Women's Soccer | 9/18/2014 5:56:00 PM

Box Score


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MONMOUTH, Ore. – The Western Oregon University soccer team won its Great Northwest Athletic Conference season opener over Montana State Billings, 2-0, Thursday.
 
The Wolves (3-2-0, 1-0-0 Great Northwest Athletic Conference) were outshot 14-9, but put eight shots on goal to MSUB's nine. WOU found the back of the net right before halftime and not long into the second period.
 
Amanda Rose Johnson played a pivotal role in the Western Oregon net. The senior made nine saves. The Yellowjackets' Krystal Daniels stopped six shots.
 
The Wolves' Savannah Bogan scored her first goal of the season in the 43rd minute. She brought in a ball from Michaela Rapozo just inside the 18-yard box and chipped it over the MSUB goalkeeper.
 
In the 60th minute, the conference-leader in assists, Taylor Higa, recorded her fourth of the season with a pass to Makana Pundyke, who finished with a well-struck ball into the bottom right on the net. It was Pundyke's 13 career goal at WOU.
 
Higa took three shots, placing all three on goal, in the win. Alisa Sagdahl took a game-high seven shots for the Yellowjackets (2-1-0, 0-1-0 GNAC). Three were on goal.
 
Western Oregon is still unbeaten against Montana State Billings under Steve Ancheta, now 5-0-2. WOU has now won 20 of the 26 games when it scores first under Ancheta.
 
The Wolves welcome Northwest Nazarene (2-1-2, 1-0-0) Saturday at 11 a.m. The Crusaders grabbed a 3-1 win at Saint Martin's Thursday. Live stats will be available for Saturday's Western Oregon and NNU game on WOUWolves.com.
 

 MSU Billings (2-1-0, 0-1-0 GNAC) vs. Western Oregon (3-2-0, 1-0-0 GNAC)
 Date: Sep 18, 2014  Attendance: 127
 Weather: Warm and partly sunny

 Goals by period       1  2  Tot
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 MSU Billings........  0  0 -  0
 Western Oregon......  1  1 -  2

 SCORING SUMMARY:
  1.  42:09 WOU Bogan,Savannah (1) (Rapozo,Machaela) - Chip over goalie from 18 yds out
  2.  59:39 WOU Pundyke,Makana (2) (Higa,Taylor) - Beat keeper low to the right

 Shots: MSU Billings 14, Western Oregon 9
 Saves: MSU Billings 6 (Krystal Daniels 6), Western Oregon 9
 (Johnson,Amanda Rose 9)
 GNAC opener for both teams