Utah State Soccer Beats Colorado State, Wins First Mountain West Crown
Nov 4, 2023, 4:40 PM | Updated: 4:43 pm
Utah State women's soccer celebrate its first MW Championship title after beating Colorado State 1-0 on Saturday, November 4.
LOGAN, Utah – An already historic season continues for the Utah State women’s soccer team after beating Colorado State for its first Mountain West title.
Two-seed Utah State (14-7-1, 9-2) earned a spot in the 2023 NCAA Championships with a 1-0 win over CSU in the MW Championship match on Saturday, November 4.
🏆 ⚽️ 𝘾 𝙃 𝘼 𝙈 𝙋 𝙄 𝙊 𝙉 𝙎 ⚽️ 🏆#MakingHerMark | #MWWSOC | #AggiesAllTheWay pic.twitter.com/cSQSTfTstU
— Mountain West (@MountainWest) November 4, 2023
The league’s top two defenses lived up to their billing on Saturday and the Aggies and Rams battled into the 78th minute before Aggie freshman forward Kate Christian found the back of the net for what would turn out to be the only goal of the match. Tess Werts got the assist for Utah State.
Opponents have scored just one goal against Utah State in its last six matches. The Aggies defense limited CSU to two first-half shots, outshooting the Rams 13-5 for the match.
After earning the MW automatic bid, Utah State will appear in the NCAA tournament for the third time.
USU Soccer Lands Four On All-Tournament Team
Senior midfielder Whitney Lopez earned MVP honors after scoring an extra-time game-winner against Boise State in the tournament semifinals.
Aggie graduate senior goalkeeper Diera Walton received all-tournament honors after earning a pair of clean sheets during the MW tournament.
𝐀𝐥𝐥-𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 🏅
Congrats to Addy, Diera, Kaitlyn and Whitney!#AggiesAllTheWay pic.twitter.com/WnOxJg5KcC
— USU Soccer (@USUsoccer) November 4, 2023
Junior defender Addy Symonds-Weichers and sophomore midfielder Kaitlyn Richins were also named to the all-tournament team.
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Utah State waits for the NCAA Championship seedings to decide its seeding and opponent. The full bracket is announced during the selection show on Monday, Nov. 6, at 2 p.m. The announcement is broadcast on NCAA.com.
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