October 14, 2005 SYCAMORE LOSS IS SECOND OVERTIME HEARTBREAK THIS SEASON OMAHA, Neb. - Sophomore Lauren Podolski knuckle-balled a shot from 30 yards out that breezed over the keepers reach and put the Sycamores up 1-0 in the second half. However the goal would not be enough for ISU to snap Creighton’s 14-match conference home unbeaten streak and fell in overtime 1-2. “I told the girls tonight that they shouldn't feel disappointed in they way they played,” head coach Vernon Croft said. “The girls played as hard as they could, but it just didn’t work out for us today.” The loss finds the women still looking for a conference win (0-3) and traveling to Northern Iowa on Sunday to find it. The Sycamores have challenged their conference opponents with two of the three games going into overtime, but have not been able to secure a win. Neither team was able to put points on the board in the first half with an equal seven shots from each team with three being on goal. Indiana State fared better with corner kicks in the first half with three compared to the Blue jays’ one, but couldn’t quite capitalize. Podolski’s second half goal would put the Sycamores on top at the 54:10 mark on the clock. That lead would hold for over twenty minutes until Creighton’s Emily Munn won a pass of a corner kick and blasted the ball from 2 yards out for the equalizing goal at 75:24. Both teams battled to a stand off the remainder of the half and it wasn’t until 1:30 remaining on the clock that the game was decided. With time expiring Creighton’s Ivonne Valentin’s shot off a pass from Kristine Willrett would find the back of the net and seal the victory for the Jays after 98:26 of soccer. The early losses in conference have put the Sycamores in a hole, but they know that a conference win against any one of the remaining teams on their schedule may mean a playoff birth in the conference tournament. The women will travel to Cedar Falls, Iowa to face Northern Iowa
on Sunday before returning home to face Illinois State and Evansville
next weekend.
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