Cedar City, Utah – October 10 – Southern Utah soccer dropped
a heart-breaker 1-0 match to IUPUI before an enthusiastic Breast Cancer
Awareness Day crowd of 303 in Cedar City, on Saturday.
It appeared the Thunderbirds had struck early when at the
six-minute mark Jessica Yukihiro's header off of a Laura Goodrich corner kick
found the back of the IUPUI net, but the goal was disallowed on an SUU foul in
the box.
In the 18th minute IUPUI was also denied when
Leslie Walker's bullet was stopped short on a diving save by Thunderbird keeper
Charly Booth.
The stalemate continued through the remainder of the first
half.
The second half was characterized by great execution and
numerous chances for both teams, with stellar goal keeping at both ends of the
field.
The only goal of the match came less than five minutes into
the second half when SUU goalie Charly Booth went to clear a ball, shanked the
kick, and fell. IUPUI's Megan Hock was on the spot to follow up, take one dribble
toward the goal and place the ball in the net, uncontested.
“It was tough to drop such a well executed match in that
way. Had our early goal been
allowed, I really think we would have been off, and never looked back. Today we
were defeated by the game, not our opponent,” said SUU coach Brian Stock. “It's the kind of match you just have
to shake off, and move ahead,” he continued.
The Thunderbirds out-shot the Jags 21-14, with eight shots
on goal. SUU keeper Charly Booth
had four saves. IUPUI's Jamie
Farrell had 8.
Southern Utah drops to 3-8-2 (1-2-1 Summit League). The 'Birds next travel to UMKC for a
Friday, 5:00 p.m. match up with the Kangaroos.
