BYU Soccer Advances To Second Round Of Women’s NCAA Tournament
Nov 11, 2022, 8:30 PM | Updated: 11:07 pm
BYU women's soccer advances to round two of the 2022 NCAA Tournament after defeating Utah Valley. (Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo)
(Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo)
PROVO, Utah – BYU soccer is moving on in the 2022 Women’s NCAA Tournament. The Cougars got some revenge against Utah Valley by taking down the Wolverines 3-0.
In front of a crowd of 3,839 fans at BYU’s historic South Field, BYU pulled away in the second half from the rival Wolverines.
#BYU Women’s Soccer advances to the second-round of the NCAA Tournament with a 3-0 win over UVU.
Will face winner of Stanford/San Jose State.#BYUWSOC @kslsports
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 12, 2022
The scoring started before the halftime break when BYU’s Allie Fryer scored a goal in the 39th minute. BYU went into the break with a 1-0 lead.
UVU had a pair of yellow card unsporting penalties for Jenna Shepherd and Julianna Carter in the 50th and 58th minutes. Then BYU began to pull away off a goal from Tara Warner off an assist from Jamie Shepherd and Bella Folino.
.@byusoccer_w advances in the @NCAASoccer Tournament with a 3-0 win over Utah Valley.#NCAASoccer | #GoCougs | #WCCsports pic.twitter.com/FhgJZkEZrv
— West Coast Conference (@WCCsports) November 12, 2022
BYU put the final scoring touch on their NCAA Tournament win in the 79th minute when Rachel McCarthy closed it out with a 3-0 lead.
Next up for BYU soccer is a second-round matchup against No. 3 Stanford in Palo Alto. The Cougars’ record is now 11-2-6 on the year. Utah Valley closes the season with a 14-5-3 record and a regular season WAC Championship.
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports Saturday (Saturday from 12–3 p.m.) on KSL Newsradio. Follow him on Twitter: @Mitch_Harper.
