Oct. 26, 2002
PROVO, Utah - The San Diego State women's soccer team fell to Brigham Young University Saturday night, 5-1. With the loss, the Aztecs hold a 10-6-0 overall record as they enter their final week of regular-season action. SDSU's Mountain West Conference record slipped below the .500 mark, as it now owns a 2-3 record in league action.
BYU's Jeni Viernes scored early for the Cougars, knocking in her ninth goal of the season in the second minute of the match. Aztec senior Arinda Alvarez tied up the game at one goal a piece, as she found the back of the net nearly 26 minutes later for her fifth goal of the season. BYU would score one more time in the first half as Charlene Lui punched in a goal off an assist from Annie Hoecherl and Aleisha Cramer Rose. The Cougars out-shot the Aztecs 13-3 in the first 45 minutes.
The second half was all BYU, as the Cougars added three additional goals to give them the 5-1 victory. Aztec goalkeeper Stephanie Pearson registered four saves in the second half, fending off 16 shots by the Cougars. As a whole, the Aztecs took a total of five shots to BYU's 29.
"BYU came out fired up," said head coach Chuck Clegg. "We played very poorly and paid the price for it. We need to work on organizing the center midfield to prevent opponents from coming up thru the middle and creating scoring opportunities. That's something we need to fix before the Mountain West Conference tournament."
Clegg added that he was pleased with the way Alvarez played, as well as Michele Wagner and Erica Lopez.
"Michele played excellent tonight, and Erica played at defense for the first time in her career and did a great job."
SDSU's next game is a Halloween match with San Francisco. The Aztecs face the Dons on Thursday at 1 p.m. on the SDSU Sports Deck. The MWC tournament takes place Nov. 6-9 in Provo.
SCORING SUMMARYBYU - Jeni Viernes (Bigelow) - 1:26SDSU - Arinda Alvarez (unassisted) - 27:21BYU - Charlene Lui (Heocherl, Cramer Rose) - 29:44BYU - Brooke Bowman (Ojuka) - 56:32BYU - Jamie Rendich (Thulin) - 68:05BYU - Davia King (unassisted) - 76:55SHOTSSDSU - 3 2 - 5BYU - 13 16 - 29
SAVESSDSU - 7 4 - 11BYU - 1 1 - 2
CORNERKICKSSDSU - 2 2 - 4BYU - 6 4 - 10
FOULSSDSU - 6 5 - 11BYU - 2 7 - 9