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2020-21 Big Sky Soccer >>> Weekly Notebook 03.24.21 <<<

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Kick-Off This Week in the Big Sky

> Northern , , and Northern each earned Friday, March 26, 2021 road conference sweeps last week. *Idaho State at Northern Arizona...... 1 p.m. MT *Southern Utah at Weber State...... 3:30 p.m. MT > Eastern and Sacramento State battled to a pair of *Sacramento State at Idaho...... 6 p.m. PT 0-0 double overtime draws last week in Sacramento. *Portland State at ...... 7 p.m. MT > Eight Big Sky teams will be in action this week in conference action across Friday and Sunday. Sunday, March 28, 2021 *Idaho State at Northern Arizona...... 12 p.m. MT *Portland State at Montana...... 12 p.m. MT *Sacramento State at Idaho...... 12 p.m. PT *Southern Utah at Weber State...... 1 p.m. MT Last Week’s Results *Big Sky Conference Match Friday, March 19, 2021 All matches and times are subject to change *Northern Arizona 3, Southern Utah 2 *Idaho 5, Portland State 0 *Eastern Washington 0, Sacramento State 0 (2OT) *Northern Colorado 2, Idaho State 0

Sunday, March 21, 2021 *Northern Arizona 3, Southern Utah 0 *Northern Colorado 1, Idaho State 0 *Eastern Washington 0, Sacramento State (2OT) *Idaho 5, Portland State 0

*Big Sky Conference Match

2021 Big Sky Soccer Standings CONFERENCE OVERALL SCHOOL W-L PCT W-L PCT HOME AWAY NEUTRAL STREAK NORTHWEST DIVISION Montana 2-0 1.000 3-0 1.000 1-0 2-0 0-0 W3 Eastern Washington 2-0-2 .750 3-2-2 .571 3-0 0-2-2 0-0 T2 Idaho 2-2 .500 2-4 .333 0-3 2-1 0-0 W2 Sacramento State 0-0-2 .500 1-0-4 .600 1-0-3 0-0-1 0-0 T4 Portland State 0-4 .000 0-4 .000 0-2 0-2 0-0 L4 SOUTHEAST DIVISION Northern Arizona 3-0 1.000 4-1 .800 1-0 3-1 0-0 W3 Northern Colorado 2-0 1.000 2-1 .667 0-0 2-1 0-0 W2 Weber State 0-1 .000 1-2-1 .375 0-0 0-2 1-0-1 L1 Southern Utah 0-2 .000 1-2-1 .375 0-2 1-0-1 0-0 L2 Idaho State 0-2 .000 0-3 .000 0-3 0-0 0-0 L3

#ExperienceElevated @BigSky_Soccer Goals 2021 Players of the Week

1 The Montana Grizzlies were picked as the preseason favorite to win the Feb. 8 - Offensive: Paige Maling, NAU Big Sky Soccer Championship this season. The Griz are the reigning regular Defensive: Taryn Benham, NAU season champions after posting a 6-0-3 record last season. Montana was picked No. 1 in the preseason poll for the first time since 2001, totaling 70 Feb. 15 - Offensive: Erika Sosa, SAC points and four first-place votes. Defensive: Aaliyah Fesili, SAC

Feb. 22 - Offensive: Skylar Littlefield, SAC 4 Idaho midfielder Kaysie Bruce scored four goals for the Vandals last week, Defensive: Aubrey Goodwill, SAC including an impressive hat trick on Sunday, to lead Idaho to a pair of 5-0 victories over Portland State. Bruce earned her first career Big Sky Soccer Mar. 1 - Offensive: McKaley Goffard, EWU Offensive Player of the Week honor after her performance against the Defensive: Kelsee Winston, EWU Vikings. Mar. 8 - Offensive: Kinsley Napoli, WSU Defensive: Mekell Moss, WSU 8 Eight Big Sky teams will be in action this weekend across Friday and Sunday. After a bye week last week, Montana and Weber State will hit the Mar. 15 - Offensive: Maddie Morgan, EWU field with the Grizzlies taking on Portland State and the Wildcats facing Defensive: Claire Howard, UM Southern Utah.

Mar. 22 - Offensive: Kaysie Bruce, UI 17 Aaliyah Fesili made 17 saves for Sacramento State last week to earn Big Defensive: Aaliyah Fesili, SAC Sky Soccer Defensive Player of the Week honors for the second time this season. Fesili held Eastern Washington scoreless in both matches and matched her career-high of nine saves on Friday.

