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.