TUCSON, Ariz. – The University of Arizona women's soccer team defeated the BYU Cougars 2-1 on Friday evening in Tucson, Ariz. Charlotte Brascia opened the scoring for the Wildcats off a deflected corner. Amanda Porter got her first collegiate goal in the 92nd minute to give the Cats the win.
"BYU caused us a lot of problems on attack," said Amato. "They are a good team. We didn't really take advantage of some of those opportunities to counter. The team did a really good job of powering through, after giving up a goal and then finding a win in ET – a lot of credit to our team."
Arizona is back in action on Saturday, Sep. 23 in Tucson, when the Wildcats will take on Oregon at 7 p.m. MST.
Key Plays
32' – Brascia scored the first goal of the game after a header from Kennedy Kieneker was saved and Brascia put it home. That was her first goal of the season.
73' – BYU got a good through ball and their first goal of the game to tie the match up 1-1.
92' – Porter scored off a deflected shot on the near post side to give the Cats a 2-1 win.
Minute-by-minute Recap
7' – The BYU defense missed a header on a through-ball and Brascia got in on frame but her shot was blocked.
15' – Lainey Burdett got her first touch of the match scooping up a blocked through ball.
19' – BYU got their first shot off but it went wide of the frame.
28' – A corner kick from Cali Crisler popped out to Morgan McGarry at the top of the box and she took a rip but the BYU GK got to it.
32' – Brascia scored the first goal of the game after a header from Kennedy Kieneker was saved and Brascia put it home. That was her first goal of the season.
37' – Jill Aguilera spun in the box and took a half-volley that rung off the very upper-left corner of the frame.
51' – Burdett made a point-blank save on a shot from BYU with one hand to keep that Wildcats on top.
60' – A free kick about 20-yds outside of Arizona's box led to nothing for the Cougars.
63' – Crisler broke to the top of the box and took a rip but the shot was blocked.
71' – Samantha Falasco made a big stop breaking down a BYU numbers-up attack.
73' – BYU got a good through ball and their first goal of the game to tie the match up 1-1.
75' – BYU's Nadia Gomes was awarded a yellow card.
82' – Kelcey Cavarra took one from outside the box but it was saved by the BYU keeper.
92' – Porter scored off a deflected shot on the near post side to give the Cats a 2-1 win.
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