INW Collegiate Recap - MWC & WAC: Boise State wins two on the road; Vandals split

The two Idaho schools performed well, picking up wins in three of their four matches. Despite being on the road, Boise State crawled out of their winless hole to put themselves in the picture for the Mountain West playoffs in a wide open table. The Idaho Vandals, meanwhile, earned their first conference win against mid-table San Jose State before falling to league-leading Utah State in a pair of home contests.


MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE – WOMEN

Friday
Boise State 1 :: 0 Air Force
The Broncos put the pressure on in the first half on the road with a 9-2 advantage in shots but were unable to find any success until the 77th minute when Shannon Schueren redirected a ball from KT Clayton past Kelly Stambaugh. Goalkeeper Maddy McDevitt made three saves on 10 total shots from the hosts. – MORE  

Nevada 1 :: 0 Wyoming
New Mexico 1 :: 1 Fresno State
San Diego State 2 :: 1 UNLV 

Brooke Heidemann, Boise State

Sunday
Boise State 1 :: 0 Wyoming
The defensive stalemate, led in part by Broncos netminder Maddy McDevitt with four saves, looked to be headed to a draw when a cross from Katy Oehring in the final minute of overtime soared over the keeper and found Brooke Heidemann (Meridian, ID) at the far post for the finish. – MORE   

Nevada 1 :: 0 Air Force
New Mexico 0 :: 2 UNLV
San Diego State 3 :: 1 Fresno State

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Coming Up This Week

Friday
Air Force @ New Mexico – 5:00
Fresno State @ Boise State – 5:00
UNLV @ Nevada – 7:00
Wyoming @ San Diego State – 7:00
Sunday
Wyoming @ New Mexico – 11:00
Air Force @ San Diego State – Noon
UNLV @ Boise State – 1:00
Fresno State @ Nevada – 1:00

WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE – WOMEN

Thursday
San Jose State 0 :: 2 Idaho

Chelsea Small, Idaho

In a battle of two struggling sides, the Vandals dominated the visitors from California, outshooting them 16-8 in the first half before finally breaking through six minutes into the second half when Megan Lopez and Katie Baran (Spokane, WA) combined to find Chelsea Small on a cross she nodded in for the lead. Annie Millard (Spokane, WA) added some insurance when she followed up her own shot to put away the rebound in the 73rd minute. Liz Boyden (Spokane, WA), meanwhile, made four saves for the shutout. – MORE  

CSU-Bakersfield 3 :: 5 UTSA (non-conf)

Friday
Utah State 2 :: OT :: 1 Seattle
Denver 3 :: 0 New Mexico State
Louisiana Tech 2 :: 0 Texas State

Sunday
Utah State 3 :: 1 Idaho
The visitors took the lead on a goal in the 35th minute by Jade Tarver, who set up Ambryn McCallson in the 76th to double the advantage over the Vandals. Chelsea Small scored on a long 25-yard effort in the 81st, but the rally was denied and USU locked up the win through Mari Miyashiro on a breakaway in the 87th. -  MORE  

Seattle 1 :: 2 San Jose State
Louisiana Tech 1 :: OT :: 0 UTSA
CSU-Bakersfield 0 :: OT :: 1 New Mexico State (non-conf)

Standings [+]    

Coming Up This Week

Friday
San Jose State @ Utah State – 2:00
New Mexico State @ Texas State – 6:00
Seattle U @ Louisiana Tech – 6:00
UTSA @ Denver – 6:00
Sunday
Texas State @ Denver – Noon
Idaho @ Louisiana Tech – Noon
UTSA @ New Mexico State – 1:00
Sacramento State @ San Jose State – 2:00
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