Willardson Viernes Leads Team In 1-1 Tie

Seattle, WA (Sept. 21, 2001) Jeni Willardson Viernes scored her first goal of the year in a 1-1 tie against the University of Washington Friday, at this year's Husky/Nike Invitational.

Willardson Viernes' goal came in the 52nd minute of the game when she drew the Huskies goalkeeper Hope Soloout of the box, dribbled around her and scored from 20 yards out.

"I couldn't be more proud of our team," said head coach Jennifer Rockwood."It's just disheartening that we couldn't pull off the win. We came together as a team and I thought Jeni Willardson Viernes played an outstanding game.She was as dangerous as I've ever seen her," added Rockwood.

The University of Washington kept their hopes alive on an unassisted goal by Cassie Giles with just six minutes left in regulation. Their only other scoring opportunities occurred shortly before the first half ended off of two straight corner kicks, but the Cougar defense kept them out of the net. BYU outshot Washington 19 to seven in the 120 minutes of action.

With the first tie of the 2001season, the 17th ranked Cougars record stands at 3-1-1, while the Huskies, ranked 11th nationally, go to 4-0-1 on the year.

In thesecond day of the invitational, it will be BYU against no. 4 Portland, followed by Washington against no. 14 Texas A&M. In Friday's earlier game, Portland defeated Texas A&M 2-1.

-AGATE-

BYU- 1; UW-1

Scoring: BYU-Jeni Willardson Viernes, 52:48 (unassisted)

UW-Cassie Giles, 84:24 (unassisted)

Shots: BYU-19; UW-7

Keeper Saves:BYU-(0)Jennifer Waldron

UW-(7)Hope Solo

Soccer Box Score (Final)
The Automated ScoreBook For Soccer
Brigham Young vs WASHINGTON (Sep 21, 2001 at Seattle, Wash.)
 Brigham Young (3-1-1) vs.                          Goals by period       1  2 OT O2  Tot
 WASHINGTON (4-0-1)                                 -------------------------------------
 Date: Sep 21, 2001  Attendance: 917                Brigham Young.......  0  1  0  0 -  1
 Weather: 54 degrees                                WASHINGTON..........  0  1  0  0 -  1
 Brigham Young                                   WASHINGTON
 Pos ## Player                Sh SOG  G  A       Pos ## Player                Sh SOG  G  A
 ------------------------------------------      ------------------------------------------
 GK  00 WALDRON, Jennifer...   -   -  -  -       GK  18 SOLO, H.............   -   -  -  -
     3  CHRISTIANSON, Jennie   2   1  -  -           2  CARSTENSEN, J.......   -   -  -  -
     5  DIXON, Rachelle.....   1   -  -  -           5  BENNETT, M..........   -   -  -  -
     6  HUNSBERGER, Kelly...   4   -  -  -           7  MCKINSTRY, M........   -   -  -  -
     7  WEIDNER, Aurelin....   1   -  -  -           8  RUSTAD, C...........   2   -  -  -
     11 YEE, Sarah Higham...   1   -  -  -           12 PUTZ, C.............   -   -  -  -
     13 HOECHERL, Annie.....   -   -  -  -           15 FRIMPONG, T.........   1   -  -  -
     15 DEVINE, Kim.........   2   1  -  -           17 PIERCE, V...........   1   -  -  -
     17 CRAMER, Aleisha.....   4   3  -  -           20 CULPEPPER, S........   -   -  -  -
     18 VIERNES, Jeni W.....   3   2  1  -           22 MARTINEZ, N.........   1   -  -  -
     19 HOLMAN, Britney.....   1   1  -  -           23 SMITH, K............   -   -  -  -
      ---------- Substitutes ----------               ---------- Substitutes ----------
     9  CAMPBELL, Krissa....   -   -  -  -           4  GIES, C.............   -   -  -  -
     16 SMITH, Terra........   -   -  -  -           9  RUPORT, B...........   -   -  -  -
     20 OJUKA, Lydia........   -   -  -  -           11 SCHWEIGHART, K......   -   -  -  -
     27 KRAINIK, Twink......   -   -  -  -           13 BREWER, G...........   1   -  -  -
                                                     16 GILES, C............   1   1  1  -
        Totals..............  19   8  1  0           19 ERNST, K............   -   -  -  -
                                                        Totals..............   7   1  1  0
 Brigham Young                                   WASHINGTON
 ## Player                 MIN  GA Saves         ## Player                 MIN  GA Saves
 ---------------------------------------         ---------------------------------------
 00 WALDRON, Jennifer... 120:00  1     0         18 SOLO, H............. 120:00  1     7
 Shots by period       1  2 OT O2  Tot           Saves by period       1  2 OT O2  Tot
 -------------------------------------           -------------------------------------
 Brigham Young.......  5  6  3  5 - 19           Brigham Young.......  0  0  0  0 -  0
 WASHINGTON..........  3  4  0  0 -  7           WASHINGTON..........  2  3  1  1 -  7
 Corner kicks          1  2 OT O2  Tot           Fouls                 1  2 OT O2  Tot
 -------------------------------------           -------------------------------------
 Brigham Young.......  3  3  1  1 -  8           Brigham Young.......  4  6  0  2 - 12
 WASHINGTON..........  6  2  0  0 -  8           WASHINGTON..........  3  9  1  3 - 16
 SCORING SUMMARY:
 GOAL   Time Team     ## Goal Scorer              Assists
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1.   52:48 BYU      18 VIERNES, Jeni W. (1)     Unassisted
                                                  10-yd. to open net after deking keeper
  2.   84:24 WASH     16 GILES, C (1)             Unassisted
                                                  20-yd. looping boot in traffic
 CAUTIONS AND EJECTIONS:
 YC-WASH #18 (83:49); YC-BYU #3 (84:17); YC-WASH #15 (91:34)
 Officials: Referee: David Simon; Asst. Referee: Jeffery Monnett; Soo-Hui Um;
 Offsides: Brigham Young 2, WASHINGTON 3.