Cougars Win Catfight With Wildcats

PROVO -- The BYU women's soccer team got back to their winning ways with a 2-1 victory over in-state rival Weber State University on Tuesday night.

With the win, the Cougars improve to 7-3-1 on the season while the Wildcats drop to 2-5-2, yet head coach Jennifer Rockwood sees a lot of room for improvement.

"We have to find a way to be more consistent," said Rockwood. "We played with intensity on Friday against Florida, but Weber out hustled us the whole second half."

Reading the stats, you couldn't tell that the Cougars were out hustled as they out shot the Wildcats 18-11 and gained a 6-1 advantage on corner kicks. However, most of those numbers were recorded in the first period of play.

The first half of action saw the Cougars jump out to a 2-0 lead with goals from senior All-American and Hermann Trophy candidate Aleisha Rose and sophomore Jaime Rendich.

Rose put BYU up 1-0 with her second goal of the season as she took a pass from Rendich, dribbled the ball into the box, managed to side step Weber's keeper Melanie Stratford and tapped the ball in for an open goal.

It took the Cougars only six more minutes to put in their second goal of the game as junior Krissa Campbell found Rendich who punched the ball in just past the keeper's hands in the 20th minute of the game.

After half time the Wildcats came out with intensity and determination as they allowed the Cougars only five shots in the second half after giving the Cougars 13 looks at the goal in the first.

"I felt that we needed to put another goal in the net but we couldn't get it," said Rockwood. "In soccer a 2-0 lead is nothing."

In the second period Weber mounted a comeback and cut the Cougar lead by one in the 60th minutes with a goal by Anna Neisen, who headed in the ball off a throw-in by Amy Baird that slipped past keeper Natalie Evans.

Neither team would score again the rest of the way as the Cougars escaped with the 2-1 win.

Friday night marks another home game for the Cougars who this time will be hosting No. 14 USC at South Stadium at 7:00 p.m. (MDT). That night is Youth Soccer and High School Team Night as well as Chamber of Commerce Night. Commerce businesses get in for $2 with a flyer and youth get in for $1 with their uniform.

The Automated ScoreBook For Soccer
        Weber State Univ vs Brigham Young (Sep 30, 2003 at Provo, Utah)
Weber State Univ (2-5-2) vs.
Brigham Young (7-3-1)
Date: Sep 30, 2003  Attendance: 771
Weather: 80s pcloudy
Goals by period         1       2       Tot
Weber State Univ        0       1       1
Brigham Young           2       0       2
Weber State Univ
Pos     ##      Player                  Sh      SOG     G       A
GK      0       Melanie Stratford       0       0       0       0
F       2       Kaleen Grant            1       1       0       0
MF      3       Rochelle Hoover         2       1       0       0
D       5       Becky Clark             0       0       0       0
F       8       Linsey McFarland        1       0       0       0
D       9       Erica Kilbourne         0       0       0       0
F       10      Sarah Cortez            0       0       0       0
D       11      Krista Davis            1       1       0       0
MF      15      Amy Baird               0       0       0       1
MF      20      Anna Neisen             1       1       1       0
MF      23      Kacey McDonald          5       3       0       0
Substitutes
        6       Erin Smith              0       0       0       0
        19      Lindsay Davis           0       0       0       0
        21      Ashley Wood             0       0       0       0
                Totals.........         11      7       1       1
Brigham Young
Pos     ##      Player                  Sh      SOG     G       A
GK      1       EVANS, Natalie          0       0       0       0
F       8       BIGELOW, Terra          0       0       0       0
MF/F    9       CAMPBELL,Krissa         5       3       0       1
D       10      JENSEN, Nicole          1       0       0       0
MF      11      RENDICH, Jaime          1       1       1       0
F       14      FIELDING, Jennifer      0       0       0       0
D       16      LUI, Charlene           1       0       0       0
MF      17      ROSE, Aleisha           5       4       1       0
D       19      HOLMAN, Britney         0       0       0       0
F       20      OJUKA, Lydia            1       1       0       0
MF      25      THOMAS, Claire          1       0       0       0
Substitutes
        4       KING, Davia             0       0       0       0
        6       ZWAHLEN, Annie          1       1       0       0
        12      TILLOTSON, Bobbi        1       1       0       0
        13      THULIN, Brooke          1       0       0       0
        22      MARTINS, Kimberly       0       0       0       0
                Totals.........         18      11      2       1
Weber State Univ
##      Player                  MIN     GA      Saves
0       Melanie Stratford       90:00   2       8
TM      TM                      0:00    0       1
Brigham Young
##      Player          MIN     GA      Saves
1       EVANS, Natalie  90:00   1       5
TM      TM              0:00    0       1
Shots by period         1       2       Tot
Weber State Univ        7       4       11
Brigham Young           13      5       18
Corner kicks            1       2       Tot
Weber State Univ        0       1       1
Brigham Young           4       2       6
Saves by period         1       2       Tot
Weber State Univ        6       3       9
Brigham Young           3       3       6
Fouls                   1       2       Tot
Weber State Univ        5       7       12
Brigham Young           3       6       9
SCORING SUMMARY:
GOAL    Time    Team    ## Goal Scorer  Assists
1       13:05   BY      17 ROSE, Aleisha (2)    Unassisted
                        open goal
2       19:09   BY      11 RENDICH, Jaime (4)   9 CAMPBELL,Krissa
                        open shot to 1v1 w/keeper
3       60:00   WSU     20 Anna Neisen  15 Amy Baird
                        header from throw in
CAUTIONS AND EJECTIONS:
Officials: Referee: Cory Dean; Asst. Referee: Orley Bills; Jeff Young;
Alt. Official: Bill Marsh; Timekeeper: Jerry Freestone; Scorer: Kathy Jensen;
Offsides: Weber State Univ 1, Brigham Young 3.