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Lady Jackets Open with Road Win (8/24/06)
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GOLDEN, CO – A record setting goal was enough to give the Montana State-Billings women’s soccer team a season-opening victory Thursday night.  The Yellowjackets used an Ally Stroup (Ojai, CA) goal in the 20th minute to defeat Colorado School of Mines, 1-0.  The game was the season opener for both teams.

Stroup’s goal gave her 72 career points, surpassing Margot Merrill-Johnson for the school record.  Stroup now has 25 career goals, just six short of Abby Farmer’s school-record 31.  It was also Stroup’s ninth game winning goal of her career, pulling her to within two of Merrill-Johnson’s school record of 11. 

“We played really well in the first half,” said Yellowjacket coach Don Trentham.  “We looked solid on offense and were putting the pressure on.  Our goal on the road trip is to come back with a winning record.  We’re off to a good start.  Colorado Mines was a good team; they were well organized.  Any time you can win a college soccer game on the road is good, and we were able to pull one out.”

The Jackets’ top scoring tandem from last season hooked up for the only goal of the game at 20:08.  Stroup took a pass from Brittney Sandau (Billings, MT) before beating Orediggers goalkeeper Marissa Burson.

The Yellowjacket defense then did its part in a game that was mostly controlled by the defenses.  MSU Billings keeper Megan Plank (Phoenix, AZ) had to make just four saves for her 29th career victory.  The Orediggers out shot the Yellowjackets 8-7 in total shots and each team had four shots on goal.

The Yellowjackets now travel to Portales, NM, for a pair of weekend games.  They face Fort Lewis in a neutral site game on Saturday before playing at Eastern New Mexico on Sunday.  Both games start at 1:00 p.m.

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