Soccer Continues Conference Play on the Road

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POCATELLO, Idaho – Idaho State hopes to carry momentum from its 1-0 shutout of Southern Utah as the team hits the road this week to face Sacramento State and Portland State.

Last Time Out
The Bengals tallied a win and a loss in two close games against Southern Utah and Northern Arizona at Davis Field last week. ISU fell 3-2 to NAU on Friday and shutout SUU on Sunday.

Makena Bambei and Christina Krieger were the two goal scorers for Idaho State. Bambei netted two shots against the Lumberjacks and Krieger had the game-winning goal against

Southern Utah. Meaghan Bare and Jenna Parkhurst each collected an assist.

Laule'a Akana-Phillips kept Idaho State in both games, allowing three goals against Northern Arizona and earning her first-career shutout against Southern Utah. She faced 38 shots between the two matches and made 10 saves for a .769 save percentage.

Overall
ISU's win over the Thunderbirds brought them to 2-7 for the season and evened the program's conference record at 1-1. Through nine games, the Bengals have scored 10 goals on 132 shots for 1.11 goals per game average.

The Bengals have a .477 shot on goal percentage and are averaging 14.7 shots per game while allowing 3.44 goals per game and 22.2 shots per game to opponents.

Bambei and Delaney Johnston lead the team with two goals apiece with six other Bengals netting a shot this season. Bambei is the points leader with five and Brooke Kortekaas leads the team with 20 shots.

Akana-Phillips has started eight of the nine games in goal with 690 minutes played. She has 45 saves and 25 goals allowed with 167 shots faced. She carries a 2-5 overall record with one shutout.

Scouting Sacramento State
The Hornets are 2-7-2 this season and split games in conference play last week. They shutout Eastern Washington 1-0 on the road and were shutout 2-0 by the Vandals in Moscow, Idaho.

Nine different players have scored a goal for the Hornets with Christina Lazar and Skylar Littlefield leading the way at two each. Nine of their 11 goals have been assisted with Kylee-Kim Bustillos tallying four this season. 

Kaylyn Evans has played 726 minutes in goal with a 1.86 goals against average and .667 save percentage. She is 2-4-1 this season with one shutout. Ailey Collins has 324 minutes between the posts with a loss in all three decisions. She has allowed 2.22 goals per contest and holds a .692 save percentage.

Sacramento State is averaging 1.09 goals and 8.9 shots per game while allowing 1.97 goals and 13.64 shots per game.

Three-time Big Sky Coach of the Year Randy Dedini is in his 12th season as head coach of the Hornets. He holds a 91-97-31 overall record.

Idaho State holds the advantage over Sacramento State historically. The Bengals are 12-6-3 against the Hornets with a 6-4-1 record while on the road.

Scouting Portland State
Portland State has a 2-7 overall record and is 0-2 in conference play. They enter the match on a four-game losing streak and lost 4-0 to Idaho and 3-2 to Eastern Washington at home last week.

Krystal De-Ramos has three of PSU's nine goals this season with a team-high 10 shots  and eight shots on goal. Six other Vikings have one goal and Sofi Papastamos leads the team with two assists.

Abbie Faingold has spent every minute of the season in goal. She has allowed 20 goals and made 43 saves with 139 shots faced. Faingold is 2-7 this season with a 2.20 goals against average and a .683 save percentage.

The Vikings average a goal per game and 8.7 shots per game while giving up 2.22 goals and 15.3 shots per game.  

Katie Burton enters her second year as head coach at Portland State. She led the Vikings to a fourth-place finish last season with a 5-4-1 conference record.

The Bengals are 9-11-1 against the Vikings with a 4-5-1 record in Portland.

Quick Hits
Idaho State has scored in each of its conference matches with two against NAU and one against Southern Utah.

The Bengals are 1-0 when they outshoot their opponents.

Makena Bambei joined Delaney Johnston as the only other player with multiple goals on the season after scoring two goals against Northern Arizona. 

Laule'a Akana-Phillips has faced double-digit shots in eight consecutive games. She has made five or more saves in four of those games.

Brooke Kortekaas has tallied at least one shot and shot on goal in five consecutive games. She has played 60-plus minutes in all five games.

Jenna Parkhurst has at least one shot and shot on goal in each of her last three games.  

Karlin Wurlitzer has spent 79 or more minutes on the field the past five games.

Makena Bambei has shot at least once in every match this season.

Tristen Spooner has spent more than 75 minutes on the field in three consecutive games.

Brittany Garrett has played the entire match in four of the past five games.

Nationally, Laule'a Akana-Phillips ranks No. 74 in saves per game with 5.00 and No. 81 in toal saves with 45.

As a team, the Bengals rank:
No. 31 in saves per game with 6.11.
No. 89 in shots on goal per game with 7.00.

 
Among Big Sky Conference teams the Bengals rank (Top-3):
No. 2 in shots on goal per game with 7.00.
No. 2 in saves per game with 6.11.
No. 3 in scoring offense with 1.11.
No. 3 in shots per game with 14.67.