Two Second Half Goals Not Enough As Soccer Falls At WMU, 4-2

Sunday, September 23

1 pm

7-2-0 (1-1-0MAC)

Western Michigan

8-2-0 (2-0-0MAC)

Buffalo

Western Michigan

Two Second Half Goals Not Enough As Soccer Falls At WMU, 4-2

9/23/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

KALAMAZOO, MI – The University at Buffalo women's soccer team (7-2-0, 1-1-0 MAC) saw their seven-match winning streak snapped on Sunday afternoon on the road as the Western Michigan Broncos handed the Bulls the 4-2 defeat. The four goals allowed by the Bulls were their most allowed this season.

The Basics

Score: Buffalo 2, Western Michigan 4
Records: Buffalo (7-2-0, 1-1-0 MAC), Western Michigan (8-2-0, 2-0-0 MAC)
Buffalo Goal Scorers: Andrea Judasz (1), Gurjeena Jandu (2)
Buffalo Assists: Marcy Barberic (4)
Western Michigan Goal Scorers: Alyssa Burke (4), Morgan Otteson (3), Grace Labadie 2 (2)
Western Michigan Assists: Collen McKay (2), Grace Labadie (7)
Location: WMU Soccer Complex – Kalamazoo, MI
Attendance: 385

Starting Lineups

Buffalo: Emily Kelly, Rebecca Bramble, Gurjeena Jandu, Tess Ford, Adrianna VanCuyck, Hannah Callaghan, Katherine Camper, Kaitlyn Walsh, Gianna Yurchak, Marcy Barberic, Carissima Cutrona
Western Michigan: Hannah Sargent, Alyssa Burke, Morgan Otteson, Victoria McCartney, Jane Labadie, Hannah Kahn, Paige Dobbs, Grace Labadie, Collen McKay, Kai Sugiyama, Victo Kyriakopoulos

How It Happened

After Gurjeena Jandu had a scoring chance in the fifth minute that went over the WMU net, the Broncos responded with their first goal of the match in the seventh minute as Alyssa Burke put home a rebound after a good corner kick from Grace Labadie.
The Broncos were able to make the score 2-0 in the 17^th minute of play as Collen McKay centered a ball to Morgan Otteson who buried her third goal of the season.
The two teams went back-and-forth over the next couple minutes before Adrianna VanCuyck had a good chance in the 35^th minute but her shot went just wide of the Broncos goal.
In the 38^th minute, Gurjeena Jandu and Mairead Martin had back-to-back chances but Hannah Sargent made two big stops to keep the score 2-0 in favor of the home team.
The Broncos had the final scoring chance of the first half in the 40^th minute but Emily Kelly made a nice stop for the Bulls to send the two teams to halftime.
The Broncos had a quick start to the second half as Grace Labadie drew a foul in the box and buried the penalty kick goal to give the home side the 3-0 lead in the 49^th minute.
In the 60^th minute, Gianna Yurchak had a good scoring chance but the WMU keeper made a nice stop.
The Broncos forced another foul in the box in the 61^st minute and Grace Labadie buried her second penalty kick goal of the match, beating Emily Kelly, to make the score 4-0 in favor of the Broncos.
The Bulls began to put some pressure on and made the score 4-1 in favor of WMU in the 81^st minute of play as Andrea Judasz netted her first goal of her career after a pass from Marcy Barberic.
Buffalo came back quickly and scored their second goal in three minutes as Gurjeena Jandu buried the free kick from the left corner of the box to cut the Broncos lead to 4-2 in the final seven minutes.
Buffalo wasn't able to generate any other dangerous chances as they were handed the 4-2 loss on Sunday.

Inside The Numbers

With the loss, the Bulls seven match winning streak in regulation was snapped on Sunday, their longest in school history.
For the match, both teams finished with 15 shots while the Bulls held the slim 6-4 edge in corner kicks in the loss.
Freshman Andrea Judasz netted the first goal of her UB career in the loss.
Gurjeena Jandu finished off her career-high second goal of the season on the free kick in the loss.
Sophomore Marcy Barberic picked up her fourth assist of the season on Judasz's goal as she set a career-high for assists in the loss.
Gurjeena Jandu finished with a team-high three shots for the Bulls while Gianna Yurchak, Marcy Barberic and Abbey Callaghan each finished with two shots.
Freshman Emily Kelly finished off her afternoon making three saves while her counterpart Hannah Sargent finished with eight saves in the win.

Quote-A-BULL

Head Coach Shawn Burke: "We weren't ready for the level of compeitition today and we found ourselves in a quick hole. I thought we had a great response to start the second half and some tough calls didn't go our way. This group has resiliency and character and we are proud of the fight they showed until the final whistle today."

Player of the Match

Following the match, the UB coaching staff selected Hannah Callaghan as the Player of the Match after her strong performance in the loss at WMU.

St. John's – Kaitlyn Walsh
Youngstown State – Gurjeena Jandu
Cornell – Hannah Callaghan
Albany – Carissima Cutrona
Canisius – Gianna Yurchak
St. Francis (PA) – Adrianna VanCuyck
St. Bonaventure – Carissima Cutrona
Northern Illinois – Mairead Martin
WMU – Hannah Callaghan

NEXT UP

Buffalo will return home next weekend as they welcome the Central Michigan Chippewas to UB Stadium on Friday night at 7:00 pm. The Bulls will then close out their home weekend with a match against the Eastern Michigan Eagles on Sunday at 12:00 pm at UB Stadium.