Oct. 7, 2007

Box Score |  Miami Photo Gallery (Courtesy of Nicole Cheng) 

ATHENS, Ohio - A trio of Bobcats found the back of the net, keeper Jess MacLean (Loveland) allowed just one goal for the fifth straight game and Ohio defeated Miami 3-1 on a hot and humid Sunday afternoon at Chessa Field.

The Bobcats (3-6-2, 3-1 MAC) scored two goals before halftime and while the Redhawks (3-5-3, 1-2-1 MAC) cut the lead down to one goal early in the second half, Ohio answered with another score put away Miami for good.

Erika Schmitt (Wyoming) scored her fourth goal of the season just five minutes into the game. Rachael Goulding (Toronto, Ontario) slipped a crossing pass through the Miami goal box and Schmitt collected the pass and dribbled around the last defender before firing a shot across the keeper to the far post.

Amy Lower (West Chester) scored her first goal of the season in the 44th minute of Ohio's third win in four games when the sophomore forward received a low cross pass just a few feet in front of the net and redirected the shot past the Miami goalie.

After Miami freshman Sara Lund, a native of Malmo, Sweden, scored her fifth goal of the season in the 61st minute to cut the Ohio lead to just one goal, Lower found Lindsay Price (West Chester) just nine minutes later for Price's second score of the 2007 campaign.

The Bobcats placed nine of their 22 total shots on goal while the Redhawks were able to direct just three of their 12 total shots on the goal. Ohio took 13 of its 22 total shots in the second half.

Miami keeper Krista Pace recorded six saves while MacLean needed to make just one stop. Defender Kristen Miller (Cincinnati) tallied the other Ohio save when she plucked a sure Miami first-half score off the goal line before it could cross the plane.

The Bobcats once again held an advantage on corner kicks in the contest, taking six to Miami's two.

Ohio will play its first two road games in MAC play next weekend when the Bobcats travel to Central and Eastern Michigan.

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Joe Waltasti is the women's soccer contact for the Ohio media relations office. He can be reached via email at waltasti@ohio.edu and in the office at 740-593-0054.