PROVO -- Two goals by junior midfielder Jennie Christianson and a strong second half helped the 17th-ranked BYU women's soccer team defeat conference rival San Diego State,
4-0, Thursday night.
Freshman sensation Aleisha Cramer got the Cougars on the board midway through the first half when she placed a beautiful shot into the left corner of the net. Christianson put BYU up 2-0 just before halftime when her shot ricocheted off an Aztec defender and into the back of the net. The Cougars played the first half without All-American Staci Reynolds, who suffered a concussion in a game last week.
"We were not playing very inspired in the first half," said BYU head coach Jennifer Rockwood. We had too many turnovers on the offensive side. We have struggled against them (SDSU) before, but we had a good team effort tonight and were able to get a lot of people some minutes," Rockwood added.
Michelle Peterson sealed the game midway through the second half with her team-leading 14th goal of the season. Christianson scored her second goal of the night, and third of the season, when she headed in a cross from Lydia Ojuka.
"We came out in the second half and played much better," Rockwood said. "We were making our connections."
BYU remains unbeaten at home and moves to 11-3-1, 3-0 on the season while the Aztecs drop to 5-10, 2-1 for the year. The Cougars continue conference play with their final home game of the season Saturday against UNLV at 6 p.m. at South Field.
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BYU-4 SDSU-0
Scoring BYU Aleisha Cramer, 22:55, (Farrah Hofheins, assist)
BYU Jennie Christianson, 41:42, (unassisted)
BYU Michelle Peterson, 72:38, (Aleisha Cramer, assist)
BYU Jennie Christianson, 81:29, (Lydia Ojuka, assist)
Shots on Goal
BYU 11, SDSU 0
Goalie Saves
BYU Jennifer Waldron, 0
Kylee Dickson, 0
SDSU Linnea Quinones, 3
Erin Heantjens, 4
Soccer Box Score (Final)
The Automated ScoreBook
San Diego State vs Brigham Young (Oct 12, 2000 at Brigham Young)
San Diego State (5-10-0) vs. Goals by Period 1 2 Tot
Brigham Young (11-3-1) --------------------------- ---
Date: Oct 12, 2000 Attendance: 783 San Diego State..... 0 0 - 0
Weather: cool, sunny Brigham Young....... 2 2 - 4
San Diego State Brigham Young
Pos. ## Player Sh SOG G A Pos. ## Player Sh SOG G A
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1 QUINONES, L......... - - - - 00 WALDRON, Jennifer... - - - -
5 ROGERS, K........... - - - - 2 GRAHAM, Athelia..... 1 - - -
9 ROGERS, K........... 2 - - - 4 LEWIS, Natalyn...... 2 - - -
10 FINDLAY, N.......... - - - - 7 WEIDNER, Aurelin.... - - - -
11 FLINT, S............ - - - - 10 HOFHEINS, Farrah.... 1 1 - 1
12 DELEON, F........... 1 - - - 12 READING, Sara....... 5 2 - -
14 GARL, H............. - - - - 13 PETERSON, Michelle.. 5 3 1 1
15 PETRE, E............ - - - - 15 LOWE, Kim........... 2 - - -
16 TORRUELLA, N........ - - - - 17 CRAMER, Aleisha..... 4 1 1 1
17 PRILAMAN, R......... - - - - 18 WILLARDSON, Jeni.... - - - -
23 SPLITTGERBER, L..... - - - - 23 HIGHAM, Sarah....... 1 1 - -
---------- Substitutes ---------- ---------- Substitutes ---------
0 HAENTJENS, E........ - - - - 3 CHRISTIANSON, Jennie 3 2 2 -
2 CASTELLANOS, K...... - - - - 6 HUNSBERGER, Kelly... 1 - - -
3 SUZUKI, S........... - - - - 8 WERTS, Donna........ - - - -
4 ATWOOD, T........... - - - - 9 DETTON, Kristy...... - - - -
18 PEARSON, S.......... 1 - - - 14 HOECHERL, Annie..... - - - -
19 SHINN, A............ - - - - 16 JENSEN, Janet....... - - - -
25 ROBINSON, B......... 1 - - - 20 OJUKA, Lydia........ 1 1 - 1
21 REYNOLDS, Staci..... 1 - - -
Totals.............. 5 0 0 0 29 DICKSON, Kylee...... - - - -
Totals.............. 27 11 4 4
San Diego State Brigham Young
## Player MIN GA Saves ## Player MIN GA Saves
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1 QUINONES, L......... 45:00 2 3 00 WALDRON, Jennifer... 78:29 0 0
0 HAENTJENS, E........ 45:00 2 4 29 DICKSON, Kylee...... 11:31 0 0
Shots by Period 1 2 Tot Saves by Period 1 2 Tot
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San Diego State..... 2 3 - 5 San Diego State..... 3 4 - 7
Brigham Young....... 15 12 - 27 Brigham Young....... 0 0 - 0
Corner Kicks 1 2 Tot Fouls 1 2 Tot
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San Diego State..... 1 0 - 1 San Diego State..... 2 6 - 8
Brigham Young....... 3 5 - 8 Brigham Young....... 4 6 - 10
SCORING SUMMARY:
GOAL Time Team ## Goal Scorer Assists
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1. 22:55 BYU 17 CRAMER, Aleisha (3) 10 HOFHEINS, Farrah/13 PETERSON, Michelle
2. 41:42 BYU 3 CHRISTIANSON, Jennie (3) Unassisted
3. 72:38 BYU 13 PETERSON, Michelle (14) 17 CRAMER, Aleisha
4. 81:29 BYU 3 CHRISTIANSON, Jennie 20 OJUKA, Lydia
CAUTIONS AND EJECTIONS:
Officials: Referee: Robert Baca; Asst. Referee: Orley Bills; Hugo Diaz;
Alt. Official: Dix Waddell; Timekeeper: Jerry Freestone; Scorer: Kathy Jensen;
Offsides: San Diego State 1, Brigham Young 0.