Women’s soccer records huge SEC home win.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 15, 1999) — The 19th-rankedUniversity of Kentucky women’s soccer teamdefeated the Ole Miss Rebels 2-1 Friday night atthe UK Soccer Complex.

UK (11-2-1, 5-1 SEC) outplayed the Rebels formost of the match, but the Cats had to fight backafter Ole Miss scored an early goal to take a 1-0lead.

Ole Miss forward Bridget Brooks gave the Rebels (11-4-0, 4-2 SEC) anearly lead when she fired in a crossing pass from teammate Sarah Wong atthe 29:32 mark.

The Cats got on the board at the 56:17 mark when junior Jen Reese scoredher third goal of the season. Reese netted a 10-yard shot off a cross fromAimee Brown to tie the game at 1-1.

Junior midfielder Jaime Dellbringge then knocked in a ball directly in front ofthe goal off an Annie Gage corner kick to break a 1-1 tie, to give UK its10th consecutive victory.

Goalkeeper Beth Wells made a game-saving stop with just under 11 minutesremaining in the match. Regan Scanlon got free for Ole Miss and wentone-on-one with Wells. Scanlon fired a shot but Wells batted the ball downto preserve the game for the Cats and recorded one of her four saves.

“I give Ole Miss a lot of credit tonight,” UK coach Warren Lipka said. “Theyplayed hard and it was just a battle out there. We have got to capitalize onchances like we had in the first half or we are going to have fight back everytime.”

UK outshot the Rebels 15-7, while the Cats took 12 corner kicks comparedto just two for the Rebels.

UK returns to action on Sunday, Oct. 17, when the Cats play host to theMississippi State Bulldogs at the UK Soccer Complex. The match begins at1:00 p.m.

           1   2   FOle Miss   1   0   1UK         0   2   2Attendance: 761 Scoring - Brooks, UM (Wong, Scanlon), 29:32; Reese, UK (Brown),56:17; Dellbringge, UK (Gage), 66:01 Shots - UM: 7; UK: 15 Corner Kicks - UM: 2; UK: 12 Goalkeeper Saves - UM: 4; UK: 4 Fouls - UM: 7; UK: 9