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Soccer Battles Back To Tie Buffalo, 2-2
October 16, 2010 | Soccer
MUNCIE, Ind. - The Ball State soccer team tallied its second straight tie in Mid-American Conference action as the Cardinals came from behind to deadlock Buffalo 2-2 in double overtime at UB Stadium. The Cardinals trailed 2-0 at halftime before sophomore defender Brigit Reder (West Chester, Ohio/Lakota West) scored two second half goals to secure the tie.
The Cardinals (6-7-2, 0-5-2 MAC) fell behind early as the Bulls scored two goals in the first half against freshman goalkeeper Layne Schramm (The Colony, Texas/The Colony). Natasha Arana scored the game's first goal in the 29th minute of play while Shannon Algoe scored off a free kick just before halftime in the 43rd minute of action. Buffalo (1-12-2, 0-5-2 MAC) scored its two goals while taking just five first half shots.
Ball State came out of the halftime break and dominated play in the second half as it out-shot Buffalo 11-1 in the half on its way to a 21-8 advantage in the entire 110 minutes. The Cardinals narrowed the gap to 2-1 in the 58th minute as Reder scored second goal of the season.
Reder tied the game in the 64th minute as the Cardinals took advantage of a corner kick. Redshirt sophomore Sarah Orisich (Columbus, Ind./Columbus North) sent the corner kick into the box where it found the head of Reder who buried it in the back of the net for her second tally of the game. She becomes the third Cardinal this season to score two goals in a game, joining senior Missy Gordon (Carmel, Ind./Marshall) and redshirt sophomore Abby Milillo (Fairfield, Ohio/Badin).
Ball State battled to the end of regulation vying for the go ahead goal as it peppered Buffalo goalkeeper Ainsley Wheldon with 11 shots in the half. Gordon was the top attacker on offense as she tallied a game-high and season-high nine shots while sophomore Paige Stroinski (Granger, Ind./Penn) recorded five shots.
The teams went through both overtime periods with only five total shots between the teams (3-2 BSU lead). Schramm finished the game with three saves as she played a career-high 110 minutes while Wheldon kept the Bulls in the contest as she tallied 11 saves.
Ball State continues its final road trip of the regular season Sunday afternoon as it travels to Kent State for a 1 p.m. start.
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