BYU Roundup: Walbruch scores a brace in return to lineup at women’s soccer scrimmage
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- BYU players celebrate a goal in the Blue-White Game at South Field on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025.
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- BYU’s Ellie Walbruch takes a shot during the Blue-White Game at South Field on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025.
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BYU players celebrate a goal in the Blue-White Game at South Field on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025.
An injury robbed BYU forward Eli Walbruch of her 2024 season.
She returned healthy and in style on Saturday to South Field, logging both goals in the annual Blue-White game in a 2-0 Blue victory.
Walbruch, who scored 11 goals as a sophomore in 2023, struck first in the 29th minute of the scrimmage. The junior knocked in a shot to the bottom right off an assist from Kate Denney with less than two minutes remaining in the half for a 1-0 lead. Blue quickly regained possession and freshman forward Sophie Sivulich had a shot at the net at 29:43, but missed wide.
Each team tallied two shots on goal in the first half with freshmen goalkeepers Paiton Collins of the Blue team notching two saves and Sarah Mathis from the White team tallying one. The Blue team recorded five corner kicks with White only generating one.
With just over 10 minutes to play, a Denney foul in the box offered Walbruch her second goal of the night, and she buried the penalty kick into the bottom left of the goal.
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BYU's Ellie Walbruch takes a shot during the Blue-White Game at South Field on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025.
White powered some energy late in the final half, but were unable to capitalize. The matchup concluded in a Blue win, 2-0.
The scrimmage consisted of two 30-minute periods. The Blue team put up 24 shots to White’s 13.
The Cougars return to South Field on Wednesday at 8 p.m. for an exhibition game against Southern Utah. The match will be streamed live on ESPN+.
Cougar golfers make cut
OGDEN, Utah — Daniel Summerhays, Cole Ponich, and Peter Kuest made the cut and will play into the weekend portion of the Korn Ferry Tour’s Utah Championship on Friday at Ogden Golf and Country Club.
The 2020 Utah Championship runner-up Summerhays shot the lowest score out of any BYU representative through 36 holes. His 1-under 69 first round was followed by a bogey-free 7-under 63 round two. The former first team All-American recorded four birdies Thursday and seven birdies Friday to help him jump the leaderboard by 41 spots to be tied for eighth and make the cut.
The recent graduate Ponich made the cut for the first time on his third ever appearance in this Korn Ferry event. He shot 4-under 66 on Thursday and 3-under 67 on Friday to make himself tied for 12th place.
With Kuest being right on the cusp of the projected cut line each day, he managed to make the cut by one stroke. The 2020 graduate shot an even par 70 day one and 3-under 67 day two to earn himself another 36 holes to play while being tied for 62nd.
Incoming freshman Kihei Akina missed the cut with a 1-over 71 on Thursday and 2-under 68 on Friday.
The three former Cougars will be back at Ogden Golf and Country Club for the third round on Saturday morning with it being broadcast live on the Golf Channel. Live scoring can be found on the Korn Ferry Tour website.
