Oct. 31, 1999

LEXINGTON, Kty. – The 14th-ranked University of Kentucky women’s soccer team capped anoutstanding regular season on Sunday with a 1-0 double-overtime victoryover the visiting 19th-ranked Michigan Wolverines on Senior Day at the UKSoccer Complex.

Freshman forward Keri Boyce scored the game-winning goal at the 112:07mark in the second overtime as UK (16-2-1) claimed its 15th straight win ofthe season, the second longest winning streak in the country. Boyce’sgame-winner was her second of the weekend and her sixth of the season,breaking the UK school record for game-winning goals in a season.

The Cats got their revenge from last season’s finale, a heartbreaking 1-0loss in Ann Arbor, as the Wolverines netted a 15-yard shot with just fiveseconds remaining in the match.

UM (13-5-1) pressured the Cats from the beginning but with 30 minutesremaining in the second half, UK took control of the tempo. In the firstovertime, the Cats had two breakaways but were unable to convert on eitherattempt.

Sophomore Annie Gage won a ball back on the right side of the goal andfound Boyce at the top of the Wolverines’ box. Boyce found an opening infront of the goal where she fired a seven-yard shot into the upper leftcorner of the net for the win. UK goalkeeper Beth Wells posted her seventhshutout of the season, the second highest single-season total in UK history.

“I cannot say enough about this team,” UK coach Warren Lipka said. “Theyshowed so much fight and determination, and their incredible hard workshowed in the end today. We don’t have long to enjoy this one because weopen the SEC Tournament on Thursday.”

UK’s four seniors, Hope Deutschle, Brooke Hergesell, Allison Peppers, andDeanna Stayton were honored before the match in a special ceremony.

The All-Tournament team consisted of UK’s Boyce, Peppers, Wells, and JenReese, along with Kacy Beitel, Shannon Poole, and Carissa Stewart from UM,Nicole Lee and Dana Larson from Minnesota, and Missy Keller and MelissaMcGee from Alabama.

UK returns to action at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7, when the Cats faceGeorgia in first-round action at the SEC Tournament in Nashville, Tenn.

           1   2  1OT 2OT  FMichigan   0   0   0   0   0UK         0   0   0   1   1

Attendance: 545
Scoring – Boyce, UK (Gage), 112:07
Shots – UM: 9, UK: 15
Corner Kicks – UM: 0, UK: 6
Goalkeeper Saves – UM: 8, UK: 3
Fouls – UM: 22, UK: 16

Agate: Sunday, October 31
Minnesota 4
Alabama 2