Lady Jackets Ready to Host Third Youth Soccer Weekend, Bees (Sept. 8, 2004)

BILLINGS, MT – Yellowstone Soccer Association will sponsor the third annual Youth Soccer Weekend at MSU Billings this weekend.  The weekend will include a free youth soccer clinic on Friday evening and a Lady Yellowjacket soccer game on Sunday.

The free youth clinic will take place Friday, September 10 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. on the Yellowjackets’ game field at the MSU Billings College of Technology (Shiloh and Central).  The clinic is free to all boys and girls ages 5-12 and will include instruction from Yellowjacket coaches and players.  The Lady Jackets will have an autograph session with the participants following the clinic.  Over 100 participants took part in last year’s clinic.

MSU Billings will take on Savannah College of Art and Design on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. at the COT.  The first 50 youth ages 5-18 who wear their soccer jerseys to the game will receive a free MSU Billings soccer t-shirt.

The Lady Jackets are off to their best start in the program’s history with a 3-0-1 record after the first two weekends.  They tied North Dakota, 1-1, last Saturday and defeated Mesa State, 2-1, in double overtime.  Ally Taylor (So., MF, Ojai, CA) scored her second goal of the year in the 109^th minute to give the Yellowjackets their third win.

Taylor has two goals and an assist so far this year.  Freshman Brittney Sandau (MF, Billings, MT) also has five points with two goals and an assist.  She scored the Yellowjackets’ first goal in the win over Mesa State.

Alyssa Wolfer (So., F, Longmont, CO) leads the Yellowjackets in scoring with three goals and six points.  She netted the team’s only goal in the draw with North Dakota.

Goalkeeper Megan Plank (So., Phoenix, AZ), who began her freshman season with a 2-0-1 record last year, is off to a 3-0-1 start this season.  She has only allowed three goals in 399:06 for a 0.68 goal against average.  She set a school single season record last year with a 1.15 goals against average.

Savannah College of Art and Design is also unbeaten so far this season with a 2-0-1 record.  SCAD played to a 2-2 draw against Virginia Intermont College last week.  Last season’s leading scorer, Laura Vaughn, already has two goals this year.  She found the net a dozen times last year.

The Bees will play at Carroll College in Helena on Friday before traveling to Billings for Sunday’s match up with the Yellowjackets.  Their scheduled game with Embry Riddle on Tuesday was postponed because of Hurricane Frances.