Seniors Score in Season Finale

POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State soccer team concluded its 2019 season in a 3-2 overtime loss to Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, Ariz.

Senior Natasha Camacho-Bier scored her first goal of the season assisted by senior Michaela Didericksen at 27:54 to put the Bengals on the board with a 1-0 lead.  Northern Arizona answered back with a goal at 29:39 and another two minutes later giving them a 2-1 lead heading into the second half.

Idaho State tied the match at 61 minutes with a goal from senior Jazmin Lopez off a corner kick by sophomore Karlin Wurlitzer. Lopez's goal tied her with Didericksen for the team's top scorer with four goals on the season. 

The match was taken into overtime where the Lumberjacks scored at 97 minutes to win the match, 3-2.

"I'm so proud of the fight this team has had throughout the season and today," said Head Coach Debs Brereton. "We played very well and earned the lead and showed our grit by getting ourselves back into the game and almost winning it in the dying minutes of regulation. Unfortunately, a very good NAU team came back and took the chances they created for themselves."

Senior goalkeeper Katie Hogarth finished the season with 126 saves, the second most single-season saves, after recording nine saves in the match. The senior finished her career with 192 saves.

Senior Makena Bambei tallied a shot on goal for the Bengals giving her 50 shots on the season and 175 career shots, the second All-Time career shots at ISU.

"This senior class are so resilient and they have all played key roles in starting to turn the tide here," Brereton said. "The returning players will work had to build upon next season. I'm so proud of each member for staying together, we will rise again and come back stronger."