Jackets, Rattlers Play to Draw (10/13/06)
Box Score
Coach Trentham post game audio

BILLINGS, MT – In a physical game between two of the Heartland Conference’s top women’s soccer teams, not much was decided Friday afternoon.  The game between Montana State-Billings and St. Mary’s ended in a 1-1 tie.  The Yellowjackets, who entered the game ranked fourth in the NCAA Midwest Region, are now 11-3-1.  The Rattlers, ranked fifth in the Midwest Region, moved to 7-3-4.

The game was a physical battle from the get-go and ended with 41 total fouls called, 23 against MSUB and 18 against St. Mary’s.  The Jackets’ Ally Stroup (Ojai, CA) finally broke a scoreless tie at 61:57 when she fired from the top of the 18-yard box to beat Rattlers keeper Lily Cano.  Jelisa Guy (Kalispell, MT) assisted on the goal, which was Stroup’s school-record fifteenth of the season.  The assist was Guy’s team-leading eighth of the year.

The Rattlers answered a little less than 10 minutes later when Toni Tullius headed in a corner kick from Marcey Morales.  Tullius’s first goal of the season forced overtime, where neither team really threatened.  Neither managed a shot in the first overtime period, and the Rattlers had a 2-0 shots advantage in the second overtime. 

The Jackets’ Megan Plank (Phoenix, AZ) made three saves in the game, including one in the second overtime.  Cano stopped five Yellowjacket shots.  Stroup had three of the Jackets’ six shots on goal.  Erin McCutcheon had two shots on goal for the Rattlers.

The Yellowjackets will have Saturday off before hosting University of the Incarnate Word (6-5-1) on Sunday.  Kick off will be at 11:00 a.m. at the MSU Billings College of Technology.