PROVO -- A barrage of corner kicks and shots on goal launched by the BYU women’s soccer team Thursday night overloaded the visiting UNLV Rebels as the Cougars walked away with a 1-0 victory.

A dominant performance was displayed by the Cougars who had 15 shots on goal compared to the Rebels’ two and six corner kicks to UNLV’s three on a cold night in front of 1,457 fans. BYU had a 28-6 shot advantage in the game.

At the 52:12 mark in the second half, BYU freshman forward Lauren Anderson centered a corner kick to junior Andrea Willis, who headed the ball forward to midfielder Whitney Feller, who subsequently headed the ball into the corner of the net for the score.

“I thought it was a solid team performance on that play,” said head coach Jennifer Rockwood. “Whitney is working hard for us and there were some nice assists. We had many opportunities throughout the game to put more in, but we’ll take one.”

At halftime, BYU only had one corner kick but had eight shots on goal to UNLV’s zero and thirteen shots to the Rebels’ one. Going into the game, the Cougars’ highest shots on goal amount in a game was nine, which was almost eclipsed by halftime. The Cougars are now 8-0 this season when scoring first.

UNLV was not able to get into any kind of rhythm offensively as the ball was mostly kept to the Rebel side of the field. The Cougar defense and goalie McKinzie Olson recorded their third-straight shutout.

“Our defense was solid and gave a great effort,” Rockwood said. “Our goalie is gaining more confidence each game and the defense is finding ways to keep teams out of rhythm.”

Sophomore Kassidy Christensen recorded five shots on goal, Katie Fellows-Hodgkiss had four and Katie Larkin and Feller each had two.

Each team had eight fouls, displaying emotion between two increasingly heated Mountain West rivals.

“UNLV has had a lot of success,” Rockwood said. “Their goalkeeper is very good and athletic. We had a lot of shots that didn’t go in for us, but we’re happy with one.”

With the win the Cougars improve to 9-5-0 overall and 2-0-0 in the conference. UNLV drops to 9-4-1 overall and 1-1-0 in the MWC.

The Cougars are next in action on Saturday, October 11, when they take on San Diego State at 8:00 p.m. Fans can get into the game for $1 with their ticket stub from the BYU-New Mexico football game earlier in the day.

Fans can join the official BYU Women’s Soccer Texting group by texting the word “WSOC” to 83043. Members of the group will get updates about game times and special promotions.

