It took a little over 42 minutes for Torrie Albini to get on the scoresheet last night. Once she got started, nothing could stop her.
The Bobcat forward scored four goals in a 17-minute span in the second half, leading No. 10 Ohio to a 6-0 blowout win over Robert Morris in its 2007 home opener.
The defense gave me some holes
and that's what I capitalized on Albini said about her second-half performance.
Albini's flurry of goals started in the 43rd minute, boosting the Bobcats' lead to 3-0. She scored again nine minutes later. Her third goal came five minutes later, and she scored her fourth goal of the game shortly after the ensuing faceoff to provide the final margin.
The first half was not pretty for our team and myself so to get a few through in the second half was definitely something I think our team fed off of
Albini said.
In the first half, Ohio (3-1) kept the action on Robert Morris' side of the field, taking 20 shots and allowing none. Despite dominating the time of possession and the shot margin, the Bobcats only managed goals from Marcy Dull and Estienne Coetzee.
Coach Neil Macmillan expressed disappointment at his team's play in the opening half, but saw a vast improvement after halftime.
With the amount of play we had
it should have been a bigger margin at halftime
Macmillan said. In the second half
we started to
He also came away impressed with Albini
who is Ohio's leading goal-scorer with seven this year.
That's what she can do, Macmillan said about Albini's offensive outburst. I told the team that if we had that from the beginning, we could've had a much easier game.
Besides Albini's goals
the most impressive statistic was that Ohio goalkeeper Jessie Martin did not even have to make a save. She only faced two shots from the Colonials (0-4).
The team did a great job of playing defenseG?and all my credit goes to them, Martin said. I didn't have many shots because of their play.
The game was Ohio's first as a ranked team since 2001
when the team was ranked No. 9. Although the team's role has changed from the hunter to the hunted
its focus has not changed
