Weather Cancels Final Women’s Soccer Game (Oct. 31, 2003)

BILLINGS, MT – The winter weather that hit Montana this week has forced the cancellation of the women’s soccer game between University of North Dakota and MSU Billings.  The Yellowjackets and Fighting Sioux were scheduled to play at 1:00 on Sunday.  UND was supposed to play at Rocky Mountain on Friday, but that game was also cancelled because of weather and field conditions. 

The Yellowjackets finish the season 6-10-1, a four-win improvement over last year’s 2-14 record.  The Yellowjackets’ top two scorers from this season will both return next year.  Ally Taylor (Fr., Ojai, CA) was the team’s leading scorer with 21 points on seven goals and seven assists.  Margot Merrill-Johnson (Jr., Salt Lake City) scored 18 points on two assists and a team-high eight goals. 

Sunday’s game was also supposed to be Senior Day for the Lady Yellowjackets as the final home game for Mandy Reed (Sr., Denver, CO), Heidi Robertson (Sr., Great Falls, MT), and Sara Otis (Sr., Vancouver, WA).  Otis was the Jackets’ third-leading scorer with nine points on three goals and three assists.  Reed, who missed the final six games with an injury, and Robertson were the anchors of the Yellowjackets’ defense.