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WOMEN'S SOCCER: Two milestones highlight UAA win
by Melissa Siegel
Senior writer
Sports | 10/20/09
Posted online at 12:08 AM EST on 10/20/09
After struggling to score despite a number of shots in its last few games, the women's soccer team once again found itself tied 1-1 in its University Athletic Association game against Emory University last Sunday at the end of the first half despite outshooting the Eagles 16-4 in that span.
"We've been working on shooting a lot and working on our attack over the past week, so the girls were pretty focused on that," assistant coach Kerry O'Malley said. "We had a lot of opportunities in the first half [and] we outshot them 16-4, so we were getting after them, [but] we just couldn't put the ball in the back of the net. Once we got our second goal the rest just kept on coming."
But in the 58th minute Judges midfielder Mimi Theodore '12 scored her seventh goal of the season on a header to give the team a 2-1 lead, the first of three goals in a 10-minute span for the Judges to help them pull away for a 4-2 win.
The victory was the Judges' first in UAA play this season.
Brandeis is now 7-4-3, 1-2-1 in the UAA after tying Carnegie Mellon University 1-1 in double overtime last Friday night.
The win marked two other milestones for the Judges. Head coach Denise Dallamora became the 16th coach in Division III women's soccer history to win her 250th game, while forward Melissa Gorenkoff '10 set the school's all-time assist record with 24, surpassing Kelly Vaughan '88.
The win also handed Emory its first home loss in 27 games. Its last loss came Oct. 27, 2006 against the University of Rochester.
Brandeis struck first early against Emory, when forward Tiffany Pacheco '11 scored in the fourth minute off of Gorenkoff's record-breaking assist. But the Eagles came back to tie it up later in the half with a header goal by Eagles sophomore forward Caroline Coates off a deflection from a corner kick.
"We pretty much controlled the first half. Our girls were really focused," O'Malley said. "They came out with a lot of intensity and a lot of composure, but we had a breakdown in the back, and Emory scored a goal-it was kind of bobbling around in the box, the ball was."
"We've been working on shooting a lot and working on our attack over the past week, so the girls were pretty focused on that," assistant coach Kerry O'Malley said. "We had a lot of opportunities in the first half [and] we outshot them 16-4, so we were getting after them, [but] we just couldn't put the ball in the back of the net. Once we got our second goal the rest just kept on coming."
But in the 58th minute Judges midfielder Mimi Theodore '12 scored her seventh goal of the season on a header to give the team a 2-1 lead, the first of three goals in a 10-minute span for the Judges to help them pull away for a 4-2 win.
The victory was the Judges' first in UAA play this season.
Brandeis is now 7-4-3, 1-2-1 in the UAA after tying Carnegie Mellon University 1-1 in double overtime last Friday night.
The win marked two other milestones for the Judges. Head coach Denise Dallamora became the 16th coach in Division III women's soccer history to win her 250th game, while forward Melissa Gorenkoff '10 set the school's all-time assist record with 24, surpassing Kelly Vaughan '88.
The win also handed Emory its first home loss in 27 games. Its last loss came Oct. 27, 2006 against the University of Rochester.
Brandeis struck first early against Emory, when forward Tiffany Pacheco '11 scored in the fourth minute off of Gorenkoff's record-breaking assist. But the Eagles came back to tie it up later in the half with a header goal by Eagles sophomore forward Caroline Coates off a deflection from a corner kick.
"We pretty much controlled the first half. Our girls were really focused," O'Malley said. "They came out with a lot of intensity and a lot of composure, but we had a breakdown in the back, and Emory scored a goal-it was kind of bobbling around in the box, the ball was."
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