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Sunday, August 21
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West Virginia
Strong Second Half Effort Not Enough As Bulls Fall To #6 West Virginia, 2-0
8/21/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA – Despite a strong second half effort by the University at Buffalo women's soccer team (0-2-0, 0-0-0 MAC), the #6 West Virginia Mountaineers downed the Bulls by the score of 2-0 on a soggy Sunday afternoon at Jeffrey Field.
The Basics
- Score: Buffalo 0, #6 West Virginia 2
- West Virginia Goal Scorer: Heather Kaleiohi (1), Grace Cutler (1)
- West Virginia Assist: Amandine Pierre-Louis (1), Sh'Nia Gordon (1)
- Records: Buffalo (0-2-0, 0-0-0 MAC), West Virginia (1-0-1, 0-0-0 Big 12)
- Location: Jeffrey Field – University Park, PA
- Attendance: 50
Starting Lineups
- Buffalo: Laura Dougall, Nicole Gerritz, Gurjeena Jandu, Angel Hart, Adrianna VanCuyck, Andrea Niper, Rebecca Bramble, Moira Petrie, Julia Benati, Celina Carrero, Carissima Cutrona
- #6 West Virginia: Sh'nia Gordon, Michaela Abam, Hannah Abraham, Carla Portillo, Alli Magaletta, Vanessa Flores, Bianca St. Georges, Carly Black, Easther Mayi Kith, Amandine Pierre-Louis, Rylee Foster
How It Happened
- The Mountaineers had their best chance of the early going in the ninth minute as Michaela Abam had a back heel shot that was just deflected over the top of the net by Angel Hart.
- In the 13th minute, Laura Dougall came up with a huge save as Michaela Abam was all alone in front. Dougall stood her ground and grabbed the hard right-footed shot from in close to keep the game scoreless.
- The Mountaineers got on the board in the 22nd minute of action as Amandine Pierre-Louis sent a long ball into the box where Laura Dougall was unable to handle the bounce off the slick grass and Heather Kaleiohi knocked it into the wide open net to give WVU the 1-0 lead.
- Laura Dougall made another huge save in the 38th minute as the Mountaineers had a shot from point blank range that she swallowed up, keeping the score 1-0 in favor of WVU.
- In the 41st minute of action, the Mountaineers nearly made it 2-0 but Grace Cutler's hard shot rang off the cross bar and was cleared out by UB.
- Celina Carrero had the Bulls first shot of the match in the 46th minute as she broke free on goal but her shot just missed the right corner of the goal.
- In the 52nd minute, Moira Petrie was able to force a foul that earned a free kick. On the ensuing free kick, Andrea Niper's blast just missed the right post.
- The Mountaineers had a great chance to make the score 2-0 in the 64th minute but Heather Kaleiohi's shot was saved by a diving Cassie Betancourt and was cleared away.
- After the Bulls dominated much of the play in the second half, the Mountaineers were able to make the score 2-0 in the 68th minutes as Grace Cutler headed home a perfect cross from Sh'Nia Gordon.
- In the 79th minute, Carissima Cutrona sent a great ball into the box where Julia Benati took a hard shot that was blocked by the WVU defense and cleared away.
- Carissma Cutrona had a great run and ripped a shot that was saved by the diving keeper in the 83rd minute to keep the 2-0 lead for the Mountaineers.
Inside The Numbers
- The Bulls have now lost their only two meetings in program history to the Mountaineers.
- The West Virginia Mountaineers held the 26-3 edge in shots for the match. WVU led 14-0 in the opening 45 minutes and 12-3 in the second half.
- The Mountaineers held the 12-1 lead in corner kicks for the match.
- Cassie Betancourt made her first appearance of the season between the pipes and second of her UB career in the loss, finishing with two saves.
- Carissima Cutrona, Celina Carrero and Andrea Niper each had one shot in the loss.
What They Are Saying
- Head coach Shawn Burke: "I thought the girls played really disciplined, organized and showed a lot of character today against the #6 team in the country. We were up to the task today, and it's hard not to measure it against last year's performance in which we literally had just one opportunity to score and this year we had six or seven. We shocked a lot of people today with our performance but it's still about the process and hopefully they bought into that and we can impose our will on the teams over the next few games."
Player Of The Match
Following the match, Meghan Simmons was named Player of the Match after entering the game off the bench in the first half and playing great defensively on the backline for the Bulls.
- Hofstra - Julia Benati
- #6 West Virginia – Meghan Simmons
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