UTAH VALLEY TRAVELS TO TEXAS TO TAKE ON UTRGV FOR TWO-MATCH SET
Utah Valley travels to the Lone Star State this week to continue Western Athletic Conference play at UT Rio Grande Valley on Thursday and Saturday at the UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex in Edinburg.

The Wolverines head into this week's matches after sweeping a pair of matches against New Mexico State last week. UVU opened its series against the Aggies with a 2-0 win with Julianna Carter scoring the game winner and Anna Pickering adding another. The Wolverines then downed the Aggies 4-0 on Saturday with Sadie Brockbank recording a brace, and Carter and Tripp each adding a goal in the win.

Through seven matches this season, Brockbank leads the Wolverines in scoring with four goals. She also leads the team with 30 shots, including a team-best 18 on frame. Carter has three goals, while Pickering has two. Tripp, Heather Stainbrook, and Sydney Bushman also have a goal this season. Tripp has 19 shots, followed by Stainbrook with 18 and London Miller with 13. Stainbrook leads UVU with two assists.  Isabel Jones-Dawe leads the team in the box with a 3-2-1 record. She has recorded 12 saves and owns an .800 save percentage.

As a team, Utah Valley has scored 12 goals while limiting opponents to just three. UVU has 119 shots with 60 on frame this season.

ABOUT UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY
UT Rio Grande Valley holds a 4-1-2 overall record this season and a 1-1-1 mark in WAC play. The Vaqueros went an impressive 3-1-0 in non-conference play with wins over Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Incarnate Word, and UTSA, all on the road. UTRGV opened WAC play with a 0-1-1 record against defending league champion Seattle U. The team then most recently picked up a 2-0 win over Chicago State. The Vaqueros hold a 1-1-2 record at home and a perfect 3-0 mark on the road. Gina Steiner leads the team in scoring with three goals. Steiner also has an assist for a seven-point total. Four other Vaqueros have one goal apiece. As a team, UTRGV has seven goals while allowing three. Maile Lunardi has played all seven matches in the box, picking up 29 saves with a .906 save percentage.

SERIES HISTORY VS. UTRGV
Utah Valley and UTRGV go head-to-head for the sixth time on Thursday night. The Wolverines own an all-time 4-1-0 lead in the series. UVU's first loss to the Vaqueros came during the 2018 season with a 3-1 setback in Edinburg on Sept. 30, 2018, which is the last time the two teams met in Edinburg.

All-Time Results vs. UTRGV (UVU leads series 4-1-0)
Oct. 17, 2014    Utah Valley def. UTRGV, 5-0        Edinburg, Texas
Nov. 6, 2014    Utah Valley def. UTRGV, 2-1 (OT)        Seattle, Washington
Oct. 11, 2015    Utah Valley def. UTRGV, 2-0        Orem, Utah
Sept. 30, 2018    UTRGV def. Utah Valley, 3-1        Edinburg, Texas
Oct. 24, 2019    Utah Valley def. UTRGV, 3-1        Orem, Utah

UTAH VALLEY SWEEPS NEW MEXICO STATE IN WAC HOME OPENER
GAME 1
Julianna Carter and Anna Pickering each scored goals to lead Utah Valley to a 2-0 shutout win over WAC foe New Mexico State on Feb .25 at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, Utah.

"We love playing at home," said Utah Valley head coach Chris Lemay. "The venue (Zions Stadium) was a real environment tonight. We want to thank RSL for allowing us to use the stadium. We've been creating chances in our last few matches and we were happy that we finally were able to finish a couple. I thought the team was disciplined and stayed mature throughout the match and now we're going to recover and get ready for Saturday."
 
The Wolverines got the game winner in the 22nd minute as Amber Tripp took the ball down the middle of the field and made a nice lead pass to Heather Stainbrook just inside the box on the right side. Stainbrook fired a shot that was deflected off the out-stretched hand of the NM State keeper. Carter positioned herself on the left side and fired in the rebound for the eventual game winning goal. Carter now has two goals on the season, both of which have been game winners.
 
Anna Pickering gave the Wolverines an insurance goal in the 89th minute after Lily Haskins dribbled the ball down the field and made a lead pass to Pickering on the right side. Pickering then gathered the ball and fired a shot into the back of the net. Haskins was credited with the assist.
 
Utah Valley outshot the Aggies 22-2 on the night, including an 8-2 advantage on frame. The Wolverines had nine corner kicks to NMSU's two.
 
Stainbrook led the Wolverines with a match-high six shots, including one on frame. Tripp had four shots, Carter had three, and Pickering had two.
 
Brooklyn Nielsen picked up the shutout win in goal for UVU. She had a pair of saves in 90 minutes of action.

GAME 2
Sadie Brockbank recorded a brace with a pair of first half goals, including the game winner, to lead the Utah Valley University women's soccer team to a 4-0 shutout win over New Mexico State on Feb. 27 at the Zions Bank Training Center in Herriman, Utah.
 
"I thought we played well on Thursday and then to come back and do it again against the same team on Saturday is big," said Utah Valley head coach Chris Lemay. "We had a strategy and a game plan and things we wanted to accomplish on the weekend, and we did that. We've created a lot of chances already this season, but this weekend we were able to finish and get six goals and concede zero."
 
Sadie Brockbank got the Wolverines on the scoreboard in the 17th minute after receiving a lead pass from Julianna Carter near the top of the box. Brockbank fired the shot with her left foot towards the right far post for the score, giving the Wolverines a 1-0 lead.
 
The Wolverines scored just four minutes later in the 20th minute as Anna Pickering raced the ball down the field on the right side and sent a cross into the box where Carter got a foot on it and passed to Brockbank inside the box on the right side. Brockbank gathered it and fired a shot, which was blocked. She then sent the rebound into the left side of the goal past the keeper for the score to secure her brace and a 2-0 advantage for the Wolverines.
 
Utah Valley's Tripp dribbled down the field and into the right side of the box where she centered a ball to Julianna Carter, who punched it over the outstretched arm of the NMSU keeper for the score in the 66th minute. The goal is Carter's second goal of the two-match series against the Aggies. The goal gave the Wolverines a 3-0 cushion.
 
Carter was fouled in the box as she had an open look at the goal as she tried to separate herself from a defender. The Wolverines were awarded a penalty kick and Tripp converted for her first goal of the season in the 75th minute to give UVU a 4-0 advantage.
 
Utah Valley outshot the Aggies 18-8, including a 10-3 advantage on goal. The Wolverines had 10 corner kicks to NM State's six.
 
Brockbank led UVU with six shots, including a match-high three on frame. Tripp, Pickering, and London Miller each had three shots.
 
Isabel Jones-Dawe was credited with the win in the box, playing the first half without giving up a goal. She also had a pair of saves. Brooklyn Nielsen played the second half with one save.