UVU soccer drops 2-1 decision to Idaho State

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POCATELLO, Idaho -- Adrienne Schneider ended the scoreless streak and Tasha Bell had several big saves but Utah Valley fell 2-1 at Idaho State on early and late goals on Wednesday afternoon.

The Bengals (4-4-0) took a 1-0 lead 1:16 in and then broke a 1-1 tie in the 83rd minute to send the Wolverines (1-8-0) to their fourth straight defeat.

Annamarie Hofstetter made it 1-0 Idaho State in the second minute when she scored on a Kacey Ball assist from 30 yards out.

Scheider's goal came in the 39th minute on an assist from Kelly Vide, tying the game and ending a 294-minute, nearly-three-game drought without a goal for Utah Valley.

ISU came right back and threatened to re-gain the lead when the Bengals were awarded a penalty kick just over a minute later. But Lauren Ryan's shot was saved by Bell and despite 10 first-half corner kicks by the Bengals, the score remained 1-1 at the break.

The penalty kick was Idaho State's first of the season and the second against Utah Valley so far in 2009.

The match seemed destined for overtime until Rachel Strawn's goal on a Ashley Jones assist with 7:32 remaining sent Idaho State to the win.

Bell finished the match with eight saves while Bengal keeper Bailey Williams had four.

ISU tied a school record with 13 corner kicks to just two for UVU while also outshooting the Wolverines 24-13 including 10-6 on goal.

Utah Valley will have over a week off now to prepare before Portland State on Oct. 2 at 4 p.m. at Clyde Field.

• UVU's Nothum Honored as the GWC Runner of the Week: Utah Valley University's Mary Nothum and NJIT's Umar Saeed have been selected as Great West Conference Runners of the Week for their performances last weekend. The awards were announced Wednesday by the conference office.

Nothum won the Montana State Invitational, helping the Wolverines to a second place finish over Division I teams Montana, Montana State, Utah State, Weber State, and Utah, as well as seven Division II teams. Weber State won the meet held Saturday at Bozeman, Mont.

The junior from Washington, Mo., finished the three-mile race with a blazing time of 17:10 and finished a full nine seconds ahead of the next competitor. Her top finish puts her tied for eighth place all-time in the 30th year of the meet.

Saeed, NJIT's senior captain from Parlin, N.J., led the field at the NJIT Classic from the start, completing the 8K race with a time of 27:11. His finish propelled the Highlanders to first place over Hofstra, Saint Peter's, Siena and Fairleigh Dickinson.

Other runners nominated for this week's honors were South Dakota's Ramsey Fitzsimmons and Rob Gregoire and Utah Valley's Joshua McCabe.

Nothum is the second Wolverine to win this weekly honor after freshman Jason Lynch won the award on Sept. 9.

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