Sept. 3, 2004

LAWRENCE, Kan. - A last second save by the University of Kansas goalkeeper stood between the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's soccer team and overtime with the #17 Jayhawks. As it was, UWM fell to KU, 1-0, Friday night in the second game of the KUStore.com Crimson & Blue Invitational in Lawrence. "It was an exciting game," head coach Michael Moynihan said. "We put ourselves in position to win the game and just couldn't do it. That's our next hurdle--winning the big game." In the final seconds of the game, Milwaukee served the ball into the Kansas penalty area, where it was batted around and finally cleared. Sophomore Taylor Powell tracked the ball and sent in another serve, which the Panthers were able to put on goal. KU keeper Meghan Miller came up with a sprawling save as the clock ran out. UWM had multiple scoring opportunities in the first half, but came away empty-handed. The Panthers missed a penalty kick early in the game, while freshman Claire Pignet had a shot tipped over the cross bar minutes later. KU got on the board in the 18th minute when Nicole Cauzillo slid a shot past senior goalkeeper Kerri St. Aubin. Jessica Kilpatrick brough the ball down the middle of the field and served it behind the Milwaukee defense. Jessica Smith collected the pass and sent a diagonal ball to Cauzillo, who scored far post. With 15 minutes remaining the Panthers thought they had tied it as Chudy had close-range shot that appeared to cross the goal line, but Miller scooped up the ball, and the referees continued play. "It looked like it went in," Moynihan said about the play. "I asked, and we had five players yelling `it was in,' but the referees allowed (the game to go on)." Miller saved six of UWM's eight shots for the game to get the win, while St. Aubin came up with three saves of her own. For the game, the Jayhawks held a 10-8 advantage in shots and 5-4 advantage in corners, though Milwaukee had the edge in both categories in the second half, 5-3 and 4-1, respectively. The game was a sharp contrast of last year's game between these two teams. The Jayhawks dominated play at Engelmann Field, and came away with a 3-0 win in the teams' first-ever meeting. KU outshot Milwaukee, 16-7, and had seven corners, compared to one by the Panthers in the match. "There was a big turn around," Moynihan said. "Our team now has the mentality that they can beat teams like that." On Sunday, the Panthers take on Mississippi State University, which fell to St. Louis University in Friday's early match. Kick-off is set for noon at Super Target Field. Notes: Junior Katie Campion received a yellow card in the 66th minute, while Kansas earned one in the 77th ... UWM's .750 (6-for-8) shot on goal percentage is their highest of the season, and have had 23 of its 39 (.590) shots go on goal this season, and 35-of-55 (.636) over the last six games, dating back to last season ... all five second-half shots by Milwaukee went on goal ... the Jayhawks have yet to surrender a goal in 2004.