SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Utah State soccer (4-0, 0-0 MW) remained perfect on the season with a 2-0 victory over Utah Wednesday evening at Ute Field, improving to 4-0 for the second time in program history. The Aggies have now out-scored opponents by a combined 11-0 this season.
After a scoreless first half in which the Aggies limited Utah to just a single shot, Utah State got on the board in the 58th minute when a throw-in to senior forward Bizzy Arevlo turned into a well-placed pass in the middle of the box for sophomore midfielder Summer Diamond, who delivered a right-footer into the back of the net.
Just five minutes later, Utah State tacked on another when graduate defender Kylie Olsen found graduate midfielder Alex Day, who ricocheted a shot off the woodwork and into the net to make it 2-0.
SCORING SUMMARY
57:54 – Summer Diamond (USU)
Assist: Bizzy Arevalo
62:47 – Alex Day (USU)
Assist: Kylie Olsen
HEAD COACH MANNY MARTINS ON THE PERFORMANCE
“We’re ranked for the first time and I knew that we were going to have to ride out the fact that there’s something new in the environment. It took us a half to get used to things, that was probably the worst half of soccer we’ve had. But we stayed true to our identity. Once we got to halftime and realized that nothing changed with us being ranked, we were able to be us in the second half and it was a different game. We had two great goals, and the personalities of our players started to come out again.”
MATCH NOTES
- Utah State is now 4-0 for the second time in program history. The other time was in 2011 when the team started 8-0.
- This is the second-straight win over a Big 12 opponent, after defeating reigning Big 12 champion Texas Tech 2-0 on Sunday.
- Utah State has out-scored its opponents by a combined 11-0 this season.
- Utah State recorded seven shots to Utah’s six, including five shots on goal to three.
- Utah’s first shot did not come until the 45th minute, seconds before the end of the first half.
- Summer Diamond’s goal was her third of the season and the seventh of her career.
- Alex Day’s goal was her first of the season and the second of her career.
- Sophomore keeper Shay Kercher-Pratt played all 90 minutes in goal for Utah State, making three saves.
- Going back to last season, 12 of Utah State’s last 14 games have been shutout wins.
- This was Utah State’s first win against Utah since 2015, snapping a seven-game losing streak to the Utes. This is also just the team’s second-ever win against Utah in Salt Lake City.
- With the win, Utah State improves 6-20 all-time against Utah.
- With the win, Utah State improves to 11-43-1 all-time against current Big 12 schools
UP NEXT
Utah State (4-0, 0-0 MW) will face another in-state foe on Saturday, Aug. 31, when it travels to Provo, Utah, for a top-25 matchup against No. 16 BYU. The match is set for 8 p.m.
