Lady Jackets Put Three-Game Winning
Streak on the Line against Carroll (Oct. 17,
2003)
BILLINGS, MT – The MSU Billings women’s
soccer team changed the direction of its season with three wins in
the past two weeks and will try for its fourth-straight win
Saturday afternoon when the Yellowjackets host Carroll College.
Game time is set for 1:00 p.m. Saturday at Yellowjacket Field,
located at the MSU Billings College of Technology on Central and
Shilo.
A victory would push MSU Billings (6-6-1)
over the .500 mark for the first time since mid-September and give
the Yellowjackets a school-record fourth consecutive home win. It
would also put them within a game of tying the school record for
consecutive wins, set at five by the 1999 team.
In the pair of road wins last week, Ally
Taylor (Fr., Ojai, CA) scored six points on two goals and two
assists. Taylor leads the Yellowjackets with 18 points and six
assists. Her six goals are second on the team behind Margot
Merrill-Johnson (Jr., Salt Lake City) who has found the net
seven times. Merrill-Johnson also has a pair of assists for 16
points.
MSU Billings has been without starting
defender Mandy
Reed (Sr., Denver, CO) for the past two games with an injury.
She was replaced last week by freshman Jenni
Furman (Fr., Casper, WY), who was pivotal in two shutout
wins. Reed could return this weekend to bolster a Yellowjacket
defense that held high-powered Northern State scoreless in a 1-0
win last weekend. Northern State entered the game having
outscored its opponents 41-11, but couldn’t find the net against
MSUB.
Megan
Plank (Fr., Phoenix, AZ) improved her season record to 6-3
with the two road wins and lowered her goals-against average to
0.89 with 180 minutes of shutout goalkeeping. She has made 66
saves this season to help the Yellowjackets notch five shutouts in
13 outings. One more shutout will tie the school record for
shutouts in a season.
The task won’t be easy against a Saints team
that blasted Rocky Mountain 6-1 this week to improve to 11-5.
Carroll also defeated Central Washington soundly last week on the
road. Joelle Laffey has scored 21 goals this season to lead
Carroll’s offensive attack. Elli Dougherty has made 41 saves and
posted three shutouts in goal for the Saints. |
