OREM—The Utah Valley women's soccer team came up short in the first game of a two-match set against California Baptist on Thursday night, falling 2-1 to the Lancers in the team's Clyde Field opener.  
 
With the loss, Utah Valley falls to 6-3-1 overall and 5-2-0 in WAC play. California Baptist improves to 7-1-1 overall and 5-1-0 in league play.
 
"I'm very disappointed that I didn't have the team ready to compete at the level we needed to compete from the first whistle," said Utah Valley head coach Chris Lemay. "California Baptist is a team that if you don't put together 90 minutes then you're not giving yourself a chance to win the game. They (CBU) came out and played 90 minutes and we came out and played 45 and therefore the result was what it was. It was a fair result. It was a just result. It's a result that we're going to try and fix on Saturday."
 
Utah Valley was first to get on the scoreboard as Nicole Ray sent a corner kick into the box that found the foot of Julianna Carter, who fired it into the back of the net. Carter's fourth goal of the season gave the Wolverines a 1-0 advantage in the 17th minute.
 
Over the next three minutes, California Baptist found the back of the net two times with goals from Karley Weeks and Amy Aquino to give the Lancers a 2-1 lead. The two teams didn't find the net again over the next 70 minutes as the Lancers held on for the win.
 
CBU outshot the Wolverines 11-8 on the night, including a 7-3 advantage on frame. UVU had nine corner kicks to CBU's four. Sadie Brockbank led the Wolverines with three shots, while Grace Beeston, Carter, London Miller, and Anna Pickering each had one.
 
Isabel Jones-Dawe led UVU in the box with four saves.
 
The same two teams will meet again on Saturday at Clyde Field. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast on the WAC Digital Network.