Kats bow out of WAC Tournament

Wednesday, November 3

Abilene

7:00 PM

8-10-0, 6-4-0

Utah Valley

12-6-2, 6-2-2

Sam Houston

Utah Valley

Photo by: Scott Burkhalter/WAC

Kats bow out of WAC Tournament

11/3/2021 9:12:00 PM | Soccer

Box Score

ABILENE — Utah Valley scored three goals in both halves to pull away from the Sam Houston soccer team for a 6-1 victory at the 2021 Western Athletic Conference Tournament at Abilene Christian's Elmer Gray Stadium on Wednesday.

Freshman Summer Knox got the Bearkats (8-10) on the board with a powerful goal in the 53^rd minute. She had the ball at the top of the box then drilled a shot under the crossbar in the middle of the net to cut the lead to 3-1.

Utah Valley (12-6-2) took a 1-0 lead in the ninth minute of the match. Nicole Olanda's shot deflected off a defender and caught Bearkat goalkeeper Tatum Krueger off guard as it snuck into the right corner of the net.

The Wolverines added another goal in the 29^th minute. Again, there wasn't much Krueger could do as Sadie Brockbank sailed a shot from the top left corner of the box just under the crossbar.

It appeared Sam Houston would go into halftime down 2-0, but WAC Freshman of the Year Breanna Eves scored on a header in the 45^th minute.

Brockbank scored again in the 64^th minute to push Utah Valley's lead back to three at 4-1. The Wolverine's final two goals were scored by Amber Tripp in the 70^th minute and Manthy Brady in the 76^th minute.