21 Northern Arizona goalkeeper Taryn Benham recorded her 21st career shutout against Southern Utah last week in NAU’s 3-0 victory over the Thunderbirds. It marked the third shutout of the season for Benham and the 21st of her career.

Big Sky Pluto TV Lineup 2020-21 Big Sky Preseason Polls Coaches’ Poll Teams Points Montana 70 (4) Northern Colorado 69 (2) Eastern Washington 66 (2) Big Sky Conference will air all of its live Sacramento State 65 (1) streamed sports events on Pluto TV Northern Arizona 49 (1) for free including up to 700 football, Weber State 40 men’s and women’s , Idaho 34 and selected soccer, Portland State 22 and track and field events. Idaho State 18 Southern Utah 17 # Channel Name 752 Big Sky Conference ( ) Denotes First-Place Votes 1050 Big Sky Conference Live 1051 Portland State 1052 Sacramento State 1053 Eastern Washington 1054 Weber State 1055 Southern Utah 1056 Montana 1057 Montana State 1058 Northern Arizona 1059 Northern Colorado 1060 Idaho 1061 Idaho State 1062 Cal Poly 1063 UC Davis

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Madison Montgomery, NAU • Montgomery helped lead Northern Arizona to a CONFERENCE RECORD road conference sweep over Southern Utah last week. She led NAU with six shots, ACC 0-0 including three on goal, and two goals in Friday’s 3-2 win and posted three shots, American 0-0 including one on goal, and one assist in Sunday’s 3-0 victory. America East 0-0 Atlantic 10 0-0 Taryn Benham, NAU • Benham recorded her 21st career shutout against Southern ASUN 0-0 Utah last week in Sunday’s victory. She is now tied for the all-time individual Big East 0-0 record at Northern Arizona with 21 shutouts. Big Ten 0-0 Big South 0-0 Rachael Hunt, SUU • Hunt led Southern Utah in the team’s series against Northern Big West 0-0 Arizona last week taking four shots and scoring once on Friday and taking two Big 12 0-0 shots, including one on goal, on Sunday. CAA 0-0 C-USA 0-0 Kaysie Bruce, UI • Bruce scored four goals across two matches to lead Idaho to a 0-0 couple of 5-0 victories over Portland State last week. She scored the opening goal MAC 0-0 in Friday’s match followed by an impressive hat trick in Sunday’s match. It marked MAAC 0-0 the first hat trick for a Vandal since 2018 and earned Bruce her first career Big Sky MEAC 0-0 Soccer Offensive Player of the Week honor. Mountain West 0-0 MVC 0-0 Avrie Fox, UI • Fox made six saves for Idaho and helped hold Portland State NEC 0-0 scoreless through two matches last weekend. Ohio Valley 0-0 Pac-12 0-6-2 Aaliyah Fesili, SAC • Fesili earned Big Sky Soccer Defensive Player of the Week 0-0 honors for the second time this season after holding Eastern Washington scoreless SEC 0-0 across two matches last week. She made 17 saves, matching her career-high with SoCon 0-0 nine saves on Friday and making eight saves on Sunday, against the Eagles. Southland 0-0 Sun Belt 0-0 Kelsee Winston, EWU • Winston made seven saves for Eastern Washington 0-0 through 220 minutes in goal to hold Sacramento State scoreless last week. SWAC 0-0 WAC 1-0-1 Lexi Pulley, UNC • Pulley led Northern Colorado with two shots and one goal in West Coast 1-2-1 Friday’s 2-0 win and two shots, including one on goal, in Sunday’s 1-0 victory. Non-DI 4-1

Morgan Bury, UNC • Bury played well in goal and helped hold Idaho State Big Sky Season Leaders scoreless through two matches last week. Shots 3.17 spg • Myah Merino, UI 3 spg • Alexa Coyle, UM

Points 1.75 ppg • Madison Montgomery, NAU 1.33 ppg • Kaysie Bruce, UI

Goals 0.75 gpg • Madison Montgomery, NAU 0.67 gpg • Kaysie Bruce, UI

Assists 0.67 apg • Olivia Seddon, UNC Big Sky Websites and Twitter Feeds 0.43 apg • Taylor Matheny, EWU

