September 22,
2007
Lady Jackets Blanked by Wildcats
Box Score
MSUB Season
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ELLENSBURG, Wash. – The
Montana State Billings women’s soccer team swallowed its
first conference loss of the season, falling 3-0 to Central
Washington University Saturday in Ellensburg. The
Yellowjackets drop to 5-3-1 overall and 2-1-1 in league play
as the Wildcats improve to 4-5-2, and 1-3-0.
The Wildcats broke their
five-game losing streak in earning their first Great
Northwest Athletic Conference win using a little help from
MSUB. Central Washington got on the scoreboard in the
21st
minute as a corner kick by the Wildcats’ Stacey Bankston
deflected off a Yellowjacket defender and into the net.
The Wildcats would score
an insurance goal less than three and a half minutes later.
Amanda Biggs fired a shot from 37 yards out lofting the ball
over the top of MSUB’s keeper Brittany Knudtzon (Kent, Wash.) for the goal.
With halftime nearing,
Central Washington got another break as Lindsay Mitchell
placed a corner kick in front of the Jackets’ net, and by a
cruel twist of fate the Jackets scored an own goal for the
second time in the game giving the Wildcats the 3-0
advantage.
The Yellowjackets came out
aggressive in the second half, out-shooting the Wildcats 15-6
with an 8-2 shots on goal advantage, but the Wildcats’ Amber
Easterbrook was impenetrable in goal making eight saves.
The Lady Jackets have a
short turnaround before heading back to the Evergreen State
for a conference game against the Far West Region
front-runner Seattle Pacific (10-0-0, 4-0-0) on Thursday,
Sept. 27. MSUB will then cross state lines into Nampa,
Idaho, to battle against Northwest Nazarene (6-2-1, 3-1-0)
Saturday, Sept. 29. |
