Utah Valley 2, Bakersfield 0
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -(UVU Media Relations) Less than 48 hours after picking up a win over Bakersfield in its first WAC contest, Utah Valley University repeated the feat on Sunday, sweeping the season series with a 2-0 victory. The win comes after Wolverines (4-5-0, 2-0-0) defeated CSUB (1-9-0, 0-2-0) by an identical 2-0 score on Friday in Orem.
Haley Curtis and Kali Stubbs scored for Utah Valley while Lauren Sack and the UVU defense notched the second straight shutout of the 'Runners.
"The girls battled hard and I'm very proud of how they stepped up and worked hard for this win," said head coach Brent Anderson. "The back line was solid again today, really forcing most of their shots to come from a distance. Lauren made a couple of critical saves in the second half that really kept the momentum in our favor."
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New Mexico State 2, Kansas City 1
LAS CRUCES, N.M.-(NMSU Media Relations) In the second meeting of the weekend against Kansas City, the New Mexico State soccer team earned its first WAC win of the season with a 2-1 victory. Senior midfielder Daisy Hernandez scored the game-winning goal in the closing minutes of regulation to secure the win for the Aggies (4-5-1, 1-1-0 WAC).
With the scored knotted at 1-1 in the final minutes of the match, Kansas City (4-5-1, 1-1-0) was issued a yellow card in the box. Hernandez converted the penalty kick in the 87th minute for a 2-1 lead. The goal was the first of the season for Hernandez and her first career penalty-kick attempt.
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Idaho 3, Grand Canyon 1
MOSCOW, Idaho—(UI Media Relations) Alyssa Pease netted her second goal of the season Sunday afternoon, helping the Vandals to their first win of the 2013 season. Idaho battled to a 3-1 win on Guy Wicks Field against Western Athletic Conference rival, Grand Canyon.
“It was a scrappy win, but we will take it any way it comes,” head coach Pete Showler said following Sunday’s contest. “In parts it was good today. In other spots we still have areas to improve upon. That said we will take the win any way it comes.”
Idaho (1-7-0, 1-0-0 WAC) found momentum early outshooting Grand Canyon 4-0 in the open 20 minutes of play. In the 20th minute Katie Baran set up a corner kick at the left flag for the Vandals. She sent the ball into the box and found Alyssa Pease alone on the goal line for a tap in goal and her second of the season.
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Seattle U 4, Cal Poly 0
SEATTLE, Wash.-(SU Media Relations) Seattle University women’s soccer (4-2-2, 1-0-0 WAC) scored early and often as they defeated Cal Poly, 4-0 (4-4-0) in their final non-conference match of the season.
“I was really pleased with our game today,” said head coach Julie Woodward. “Most importantly, we got a shutout, which we hadn’t had in a few games. I was really happy defensively with how we played. Offensively, it was nice to put some goals in the back of the net early. Cal Poly is a good team; they’ve been scoring a lot of goals, so I thought it was a great win for us.”
Stephanie Verdoia (Salt Lake City, Utah) broke through in the 24th minute, as Kat Prati (Moorpark, Calif.) and Taylor Ritzman (Holladay, Utah) brought the ball down the right side, passing it to Verdoia who gave the Redhawks the 1-0 lead.
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