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Sep. 26, 2003
Last September, Michigan's women's soccer team was heading toward its best season ever and a match with a struggling Minnesota squad.
Statistically, it appeared both teams would continue on their early-season path.
Coming off a 2001 second-place finish in the Big Ten, the Wolverines were 8-1 and 3-0 in the conference and had high expectations. The Gophers carried a 5-4 record, including 0-3 in the Big Ten.
Sep. 23, 2003
Twenty-one minutes stood in the way of Minnesota's soccer team notching its first Big Ten win of the season Sunday.
The defense had been faltering all second half. One play stood out among others.
Gophers Anna Nudell Lee and Becky Dellaria chased an Indiana midfielder, attempting to stop the attacker en route to the goal.
Sep. 22, 2003
Minnesota's soccer team generated offensive opportunities Sunday against Indiana, played solid defense and looked to run away with its first Big Ten victory since last
September.
And then halftime arrived.
While the Gophers hung on for a 2-1 win over the Hoosiers, the second half was full of suspense for Minnesota coaches as the Gophers only managed to cross midfield a half-dozen times.
Sep. 19, 2003
And now the tougher test begins.
After defeating Buffalo, Ohio and Western Illinois, which all combine to a record of 7-10, Minnesota faces the Big Ten.
With the first part of the season complete, the Gophers (3-1-1) start Big Ten play tonight against Purdue at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium and are determined to make a positive statement to the rest of the conference. Minnesota also faces Indiana on Sunday.
Sep. 17, 2003
Minnesota soccer player Kaitlin Neary was released from the Hennepin County Medical Center on Tuesday evening, one day after being struck by a vehicle near the Bierman athletics complex.
Neary suffered a broken collarbone and a right leg contusion after a 1989 Ford Bronco hit her on the corner of 15th Avenue Southeast and Fifth Street Southeast at approximately 4:30 p.m. Monday.
Sep. 16, 2003
The dream was simple: a weekend that would capture the imagination of soccer fans across the Midwest.
Implementation was the hard part.
For years at an annual soccer coaches' conference in mid-December, Big Ten women's coaches would debate creating a rivalry with another strong conference.
Well, the wait is almost over.
Sep. 15, 2003
Minnesota women's soccer midfielder Anna Nudell Lee raised her fists sky-high and celebrated her first goal of the season as her teammates raced to her side.
Earlier in the first half, Kaitlin Neary was credited with a goal after a centering pass hit a Western Illinois defender and bounced into the net.
In the second half, starting goaltender Karli Kopietz was replaced by Marni Prall to cheers from a crowd of 347 at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium and high-fives from coaches and every player.
Sep. 12, 2003
Minnesota women's soccer coach Barbara Wickstrand gathered her team together before practice Tuesday for a meeting under the afternoon sun.
One of the first items on Wickstrand's agenda was telling the Gophers to turn up their game intensity.
"We need to set higher standards," Wickstrand told the team. "You've got to push yourselves and push each other."
Sep. 09, 2003
Haley Lentsch calls her early-season success with Minnesota's soccer team surprising.
Teammate Amanda McMahon said the freshman always seems to be in the right place at the right time.
And coach Barbara Wickstrand said Lentsch is an excellent finisher.
While answers about Lentsch's impact at Minnesota thus far come from different people, there is no question she has established herself as the Gophers' goal scorer.
Sep. 08, 2003
Competing for a full 90 minutes.
Avoiding too many mental lapses.
Consistency.
Minnesota soccer coach Barbara Wickstrand stressed those themes to the Gophers before traveling to Evanston, Ill., for the Wildcats Classic over the weekend.
For Friday's game, the Gophers did not adhere to their coach's wish and lost 3-1 to Ohio. Wickstrand said Minnesota only played well in the second half and it was a game the team should have won.
Sep. 05, 2003
Playing in its own invitational last weekend, there was one scenario that became an all-too-familiar scene for Minnesota's soccer team.
The opposition would dump the ball into the Gophers' defensive zone and give chase. Either the Gophers got to the ball first and cleared or - and this is where Minnesota got into trouble - the opponents would get to the ball and leave the Gophers defense on its heels.
Sep. 03, 2003
With only 22 minutes remaining in regulation and a 1-1 score Monday afternoon against Creighton, Minnesota's soccer team found itself in a dire situation.
Following a Gophers penalty inside their own goaltending box, Bluejays' midfielder Lulu Quigley set up for a penalty kick in front of the net. Only Minnesota goaltender Karli Kopietz stood between Creighton reclaiming the lead - and possibly winning the game.
Sep. 02, 2003
Bodies were flying. Fouls were adding up. Frustration was building.
After 110 minutes of up-and-down, physical soccer at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium, neither Minnesota nor Creighton's soccer team budged as the teams ended in a 1-1 two-overtime tie in front of 362 spectators Monday afternoon.
Despite the tie, Minnesota was declared the tournament champion going 1-0-1 - the only team not to lose a game.
Sep. 02, 2003
Minnesota soccer coach Barbara Wickstrand was blown away by the decisiveness her team showed after agreeing on its 2003 goals in only 30 minutes.
And that was before Wickstrand read the expectations.
The fourth-year coach was stunned when she came across one unusual item on the list. The line read: "Stay at the party."
Those four words send a larger message than any expectation ever could: The Gophers are not the same turbulent group as last season.
Apr. 23, 2003
Rachael Roth, Minnesota's soccer team's offensive leader and Second Team All-Big Ten selection, has quit the team and will forgo her senior season.
According to Roth, the decision to leave was made in a meeting between her, athletics director Joel Maturi and the coaching staff March 26.
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