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Lady Yellowjackets Fall to Utah Valley State (Oct. 24, 2003)
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BILLINGS, MT – A goal in each half Friday lifted Utah Valley State to a 2-0 win over MSU Billings in women’s soccer action.  Taylor Cracroft scored the game-winner for the Wolverines at 17:20, recovering a ball that was loose in the box off a corner kick and high-kicking it into the goal.  UVSC improved to 7-4-1 while MSUB dropped to 6-8-1.  Utah Valley will face Northern Colorado Saturday at 1:00 in a meeting of two teams new to the DI ranks.  The Yellowjackets will take on UNC on Sunday at 1:00.

“We gave up what I thought was a pretty soft goal in the first half,” said Yellowjacket coach Don Trentham.  “We work hard on corner kicks all year, but then we get scored on off a corner that eventually won the game.”

The Yellowjackets appeared to score the tying goal in the 58th minute when Stephanie Clark (Jr., Tualatin, OR) drilled a free kick into the left corner of the goal from about 20 yards out.  The goal was waved off, however, because a Utah Valley State player had encroached prior to the kick and the official had blown his whistle just before Clark kicked the ball.

“To have what looks like the tying goal called off is definitely frustrating,” said Trentham.  “We worked hard to keep the score 1-0 to give ourselves a chance to tie the game off a corner kick or a restart.  It looked like it paid off, but it was a bad break.” 

The Wolverines put the game out of reach in the 82nd minute on a Tennille Vance goal.  Karrie Broderick sent a long pass through the midfield to Vance, who then beat goalkeeper Megan Plank (Fr., Phoenix, AZ) who had come out of the net to make a play on the ball.  Plank made seven saves.

“I didn’t think we played well in the first half,” said Trentham.  “We didn’t execute our game plan and that’s been a problem the past few weeks.  We made some adjustments in the second half and actually played better going into the wind than we did playing with it in the first half.  Ally Taylor (Fr., Ojai, CA) and Sara Otis (Sr., Vancouver, WA) worked well together and Margot Merrill-Johnson (Jr., Salt Lake City) did a good job bringing the ball out.  We’ll just need to find a way to win on Sunday.”

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