Trevor Delaney - Sports Editor

Idaho State Soccer Takes Double Header Loss to Northern Arizona

Group of soccer players with ball bounced off one's knee into the air in front of her.
Photo Courtesy of Idaho State Athletics

Trevor Delaney

Sports Editor

The Idaho State Bengals headed down to Flagstaff, Arizona this past weekend to take on the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks, coming home with two defeats to show for their efforts. On Friday, March 26, the Bengals played their first game of the two-game series against Northern Arizona, with ISU coming out with a loss of 1-2.

Idaho State Head Coach Debs Brereton commented on Friday’s game, “Fantastic effort today, we continue to improve each game. This team is so resilient and builds on every performance. We looked much better going forward and created several very god chances. It’s only a matter of time until the team are rewarded for their relentless efforts.”

“We enjoyed much of the possession and our quality ball movement allowed us to create some dangerous attacks. Kaylyn Buchanan delivered a brilliant cross that was met from our cool and calm Caitlin Crist,” Coach Brereton added. “She is excellent in the air and opened up her Bengal account in a commanding way. Our defense continued to be well organized and kept NAU, who have scored the most goals in our division, at bay.”

On Sunday, Mar. 28, the two teams came back to face each other again, this time with Idaho State taking a loss with a final score of 0-2 for the game. This would bring ISU to a score of 0-2 for the two-game series in Flagstaff, with a season score of 0-4 for Big Sky play.

“I’m very proud of the effort the payers gave this weekend to implement our game plan,” said Brereton. “Their attitude and response to going a goal down early on in both games was brilliant. Nau has many upperclassmen and they put us under a lot of pressure. Credit to them for capitalizing on their chances. This was a huge learning weekend for our young team and we will get back to work this week to prepare for our final home games against Weber next weekend. We still have so much to play for and we will continue to build on every performance.”

The Bengals play next against the Weber State Wildcats at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 2, in Pocatello, in the first of a two-game home series against Weber State.