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Best start ever for Broncos as the team heads to Texas
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Freshman Randi Baker scored the lone goal for the Broncos in a 1-1 draw in women’s soccer at Southern Utah Monday in Cedar City, Utah. The match was the third in six days for the Broncos as they improve to 6-2-2 overall and extend their school record undefeated streak to seven matches (5-0-2).
Boise State was the early aggressor to begin the match as the Broncos put two early shots on goal, including an attempt by Randi Baker in the 32nd minute which
caromed off the cross bar to keep the game scoreless. Those near misses seemed to spark the Thunderbird offense as it strung together back-to-back corner kick attempts, the first coming after a diving save by Boise State keeper Kim Parker on a crossing shot from junior Dani Lavigne, but SUU came up empty as the Broncos cleared to keep the match scoreless.
Baker had another chance in the 40th minute and delivered as she corralled a two-touch deflection off a free kick by Nicole Coleman. She fired the shot past SUU’s net minder Holly Davis, who came out to challenge the ball, to stake
Boise State to a 1-0 lead.
SUU netted the equalizer 10 minutes into the second half as Thunderbird midfielders Ashley Smith and Tara Olson connected on a pair of headed passes to set up sophomore Brooklyn Phillips, who tallied her second goal of the season on a lofted shot in the upper left corner of the goal past reserve Bronco keeper Michaela Morrison to knot the score at 1-1.
Boise State finished the match with a 12-to-10 edge in shots, including 5-to-4 in shots on goal. Baker led the Broncos with four attempts placing two on goal, followed by Annie Tom who placed both her shots on goal. Sophomore Ashley Denham paced SUU with four shots, while Lavigne accounted for two of the T-Birds’ four shots on goal. Davis made four saves defensively for the Thunderbirds, while Boise State’s tandem of Kim Parker (1) and Michaela Morrison (2) combined for three saves.
Boise State moves to a WAC best 6-2-2, the best start ever after ten matches for the Broncos, overall with one week left in the non-conference portion of the schedule.
Boise State takes it’s school record undefeated streak on the road to the Lone Star state where the Broncos will face 13th ranked Texas A&M (7-1-1, 2-0-0 Big 12) on Friday night at 7:00 pm (CT) in College Station, Texas and TCU (3-4-0) on Sunday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. (CT) in Fort Worth.
Courtesy Broncosports.com
