Lady Jackets Drop Road Soccer Game

SPOKANE, WA – The MSU Billings women’s soccer team lost 3-1 at Whitworth College on Saturday.  The Lady Yellowjackets fell to 1-5 on the year while Whitworth won their first game to improve to 1-3.

Whitworth took an early advantage when Erica McGraw scored an unassisted goal at 16:50.  The Yellowjackets tied the game at 1-1 just before the half on Vicky McCarthy’s first goal of the season at 41:06.  Mandy Reed picked up the assist.

Two second half goals in fewer than 15 minutes for Whitworth sealed the Yellowjackets’ fate.  WC scored in the 60^th and 74^th minutes for the final 3-1 margin.

MSU Billings will travel to Walla Walla on Sunday to take on Whitman College.  The Jackets will return home for a September 25^th tilt against cross-town rival Rocky Mountain College at Yellowjacket Field.