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                            Soccer Box Score (Final)
                   UNLV vs BYU (Oct 09, 2008 at Provo, Utah)
UNLV (9-4-1) vs.                                            Goals by period       1  2  Tot
BYU (9-5-0)                                                 -------------------------------
Date: Oct 09, 2008  Attendance: 1457                        UNLV................  0  0 -  0
Weather:                                                    BYU.................  0  1 -  1
UNLV                                                    BYU
Pos ## Player                Sh SOG  G  A Fo            Pos ## Player                Sh SOG  G  A Fo
---------------------------------------------           ---------------------------------------------
GK  00 LUGO, Alicia........   -   -  -  -  -            GK  28 OLSON, McKinzie.....   -   -  -  -  -
D   3  KUHNE, Brie.........   1   1  -  -  -            F   3  ANDERSON, Lauren....   2   1  -  1  -
F   8  CONNOLLY, Niki......   -   -  -  -  -            D   4  COOK, Karen.........   2   1  -  -  -
F   9  LABOR, Kelly........   -   -  -  -  -            MF  5  FELLER, Whitney.....   2   2  1  -  -
MF  10 MOORE, Brianna......   -   -  -  -  -            D   9  DRAEGER, Amanda.....   1   -  -  -  -
D   13 NEELY, Mack.........   -   -  -  -  -            D   10 CARTER, Jessica.....   -   -  -  -  -
D   16 MORIN, Dani.........   1   -  -  -  -            D   11 WILLIS, Andrea......   -   -  -  1  -
MF  17 HUGHES, Shannon.....   1   -  -  -  -            MF  15 KAKADELAS, Kelsea...   4   -  -  -  -
MF  18 FLORES, Brittney....   1   -  -  -  -            MF  16 JANIS, Auna.........   1   -  -  -  -
D   23 ANGLIN, LaChere.....   2   1  -  -  -            F   18 LARKIN, Katie.......   5   2  -  -  -
F   30 SHOUGHRO, Ashleigh..   -   -  -  -  -            F   21 CHRISTENSEN, Kassidy   5   5  -  -  -
     ---------- Substitutes ----------                       ---------- Substitutes ----------
    5  GUIDA, Adrianna.....   -   -  -  -  -                6  RICHARDSON, Megan...   -   -  -  -  -
    7  McCOY, Jamie........   -   -  -  -  -                7  MARSHALL, Jennie....   -   -  -  -  -
    12 NARANJO, Sarah......   -   -  -  -  -                12 RIDDLE, Becca.......   1   -  -  -  -
    15 PARTRIDGE, Haley....   -   -  -  -  -                22 HODGKISS, Katie.....   5   4  -  -  -
    21 ORELLANA, Katherine.   -   -  -  -  -                23 VANDER Veur, Alyssa.   -   -  -  -  -
       Totals..............   6   2  0  0  8                   Totals..............  28  15  1  2  8
UNLV                                                    BYU
## Player                 MIN  GA Saves                 ## Player                 MIN  GA Saves
---------------------------------------                 ---------------------------------------
00 LUGO, Alicia........  90:00  1    14                 28 OLSON, McKinzie.....  90:00  0     2
Shots by period       1  2  Tot                         Saves by period       1  2  Tot
-------------------------------                         -------------------------------
UNLV................  1  5 -  6                         UNLV................  8  6 - 14
BYU................. 13 15 - 28                         BYU.................  0  2 -  2
Corner kicks          1  2  Tot                         Fouls                 1  2  Tot
-------------------------------                         -------------------------------
UNLV................  0  3 -  3                         UNLV................  4  4 -  8
BYU.................  1  5 -  6                         BYU.................  4  4 -  8
SCORING SUMMARY:
GOAL   Time Team     Goal Scorer              Assists                                  Description
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1.   52:12 BY       FELLER, Whitney          ANDERSON, Lauren; WILLIS, Andrea
CAUTIONS AND EJECTIONS:
YC-UNLV #17 (86:15)
Officials:
Offsides: UNLV 3, BYU 2.

PROVO -- A week after scoring five goals against in-state rival Utah, the Cougars will be back in action when they face MWC forces UNLV on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 7:00 p.m., and San Diego State on Saturday, Oct. 11 at 8:00 p.m. Both games will be played at South Field.

BYU outscored their opponents 7-0 last week, including a resounding 5-0 defeat of Utah. Two time All-American senior Katie Larkin had a strong week, scoring twice against Utah. Freshman forward Lauren Anderson had a goal and an assist in each game, and was named as the MWC Offensive player of the week for her efforts. Freshman keeper McKinzie Olson did not allow a goal and finished with five saves on the week. Sophomore goalie Aleena Shelton played in the second half in each game, and recorded eight saves in 62 minutes.

UNLV comes into South Field 3-1 in its last four games, including a win over San Diego State. The Rebels are led by Ashleigh Shoughro, a sophomore forward who has seven goals and four assists in 2008. Rebel goalkeepers Alicia Lugo and Nicole Adams have only allowed 12 goals on the season, for a team 0.90 goals against average. The Rebels were picked to finish second in the Mountain West Conference preseason coaches poll.

Sophomore midfielder Cat Walker leads San Diego State with four goals in twelve games. SDSU has been out shot by its opponents 142-140. Junior forwards Heather Vandervater and Jessica Gordon have both scored three times. The Aztecs are 4-6-2 in 2008, and are 1-2-1 in their last four games.

Live stat feeds will be available for both games at www.byucougars.com/soccer_w/. Fans will be able to get in to the New Mexico game for $1 with their ticket stub from the BYU-New Mexico Football game. At Thursday’s game, students can show their id and receive a free soda with the purchase of two hot dogs.

Fans can join the official BYU Women’s Soccer Texting group by texting the word “WSOC” to 83043. Members of the group will get updates about game times and special promotions.