UM ties with NAU, holds on to fourth in BSC
10/26/2008 12:00:00 AM | Soccer
The University of Montana tied, 1-1, in double overtime against Northern Arizona Sunday afternoon at South Campus Stadium. The tie was the last regular-season conference match the Grizzlies will host this season. The Lumberjacks were on the scoreboard first in the 61st minute. The Grizzlies quickly evened the score 15 seconds later. The battle continued through the 110 minutes of play but neither team could find the game-winner.
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Montana (6-9-2, 3-2-1 BSC) is alone in fourth in The Big Sky standings with each team having one match left to play next weekend. Portland State leads the conference with a 4-1-1 record and 13 points. Weber State (4-2-0) trails closely with 12 points, Northern Arizona (3-1-2), 11, and Montana holds on to fourth with 10 points. Sacramento State (3-3-0) is only one point shy of the Grizzlies, with 9 points.
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Four of these top five teams will continue on to the Big Sky Championship, held Nov. 6-8, hosted by the top team in conference play.
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Montana will conclude regular conference play this Friday, Oct. 31, when the Griz travel to face Eastern Washington (3-11-3, 1-4-1 BSC), a 1-0 winner over Northern Colorado Sunday afternoon. Northern Arizona will host Northern Colorado and Portland State will host Sacramento State on Friday as well. Idaho State will travel to Ogden, Utah, to play Weber State on Saturday, Nov. 1, to wrap up BSC regular conference play.
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It was a heated battle today at South Campus Stadium as both the Grizzlies and the Lumberjacks fought for improvement within the BSC. NAU managed just one shot during the first half to UM???s four.
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Another 15 scoreless minutes ensued in the second half before Lumberjack Jenna Samora scored. The ball moved down field quickly on a soaring pass where Samora intercepted an attempted clear by UM keeper Grace Harris. Samora???s contact with the ball sent it shooting past Harris into an empty net. It was her sixth goal on the season.
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The Grizzlies quickly found redemption when Meghan Chambers moved up the left side of the field, lofting the ball beautifully in front of the net where Carmen Reyes headed in the equalizer to the right of NAU keeper Tori Rocke. It was Reyes??? first career goal.
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The assist by Chambers gives her a team high four on the season.
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Montana continued to pound the net, taking 12 shots in the second half to the Lumberjacks??? four.
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The match moved into overtime play where two shots were made by each team in the first 10 minutes. NAU had a 2-0 shot advantage in the final 10 minutes but the Grizzlies defended their goal to end the 110 minutes of play in a 1-1 draw.
Northern Arizona???s Cee Cee Odorfer, who has posted nine goals on the season thus far, had four shots, one of which was on goal. Katilyn Heinsohn took a match-high five shots, three on goal.
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Harris played all 110 minutes in goal, making two saves and allowing one goal. Rocke, too, played the entirety of the match, making four saves and allowing one goal.
