards the left corner of the goal.
In the 68^th minute, Carissima Cutrona saw her dangerous shot blocked out of bounds by the Ohio defender.
Nicole Gerritz had a hard shot from just outside the box in the 77^th minute but the Ohio keeper made a diving stop to her left to keep the game knotted, 1-1.
Laura Dougall made the save of the game in the 87^th minute as the Bobcats had a point blank chance from Alexis Milesky. Milesky took a feed and was all alone in front but her hard shot was turned away by Dougall from five yards out.
The Bobcats had the only two shots in the first overtime as Remi Eades forced DLaura Dougall to make a stop on a knee in the 97^th minute before Bryce Hueber ripped a shot just wide of the corner in the 99^th minute.
Buffalo was able to end the match in the 105^th minute off of a set piece. Ashley Evans sent a great corner into the box where freshman Gurjeena Jandu flicked a perfect ball to Carissima Cutrona who headed the ball just over the line past the keeper to give UB the win, her career-high eighth goal of the season.

Inside The Numbers

With the win, the Bulls have now won three straight MAC matches since opening the conference slate with a pair of losses.
The win also moves the Bulls home record to 6-0-1 on the year. Buffalo has been dominant at home over the past three seasons as they own a 23-1-4 record at UB Stadium.
For the match, the Bobcats held the 15-11 edge in shots while UB held the dominant 8-3 edge in corner kicks.
The game-winning goal for Carissima Cutrona was her career-high fourth of the season. The redshirt sophomore has now netted a team-best eight goals on the season.
With her three-point effort, Carissima Cutrona now has six multi-point matches on the season and the Bulls own a 5-0-1 record in those six matches.
Celina Carrero netted her first goal of the season in the 16^th minute as she now has 10 career goals in the blue and white.
Dana Lytle picked up her first assist of the season and second of her career on Carrero's goal.
Freshman defender Gurjeena Jandu collected her first career point as she earned an assist on Cutrona's game-winning goal.
Ashley Evans picked up her third assist of the season on Cutrona's game-winner, a career-high.
Laura Dougall draws within three wins of the program record as she notched her 31st win of her impressive career.
Laura Dougall finished off her third straight win with four saves in goal for the Bulls.

Player of the Match

The UB coaching staff selected senior Dana Lytle as the Player of the Match following the Bulls 2-1 double overtime win over Ohio on Thursday. Lytle collected her first assist of the season on the Bulls first goal while also playing tough in the midfield for UB.

Hofstra - Julia Benati
#6 West Virginia – Meghan Simmons
St. Bonaventure – Carissima Cutrona
Binghamton – Adrianna VanCuyck
Brown – Angel Hart
Navy – Moira Petrie
Canisius – Nicole Gerritz
Ball State - Laura Dougall
Miami (OH) - Andrea Niper
Bowling Green – Gurjeena Jandu
Toledo – Celina Carrero
Ohio – Dana Lytle

NEXT UP

The Bulls will hit the road for a MAC match at Kent State on Sunday afternoon at 1:00 pm. The match will be played in the Golden Flashes football stadium, Dix Stadium.