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No. 17 Cal Stumbles against No. 9 Iowa in OT
11/5/2003 12:00 PM | Field Hockey
Sept. 25, 2003
IOWA CITY, Iowa - No. 17 Cal lost to No. 9 Iowa, on the road, 2-1, after a shot by Lauren Stiver ended things 2:36 into sudden-death overtime. It was a classic battle of two teams that plan to make a lot of noise nationally before this season's all said and done with.
Scoring began 36:41 into the game thanks to great defensive play by the Iowa backfield and a season-high tying 10-save performance by Cal's Kelly Knapp. In the 37th minute Sarah Dawson of Iowa was able to finally place a strike past Knapp to put Iowa up 1-0. But the Bears answered back 1:15 later when All-American Nora Feddersen scored off a beautiful assist by sophomore Jenna Long to lock the game at 1-1. The score would remain the same for the next 35 minutes, when the Hawkeyes were able to capitalize off a penalty shot in the third minute of overtime.
The Hawkeyes beat Cal at its own game, playing superb defense in the backfield and outshooting the Bears 23-8. The loss also broke the Bears' six-game overtime win streak when playing games away from home.
Cal will have to shake this loss off quickly and look forward to a conference game against Southwest Missouri State on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and a huge contest against No. 6 Penn State on Sunday, at noon.
Cal Women's 2003 Season Statistics as of 9/25/03
No. Names GP GS S G A P/DS 21 Alana Smith 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 Kiely Schmidt 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 Samantha Gallop 4 4 0 0 1 1 4 Julie Gipner 4 4 4 1 1 3 16 Valentina God.. 4 4 17 4 1 9 13 Amber Madsen 4 3 11 4 0 8 23 Jamie Nance 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 Erin Booth 4 4 1 0 0 0/1 8 Maggie Grimes 4 4 6 1 1 3 7 Jenna Long 4 4 2 0 3 3 24 Jessica Morris..0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Nora Feddersen 4 4 4 3 1 7 12 Alex Harkins 2 0 1 0 0 0 11 Anita Reyes 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 Briana Harney 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Kirsten Kuzmul 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 Lisa Hauck 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 Jessica Bird 4 4 1 0 1 1 15 Teala Grosswa...4 2 2 0 1 1 20 Annie Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Merin Clark 1 0 2 0 0 0
Goalkeeper Stats
No. Name GP GS GA/S Avg SO Min
51 Kelly Knapp 4 4 6/28 1.46 1 287:57
40 Elisabeth Bra...0 0 0 0 0 0
