Yellowjackets Stop Losing Skid with Win over Westminster (Oct. 3, 2004)
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BILLINGS, MT – A pair of goals from Thomas Pertuit gave MSU Billings a 3-0 shutout of visiting
Westminster College on Sunday. The win stopped a four-game
losing streak and improved the Yellowjackets to 5-8-0.
Pertuit now has a team-best 11 goals for the season.
Pertuit (Sr., Billings, MT) opened the
scoring at 12:01 on a penalty kick. It was the second time
this weekend that he has scored on a PK. The Yellowjackets
out shot the Griffins 6-2 in the opening half and took a 1-0
lead into intermission.
Clinging to a one goal lead, the
Yellowjackets used two late goals to break open the game. Brian Palmer (Sr., Laramie, WY) scored at 76:01 when he
headed in a cross from Josh Hernandez (Fr., Palmdale, CA). The goal was Palmer’s
fourth of the year. Pertuit put the game out of reach at
88:25 when he headed in a cross from Dustin Kono (Jr., Aberdeen, SD).
“We didn’t play our best today, but we
were good enough to get the win,” said Pertuit. “Hopefully
this win will give us some momentum for our games against Si
Tanka and Grand Canyon next week.”
Yellowjacket goalkeeper Kyle
Bales (Sr., Cody, WY) made eight
saves in the game, with seven coming in the second half as
MSU Billings held onto its one goal lead. Westminster out
shot the Yellowjackets 9-7 in the second half, but were unable
to get past Bales.
“We played a good game defensively,” said
Yellowjacket head coach Doug Seigle, “and we shot the ball
better offensively than we have been. It was a good team
effort, and the bench played well. Our guys kept their cool
at some tough times.”
For the second game in a row, Westminster
was plagued with cards. On Friday they lost to Colorado-Mines
while earning six yellow cards and one red card. They
repeated the feat on Sunday with six yellow cards and one red
card against the Yellowjackets.
MSU Billings continues its home stand
next weekend when it hosts Si Tanka at 3:00 on Friday and
Grand Canyon at 3:00 on Sunday. Si Tanka and Grand Canyon
will meet in a neutral site game on Saturday.
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