Sam Larberg
Maria Saldivar
1
Northern Arizona NAU (6-2-1, 5-1-1)
3
Winner Northern Colo. UNC (3-1-1, 3-0-1)
Northern Arizona NAU
(6-2-1, 5-1-1)
1
Final
3
Northern Colo. UNC
(3-1-1, 3-0-1)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Northern Arizona NAU 1 0 1
Northern Colo. UNC 1 2 3

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Katie Rapp, NAU Athletic Communications

Soccer Records First Big Sky Conference Loss Against Defending Champs, Northern Colorado, 3-1

GREELEY, Colo., (April 5, 2021) – In its final regular season match of the spring, NAU women's soccer takes its first Big Sky Conference loss to the defending 2019 champions, Northern Colorado, 3-1. 

With a foul inside Northern Arizona's box just minutes into the first half, Northern Colorado earned a penalty kick. With the opportunity, the Bears earned a 1-0 advantage off the PK goal from Olivia Seddon only seven minutes in.

The Lumberjacks responded eight minutes later with their own goal. Running one on one with a UNC defender, Maddie Barkow, Sam Larberg scored the equalizing goal into the right bottom corner of the net. 

After Larberg's goal, Northern Arizona was limited to two more shots during the first half. Paige Maling attempted a header in the 18th minute, aiming a bit too wide. In the last few seconds, Kayla Terhune took a shot on goal with the same result as Maling.

The Bears continued to restrict NAU's normally strong offensive pressure into the second half. Madison Montgomery, Northern Arizona's leading goal scorer, was the only Lumberjack to attempt scoring in the last 45 taking three shots.

In total, the 'Jacks were limited to six shots compared to Northern Colorado's 11 with the Bears tallying five in the first, six in the second. 

With Northern Colorado having a stronger attacking presence in the latter half of the match, UNC was able to put up two more goals in the 67th (Mackenzie Bray) and 73rd (Kaitlyn Meeder) minutes of the game. 

With the deficit, the Lumberjacks' finish the 2021 spring with a 6-2-1 regular season and 5-1-1 league record. Even then, Northern Arizona remains in the top two of the southeast division of the Big Sky Conference standings, hopefully ensuring a bid into the championships held in Ogden, Utah.
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