Oct. 22, 2000
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Northwestern women's soccer team lost to the University of Minnesota 2-1 in the first overtime at Lakeside Field Sunday afternoon. Enyo Dzata (Eugene, Ore./South) put Northwestern up 1-0 in the 23rd minute of play beating her defender, and firing the ball past Gopher goalkeeper, Julie Eibensteiner, just inside the right post.
Northwestern held the 1-0 lead until Kecia Lee took a long shot from five yards outside the box that skipped over Wildcat goalkeeper, Erin Ekeberg (Palatine, Ill./Palatine). Ekeberg ended the game with eight saves as Minnesota outshot NU 18-10.
As regulation ended Northwestern missed scoring opportunities from forward Katie Hertz. Hertz had two crossing passes just out of the reach of Dzata and Kelli Wilson (Fayetteville, Ark./Fayetteville).
Tied at 1-1, Minnesota controlled the tempo of overtime from the whistle. Outshooting NU 4-0 in overtime, Laurie Seidl scored the golden goal with the assists from Hesse and Sarah FitzGerald.
Northwestern falls to 3-11-2 overall and 2-7-1 in the Big Ten as Minnesota improves to 8-8, 5-5 in conference play.
NORTHWESTERN WOMEN'S SOCCER vs. Minnesota
Lakeside Field * Evanston, IL
Weather: 60 ?, partly cloudy
Attendance: 156
SCORE BY HALF
Minnesota 0 1 1 - 2
Northwestern 1 0 0 - 1
SCORING
NU - Enyo Dzata, 22:23 (Katie Kovatch, Katie Hertz)
MINN - Kecia Lee, 71:39 (Kyndra Hesse)
MINN - Laurie Seidl, 92:24 (Hesse, Sarah Fitzgerald)
Shots: NU 10, UM 18
Corner Kicks: NU 1, UM 2
Fouls: NU 18, UM 23
CARDS ISSUED
Kecia Lee (Minn.), 43:24 (yellow), Erin Ekeberg (NU), 86:18 (yellow).
Goalie Saves: NU 8 (Erin Ekeberg), UM 3 (Julie Eibensteiner)
UPDATED RECORDS:
Northwestern 3-11-2, 2-7-1 Big Ten
Minnesota 8-8-0, 5-5-0 Big Ten
NEXT NORTHWESTERN MATCH
Sunday, October 29 @ Tennessee - Knoxville, Tenn. - 1 p.m.