Box Score Rochester, Mich. (Oct. 16, 2003) - Oakland University???s women???s soccer team was in Mid-Con action on Thursday afternoon in what was a re-match of last year???s Mid-Con finals ???C Oakland versus Oral Roberts. Not only did Oakland come out on top with a 3-1 victory but in doing so, the team clinched at least a share of the Mid-Con regular season title and won their eighth straight game ???C tying the program???s record for most consecutive wins in a season. Freshman Lisa-Marie Woods (Oslo, Norway) was the offensive leader for the Golden Grizzlies with one goal and two assists during the match. The team improves their overall record to 10-3-1 while Oral Roberts falls to 7-5-1. Oral Roberts showed no signs of jet lag when starting the game and got the go-ahead goal in the 37th minute. Jessica Kellogg finished on a pass from Heidi Ritze on top of Oakland???s 18-yd. box which beat goalkeeper Sarah Buckland (Burlington, Ont.) to the left side of the net. Ritze passed the ball from the left side to Kellogg who took the ball in stride and fired the shot in the net for the 1-0 lead. The score would stay at 1-0 entering the half with Oral Roberts doubling Oakland???s shots 6-3. The Golden Grizzlies came out on fire during the second half however with Woods getting on the board for Oakland at 55:34 in the match. After pressuring the Golden Eagles for ten minutes in their end, sophomore Silje Peltopera (Karasjok, Norway) was brought down just outside the penalty area. Woods stepped up to take the free kick and bent the ball perfectly passed the Golden Eagle wall and goalkeeper Kellie Fenton to put the game at one-apiece. Just over ten minutes later Woods would give the ball to junior Shelly Piccirillo (Niagara Falls, Ont.) who would find the game winner at 66:51. Midfielders Woods and Erica Demers (Welland, Ont.) battled for the ball in the top third of ORU???s end of the field with Woods coming out with the ball and feeding a pass to Piccirillo. Piccirillo shot the ball while turning and bent it to the back right corner of the Golden Eagles net to take the 2-1 lead. With 16 minutes left in the game the official made a controversial call that left Oakland short of another goal. Freshman Marianne Samdal (Tiller, Norway) crossed the ball on top of the six-yard line where Piccirillo slid to connect and put the ball off the crossbar and what appeared to be in ORU???s net, hitting the mesh. However, none of the officials made a call and Fenton was able to keep the ball alive and out of the net. Oakland was not discouraged by the call and with less than three minutes left in the game, Kristi Swaving (Albuquerque, New Mexico) showed her fancy footwork and finishing skills against Fenton and an ORU defender to put the game at 3-1. After an Oral Roberts corner kick and scramble, Oakland came back with a quick counterattack. Woods took a long ball on the bounce and knocked it up to Swaving who had a one-on-one opportunity. Swaving first outran her defender and then took her on inside the 18-yd. box. Swaving used her footwork skills to first beat the defender and then used her shooting skills to beat Fenton to the near right post for the insurance goal. In the second half, Oakland outshot Oral Roberts 13-1. Buckland played all 90 minutes of the game and had two saves while facing three. Fenton faced 16 shots during the match, 8 on target, and made five saves. With the win, Oakland managed to clinch at least a share of the Mid-Con title having already faced five conference opponents and remaining undefeated in conference play. In order to take sole reign of the title, the Golden Grizzlies will have to beat IUPUI on Sunday, Oct. 26 at the OU Soccer Field. The Golden Grizzlies remain on their hot streak having won every game since September 19th. With won more win, the team will break the school???s program record for the most consecutive wins in a season and tie the record for most consecutive games without a loss. Head coach Nick O???Shea was pleased with his team???s first come-from-behind win of the season. ???I???m very happy with the way the team responded in the second half??? commented O???Shea after the match. ???We were able to calm down and play very well in the second. This was a big game with the championship on the line and Oral Roberts is a very good team. We???re also very happy to achieve one of our goals of the season which is to win the Mid-Con Championship.??? Oakland???s next game will be on the road at Detroit on Sunday, Oct. 19th at 2:00 p.m. The Titans will enter the match with a 6-5-0 record.