Ojuka's Header Beat No. 14 Kentucky

LEXINGTON -- Senior Lydia Ojuka propelled the NO. 12 Cougars past No. 14 Kentucky (2-2-1) in the first day of the Kentucky Invitational in Lexington, Ky.

Playing on the road for the first time this season, the Cougars improved to 4-0-1 including a record of 2-0-1 against teams in the top 25.

"Kentucky was an outstanding team," said BYU head coach Jennifer Rockwood. "The game went back and forth but we managed to get the momentum in the last 25 minutes."

The Cougars' four game shutout streak came to an end at the beginning of the first period as the Wildcats needed only 30 seconds to score their first goal of the game, when Jen Weakley connected from 12 yards out off an assist from Elizabeth Ramsey and Heather Saas.

BYU held Kentucky scoreless throughout the rest of the period, while limiting them to only four more shots.

All-American Aleisha Rose would answer back for the Cougars as she drilled in her first goal of the season off a Jennifer Fielding assist, from 17 yards out into the left corner of the net to tie the game at 1-1 going into halftime.

"Both teams had chances to pull ahead, we just kept pushing harder and harder," said Rockwood.

In the second period the Wildcats and Cougars played without a goal until the closing minutes, despite the Cougars' 8-1 advantage on corner kicks in the second period.

Defense was key in the period as Cougar goalkeeper came up with five saves, and Kattie Gabbart and Nicole Jensen shut down the Wildcat forwards.

In the 85th minute, senior Lydia Ojuka came up big for the Cougars as her header found the back of the Kentucky net to put BYU up for good at 2-1. Rose, the BYU all-time career assists record holder with 39, and freshman Bobbi Tillotson combined on the assist to Ojuka.

"Bobbi took a nice pass from Aleisha, got free and hit Lydia with a nice cross over pass and Lydia buried it," said Rockwood describing the game-winning goal. "It was a very exciting goal."

The No. 12 Cougars will face Iowa (2-3-0), who defeated Rutgers today 2-1, tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. (EDT) in BYU's second and final game of the Kentucky Tournament.

The Automated ScoreBook For Soccer
      Brigham Young vs Univ. of Kentucky (Sep 12, 2003 at Lexington, Ky.) 
Brigham Young (4-0-1) vs.
Univ. of Kentucky (2-2-1)
Date: Sep 12, 2003  Attendance: 1284
Weather: Partly cloudy, 75 degrees
Goals by period         1       2       Tot
Brigham Young           1       1       2
Univ. of Kentucky       1       0       1
Brigham Young
Pos     ##      Player                  Sh      SOG     G       A
GK      0       SMITH, Ashley           0       0       0       0
        5       GABBART, Katie          0       0       0       0
        8       BIGELOW, Terra          0       0       0       0
        9       CAMPBELL,Krissa         1       0       0       0
        10      JENSEN, Nicole          1       0       0       0
        11      RENDICH, Jaime          0       0       0       0
        14      FIELDING, Jennifer      2       0       0       0
        16      LUI, Charlene           2       2       0       0
        17      ROSE, Aleisha           3       2       1       1
        19      HOLMAN, Britney         0       0       0       0
        20      OJUKA, Lydia            5       4       1       0
Substitutes
        6       ZWAHLEN, Annie          0       0       0       0
        12      TILLOTSON, Bobbi        0       0       0       1
        22      MARTINS, Kimberly       0       0       0       0
                Totals.........         14      8       2       2
Univ. of Kentucky
Pos     ##      Player                  Sh      SOG     G       A
GK      0       Liz Butler              0       0       0       0
        5       Heather Saas            0       0       0       1
        8       Jen Wilkinson           0       0       0       0
        9       Amber Wilson            2       1       0       0
        10      Lauren Russell          3       1       0       0
        13      Kara McCue              1       1       0       0
        14      Alli Haeussler          1       1       0       0
        15      Jen Weakley             1       1       1       0
        18      Erin Witchey            0       0       0       0
        20      Jessica Laswell         1       1       0       0
        22      Elizabeth Ramsey        2       1       0       1
Substitutes
        6       Ashley Schillig         2       0       0       0
        7       Jamie Hutchison         0       0       0       0
        12      Kristin Moyer           1       0       0       0
        16      Courtney McCrudden      0       0       0       0
        19      Elisabeth Jones         0       0       0       0
                Totals.........         14      7       1       2
Brigham Young
##      Player          MIN     GA      Saves
0       SMITH, Ashley   90:00   1       6
Univ. of Kentucky
##      Player          MIN     GA      Saves
0       Liz Butler      90:00   2       6
Shots by period         1       2       Tot
Brigham Young           3       11      14
Univ. of Kentucky       5       9       14
Corner kicks            1       2       Tot
Brigham Young           5       8       13
Univ. of Kentucky       1       1       2
Saves by period         1       2       Tot
Brigham Young           1       5       6
Univ. of Kentucky       1       5       6
Fouls                   1       2       Tot
Brigham Young           5       5       10
Univ. of Kentucky       2       6       8
SCORING SUMMARY:
GOAL    Time    Team    ## Goal Scorer  Assists
1       0:30    KENTUCKY15 Jen Weakley (1) 22 Elizabeth Ramsey/5 Heather Saas
2       23:19   BY      17 ROSE, Aleisha        Unassisted
3       84:24   BY      20 OJUKA, Lydia 12 TILLOTSON, Bobbi/17 ROSE, Aleisha
CAUTIONS AND EJECTIONS:
YC-BY #19 (24:10); YC-KENTUCKY #18 (70:49); YC-BY #20 (79:34)
Officials: Referee: Debbie Powell; Asst. Referee: Majid Rezaee; Cameron Rezaee;
Alt. Official: Jerry Wallace; Scorer: Travis Feldhaus;
Offsides: Brigham Young 5, Univ. of Kentucky 1.