Utah Valley 5, Grand Canyon 3
PHOENIX -(UVU Media Relations) Utah Valley University shattered a 2-2 halftime tie with three goals over the final 45 minutes to claim a 5-3 WAC victory Sunday afternoon over Grand Canyon.
Five goals marks the largest offensive output for the Wolverines (5-5-0, 3-0-0 WAC) this season and featured a pair of goals from Natalie Baker and a pair of assists from Haley Curtis. Kristen Bailey-Yoo scored the first goal of her career and, with a tally in the 66th minute, Kali Stubbs scored for the third consecutive contest.
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Seattle U 3, New Mexico State 0
SEATTLE - (SU Media Relations) Seattle University women’s soccer (6-2-2, 3-0-0 WAC) earned their third straight shutout as they topped New Mexico State (4-7-1, 1-3-0 WAC), 3-0, in a Western Athletic Conference contest. The Redhawks extend their winning streak to four games and their home winning streak to five.
“I was very happy that we got the win today,” said head coach Julie Woodward. “I think our challenge has been coming out on Sunday after a Friday game and continuing to keep playing. We did a good job of doing the things [the coaches] asked them to do during pregame and I thought we had some great goals. Julia Besagno and Ava Ames were really dominant in winning balls in the air for us and it gave us the opportunity to keep the ball. There was very unselfish play by a lot of our players and it was a great team win for us.”
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Kansas City 2, Idaho 1 (OT)
Moscow, Idaho – (UI Media Relations) Taylor Bare scored two goals and the Kansas City women’s soccer team erased a 1-0 halftime deficit en route to a 2-1 overtime victory over the host Idaho Vandals on Sunday.
The teams wasted no time getting acquainted; as Idaho (2-8-0, 2-1-0) forward Alyssa Pease fired the game’s first shot on goal just 48 seconds into the match, but was denied by goalkeeper Nina Tzianos. Minutes later, a foul inside of the box provided a penalty kick opportunity for UMKC (5-6-1, 2-2-0) to be taken by Ashley Gann, but the attempt sailed wide.
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