UTAH VALLEY WRAPS UP NON-LEAGUE PLAY AGAINST NORTH DAKOTA STATE
Utah Valley will wrap up its non-conference slate against Summit League foe North Dakota State on Saturday night at Clyde Field. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. MT

The Wolverines return home after picking up their first road win of the season in a 3-0 shutout at UNLV.  Julianna Carter recorded a brace to lead UVU to the 3-0 shutout road win over UNLV on Sunday. Carter put the Wolverines on the scoreboard in just the seventh minute of the game as she put in a shot off a UVU corner kick. Jocelyn Bybee scored her first collegiate goal as she gave the Wolverines a 2-0 advantage in the 51st minute. Bybee charged the keeper in the six and was able to deflect the ball right into the back of the net for the score

Carter secured her brace after Breanna DeWaal kicked a corner into the box where Jenna Shepherd headed it toward the goal. The ball bounced off the post back toward the center of the goal where Carter fired it in with her left foot for the goal in the 69th minute. Shepherd was credited with the assist on the score. Carter's two goals on Sunday are her team-leading fourth and fifth of the season.

Allie Jara played 75 minutes to pick up her second shutout of the season. She tallied four saves on the night. Saydee Bacdad played the final 15 minutes in the box.

Through 10 matches this season, Carter leads the team in goals with five and in points with 10. Carter leads the team with 21 shots, including a team-best 17 on frame. She also fronts the team with three game winners. Amber Tripp has three goals, while Bybee and DeWaal each have one. Allie Jara leads the team in the box with 765 minutes played. She has a team-best 33 saves and holds a .786 save percentage. 

IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
Utah Valley sophomore forward Julianna Carter ranks fourth in the nation in shot accuracy with a .810 mark. She also ranks 12th in the country with three game-winning goals. She also ranks 62nd with a 1.70 shots on goal per game mark and 74th in the nation in total goals with five. UVU senior keeper Allie Jara ranks 24th in the nation in saves per game. 

CARTER AND SHEPHERD EARN WAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS
Utah Valley's Julianna Carter and Jenna Shepherd were selected as the Western Athletic Conference Women's Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for Sept. 16-23, respectively.

Carter, a sophomore forward from Jasper, Texas, scored three goals on the week, including the game-winner on the road at UNLV. She recorded her first brace of the season as she netted a second goal against the Runnin' Rebels. Carter was also responsible for the equalizer that led to a 1-1 tie against San Diego. With her three goals, Carter ranks second amongst goal-scorers in the conference.

Shepherd, a redshirt freshman defender from American Fork, Utah, was the centerpiece for a Wolverine defense that held No. 10 BYU to just one goal. Shepherd and her teammates held MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List player Elise Flake to just two shots and no goals. The young defender also helped UVU limit San Diego to just one goal in a 1-1 double overtime tie. In the Wolverine's third game of the week, Shepherd anchored the defense in a 3-0 shutout victory over UNLV. Shepherd also managed to assist fellow player of the week, Julianna Carter, on her second goal against UNLV.

CLYDE FIELD MAGIC
Utah Valley holds an impressive 77-38-11 all time record at Clyde Field. The team has lost just seven matches over the past five seasons on the home pitch. UVU suffered its first losing record at home in 2018, going 3-4-1. UVU went 5-1-0 in 2017,  5-2-1 during the 2016 season and were unbeaten at home during the 2015 season with a 9-0-1 mark. The Wolverines are a perfect 2-0 at home this season. UVU has consistently ranked in the top-40 nationally in attendance.

ABOUT NORTH DAKOTA STATE
North Dakota State enters Saturday's match against Utah Valley with a 5-3-1 overall record. The team most recently picked up a 4-2 road win at Eastern Washington last Friday. Senior forward Elyse Huber scored all four of NDSU's goals in the win over the Eagles. The four goals tied her for the most in Summit League history and marks the second-most goals scored in a single match in NDSU history. Huber leads the Bison with nine goals this season, which is the second-highest goal total in the country. Senior keeper Monica Polgar leads the defensive efforts in the box for the Bison having played every minute of every game this season. She has tallied 62 saves and owns four shutouts. The Bison average 1.4 goals per game and 11.2 shots per match. 

ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY VS. NDSU
Utah Valley and North Dakota State meet up on the pitch for the sixth time on Saturday evening. The Bison hold an all-time 4-1 advantage over the Wolverines. The two teams last met in 2017 with NDSU taking a 2-0 win in Fargo. UVU's lone win in the series was the last time the two teams played in Orem with UVU taking a 3-0 shutout win on Oct. 18, 2010. 

All-Time Series Results vs. North Dakota State (NDSU leads 4-1)
Oct. 21, 2005    North Dakota State def. Utah Valley, 1-0    Fargo, ND
Oct. 07, 2006    North Dakota State def. Utah Valley, 2-1    Orem, UT
Oct. 12, 2007    North Dakota State def. Utah Valley, 1-0    Fargo, ND
Oct. 18, 2010    Utah Valley def. North Dakota State, 3-0    Orem, UT
Sept. 17, 2017    North Dakota State def. Utah Valley, 2-0    Fargo, ND