Sat., Sept. 8, 2007

Fort Wayne, Indiana -- Sophomore Sara Thieme is back!  After missing most of the 2006 season with a torn ACL, Sara Thieme made her impact with 2 goals against Illinois power Judson College.

Judson scored the first two goals of the match in the 16^th and 24^th minute.  Christina Thornton scored her fifth goal of the season to make it 1-0.  Just eight minutes later, Baerbel Hartner made it 2-0 with an assist from Thornton.

The 2-0 lead did not last long as Sara Thieme responded just 18 seconds later when freshman Maddie Leffers sent a ball through and Thieme finished it. 

USF kept fighting in the 2^nd half as they scored in the 53^rd minute to tie the game at two.  Sara Thieme headed in Laura Leffers shot off the crossbar Right after the goal, there was a 20-minute lightening delay as both teams went to the locker room.

After the lightening delay, both teams battled to the end but could not score.  In overtime, Judson had two shots hit the crossbar but could not get the game winning goal.

"I was extremely happy with the reaction of the team today.  We had not come back for a two goal deficit in a long time so today was sweet even though we did not get the result"  Coach Nuber commented.

The Cougars travel to Defiance College on Wednesday. 

-- GO USF --