Sports Shorts
Published Sept. 15, 2009
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Senior forward Kristin Andrighetto and junior forward Alysha Bonnick react after scoring a goal during a game against Texas last October. Andrighetto and Bonnick were both critical players in this weekend's Auburn Tournament, during which the Tigers won one game and lost another.
Tigers play in Auburn Soccer Classic
The Missouri women's soccer team fared well in its trip south this weekend. The Tigers played two games as part of the Auburn Soccer Classic, winning the first and playing to a tie in the second.
The win, a 2-1 defeat of host Auburn on Friday night, saw goals by senior midfielder Meghan Pfeiffer and junior midfielder Krista Kruse. Pfeiffer's came off a corner kick by senior forward Kristin Andrighetto 12 minutes into the game.
After a goal from Auburn senior midfielder Chelsea Yauch with 25 minutes left in the first half knotted the game at a goal apiece, Kruse scored off an assist from senior midfielder Michelle Makasini to give Missouri the lead.
Friday night's affair saw Missouri display an aggressive offensive attack, outshooting Auburn 25-11 and taking seven more corner kicks. Pfeiffer hit the crossbar with a shot just 42 seconds into the game.
Sunday morning, Missouri battled Vanderbilt and played to a 1-1 tie.
Vanderbilt scored the game's first goal within the first three minutes of the game as freshman midfielder Margaux Andrews kicked it by Missouri senior goalkeeper Tasha Dittamore.
Missouri tied the game 11 minutes into the second half on junior forward Alysha Bonnick's second goal of the season. Kruse crossed the ball into the goal area and Bonnick headed the ball past Vanderbilt junior goalkeeper Rachel Bachtel.
The Tigers had a strong second half, shooting the ball 12 times compared to only three shots for the Commodores. Missouri outshot Vanderbilt 20-11 on the day.
The teams played two overtime periods, but neither was able to notch a score as the game ended in a tie.
After the weekend's action, Missouri's record stands at 4-2-1. Next, they will travel to southern California for a tournament at UCLA. They will face Loyola Marymount and the Bruins this upcoming weekend.
Volleyball falls to Michigan
It was all going well for the Missouri volleyball squad in the Michigan Challenge as they blew past three opponents in just 10 sets. That is, until they actually had to play Michigan.
The Tigers cruised to a commanding victory over Virginia Commonwealth University early Friday (25-19, 25-17, 25-23) with five players recording eight or more kills.
Later in the day, the squad broke down Morehead State and came away with the win in four sets (25-15, 23-25, 25-19, 25-8), holding their opponents to a meager .075 hitting percentage.
Saturday started like Friday with the Tigers defeating Fairfield in convincing fashion (25-17, 29-17, 25-20) but it ended with a loss to seventh-ranked Michigan in straight sets (19-25, 18-25, 22-25).
Through the first three matches, the Tigers were able to compile a .279 hitting percentage with strong performances from senior outside hitter Julianna Klein and the pair of junior college recruits from Miami, junior middle-blocker Rosa Medrano and junior outside-hitter Paola Ampudia.
Klein showed consistency throughout the tournament, though mistakes in the match versus Michigan brought her hitting percentage down considerably.
Klein led the Tigers with 50 kills on 118 total attacks. Medrano and Ampudia stepped up to combine for a total of 61 kills throughout the tournament including big performances against VCU in the opening match.
Medrano posted a hitting percentage of .368 on nine kills, and Ampudia racked up a hitting percentage of .500 and 11 kills.
Senior setter Lei Wang-Francisco posted 109 total assists in 11 sets, and freshman setter Kate Harris scored significant playing time recording 34 total assists, 28 of which came against Fairfield.
Junior Caitlyn Vann also led the team with 54 digs throughout the tournament.