OREM—The Utah Valley women's soccer team dropped a 2-1 decision to Long Beach State in the team's home opener on Saturday afternoon at Clyde Field.
 
The loss is just the seventh at home over the past six seasons for the Wolverines, who fall to 2-2-1 overall this season. Long Beach State improves to 2-2-1 on the year.
 
"Obviously, we're very disappointed in the performance," said Utah Valley head coach Chris Lemay. "You would think that the group would have been excited for the home opener. Our performance was lethargic. We still created a number of chances and probably could have scored a couple of goals, but overall, I don't think the effort that we put out today deserved a win. So, it's probably fair how it ended."
 
Long Beach State struck first in the 20th minute as Liz Worden made a move to free herself up at the top of the box and then sent a shot into the goal to give the Beach a 1-0 lead.
 
Utah Valley scored the equalizer in the 34th minute after Cortney Cobabe stole the ball away from a defender near midfield. Quincy Bonds then dribbled the ball down the right side toward the end line and dropped off a pass to the middle of the box to Faith Webber. Webber then fired the shot into the back of the net to tie the game at 1-1.
 
The Beach sent a free kick into the box where Bella Ternero headed the ball across the goal line to give Long Beach State a 2-1 lead with just 10 seconds remaining in the first half.
 
Utah Valley outshot Long Beach State 19-10 on the day with an 8-6 advantage on frame. The Wolverines had 10 corner kicks to Long Beach State's two.
 
Utah Valley will continue play at home against in-state rival No. 19 Utah State on Thursday, Sept. 5. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+.