Women’s Soccer Rocks Rocky, 4-0

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BILLINGS, Mont. – Two goals by Kari Foreman propelled the Montana State Billings women’s soccer team to a 4-0 shutout of Rocky Mountain College Wednesday afternoon at Wendy’s Field on the Rocky campus.  With the win, the Yellowjackets improved to 8-4-1 overall and regained the Rimrock Cup.  The Battlin’ Bears fell to 3-8 on the year.

“I thought we played a complete game from start to finish, MSUB head coach Don Trentham said.  “We looked good in the attack, good in the back and our corners were spot on today.”

The Yellowjackets dominated the game from start to finish as MSUB outshot Rocky 20-7 and 13-4 in shots on goal.  MSUB tied a season-high with 10 corner kicks and scored two goals off of them.

Foreman led the way with two goals and tallied her fourth game-winner of the year tying the school record for game-winners in a season with Ally Stroup (2005 and 2006) and Margot-Merrill-Johnson (2001).  She had four shots and three on goal.  Freshman Jaucelyn Richter tallied two assists on the day and senior Chelsea Libby added one assist.  Richter led the team with five shots and four on goal. 

The Yellowjackets got on the board as Foreman beat former Yellowjacket goalkeeper, Brittany Knudtzon, as Knudtzon attempted to make a play on the ball and Foreman moved past her for an easy shot on the open net for a 1-0 lead.

Freshman Jennifer Larsen tallied her eighth score of the year as she received a nice corner kick from Libby and headed it in from the top of the 18 for a 2-0 lead at the 20:55 mark.  Less than three minutes later, Foreman tallied her second goal of the game as she received a pass from Richter on the right side of the post for the goal and a 3-0 lead.

Five minutes into the second half, freshman Andrea Baytaluke scored on a floater off a short corner kick from the left side of the 18 for a commanding 4-0 lead.

MSUB goalkeeper, Jordan Fenwick, tallied four saves in her second shutout of the year.  Knudtzon had nine saves and four goals against in a losing effort.  Rocky was led by two shots on goal from Kirsty Montignani.  MSUB had 19 players play in the game with nine different players recording shots.  The Yellowjackets’ other shutout this season was a 4-0 neutral site win over Minnesota-Crookston Sept. 13, at the University of Mary.

With the win, MSUB improved to 10-7-1 all-time versus Rocky and 6-5-1 in the Rimrock Cup.  The Yellowjackets avenged a 3-2 overtime loss to Rocky last season at Yellowjacket Field in the Seventh Annual Rimrock Cup.

“We were disappointed we lost last year and without a doubt, the players wanted to get the cup back to MSUB today,” Trentham said.

The Yellowjackets return home to battle Carroll College Friday at 4 p.m. at Yellowjacket Field.  MSUB then returns to conference action next week at Seattle Pacific and at Western Washington in a pair of key conference matchups.