School Website Twitter Saves 7.8 spg • Aaliyah Fesili, SAC Eastern Washington GoEags.com @EWUSoccer 5.67 spg • Jennifer Kovisto, SUU Idaho GoVandals.com @VandalsSoccer Complete Stats can be found at Idaho State ISUBengals.com @IdahoStateSoccr www.bigskyconf.com Montana GoGriz.com @MontanaGrizSOC OR Northern Arizona NAUAthletics.com @NAUWomensSoccer Scan the QR Code below Northern Colorado UNCBears.com @UNC_BearsSoccer Portland State GoViks.com @psuviksWSOC Sacramento State HornetSports.com @SacStateWSoccer Southern Utah SUUTBirds.com @SUUSoccer Weber State WeberStateSports.com @wsusoccer

#ExperienceElevated @BigSky_Soccer Around the Big Sky

Eastern Washington > Three Big Sky teams earned road conference sweeps last weekend. Northern 2.12 at Washington State L, 4-1 Arizona beat Southern Utah twice in Cedar City and were led by Madison 2.22 at Gonzaga L, 2-0 Montgomery’s two goals on Friday. Idaho notched a pair of dominant 5-0 road 2.28 College of Idaho W, 5-0 victories over Portland State led by Kaysie Bruce’s hat trick on Sunday. Northern 3.12 Portland State* W, 3-1 Colorado battled against Idaho State and earned two league wins over the 3.14 Portland State* W, 3-1 3.19 at Sacramento State* T, 0-0 (2OT) Bengals in Pocatello led by Lexi Pulley. 3.21 at Sacramento State* T, 0-0 (2OT) 4.2 Idaho* 3:00 p.m. > Eastern Washington and Sacramento State fought hard last week in 4.4 Idaho* 12:00 p.m. 4.9 at Montana* 3:00 p.m. Sacramento and came away with two 0-0 double overtime draws. Goalkeepers 4.11 at Montana* 1:00 p.m. for both teams were the key as EWU’s Kelsee Winston made seven saves in both matches and SAC’s Aaliyah Fesili recorded 17 saves across two matches. All Times Local to Site *Big Sky Conference Game > Big Sky teams will meet twice in one weekend on Friday and Sunday in either the Northwest or Southeast division. The Northwest division consists of Eastern Washington, Idaho, Montana, Portland State, and Sacramento State. The Southeast division includes Idaho State, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, Southern Utah, and Weber State.

> Eight matches are scheduled to be played this weekend across Friday and Sunday including Idaho State and Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, Southern Utah and Weber State in Ogden, Portland State and Montana in Missoula, and Sacramento State and Idaho in Moscow.

> The 2021 Big Sky Soccer Championship will be hosted by Weber State in Ogden, Utah. Action is set to kickoff Thursday April 15. The winner of the championship will receive the Big Sky’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

> Follow the Big Sky Conference on social media – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat at @BigSkyConf – and use the hashtag #ExperienceElevated. Fans can also follow Big Sky soccer on Twitter at @BigSky_Soccer.

Idaho Idaho State Montana

2.5 State L, 3-0 2.14 College of Idaho (Exhibition) T, 3-3 3.7 MSU Billings W, 3-0 2.19 at Washington State L, 3-0 2.26 Northwest Nazarene L, 1-0 3.12 at Idaho* W, 1-0 3.12 Montana* L, 1-0 3.5 at Westminster (Exhibition) T, 0-0 3.14 at Idaho* W, 1-0 (OT) 3.14 Montana* L, 1-0 (OT) 3.19 Northern Colorado* L, 2-0 3.26 Portland State* 7:00 p.m. 3.19 at Portland State* W, 5-0 3.21 Northern Colorado* L, 1-0 3.28 Portland State* 12:00 p.m. 3.21 at Portland State* W, 5-0 3.26 at Northern Arizona* 1:00 p.m. 4.2 at Sacramento State* 3:00 p.m. 3.26 Sacramento State* 6:00 p.m. 3.28 at Northern Arizona* 12:00 p.m. 4.4 at Sacramento State* 12:00 p.m. 3.28 Sacramento State* 12:00 p.m. 4.2 Weber State* 7:00 p.m. 4.9 Eastern Washington* 7:00 p.m. 4.2 at Eastern Washington* 3:00 p.m. 4.4 Weber State* 1:00 p.m. 4.11 Eastern Washington* 12:00 p.m. 4.4 at Eastern Washington* 12:00 p.m. 4.9 at Southern Utah* 10:00 a.m. 4.11 at Southern Utah* 12:00 p.m. All Times Local to Site All Times Local to Site *Big Sky Conference Game *Big Sky Conference Game All Times Local to Site *Big Sky Conference Game

