Bulls Conclude Regular Season with 1-0 Win at Ohio

Sunday, April 11

Athens, OH

1:00 PM

University at Buffalo

6-1-1, 6-1-1

Ohio

3-7-0, 3-7-0

Buffalo

Ohio

Bulls Conclude Regular Season with 1-0 Win at Ohio

4/11/2021 4:01:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

ATHENS, OH – The University at Buffalo women's soccer team (6-1-1) concluded the regular season with a 1-0 win at Ohio on Sunday afternoon at Chessa Field.

Offense would be at a premium in the first half with the Bulls managing just one shot in the early going, but they would make it count in the 29^th minute as Leah Wengender came up with the ball after a Bobcats turnover and played a beautiful ball into the box that found the foot of Marcy Barberic and she slid a shot into the bottom right corner of the net to give the Bulls a 1-0 lead.

The Bobcats outshot the Bulls 7-2 in the opening half, including a 3-2 edge in shots on goal, but Emily Kelly and the UB defense held strong keeping Ohio off the board.

Barberic continued to attack as she had two good looks in the opening 10 minutes of the second half but Sam Wexell made a pair of saves.

The Bobcats had a good look in the 65^th minute off of a set piece as Jenni Santacaterina got a head on a ball off of a free kick but Kelly made a great punch save. Kelly would be tested again a few minutes later as Abby Townsend ripped a shot on net but Kelly went full extension and knocked the ball out of play. The Bobcats had one last chance in the final minutes of play but Kelly and the UB defense came up big once again to preserve the clean sheet.

In net, Kelly picked up her third shutout victory of the season, finishing with five saves while Wexell also made five stops for Ohio. Kelly, Tess Ford and Emily Lazenby shared Player of the Game honors.

"It's a shame this group won't get a chance to play for a championship," said head coach Shawn Burke. "With all of the adversity surrounding this Covid season, our players have showed remarkable resilience! Since getting all of our players back from quarantine we have gone 6-0-1 and it's too bad we won't have an opportunity for one more."