Streiffer leads Irish to 38 straight Big 10 wins
By MIKE CONNOLLY
Associate Sports Editor
The Irish extended their winning streak against the Big 10 to 38 games with a 9-2 win over the Wisconsin Badgers last night in Madison.
Senior midfielder Jenny Streiffer led the Irish offense with two goals and one assist. Her five-point night gave her 194 points in her career and moved her into first place all-time on the Irish career list.
The Irish offense chased Badger goalkeeper Kelly Conway from the net in the 70th minute after she gave up six goals and made just five saves. Her replacement, Katie Spillone did not fair much better as the Irish scored three goals on four shots against Spillone.
All-American defender Jen Grubb opened the scoring for the Irish in the 13th minute off an assist from junior forward Meotis Erikson. Erikson finished the day with three assists and a goal.
Wisconsin tied the game less than a minute later when Allison Wagner scored her first goal of the game.
Grubb gave the Irish the lead back in the 16th minute. Big East defensive player of the week Kara Brown assisted on the goal.
Streiffer picked her first point of the game when she assisted on Erikson's game-winning goal in the 56th minute to give the Irish a 3-1 lead.
Wagner scored another quick counter goal a minute later to close the Irish lead to one. Emily Stevens assisted on the goal.
Streiffer pushed the lead back to two when she took an Erikson pass and fired the ball past Conway for her 63rd career goal.
Senior forward Jenny Heft gave the Irish a three goal lead in the 61st minute for her 75th career goal before Streiffer scored her second goal of the game three minutes later.
Junior Anne Makinen scored two straight goals before senior Irish Lancaster closed out the Irish scoring in the 76th minute.
The Irish offense scored its most goals since Oct. 1 when the Notre Dame scored 10 goals against Georgia. The nine goals are also the most the Irish have scored since the on the road since a 10-0 victory over the Badgers on Oct. 14, 1997.
All Sports Stories for Thursday, October 28, 1999
