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September 20, 2007Seasiders Stop Rebels
St. George, UT—The Brigham Young University Hawaii women’s soccer team won their fourth straight match today with a 4-3 Pacific West Conference win over Dixie State on the road. The Seasiders, now 4-2-1 for the season and 2-0 in the PacWest, scored all four goals in the first half and held on to defeat the Rebels despite getting out shot 16-11 for the game. Ashley Hunter opened scoring for the Seasiders off an assist from Sarah Welty in the 11th minute. Hunter put her kick into the left side of the net from straight out and gave BYU–Hawaii a lead they would never relinquish. Senior co-captain Jill Haar worked a shot in off a corner-kick play in the 15th minute for the Seasiders but Dixie State countered a minute later with a goal by Erika Mouritsen to cut the lead to 2-1. Welty put the Seasiders back on top by two with a breakaway goal in the 21st minute and Amber Nordhagen scored the eventual winner on an unassisted goal in the 37th minute to wrap up the scoring for the Seasiders. During the second half the Rebels applied the pressure to BYU–Hawaii, out shooting the Seasiders 7-3 for the period, but the BYU–Hawaii defense gave up just two goals to preserve the win. Dixie State scored on a goal by Mikala Wilkes in the 57th minute and got another goal from Mouritsen in the 68th minute but fell short and dropped to 5-2 for the season with the loss. BYU Hawaii’s next action will be against Notre Dame de Namur in another PacWest contest on Saturday in Belmont, California at 1:30 pm PDT. |
