Utah Tech women's soccer came up short against California Baptist 1-0 on senior day in its regular-season home finale on Saturday night at Greater Zion Stadium.
CBU scored the game's only goal in the 37th minute on a header by junior Taylor Held that found the bottom left of the net off a free kick by redshirt junior Morgan Witz.
In the 39th minute, junior
Kyah Le hit a shot to the upper-middle part of the net, but Lancer goalkeeper Mikayla O'Brien stood in the way.
Just before halftime, senior
Emily Garbett fired the ball to the upper-left corner but again O'Brien stopped the shot, recording her fifth save in the 45th minute.
Both defenses locked down in the second half as neither offense could muster a shot on goal. In the final 45 minutes, the UT defense kept CBU to just three shots while Utah Tech got off seven.
The Trailblazers controlled possession, totaling 60% by the end of the match, but they struggled to create shots on goal at the end of chances as the Lancers would block shots and force attackers off balance for off-target shots.
In the final 20 minutes, Garbett and junior
Lacy Fox both got off long shots, but both missed just high as the Lancers were able to keep the Trailblazers off the board.
Utah Tech (3-6-4, 0-4-0 WAC) outshot CBU 14-11 with a 5-4 advantage for UT in shots on goal. California Baptist (7-4-2, 3-1-0 WAC) committed more fouls, 17-12, and earned more saves as O'Brien finished with five saves on the night, while Trailblazer goalie
Brianna Frey totaled three.
Fox led UT with six shots on the night including three on goal, while Garbett and Le each added three a piece with two and one shots on goal, respectively. Garbett was shown a yellow card and two Lancers were also cautioned during the contest.
Before the match, Utah Tech honored six seniors in their last home match at Greater Zion Stadium. The Trailblazers celebrated were midfielder
Emma Carver, defender
Jordyn Denton, midfielder
Kalea Woodyatt, defender
Gracie Knutzen, midfielder
Emily Garbett and forward
Heidi Wilstead.
The Trailblazers return to action on Thursday, Oct. 17 at Tarleton State. First touch is set for 6 p.m. (MT) at Tarleton Soccer Complex.