Double-Overtime Thriller Finds BYU 2-1 Winners Over St. Mary's

PROVO -- Junior Annie Hoecherl headed a perfectly delivered corner kick from All-American Aleisha Cramer-Rose into the back of the net to give BYU a 2-1 win over St. Mary's College in double overtime Friday night. With the win, the Cougars improve to 4-5-0 on the season, while the Gaels fall to 3-5-1.

"Annie came through, stepped up and what a way to win the game," said BYU head coach Jennifer Rockwood. "It was a booster for us. We finally played a good soccer game, especially in the first half."

That first half saw the Cougars take a 1-0 lead off of Rose's second goal of the season. The junior midfielder/defender placed a free kick beyond the reach of Gael keeper Ruth Montgomery, Soccer America's 2001 most valuable player.

BYU out-shot SMC 13-1 in the first half and had several good looks at the net as Montgomery scrambled for seven saves in the first 45 minutes.

St. Mary's evened the score in the 63rd minute when Jennifer Barbara poked the ball past Cougar keeper Ashley Smith, who had six saves on the night in her second start of the season.

Regulation ended 1-1, as did the ensuing first overtime, but not without seven more shots by the Cougars. A crowd of 1,352 saw BYU take 40 shots compared to SMC's eight for the game.

With less than two minutes remaining in the second and last overtime, Rose's kick found Hoecherl charging the net and heading the ball into the goal.

"We were able to play our game," Rockwood said. "The girls have done a good job of remaining positive even though it's been hard."

Their fourth home win of the season will have to carry the Cougars as they begin a six-game road stretch that will cover approximately 7,000 miles in three weeks, beginning with an Oct. 3 matchup with Washington State. The game will begin at 3 p.m. PDT in Pullman, Wash.

Soccer Box Score (Final)
                       The Automated ScoreBook For Soccer
               SMC vs Brigham Young (Sep 27, 2002 at Provo, Utah)
SMC (3-5-1) vs.                                   Goals by period       1  2 OT O2  Tot
Brigham Young (4-5-0)                             -------------------------------------
Date: Sep 27, 2002  Attendance: 1352              SMC.................  0  1  0  0 -  1
Weather: cool, overcast, chance of rain           Brigham Young.......  1  0  0  1 -  2
SMC                                            Brigham Young
Pos ## Player                Sh  G  A          Pos ## Player                Sh  G  A
--------------------------------------         --------------------------------------
GK  1  MONTGOMERY, Ruth....   -  -  -          GK  0  SMITH, Ashley.......   -  -  -
MF  4  RECH, Shauna........   -  -  1          MF/ 2  THULIN, Brooke......   3  -  -
MF  5  BARBERA, Jennifer...   3  1  -          MF/ 3  DAVIS, Kimmie.......   1  -  -
MF  6  TAKEKAWA, Sarah.....   1  -  -          MF/ 9  CAMPBELL, Krissa....   4  -  -
D   7  ANDERSON, Jill......   -  -  -          D   10 OLMSTEAD, Farrah....   1  -  -
MF  8  CHURCHILL, Sarah....   -  -  -          D   13 HOECHERL, Annie.....   1  1  -
F   10 CRENSHAW, Lucianne..   2  -  -          F   14 FIELDING, Jennifer..   6  -  -
D   11 MONTERO, Chelsea....   1  -  -          MF  15 BOWMAN, Brooke......   9  -  -
MF  15 ELLIOT, Angelina....   -  -  -          MF/ 16 LUI, Charlene.......   3  -  -
D   18 KOP, Allison........   -  -  -          MF/ 18 VIERNES, Jeni.......   4  -  -
MF  19 BURGESS, Sarah......   1  -  -          D   19 HOLMAN, Britney.....   1  -  -
     ---------- Substitutes ----------              ---------- Substitutes ----------
    14 SINCLAIR, Kymberly..   -  -  -              4  KING, Davia.........   -  -  -
    23 FAGUNDES, Katie.....   -  -  -              5  GABBERT, Katie......   -  -  -
    24 PRATT, Cali.........   -  -  -              8  BIGELOW, Terra......   1  -  -
                                                   11 RENDICH, Jamie......   1  -  -
       Totals..............   8  1  1              17 CRAMER ROSE, Aleisha   4  1  1
                                                   20 OJUKA, Lydia........   1  -  -
                                                      Totals..............  40  2  1
SMC                                            Brigham Young
## Player                 MIN  GA Saves        ## Player                 MIN  GA Saves
---------------------------------------        ---------------------------------------
1  MONTGOMERY, Ruth.... 120:00  2    19        0  SMITH, Ashley....... 120:00  1     6
TM TEAM................   0:00  0     3
Shots by period       1  2 OT O2  Tot          Saves by period       1  2 OT O2  Tot
-------------------------------------          -------------------------------------
SMC.................  1  6  0  1 -  8          SMC.................  7 11  3  1 - 22
Brigham Young....... 13 16  7  4 - 40          Brigham Young.......  1  4  0  1 -  6
Corner kicks          1  2 OT O2  Tot          Fouls                 1  2 OT O2  Tot
-------------------------------------          -------------------------------------
SMC.................  0  4  0  0 -  4          SMC.................  7  3  1  1 - 12
Brigham Young.......  4  4  1  2 - 11          Brigham Young.......  3  8  2  0 - 13
SCORING SUMMARY:
GOAL   Time Team     ## Goal Scorer              Assists
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1.   38:01 BY       17 CRAMER ROSE, Aleisha (2) Unassisted
                                                 free kick
 2.   63:48 SMC       5 BARBERA, Jennifer (1)    4 RECH, Shauna
                                                 slot pass thru defense
 3.  118:13 BY       13 HOECHERL, Annie (1)      17 CRAMER ROSE, Aleisha
                                                 header off corner
CAUTIONS AND EJECTIONS:
YC-BY #20 (28:30)
Officials: Referee: Tyler Pluger; Asst. Referee: Karen Grant; Eric Peek;
Alt. Official: Bill Davis; Timekeeper: Jerry Freestone; Scorer: Kathy Jensen;
Offsides: SMC 3, Brigham Young 1.