The Bulls were able to get their first shot on goal of the game in the 19th minute Nicole Gerritz made a great hustle play to get to a free ball and then cross it over to Julia Benati who drilled right-footed shot that was saved by keeper. Two minutes later Julia Benati forced the Brown keeper to make a diving stop on her free kick that was headed towards the right corner of the net.
In the 26th minute, Carissima Cutrona made a crafty move to shake free and ripped a shot headed towards the top right corner that the Brown keeper got a fingertip on and forced the ball wide.
Alex Lambert made a strong play in the 42nd minute to give Julia Benati an opportunity but her hard shot was saved by Christin Etzel, keeping the game scoreless at half.
Carissima Cutrona had the Bulls first shot of the second half as she took a great feed from Julia Benati in the 61st minute and raced in on goal but her shot was directly at the keeper who made the easy save. Moira Petrie had a dangerous chance in the 71st minute as she took a feed from Kara Daly and ripped a shot on goal that was saved. The Buffalo offense kept putting pressure on Brown in the 75th minute as Jessica Marlowe sent a great cross into the box where Julia Benati ripped a shot that just missed the right corner.
The Bulls had their most dangerous chance of the second half in the 87th minute as Julia Benati took a perfect pass from Andrea Niper and she hit a hard shot that the keeper poked over the goal and out of play. Brown had a chance in the final minute of the second half as they had a free kick from 30 yards out that Carly Gould headed over the top of the UB net.
After being all over the Bears in the first overtime period, Moira Petrie drew a foul just outside the box in the 106th minute that turned into a free kick chance for the Bulls. On the ensuing free kick, Andrea Niper’s blast went sailing over the cross bar and out of play. The Bulls had their best chance in the 109th minute as Julia Benati took a hard free kick from 20 yards out that the Brown keeper made a diving stop on but left the rebound sitting aimlessly in the crease before being cleared away by a Brown defender, preserving the 0-0 draw.
The Bulls return to UB Stadium on Sunday as they welcome Navy to Buffalo for a 1:30 p.m. match. Sunday’s match will be the second match of a doubleheader with the UB men’s soccer team who will open up the action against Incarnate Word at 11:00 a.m.
From UBBulls.com.
