Oct. 24, 1999
SAN DIEGO - San Diego State completed its inaugural Mountain West Conference regular season with a 4-0 win over UNLV in a game played in Las Vegas Sunday afternoon.
The Aztecs (12-5, 5-1 Mountain West Conference) opened the scoring with a goal by Kaycee McElree in the 37th minute. The junior from Davis, CA, took a pass from teammate Lori LaCoursiere and put the ball into the back of the net from eight yards out.
LaCoursiere then added two strikes of her own, in the 41st and 52nd minutes to put the game away. Freshman defender Bethany Robinson posted her second goal of the season with a lob shot from 25 yards out with just under 10 minutes left.
San Diego State outshot UNLV (6-9-1, 1-5 MWC) 26-7, allowing the Rebels just two shots in the second half. The Aztecs forced UNLV goalie Shannon Wilson to make 15 saves on the day. SDSU goalkeepers Katherine Judkins (3 saves) and Linnea Qui?ones combined for the shutout.
With the win, the Aztecs finish as Mountain West Conference co-champions with a 5-1 record, tied for first in the final standings with Utah and Brigham Young. However, SDSU has earned the top seed for the upcoming Mountain West Conference Tournament (to be held at the ARCO Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA) by winning the tiebreaker among the three teams.
With Utah defeating SDSU (1-0), SDSU defeating BYU (2-0) and BYU upending Utah (1-0), the teams each finished with a win and a loss in head-to-head competition. The next tiebreaker is goal differential, and the Aztecs win that tiebreaker with a plus-one differential in games played against the other two.
San Diego State finishes its regular season by traveling to the University of Mississippi Tournament where it will face Kansas on Saturday (October 30) at 3:00 p.m. (EST) and the host Ole Miss Rebels on Sunday (October 31) at 11:00 a.m. (EST).
San Diego State 4, UNLV 0 1 2 TSDSU 2 2 4UNLV 0 0 0Goals 36:58 SDS Kaycee McElree (Lori LaCoursiere) 40:39 SDS Lori LaCoursiere (Kaycee McElree) 51:12 SDS Lori LaCoursiere (Fay deLeon, Alicia Orsini) 80:48 SDS Bethany Robinson (UnassistedShots: SDS 26, UNLV 7Saves: SDS 3 (Katherine Judkins 3, Linnea Qui?ones 0), UNLV 15 (Shannon Wilson 15)Corner Kicks: SDS 5, UNLV 7Fouls: SDS 9, UNLV 12Offside: SDS 8, UNLV 1Cautions/Ejections: NoneAtt: 445