Utah Tech women's soccer is now on a six game winning streak thanks to a 1-0 shutout over University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Sunday afternoon. 

WHAT HEAD COACH MOLLY ROUSE SAID: "This weekend marks another excellent team performance and a strong start to WAC play. Knowing the physical and mental demands of Sunday matches, we anticipated a hard game against UTRGV. It was encouraging to see our team defend tightly to limit chances against, while creating enough quality chances to secure the result. In a tough match up, today's game called for a solid team performance and capitalizing on a special individual moments, which is what we saw. We are fortunate to have a roster full of incredible women who week in and week out are giving us a chance to fully prepare for tough opponents. We are looking forward to our first WAC road weekend and a chance to continue building momentum."

HOW IT HAPPENED: Utah Tech was the first to fire off a shot in the sixth minute. Emily Garbett fired one off that was ricocheted off the crossbar. Just three minutes later, the Trailblazers drew a corner kick and Karli Nyland and Lauren Buxton both got shots off on goal but UTRGV remained unscathed coming up with two saves. 

 The first half ended with a 0-0 score. 

The Trailblazers put the pressure on in the second half maintaining possession for most of the half. In the 69th minute, Indie Winterton put a ball on frame and followed that with another shot just off target. 

In the 75th minute Utah Tech drew another corner and Kassidee Lamb was able to get a shot on goal but UTRGV came up with another save to keep the score at zeros. 

UTRGV got its first shot in the 77th minute followed by another in the next minute but Kayla Thompson notched the pair of saves. In the final 10 minutes Utah Tech cranked up the intensity and got three shots off, with one on goal before Garbett fired a fourth shot in five minutes from 25 yards off that sunk in the the back of the net for a Trailblazers goal. 

Utah Tech maintained and finished out the game with a 1-0 victory.

STAT BREAKDOWN:  In total Utah Tech had 14 shots with six shots on frame. Garbett led with six shots, two on frame and one unassisted goal.  Winterton, Buxton and McKinley Barney each had two shots. 

Kayla Thompson started in goal and played the full 90 for UT and ended the game with three saves. 

UTRGV ended the game with four shots with three on frame. UTRGV's keeper ended the game with four saves. 

NOTES TO KNOW: Utah Tech now has a 6-2-0 record overall on the season. The Trailbalzers are on a six game winning streak and have 572 consecutive shutout minutes. All of Utah Tech's victories this season have been shutouts. 

UP NEXT: Utah Tech will hit the road to take on Tarleton State on Sept 23 and then Abilene Christian on Sept. 25 before taking on Southern Utah Oct. 2. The Trailblazers return home Oct. 7 to take on Sam Houston State.