Women Earn Tie in Price

Photos Courtesy of Jen Atkinson

On Thursday in a hot and smoky Price UT the 2015 Mustangs started their regular season.  Western Wyoming played against Utah State - Eastern in the opening match.

The Mustangs were relatively healthy entering the match and played very well.  The Golden Eagles controlled much of the possession of the match and had almost 9 times more shots then the Mustangs but the Mustang defense was very tough on the day and did not allow very many quality chances.

After a hard fought 90 minutes the two team played two 10 minute overtime periods.  Western did have the best chance of the overtime sudden victory when Katelin Nielson stole the ball from a USU-E player and sprinted to the goal, her shot was just too close to the keeper who made a save and preserved the tie for both teams.  The Mustang's season starts with a tie for an overall record of 0 - 0 - 1.

Mustang Valuable Player: Rylee Blacker - 15 Saves for an overtime shutout

Match Facts - Shots - WWCC 3, USU-E 26; Assists - WWCC 0, USU-E 0 ; Saves - WWCC 15, USU-E 1; Corner Kicks - WWCC 0, USU-E 4 ; Free Kicks - WWCC 6, USU-E 4; Cards - WWCC 0, USU-E 0

Up Next for the Mustangs; 1st Home Match of the Season - Friday August 21st in Rock Springs WY at 2:30pm at Rock Springs Junior High Field