The Idaho soccer team couldn’t have gotten off to a better start in Big Sky Conference play. After five conference games, the Vandals have won all five, including a 3-1 win against Montana Sunday at Guy Wicks Field.
Idaho (9-4-1 overall, 5-0 Big Sky) will look to continue its winning streak against Southern Utah (6-6-1, 1-3-1) at 3 p.m. Friday at Guy Wicks. The Vandals then play Northern Arizona at 1 p.m. Sunday in Flagstaff, Arizona.
All of the goals came in the second half of the Idaho-Montana game, starting with Idaho junior midfielder Alyssa Lloyd’s header, which found the net in the 51st minute to put the Vandals up 1-0. It was Lloyd’s fourth goal of the season.
About six minutes later, junior midfielder Clara Gomez extended the Vandal lead to 2-0.
“A great set-piece goal from Josie and Alyssa got us off to the right start in the second half,” Idaho coach Derek Pittman said. “We knew that we were going to have chances in transition. We told Clara when she picks up a ball like that to not be afraid to shoot. She picked her head up and had an excellent finish.”
The Grizzlies got on the scoreboard in the 69th minute to cut Idaho’s lead to 2-1. About 10 minutes later, Idaho junior forward Kavita Battan put the ball in the net for her seventh goal of the season to put the Vandals back up by two.
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