Box Score
RENO, Nev. Despite taking a season-high 21 shots while holding its opponent to eight, the University of Nevada soccer team fell to Portland State 2-1 Sunday afternoon at Mackay Stadium.
Annabelle Allen recorded a game-high five shots for the Nevada (0-4-1) with three of her shots being on goal. Cristen Drummond and Vanessa Mann each recorded four shots for the Pack. Portland State improved to 1-5 with the win.
Nevada opened the match with several good scoring chances and played the majority of the half in Portland State territory. In the 19th minute, Allen took the ball from midfield up to the 18-yard box. She beat two defenders and slotted the ball to Miranda Montejo who got off a hard shot, but Montejo barely mistimed her run and was called offside.
In the 23rd minute, Jessica Thompson took a corner kick that she drove into the six-yard box that just missed connecting with Drummond’s head and was cleared out by the Portland State defense. The Pack’s best chance of the first half came in the 42nd minute. Patrice Godwin took the ball out of the back to just outside the Portland State 18-yard box. Godwin found Alyx Sacks who had her shot blocked by a Viking defender. Natalie Ratnavira collected the loose ball and saw the keeper off her line but her shot went high.
In the second half, Drummond took the ball from 30 yards out, beat two defenders and hit a shot that forced Portland State keeper Cris Lewis to make a diving save that was punched out of bounds for a Nevada corner kick.
Portland State recorded its first goal of the game in the 70th minute. Portland State played a long ball back into the Nevada defense. Devin Noe headed the ball straight up in the air and as the ball was coming back down, Nevada goalkeeper Sarah Hunt came off her line to the edge of the 18-yard box. Hunt couldn’t come up with the save and Lauren Leale tracked down the loose ball and found Kat Robertson who put the Vikings up 1-0.
Portland State increased its lead to 2-0 in the 82nd minute. A Portland State player fired a shot that deflected off Nevada’s Erin Smith. Dolly Enneking collected the rebound and scored on a shot from 18-yards out.
Nevada closed the gap to 2-1 in the 86th minute as Drummond scored her first goal of the season. Samantha Miller had the ball in the middle of the field and found Drummond on the outside. Drummond’s shot beat Lewis to the far post.
Nevada will host Minnesota on Friday at 5 p.m. at Mackay Stadium.
