Haakenson’s Late Penalty Earns Michigan Draw at Iowa

» Sammi Woods earned a penalty kick that was converted by Meredith Haakenson as U-M scratched out a draw against the Hawkeyes.

» Michigan trailed the majority of the match following a Hawkeye goal in the 10th minute, but equalized in the 86th to earn a crucial point in the Big Ten standings.

» U-M outshot the Hawkeyes 13-8 in the second half and 18-12 on the match. Woods and Haakenson were responsible for six shots each.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Michigan women’s soccer team trailed for nearly 75 minutes of match play, but graduate student Meredith Haakenson converted a late penalty kick to earn a 1-1 draw against Iowa on Sunday (Oct. 2) at Iowa Soccer Complex.

The Hawkeyes took the lead on the first shot of the match. Hailey Rydberg fired a strike form the top of the box top-center in traffic and found the back of the net to give Iowa (3-5-5, 0-2-3 Big Ten) an early 1-0 lead.

Junior Sammi Woods was responsible for a trio of prime Wolverine chances, the first coming on a header in the 15th minute. Three minutes later, another effort went just wide, while an opportunity in tranistion in the 33rd minute also was turned away.

U-M’s best chance of the half came in the 39th minute, when Woods played a ball across the face of goal and trickled through traffic to freshman Jenna Lang. Her right-footed effort deflected off a defender and went off the crossbar.

Michigan (6-4-3, 1-2-2 Big Ten) led the shot category 5-4 at the half, with…