October 6, 2007

Lady Jackets Lose Game, Sandau
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MSUB Season Stats
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BILLINGS, Mont. – On a day that went from bad to worse for the Montana State Billings women’s soccer team, 15th-ranked Seattle University shutout the Yellowjackets 4-0 on Saturday.  The win improved the Redhawks to 11-2-0 overall and 6-1-0 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.  The Yellowjackets dropped to 7-5-1, 3-3-1.

After rain overnight and throughout the morning, the Jackets’ home field was flooded and unplayable.  The game kicked off an hour and a half late across town at Rocky Mountain College. 

Thirty minutes into the contest with the Jackets trailing 1-0, captain and leading scorer Brittney Sandau (Billings) was tackled hard while driving toward the goal and sustained a serious injury.  After being tended to by medical personnel for over 30 minutes, Sandau was taken by ambulance to a local hospital with an apparent season-ending injury.

The Redhawks scored the game’s first goal at 23:33 when Maryann Boddy converted on a penalty kick.  It was Boddy’s first goal of the season.  Seattle took the 1-0 into halftime having out-shot the Jackets 14-4 in the period.  Seattle finished the game with a 24-10 shots advantage.

MSUB responded early in the second half, sending three shots on goal at Redhawk keeper Kaitlyn Jackson within the first 15 minutes.  Jackson made saves on all three shots, turning the momentum back to the Redhawks.

“I thought the game came down to us not converting our chances and them converting their chances,” said Yellowjacket head coach Don Trentham.  “When it was 1-0 we had several opportunities to tie the game.  We didn’t take advantage of them.  When you’re playing against a good team like Seattle and don’t take advantage of opportunities, they’re going to punish you.”

The Jackets’ early second half surge ended when Madison Collins headed in a corner kick from Ashley Porter to give Seattle a 2-0 lead at 68:51.  Less than 10 minutes later, Boddy sent a short cross to Leah Wymer, who headed in her 13th goal of the season for a 3-0 lead.  Seattle’s fourth goal came from Jamie Coe in the 85th minute.  Boddy again made a nice cross into the box from the left side, where the ball was flicked to Coe from Porter.  Yellowjacket keeper Jordan Fenwick (Boise, Idaho) had reacted to Porter and was caught out of position, giving Coe an easy tap in for her second goal of the year.

“I didn’t think we played well in the first 15 minutes of the game and the lat 15 minutes of the game,” said Trentham.  “Aside from that, it was a good game.  While we lost 4-0, we’re going to take some positive things from this match because we did do some things well.  We have to build on what we did well and correct the mistakes we made.”

Sandau had seven goals and five assists on the season entering Saturday.  She ranks second in school history with 76 career points, fourth with 27 career goals, and second with 22 career assists.  Saturday’s game was her 69th career start, only five short of the school record.  Her 70 games played are also second in school history.