OREM—
Faith Webber recorded a hat trick to lead Utah Valley to a 7-2 exhibition win over Idaho State on Saturday night at Clyde Field.
Utah Valley wraps up exhibition play with a 2-0 record with wins over both BYU and Idaho State and now preps for the team's official season opener on Aug. 15 at Michigan.
"We had some attacking sequences that resulted in goals, and obviously, we have to be proud of that at the end of the day," said Utah Valley head coach
Chris Lemay. "This group won ten straight in the spring and then turned around and won two more exhibitions, so you would think we'd be on cloud nine. I know that the effort this evening isn't good enough to get a result next Thursday. That's the standard I'm going to continue to hold the team to. Was it all bad? No. Was it all good? Absolutely not. We're going to fix a lot of things on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in preparation for what we know will be a really tough match on Thursday night in Ann Arbor."
Utah Valley got things going early, scoring in the fifth minute as
Nixan Jackson found
Ruby Hladek inside the box. Hladek one-touched Jackson's pass into the back of the net to give the Wolverines a 1-0 lead.
Manthy Brady moved the ball past a defender and advanced it to Jackson who then sent it into the box to
Faith Webber in the 20th minute. Webber then fired a shot into the net to give Utah Valley a 2-0 advantage.
Webber received a ball in the box in the 29th minute and took a shot that rebounded off the ISU keeper. Webber then settled the ball and punched it across the goal line, giving UVU a 3-0 lead.
Sadie Beardall took the ball on the left side of the box and made a move around a defender and then sent a shot into the back of the net as Utah Valley took a 4-0 lead in the 40th minute.
Idaho State got one back in the 49th minute as Samantha Esparza sent a shot from the top of the box into the net to cut the UVU lead to a 4-1 advantage.
Utah Valley went up 5-1 in the 59th minute after Beardall received a ball from
Quincy Bonds and broke loose from a defender and sent a shot into the goal.
The Bengals got an own goal in the 63rd minute to cut back into the UVU lead, 5-2.
Webber secured her hat trick in the 70th minute as she sent a ball into the net to give the Wolverines a 6-2 lead.
Jackson continued the scoring for the Wolverines, firing in a shot in the 77th minute to give Utah Valley a 7-2 advantage.
Utah Valley outshot Idaho State 34-10 on the night a d had an 18-4 advantage on frame. Webber led UVU with a match-high 10 shots, followed by Jackson and Beardall with four apiece.
Leah Wolf picked up the win in the box, collecting three saves in 69 minutes of action.
Utah Valley will now officially open the season on Aug. 15 at Big 10 foe Michigan in Ann Arbor. UVU's next home game will be against Long Beach State on Aug. 31.
