After a two week delay, Utah Tech women's soccer finished it's match up with Southern Utah and came away with the 1-0 victory.
What Head Coach Molly Rouse said: "Today's match was an excellent test of grit, under absolutely bizarre circumstances. We knew that playing only 45 minutes to finish our match would be a challenge. Playing against a solid SUU side on their home turf is never easy. We are proud of the mental strength and unity this team continues to showcase time and time again, demonstrating their adaptability to any situation. Today's result, in addition to extra rest, positions us well heading into our last home WAC weekend against GCU (Friday) & CBU (Sunday). We look forward to the challenges both those teams will present."
HOW IT HAPPENED: The first half of the match was played on Oct. 2. Due to a lightning delay the match was rescheduled for Oct. 14th.
In the first half on Oct. 2 Utah Tech didn't waste any time setting the pace of the game with a shot on goal in the first minute by Lauren Buxton. Brynlee Roberts fired off a shot in the fifth minute that went wide.
Kayla Thompson notched a stellar save in the 12th minute to keep the Thunderbirds at bay.
In the 20th minute, Southern Utah went on a strong attack with three shots in less than a minute with one on goal but never executed.
In the 23rd minute, Lacy Fox had the ball at the attacking mid and crossed it forward to a breaking Karli Nyland, SUU tried to intercept but Roberts was there to keep the momentum. Roberts touched it to Nyland who sent the ball into the lower right corner for a Trailblazer goal.
The first half finished out with UT having a 1-0 lead. However due to a lightning delay the game was postponed until Oct. 14.
In the second half, Utah Tech was the first to get a shot by Brynlee Roberts in the 55th minute. Shortly after Kalea Woodyatt placed a shot on frame off a free kick but SUU notched the save.
SUU got a shot in the 65th and pressed the Trailblazers with two shots on goal and an additional shot all in a four minute time frame. Utah Tech held strong and Thompson came away with two more saves.
Utah Tech countered with two shots on goal in the 77th minute, one by Woodyatt and the other by Lacy Fox but the Thunderbirds had two saves. The minutes ticked by and neither team were able to change the numbers on the scoreboard giving the Trailblazers the 1-0 win.
STAT BREAKDOWN: In total Utah Tech had 12 shots with seven shots on frame. While SUU had 13 total shots with five on frame. Woodyatt and Nyland each had two shots with both on frame while Nyland recorded the goal for the Trailblazers.
Thompson started in goal and played the full 90 for UT and ended the game with five saves.
NOTES TO KNOW: Utah Tech now has a 10-2-1 record overall on the season and are unbeaten in WAC action at 6-0-1. The Trailbalzers are on an 11 game unbeaten streak and are on a four game winning streak.
The Trailblazers have only allowed two goals in 1,027 minutes.
UP NEXT: Utah Tech will finish off the home season by hosting Grand Canyon and California Baptist before hitting the road for the final matches of the regular season at Seattle U and Utah Valley.
