Oct. 15, 2006
LARAMIE, Wyo. - After a double-overtime tie with No. 15 BYU on Thursday, the San Diego State women's soccer team went into Laramie and shutout the Cowgirls, 2-0, at the Louis S. Madrid Sports Complex. With the victory, SDSU remains unbeaten in conference play.
Sophomore forward Jen Mello (Pleasanton, Calif.) scored both of the Aztecs' goals in the victory, which gives her a career-best 19 points on the season. Mello has now scored five goals in her last three games after scoring three goals through the first 12 games. Her eight goals tie a career-best and lead the Aztec squad.
A strong Aztec defense led by goalkeeper Cat Burson, who had nine saves in 90 minutes of play, held strong against the Cowgirl offensive. Burson now has three shutouts in 2006 and needs one more to tie her total from all of last season. Wyoming outshot the Aztecs, 20-9, but it was San Diego State making the most of their opportunities. In the 10th minute of the game, Mello took a cross from freshman Jessica Gordon (Tujunga, Calif.) and sank it into the lower right corner for her seventh goal of 2006.
It would remain a 1-0 game for most of the match, with each defense keeping the opposing team off of the scoreboard until the 88th minute when SDSU was awarded a penalty kick. Mello lined up and nailed the kick to make it 2-0 Aztecs.
Freshman Cat Walker (Folsom, Calif.) led SDSU with three shots, followed by sophomores Erika Sutton (Arvada, Colo.) and Mello with two. Classmates Mariko Strickland (Kaua'i, Hawaii) and Leann Sgobba (Los Olivos, Calif.) each registered one shot.
SDSU (6-7-2, 2-0-2 MWC) will now travel to New Mexico on Thursday to play the Lobos at 1 p.m. MT.