Lady Yellowjacket Soccer Returns Home to Face Mary (Oct. 1, 2003)

BILLINGS, MT – After seven-straight road games, the MSU Billings women’s soccer team will finally play at Yellowjacket Field again when the Lady Jackets host the University of Mary Sunday afternoon.  It will be the first home game since September 6 for MSUB, which won’t play in Billings again until October 18.  Sunday’s start time is scheduled for 1:30 p.m., following an 11:30 a.m. men’s game.

The Yellowjackets lost six of those seven road games, including four to regionally ranked opponents.  The high point of the month-long road swing was a 3-0 drubbing of cross-town rival Rocky Mountain.  Two of their three losses last weekend in California were by one goal, including a 1-0 overtime loss to Chico State.

Freshman Ally Taylor (Ojai, CA) took over the team scoring lead last week with a goal at San Francisco State.  Taylor has ten points on four goals and two assists.  She passed Margot Merrill-Johnson (Jr., Salt Lake City) who has nine points on four goals and an assist.  Her only assist of the year came on Taylor’s goal at S.F. State.

The Yellowjackets have continued with a two-goalkeeper system, utilizing freshmen Megan Plank (Phoenix, AZ) and Alyssa Wolfer (Longmont, CO).  Plank still has an impressive 1.12 goals-against average, allowing seven goals in 564 minutes.  She leads the duo with 49 saves.  Wolfer has allowed 12 goals in 360 minutes for a 2.99 goals-against average while making 34 saves.