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Cowgirls Get Back In Win Column
October 21, 2012 | Cowgirl Soccer
Oct. 21, 2012
MILWAUKEE – Oklahoma State snapped a four-match winless streak Sunday afternoon with a 3-1 victory over Milwaukee at Engelmann Stadium.
With the win, the Cowgirls improved to 11-4-3. The win was their first since beating Iowa State on Sept. 28 as OSU had gone 0-1-3 since that contest.
“We've been playing really hard but haven't been coming out with a win, and today just shows that with hard work you'll eventually get your win,” said OSU senior defender Carson Michalowski.
Added OSU head coach Colin Carmichael, “I'm very happy with the performance and the effort. We talked a lot about fight, passion, commitment, playing hard. The girls played very, very hard today and played some good soccer at times. We're just happy to get back on a winning track, especially on the road.”
After controlling the ball at the offensive end throughout much of the opening half, the Cowgirls finally got on the scoreboard in the 37th minute. And it would be freshman Kelsey Bass recording the first goal of her career as she bent in a corner kick off the hand of UWM goalie Jamie Forbes.
“The last two weeks, Kelsey (Bass) has really come into her own,” Carmichael said. “She's been a little bit up-and-down, as most freshmen are, but the last two or three weeks she's been very solid in the back and she got her reward today.”
The Panthers nearly recorded the equalizer just over a minute later, but a 10-yard shot by Sammy Vovos sailed a few feet wide.
OSU would take a 2-0 lead into intermission when Megan Marchesano netted her team-leading 11th goal just 37 seconds before the halftime whistle. The senior forward dribbled past the defense to create a one-vs.-one opportunity with Forbes, then sent a shot to the far post for the score.
“I joked with the girls at halftime that I didn't have anything to say because I couldn't remember the last time we were leading at half,” Carmichael said.
The lead quickly increased in the second half, with the Cowgirls taking advantage of a foul deep in UWM's end of the field in the 50th minute. From just outside the right side of the 18-yard box, Bass delivered a ball that Carson Michalowski headed to the far post to give OSU a 3-0 advantage. The goal was Michalowski's second of the season.
“It was a great ball from Bass, and it was nice to get another goal,” Michalowski said. “Justin (Elkington) has really been working with me before games on headers, and thankfully it finally paid off.”
UWM (5-8-1) had one of its few scoring opportunities early in the second half. Off a free kick from 40 yards, Helen Steinhauser blasted a shot that Franch leapt to save over the crossbar.
The Panthers were able to avoid the shutout, however, when Vovos scored at the 78:58 mark, taking a pass from Sara Stern and chipping the ball over Franch after she failed to win it in the box.
OSU closes out the regular season Friday in Lubbock, Texas, when the Cowgirls take on Texas Tech at 7 p.m. The game will be televised live by Fox Soccer.
