Sep. 19, 2004

DAYTON, OH -- Junior D Alicija Bredlo (Burlington, Ontario) scored the game-winner in the 83rd minute to lead the University of Dayton women's soccer team to a 2-1 win over Oakland University Sunday night at Baujan Field. The Flyers (6-1-0), who are receiving votes in the Soccer Times Top 25, outshot the Grizzlies 26-6 en route to their sixth-straight win.

Bredlo scored her second goal of the season, which broke a 1-1 tie with just under seven minutes remaining in the match. The junior defender headed home a corner kick from junior Katie Lowstuter (Cincinnati, OH) for her first career game-winning tally. The assist was the team-leading fifth for Lowstuter.

Junior Reba Sedlacek (Hamilton, OH) got the Flyers on the board first, scoring her team-leading fourth goal just under six minutes into UD's 2004 home opener. Sedlacek took a perfect pass from junior Stacy Palumbo and slipped a ball under OU goalkeeper Jessica Howard from close range.

But the Golden Grizzlies (2-5-0), the three-time defending champions of the Mid-Continent Conference and coming off three-straight NCAA Tournament appearances, countered right back just under four minutes later with a goal from Marianne Samdal. Kristi Swaving sent a pass from the corner to Silje Peltopera and Peltopera flipped it on to Samdal, who beat UD keeper Amanda Kuntz (Vandalia, OH) to the short-side corner for the equalizer.

The match went to halftime tied at 1-1, as the Flyers owned a 9-4 edge in shots. UD blitzed the Oakland defense with 17 second-half shots, against just two for OU. Howard was forced to made eight saves in her bid to keep the Golden Grizzlies in the match.

Kuntz recorded her first career win in her first career start as a Flyer. The senior made one save in the winning effort. Only juniors figured in the UD scoring, with junior Laura Boland (Hudson, OH) pacing the offense with six shots. Lowstuter and Palumbo each took four.

The Flyers return to action Saturday in their Atlantic 10 opener at Xavier. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m.