Box Score
WAIPAHU - The University of Hawaii soccer team had its conference championship hopes, and probably its post-season dreams, dashed after falling to Tulsa in penalty kicks on the opening evening of the 2004 Western Athletic Conference Soccer Tournament. The Golden Hurricane scored a goal with 37 seconds left in regulation to take the match into overtime, and eventually to a penalty kick session.
The game officially goes down as a tie for both teams, with the penalty format determining which team advanced to the next round. The WAC Tournament format has five shooters being chosen for each team. The team that makes the most goals in the five attempts is declared the winner. Tulsa out-scored UH, 4-3, in penalty kicks with Susan Day calmly placing a shot inside the left side of the goal to advance the Golden Hurricane (7-9-4) into the league semifinals tomorrow against top-seeded SMU. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.
The Rainbow Wahine (12-6-3) certainly like to savor their WAC Tournament matches. After falling 2-1 to SMU in triple overtime in the 1999 WAC Tournament in Dallas, Texas, in what had been the longest match in league playoff history, Hawaii found its way into the record books again, taking its match with Tulsa through two overtime periods and into penalty kicks-a first in the 10 year history of the WAC Soccer Tourney.
Hawaii drew first blood in the 33rd minute, when freshman Koren Takeyama's shot attempt glanced off a sliding Tulsa defender and past Golden Hurricane keeper Pam Devore. Takeyama broke free on an entry pass from senior Robyn deHay just inside the Golden Hurricane penalty box. Takeyama ran onto the pass and then cut right, setting herself up for the hard, low, right-footed shot. The goal was Takeyama's fourth of the season. deHay recorded her fourth assist on the score.
The Rainbow Wahine controlled the tempo for the majority of the match, but Tulsa was able to break through the Hawaii defense a number of times over the last few minutes of the second period, challenging Wahine keeper Erin Chow on a number of opportunities.
The Hawaii defense and Chow were able to subdue Tulsa's opportunities until the final minute of regulation, when Carrie Schnarre broke free down the right flank and sent what appeared to be a cross towards the mouth of the Hawaii goal.Schnarre's right-footed ball turned toward the net, traveling just beyond the reach of Chow and into the back of the net. The score came with just 37 seconds left in the second period, setting the match-up for the first extra time period. Hawaii and Tulsa played to scoreless draw during the ensuing 20 minutes of overtime, moving the contest to penalty kicks.
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