Steinbruch Breaks Record in Win Over No. 18 Duke
Oct. 7, 2010
CORAL GABLES, Fla. –
The University of Miami’s Brittney Steinbruch broke the school’s scoring record with her 88th minute goal in the Hurricanes 2-0 victory over No. 18 Duke on Breast Cancer Awareness Night at Cobb Stadium.
With her sixth goal of the season, Steinbruch broke Britney Butcher’s (2001-04) all-time scoring record. The Wyckoff, N.J. native already owns the program record for goals scored at 34, after Thursday night’s performance she currently has 75 career points.
“It was such a great finish to a tough match,” said Steinbruch of her record-breaking goal. “I’m just happy that we got the win and it took a complete team effort to do it. Without Vikki [Alonzo] making great saves and our backline playing as well as it did, I would never have had that opportunity to score.”
Soon after the Steinbruch goal, Tara Schwitter found the back of the net for the second time this season on a Hurricane counter-attack led by Ali Brennan. The goal came with just one second remaining in the match.
The win was the first in program history against Duke (6-4-3, 0-3-1 ACC). Miami had only drawn a tie in the first six meetings between the teams.
“Any time you get a win in the ACC it’s a good feeling,” said head coach Tricia Taliaferro. “But, when you get a win over a conference opponent that you have never beaten, it adds a bit more to it.”
At first glance, the stat sheet favored Duke as the visiting team fired 17 shots to just seven for Miami (8-3-1, 2-1-0 ACC). However, the second half really belonged to the ‘Canes as they recorded all seven of their shots in the final period – with five of them on goal.
The Hurricane defense was stellar all night, with Alonzo making eight saves for her fifth shutout of the season and senior Brittney Macdonald turning away almost all of Duke’s scoring opportunities.
The Hurricanes, joined by the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, waived the price of admission for the 816 fans in attendance for the dramatic match. However, donations were collected to help benefit breast cancer research at the University of Miami’s Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute.
The pink jerseys the ‘Canes wore during the game will be auctioned off on HurricaneSports.com, with those proceeds going to breast cancer research as well. Click here for more information on how to participate in the auction.
Miami returns to the pitch this Sunday to take on No. 22 Wake Forest at 12 p.m. at Cobb Stadium.
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