Jared Woodhouse – USU Eastern Athletics

Photo Courtesy of Jeff Barrett

USU Eastern faced Truckee Meadows Community College last week on Thursday, September 30.  The men’s soccer team lost 2-3 and the women’s soccer team was also defeated 1-2.

Men’s Game 

TMCC went up very early in the game with two goals in the first 15 minutes, after which the Eagles played very well and evened the score on goals from Blaine Bengtzen and Joe Valle.  Unfortunately, they were able to prevent their third goal and then, though they had multiple opportunities, USU Eastern couldn’t get the goal to tie it and go to overtime.  

Women’s Game 

Again, this was a tell of the first few minutes of the game.  The Lady Eagles gave up two goals early but dominated the rest of the game.  USU Eastern was only able to get one goal which resulted in a 2-1 loss.  The lone goal was from Lexi Paulsen on an assisted by Gracie Sorensen

“The disappointing thing in soccer is you can be the better team on the field, play well, and still lose.  That is what happened for us in both games last week,” said head coach Jared Woodhouse.

Both USU Eastern soccer teams play on their home field beginning this Thursday, October 7 against SLCC beginning at 1 p.m. and Saturday, October 9 against Snow College starting at 11 a.m.