Sat, Oct. 6, 2007

Spring Arbor, MI  --  USF went into hostile territory as they visited the number 10th ranked team in the nation, on homecoming, on Senior day, and trying to be the first team to defeat them.  It was not to be. 

The MCC's leading scorer Kayla Saylor scored her 17th of the season in the 34th minute after a USF turnover in the back.  Saylor finally got a ball past senior Stacey Rider after she watched Rider make 2 great saves. 

The 1-0 half time lead was doubled in the 60th minute on a point blank finish.  USF would not go away though when junior midfielder Mary Whisler headed home a corner kick by freshman Katie Freygang with 15 minutes remaining.  The Cougars pressed Spring Arbor for the final quarter of an hour but could not tie the game.  The Cougars made things interesting when senior Laura Leffers the cross bar with a header off a corner and Freygang hit the cross bar with 2 minutes remaining but USF could not get to the rebound.  USF's goal broke an amazing goalless streak by Spring Arbor that lasted over 790 minutes of play, almost 9 full matches.

"I was proud of the way we fought today.  Spring Arbor is an excellent team and we gave them everything we had.  We are hoping to get a few players back from injury before the post season tournament but we really battled today", commented Coach Nuber.   

The Lady Cougars visit Indiana Tech Thursday night at 7:00 before returning to MCC play on Saturday against Goshen @ 4:00.  

 -- GO USF --