OCTOBER 9, 2011
DES MOINES, Iowa - There was
no fairytale ending for Drake's six seniors as Sam Pena's second goal of the
afternoon in the 84th minute (83:46) spoiled Senior Day for the Bulldogs (3-7-4)
as CSU Bakersfield (3-9-1) registered a 2-1 women's soccer victory on Sunday
(Oct. 9) at the Cownie Soccer Complex.
In its last regular season weekend home game, Drake honored its six seniors
Lauren Berner (Omaha,
Neb./Westside), Angela Chigazola
(Santa Rosa, Calif./Maria Carilllo), Melanie Fielder (Burbank, Calif./Burbank), Danielle Figliola (Longmont, Colo./Silver Creek), Lindsey Johnston (Lincoln, Neb./Southeast) and Amanda Wallace (Centennial, Colo./Cherry Creek) in a pre-game
ceremony.
"Today we looked like we were
young in the back at times and they punished us for it," Bulldog
head coach Lindsey Horner commented. "Bakersfield
made good on two of their three chances when they got in behind our backs, but
we only capitalized on one of our several opportunities."
"When we were able to get in behind or
around them out on the flank and it amounted to nothing, Bakersfield gained
confidence. It's unfortunate we couldn't have gotten a result for our
seniors on their day."
Winless in their last seven games entering the day, the Roadrunners parlayed
a 16-14 advantage in shots, including 11-6 in the second half, into the
victory.
Pena got Bakersfield on the board first at the 11:22 mark when she got
1v1 with Drake sophomore goalkeeper Kalena Litch (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata) on a breakaway and beat her to provide the
Roadrunners a 1-0 lead. Emily
Noethe earned the assist on the tally.
The Bulldogs scored in nearly similar fashion as sophomore Paige Dusek (St. Charles, Ill./St.
Charles North) beat goalkeeper Kym Gause 1v1 in the 19th minute (18:26) to
square the affair at one. Fueling
the goal were assists from Berner and Chigazola.
The contest remained deadlocked at one until Pena's heroics in the 84th minute.
Kassi Massey led all players with a game-high six shots for Bakersfield,
while the Bulldogs were directed by three-shot performances from Chigazola and
Dusek.
Gause pulled in a game-best eight saves for the Roadrunners, while Litch
with her two saves equaled Jenny Schroeder (2008) for the third-most saves in a
single-season with 95.
Drake closes out the non-conference portion of its schedule with a 6:30
p.m. contest at Texas A&M, who is receiving votes in the National Soccer
Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) poll, on Friday (Oct. 14).
