SALT LAKE CITY – Despite building a 16-2 advantage in total shots, including a 7-0 margin in on-target tries, the University of Utah women’s soccer team ended up on the short end of a 1-0 score on Thursday night as they hosted the Oregon Ducks in Pac-12 action at Ute Field.
The Utes 2022 record now stands at 5-5-2 with a 1-3 mark in conference play. The Ducks are 3-4-4 overall and 1-2 in league fixtures.
“Soccer can be incredibly cruel at times,” said coach Hideki Nakada. “We dominated every facet of the game, aside from the score line unfortunately. We have nobody to blame but ourselves because in the end, we had to put away chances we created and it just wasn’t meant to be for us tonight.”
Thursday’s match marked the first time since Sept. 16, 2018 against Nevada the Utes didn’t permit a single shot on goal and the two total shots they allowed equals their previous season-best in that statistic.
On the offensive side for Utah, their seven on-target efforts match a season-high while they’ve only topped 16 total tries once. Taliana Kaufusi, Courtney Brown, Katie O’Kane and Madeline Vergura each logged three of those attempts and Vergura was the only player to have three shots on goal, while Brown was credited with two.
The first half passed without a mark on the scoreboard despite Utah putting five shots on frame, starting with a blast by Vergura from the top of the box that was tipped over the net by Leah Freeman…
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