Follow the Big Sky on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter - @BigSkyConf #BigSkySoccer Northern Arizona Northern Colorado Portland State 3.12 at Eastern Washington* L, 3-1 2.7 at Grand Canyon W, 2-0 1.31 at Denver (Exhibition) L, 4-0 3.14 at Eastern Washington* L, 3-1 2.20 at Arizona L, 3-0 2.11 at Colorado L, 3-0 3.19 Idaho* L, 5-0 3.12 Weber State* CANCELLED 2.28 Colorado School of Mines CANCELLED 3.21 Idaho* L, 5-0 3.14 Weber State* W, 1-0 3.12 Southern Utah* CANCELLED 3.26 at Montana* 7:00 p.m. 3.19 at Southern Utah* W, 3-2 3.14 Southern Utah* CANCELLED 3.28 at Montana* 12:00 p.m. 3.21 at Southern Utah* W, 3-0 3.19 at Idaho State* W, 2-0 4.9 Sacramento State* 1:00 p.m. 3.26 Idaho State* 1:00 p.m. 3.21 at Idaho State* W, 1-0 4.11 Sacramento State* 11:30 a.m. 3.28 Idaho State* 12:00 p.m. 4.3 Northern Arizona* 2:00 p.m. 4.3 at Northern Colorado* 1:00 p.m. 4.5 Northern Arizona* 12:00 p.m. All Times Local to Site 4.5 at Northern Colorado* 11:00 a.m. 4.9 at Weber State* 3:30 p.m. 4.11 at Weber State* 12:00 p.m. *Big Sky Conference Game All Times Local to Site *Big Sky Conference Game All Times Local to Site *Big Sky Conference Game

Schedule Fun Fact After a bye week last week, Montana and Weber State look to hit the field in conference action this weekend.

Sacramento State Southern Utah Weber State

2.11 Saint Mary’s W, 2-1 (2OT) 1.30 vs Utah Valley (Exhibition) L, 4-0 1.16 vs Utah Valley (Exhibition) L, 1-0 2.13 at Pacific T, 1-1 (2OT) 2.11 at Gonzaga CANCELLED 1.30 vs Brigham Young (Exhibition) L, 7-0 2.19 Oregon T, 1-1 (2OT) 2.14 at Dixie State T, 1-1 2.6 at Dixie State CANCELLED 2.27 William Jessup CANCELLED 2.21 vs Benedictine Mesa CANCELLED 2.14 vs Utah T, 1-1 3.19 Eastern Washington* T, 0-0 (2OT) 2.28 vs Westminster (Exhibition) L, 2-1 2.20 at Colorado L, 1-0 3.21 Eastern Washington* T, 0-0 (2OT) 3.12 at Northern Colorado* CANCELLED 3.7 vs Westminster W, 2-0 3.26 at Idaho* 6:00 p.m. 3.14 at Northern Colorado* CANCELLED 3.12 at Northern Arizona* CANCELLED 3.28 at Idaho* 12:00 p.m. 3.14 at Bendictine Mesa W, 6-0 3.14 at Northern Arizona* W, 1-0 4.2 Montana* 3:00 p.m. 3.19 Northern Arizona* L, 3-2 3.26 Southern Utah* 3:30 p.m. 4.4 Montana* 12:00 p.m. 3.21 Northern Arizona* L, 3-0 3.28 Southern Utah* 1:00 p.m. 4.9 at Portland State* 1:00 p.m. 3.26 at Weber State* 3:30 p.m. 4.2 at Idaho State* 7:00 p.m. 4.11 at Portland State* 11:30 a.m. 3.28 at Weber State* 1:00 p.m. 4.4 at Idaho State* 1:00 p.m. 4.5 Saint Katherine 11:00 a.m. 4.9 Northern Colorado* 3:30 p.m. All Times Local to Site 4.9 Idaho State* 10:00 a.m. 4.11 Northern Colorado* 12:00 p.m. *Big Sky Conference Game 4.11 Idaho State* 12:00 p.m. All Times Local to Site All Times Local to Site *Big Sky Conference Game *Big Sky Conference Game

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