CHENEY, Wash. (October 20, 2019) – Northern Arizona University women's soccer fell to the Eastern Washington University Eagles (8-5-2) today, 2-0.
The Lumberjacks were unable to score today on a strong defensive effort by Eastern Washington's goalkeeper, Kelsee Winston. Winston saved all six shots-on-goal that NAU took.
Mei-Te Coco lead the 'Jacks today in shots with three, with each on-goal, earning a perfect SOG percentage for the match.
Rylee Mitchell and
Paige Maling both had two shots; Mitchell had one on-goal.
Kiana Miyazato,
Whitney Winans and
Kalea Gurfield also applied pressure to the Eagles' goal with a shot each. Both Miyazato and Gurfield took one shot-on-goal.
This game also breaks the record NAU held of outshooting its opponents. EWU took 11 shots against Northern Arizona's ten. The Lumberjacks, however, did outshoot their opponent during the second half of the game, recording six compared to Eastern Washington's five. On the same token, Northern Arizona still leads the Big Sky Conference in shots, now with 216.
Eastern Washington scored both goals during the first half of the game at the 19th and then again at the 28th minute.
Taryn Benham recorded three saves in the second, shutting EWU out after the 45-minute mark.
The Lumberjacks (7-7-2) will wrap up the regular season on home pitch with their last pair of Big Sky Conference games. This weekend, Northern Arizona will be fighting for a spot in the Big Sky Championship match as they take on Weber State University Friday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m and then Idaho State University on Sunday, Oct. 27 at 1 p.m.
