At Moscow, Idaho, Seattle scored two second-half goals to top Utah Valley 2-0 in NCAA women's soccer at University of Idaho.
The Redhawks (3-1) broke through when Lauren Munechika scored on an cross from Jamie Coe in the 69th minute. Munechika scored from just three yards out when Coe's pass was deflected right in front of her.
Then, as the Wolverines (0-2) attempted to push forward trying to tie the game, Maddy Cartwright scored a decisive goal to give Seattle a cushion. Cartwright beat Wolverine keeper Hailey Brown one-on-one and put the ball in the net from 10 yards away. Kara Kuttler got the assist on Cartwright's goal.
"Overall I thought we played pretty good, especially in the first half. It was a marked improvement from last week's loss at Utah. We were able to do a lot of things we worked on this week," said UVU coach Brent Anderson. "It's obviously not a result we're happy with but the girls fought hard and did some good things. We just made a couple of costly mistakes."
The stat sheet was even for the most part ,although Seattle had a 7-3 advantage in shots on goal. Redhawks keeper Madison Goverde recorded three saves and earned the shutout. Brown had five saves for the Wolverines.
Lauren Bluth finished with three shots for UVU, one of which was on goal with Kendra Buchanan and Kelsey Kimball also credited for a shot on goal each.
Utah Valley faces Idaho on Sunday at 2 p.m. The Wolverines' home opener is next Sept. 4 at 4 p.m. against Wyoming.
Posted in 2009 on Saturday, August 29, 2009 12:00 am Updated: 2:30 pm.
© Copyright 2009, Daily Herald, Provo, UT | Terms of Service and Privacy Policy