SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah women’s soccer team won its third straight match on Sunday evening after earning a 2-0 victory over visiting Illinois State University at Utah Field.
“Unlike Thursday, today was far from our top performance, but we did enough to get a result tonight with two quality goals,” remarked head coach Hideki Nakada. “Our goal is to always play our brand of soccer on both sides of the ball, but we lacked sharpness individually and collectively throughout the match. I am excited to get back to work and prepare for a big match against CSU Fullerton on Thursday night.”
Utah had goals scored by Kyla Jennings and Katie O’Kane, and both were their first as a Ute. Utah controlled play and outshot the Redbirds 23-2 on the match and 7-1 with shots on goal. This was the Utes’ second shutout of the season.
Utah looked to get the offense clicking early, but they would not get a shot on goal. Maryn Granger, O’Kane, and Kaitlyn Conley had shots for the Utes, but the shots were off target or blocked.
Late in the first half, the Utes broke the scoreless tie. In the 41st minute of the match, Ragan Fuller found Jennings, who fired a shot from just outside the box and beat the Redbird goalkeeper to the far corner of the goal, and Utah took a 1-0 lead. That would be the score heading to halftime.
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