Shulman, Marschall Lead Women's Soccer Past Brown, 2-1
September 19, 2004 | Women's Soccer
BOSTON, Mass.- Junior captain Melissa Shulman scored a goal and added an assist while junior Susan Marschall added a goal as the Boston University women's soccer team edged Brown University, 2-1, at Nickerson Field on Sunday, September 19.
The win improved the Terriers' record to 6-1 as they are off to their best start since 1996. In the meantime, the Bears slipped to 3-3-0.
Marschall (Baton Rouge, LA) opened up the scoring at 44:10 when she took a pass from Shulman inside the 18-yard box and put the ball in the right corner of the net past Brown goalkeeper Hilary Wilson. It was Marschall's second goal of the season.
Shulman (Huntington, NY) scored what proved to be the game-winning goal at the 52:21 mark when she and junior Meghann Cook (Melrose, MA) connected for the second time this season. Cook passed the ball to Shulman, who then blasted the ball into the top right corner. Wilson got her hands on the ball but could not hold onto it and it slipped past the goal line. The highly productive duo of Cook and Shulman combined has 7 of the teams 11 goals.
"It was nice to see Melissa score that goal," said Terrier head coach Nancy Feldman after the match. "Hopefully, it got the monkey off her back."
Brown came within one goal with a minute and a half left in regulation when sophomore Jill Mansfield collected a pass from sophomore Kathryn Moos in front of the goal. Mansfield placed the ball in the left corner, but that was as close as the Bears would get.
Sophomore Stephanie Dreyer (New Rochelle, NY) and freshman Christina Reuter (Madison, WI) combined for five saves, with Dreyer collecting the win. The Terriers outshot Brown 15-10, while the Bears slightly edged out the BU 4-3 in corner kicks.
"That's a good team we beat today," said Feldman. "I thought in the first 30 minutes of the match they were quicker to the ball than us. But, once we got quicker, play started going our way, and we got some good scoring chances.
"Then, in the second half, we were dominant in the opening 35 minutes before we seemed to fall asleep at the end," continued the coach. "I saw some glimpses of good things out there today, but not enough."
