TUCSON, Ariz. – The University of Arizona women's soccer team was defeated by Washington on Sunday afternoon in Seattle, Wash. by a score of 2-1. Gabi Stoian scored for the Wildcats after carrying the ball down the left side of the field and slotting her shot into the left corner of the net. That is her fourth of the season. The Wildcats are now 6-6-1 on the season with a 1-4 record in the Pac-12.
"UW started the match better than us and the early penalty kick meant that we were chasing the game all afternoon," said head coach Tony Amato. "We did respond well in the second half, but conceding so quickly after we scored put us right back in a hole. It will be important to fix a few things in training this week and get ready for UCLA on Thursday."
Key Plays
7' – Brynn Moga made a sliding tackle and won the ball but was called for a foul. The referee called for a penalty and Simon Shannon scored first for the Huskies.
59' – Stoian got a tally after carrying the ball down the left side of the field and slotting the ball to the near post. That was her fourth goal of the season.
62' – Washington answered with a goal from Becca Schoales to set the score at 2-1.
Minute-by-minute Recap
3' – Lexe Selman-Richards opened the attacking for the wildcats with a shot on GK Sarah Shimer who made the save.
7' – Moga made a sliding tackle and won the ball but was called for a foul. The referee called for a penalty and Simon scored first for the Huskies.
11' – Haley Silverberg took a crack from the top of the box, but it went high and wide.
12' – Paige Crouch got a breakaway, but Shimer was able to get her hands on the resultant shot and stopped the effort.
29' – Maddie Bennett flicked on a header just inside the box, but Shimer was there to collect.
31' – Bennett was fouled outside the Washington box and Stoian lined up to take the free kick. She played a great ball into the box, but was unable to connect.
42' – Bennett rolled a ball across the mouth of the Washington goal, but a defender is able to clear it away.
52' – Meredith Reinhardt came in for Lainey Burdett after she went down with an apparent injury.
57' – Hannah Stevens got her head on Crouch's flip throw and the shot was headed for the back of the net having beaten the keeper, but a defender managed to clear.
59' – Stoian got a tally after carrying the ball down the left side of the field and slotting the ball to the near post. That was her fourth goal of the season.
60' – Burdett re-entered the game.
62' – Washington answered with a goal from Schoales to set the score at 2-1.
69' – Burdett made a fantastic save on Simon by diving across her line to keep out the shot.
81' – A short corner from Stoian got into a dangerous position, but Arizona is called offside.
90' – Stoian had one last chance on a free kick just outside the 18-yd box but her shot hit the wall and came out.
Arizona is back in action on Thursday, Oct. 13 in Tucson, Ariz. to take on No. 10 UCLA at 7:00 p.m. PST on Pac-12 Networks.
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