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Sports

Black Bears, Terriers tie in marathon match

By Meghann Burnett
Posted on Oct. 03, 2005, at 12:00 a.m.

The University of Maine women’s soccer team battled Boston University in high winds and driving rain and came out with a 1-1 tie at Alumni Field Thursday afternoon.

Senior Erin Corey scored the game-tying goal with 6:15 left in the match. Sophomore Laura Harper made a one-on-one move on the offensive side of midfield and broke for the goal.

Harper crossed the ball and BU goalie Christina Reuter came out to make what would have been a routine save.

The ball slipped from Reuter’s hands and bounced to a charging Corey who carried the ball behind Reuter into the goal. For Corey, it was her third of the season.

With gale-force winds at their backs, BU scored 10:40 into the first half, when Michelle Shulman rocketed a shot from just outside the 18 yard line past UMaine’s Tanya Adorno. For Shulman, it was her team-leading fourth of the season.

Sophomore Jasmine Phillips replaced Adorno for the second half, making four saves and continuing her scoreless streak to 350 minutes. Adorno made two saves on 16 shots.

Sophomore Brittany Saisselin had a chance to win the game as time expired. BU was called for a handball just outside the 18 and Maine was awarded a direct kick. Saisselin’s shot sailed just inches over the crossbar as the game ended.

The two teams battled through two overtimes and neither could find the back of the net, in the second marathon 1-1 tie between the teams in recent memory. The Black Bears and Terriers also tied 1-1 in the 2003 America East conference title match, which the Terriers won on penalty kicks. Thursday’s tightly contested match showed that they may again be the favorites in the conference.

The Black Bears went on the road Sunday and took a 1-0 victory from the University of New Hampshire to improve their conference record to 1-0-1, good for a second place tie with several teams in the America East conference standings.

Maureen McHugh notched her second goal of the season to give the Black Bears the only goal they would need as the UMaine defense secured another shutout.

The Black Bears return to action at Alumni Field Thursday afternoon as they take on America East foe Stony Brook at 3 p.m.

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