Idaho State at Utah
Date: Sunday, Sept. 18
Place: Salt Lake City, Utah (Ute Field
)
Kick-off: 1 p.m.
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BENGAL OVERVIEW
Idaho State, 3-4-1 for the season, snapped its four-game losing streak when the Bengals dominated play in a 1-1 double-overtime tie with New Mexico State at Davis Field Friday afternoon. Idaho State out-shot the Aggies 21-to-9 and is looking to take its competitive fire to Utah, also 3-4-1 on the season, on Sunday, Sept. 18 at Ute Field for the first match-up with the Utes since 2007. Kick-off is at 1 p.m.
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ABOUT IDAHO STATE
Idaho State comes off its first tied game of the season that ended a four-game losing streak. Freshman forward
Amanda Ellsworth scored her fifth goal of the season that sent the Bengals into overtime against the Aggies. She continues to lead the Bengals in scoring with 10 points from five goals, she is the only Bengal to score more than one goal this season. She also leads ISU with a .250 shot percentage and leads the Bengals in overall shots taken with 20.
Junior forward
Rachel Strawn leads the Bengals in shots on goal with 10 and a .526 shot on goal percentage. Sophomore midfielder
Allyson Stainbrook assisted on Ellsworth's goal against New Mexico State to capture her third assist of the season, a team-high, and her fourth career assist. Seven Bengals have scored at least one goal this season while Ellsworth, Strawn and
Anna Pingree have all notched game winners.
ABOUT UTAH
Utah comes off a 1-0 win over ISU's Big Sky foe Weber State at Ute Field. Utah has won three of their last four games including wins over Utah Valley, UC Riverside and Weber State. The Utes are led in scoring by McKel Wall with two goals. Utah is out-shot by its opponents 100-to-87. In goal for Utah is Hannah Turpen who holds a 3-3-0 record and has recorded 26 saves this season.
UTAH SERIES INFO
Idaho State has never defeated the Utes in all eight of their meetings. The Bengals have come close with two tied games in 2000 (3-3 double overtime) and in 2003 at the NCAA College Cup First Round when Utah was ranked No. 14 in the nation. The Bengals tied Utah 0-0 in double overtime and advanced to the NCAA College Cup Second Round when they out-shot Utah 5-4 in penalty kicks allowing ISU to make its first and only NCAA Second Round appearance.
EQUAL FOOTING
The Bengals recorded its first tie game of the season against New Mexico State; ISU's first tied game since Idaho State's regulation 0-0 tie with Northern Arizona at Davis Field in 2009, a contest that was delayed due to lightning and called on account of darkness. Head Coach
Allison Gibson holds the most tied games in a season record at Idaho State and in the Big Sky in 2007 with a 7-5-6 season. Under Gibson the Bengals have had 14 tied games, the most of any coach at Idaho State, followed by Gordon Henderson with 11 tied games.
ELLSWORTH IS A STUD
Prior to the New Mexico State contest, Idaho State's
Amanda Ellsworth was ranked 92nd in the nation for goals per game with 0.571.
PERFORMANCE MATCHES NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR HONOR
Freshman forward
Amanda Ellsworth tied the 10th best single season goals record at ISU with five.
Ashley Jones, a junior midfielder, also tied the 10th best record her freshman year in 2009. It was the same year Jones earned Big Sky Newcomer of the Year.
BENGALS VS. NEW MEXICO STATE
Freshman
Amanda Ellsworth scored the equalizing goal 4:41 after New Mexico State's lone goal in the second period to send the contest into overtime.
Allyson Stainbrook served up a free kick 20 yards out to the left of the goal. Ellsworth, a forward, got her foot on it amist a cluster of players to score the equalizer. Idaho State started the contest slow but the Bengals regained their composure towards the end of the first period tying the shot count at five apiece by the break. The Bengals then dominated New Mexico State out-shooting the Aggies 16-4 after the break. Idaho State ended the contest out-shooting New Mexico State 21-to-9 with four Bengals tying for a game-high three shots. Junior forward
Rachel Strawn put all three of her shots on goal while Ellsworth's lone on shot goal was her goal. Senior forward
Taylor Powell and junior midfielder
Ashley Jones each had three shots as well. Both teams ended the contest with six shots on goal.
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