Sept. 28, 2007
Youngstown State Battles St. Francis (Pa.) to Scoreless Tie

    Youngstown -- Youngstown State and St. Francis (Pa.) played for 110 minutes, but neither could find the back of the net as the teams finished with a scoreless tie on Friday evening at Stambaugh Stadium.
    Freshman Lauren Brennan fired her fourth shot of the game on a breakaway 31 seconds into the second overtime, but SFU goal keeper Jessica Boyer made the big save to preserve the tie.
    The Red Flash had one final attempt when Lauren Wolpert's attempt sailed wide with 1:34 on the clock.
    Boyer also made a save on Jordan Gapczynski's shot 1:03 into the first overtime, and Tessa Brookman's shot sailed wide later in the period.
    The Penguins ended up outshooting the Red Flash 3-1 in overtime.
    YSU goal keeper Caitlin Bodzioney had an outstanding first half, making six saves on SFU's nine shots. The Penguins were held to one shot, an attempt by Brennan at the 7:11 mark, by the Red Flash defense in the first half.
    Gapczynski took three of YSU's seven shots in the second half, two of which were saved by Boyer. Bodzioney tacked on another five saves in the second period.
    Gapczynski and Brennan tied for a team-high four shots, and Brookman fired two. Natalie Brady also had an attempt early in the second half that went above the net.
    Rachael Seibert had five of the 19 St. Francis (Pa.) shots, and Katie Dougherty and Jessica Meurer had three apiece.
    Head Coach Anthony James said that the game was tough, but had a conference feel to it.

    "The team worked hard tonight. They executed many of the plays that we practiced during the week very well," said James.

    "It will take effort like how we played tonight to win in the Horizon League."
    The tie was YSU's first since a 0-0 finish against Cleveland State on Oct. 30, 2005.

    YSU will play again on Sunday at Canisius at 1 p.m.