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POCATELLO, Idaho – The Idaho State soccer team is back in action Sunday, Sept. 4 against New Mexico at 4 p.m. at Davis Field. This will be the third time in program history that the Bengals have faced the Lobos, and UNM holds a 2-0 advantage in the series.
SCOUTING NEW MEXICO
New Mexico is 1-2 on the season so far with losses coming at No. 18 Texas Tech (L, 2-1) and at No. 21 Cal (L, 2-0). The Lobos picked up win their first win at Pacific with a 5-2 route.
So far this season, New Mexico is averaging 12.0 shots per game and 2.0 goals per game with a .750 shot on goal percentage. Five different players have netted goals this season while 11 players have taken at least one shot.
The Lobos are led by Head Coach Heather Dyche who is in her second season with the program. Dyche also assisted with the U.S. Women's National Team during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and helped the USWNT scout and analyze opponents.
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PREVIOUS GAME: ISU FALLS 1-0 AT HAWAI'I
On the fifth game in nine days, the Idaho State soccer team put together one of its better performances of the season. Although the game resulted in a 1-0 overtime loss to the University of Hawaii, a team that is now 3-0-1, Bengal coach
Allison Gibson is pleased with the progress of how her roster of eight freshmen, seven sophomores and juniors and only two seniors are progressing.
"I almost don't have words because I am so incredibly proud of them." Gibson said. "To fight through the schedule and five games in nine days and to put that performance on the home field of Hawaii is unbelievable. We are that close."
Hawaii out shot ISU 23-12 and
Shawna Hennings had 11 saves while playing the entire contest.
"Obviously they outshot us but we had great opportunities, especially with the corner kicks." Gibson said. "I thought we had some good opportunities to put the game away. To fight through two overtime games on the road at the end of that series and to battle the way we did was amazing to watch. We are building something great."
After only managing three shots in the first half to UH's eight, ISU had nine second-half shots. The backline of the defense and Hennings also came up with big stops to send the game into overtime.
"That backline is really coming together and being solid," Gibson said. "Shawna had some huge saves and kept us in the game. That relationship between our goalkeeper and the backline is getting stronger and stronger every game. To give up one goal over the weekend is tremendous for our defense."
