Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday October 22 2003 — B5 i Bobcats MC Continued from Bl Continued from B1 r s’ With about 15 minutes 4- remaining the Mustang attacked the Leopards’ goal as hard as drey had at any given ! - Joye could only knock down the second of Baugh’s attempts allowing Naomi Rriix to follow 4 with a rebound shot However dre senior forward hit dre right y post and that’s as dose as? Mountain Crest would get to i scoring the rest of the way “We gave ourselves chances" Saunders noted 4 “We didn’t finish well today 4? The best team wins every soc-- "i: cer game and (the Leopards) ' were the best team today : ' - : girls didn’t let down I was 6-y- rd d While Tunpyiew only had four shots in the first halfwits last shot was inches away from being the game’s first goal Jessica Harmon who entered the free kick that contest with 12 goals drilled a d T-bi-rd point of the match Junior midfielder Anna TijA : Baugh ripped two shots on goal but nothing to show for va dw effort On bath occasions :J East goalkeeper Heather Joye 'made the saves'-- 4 si mattered — the final score — it was the home team that will be moving on to face Bountiful in the semifinals Timpview scored the game’s loan goal midway through the second half when Bobcat senior Emily Campbell accidentally cleared a free kick into her own goal and the T-birds held on for die 0 victory “ft’s dre most unkind way to leave (this field) and lose that way” SV head coach Doyle Ged-des said Emily’s been such a stalwart all season and that kind ofthing can happen to Boy I feel bad for her” anyone Nevertheless Sky View had several chances to send die game to overtime as it sent nine and 10 players into the attack in its attempt to score the equalizer Unfortunately for the Bobcats they were unable to strike any of their 1 1 second-ha- lf shots on goal and capitalize on a 12-- 1 advan't tage on corner kicks for the game “We scared that goal to death but to It was really a big game for us because we literally had to playtight tigfit defense to 4 J keep tiis shutout” Yes East did : cult for Sky View to get quality shots on goal Of Sky View’s 21 shots only four were on 'frame — all in the first half However one of those chances was extremely dangerous as Erin Moser took a upss from Christina Richer just outside the box: Moser chestra the ball but didn’t get much goalie Lindsey Freeze pace on it as made a routine save Tim-pvie- - credit they didn’t let one in” Geddes said Yes the didn’t — a fitting irony for a ' ds 444 gods per team that has sewed a h (15-Region 6’s top seed game Timpview entered Tuesday’s match with the highest goal differential ratio in 4A (444-11-9 allowed) “Chir back line has been solid all year king and that was pretty typical with what a team 4 has to go through to try and get a good shot off” Timpview head coach Jim Davis said As dominate as dw Bobcats were possession! wise the Thunderbird defenders made it diffi- 4A-hig- j 3) £ MascaraHeratf Journal 4 really proud of them” 44 Baugh flight a bad break in4 ' ' ' ' V v the first halfas well About 4 4 two minutes afire East cracked quick” Kemodle said - Sarah Butler made it 0 for the scoreboard Baugh nearly the visitors in dre 13th minute tied it only to have her shot rV’' when Shelton as well as a hit die top of the goal ' number of other Mustang 44 4 Continued from B1 “That’s how close the game Kemodle defenders failed to dear the out ithait woidd continue to be was” pointed dw rasto &ihe same list of schools'Wright Waters commissioner of the clearmgdrebaU) Uopanfe move orL Orleans-base- d Sun Belt said he did- ' V'Thlk about our keeper doing lamented-lAV-vAll Butler had to was tap it a great job” Kemodle said “She saved us a Couple times1 Mountain Crest forward Naomi Felix tries to get a shot around East defender Kelly Blouse In the dosing minutes of Tuesday's game 50-yar- took a funny bounce deflecting off the crossbar But other than that shot die Bobcat defense shut down the including junior forward Candice Clark and her state-leadi32 goal shots Clark was held to just two second-ha- lf Timpview would start putting some more pressure on Sky View early in the second half following near misses by Bobcats Nickole Canfield and Pitcher to begin the stanza “(We) came out with a little more purpose (in the second half) but we seized control for a little while” Davis said “ What I like about this team as much as anything is how drey can adjust on the field in a game” It paid off on in the 65th minute when Emily Boshard’s free kick was fortuitously one-timin by the Bobcat As heartbreaking as the loss was Geddes was quick to reflect on his team's successful ' season which included a five-gawinning streak heading into Tuesday “We had a great season and we played so well today that I want these girls to hang on to that” he said “We played a great Sky View soccer game today we played our game We just don’t have the win to show it" v ds ng v J ed ' 4 4 2-- 1' 4 wmh'bdUoutrfttiepen 4 ' that drey would accept invitations to join Conference USA That league is expand-- : ing in anticipation that Cincinnati “ Louisville Marquette and DcPaul will join dw Big East'- Benson said he was surprised more by league’s only private schools arid will f announcement than by their departures He had expected Conference USA to wait on the Big East’s next move! “On dre one hand it does allow dre — aU played in their S ithe left comer to die far post r ig Ihis senior class has only dre last three tort four Sine headed it where ' ' ' -- 1— 4 ourr t kt here'' : and basketball with primary emirtiasis on A-J address ? 1- -0 j f its new members by the end of the year with play starting in the fall of 2005 The 4:’ conference would add at least two more teams for nine members but an expan- - 44 intervrew with The Associ- - - and Tulsa have elected to make this deci- telephone -- We’ve never put up barriers fe sion” he said "‘However the core mern- bers that are left the seven schools that Hying to keep people in But I think ? ): games Tilly past -Mountain Crest goalkeeper years” Saunders said They' ' Alyssa Shelton for a ' lead-nine games all together dur- 'Aidreirwhoto think career about' did 'What East ing 4 Those three schools would join current members Texas Christian Houston and Trilane to form a western division of Conference USA The eastem division ' would be Southern Mississippi UAB Memphis South Florida and East Caroli-- 4 na Marshall officials expect an invitation"' to replace Army which has decided to ' ' 4 East’s first goal was KSrSnSorosS ftomfinal game for Mountain Crcrt' -- 4 join a conference that has several private‘ 4 institutions yJ: '4:'' - todie - A- - - : ' geop is possible he said ' : conferences started bracing for Many realignment when the Atlantic Coast 4' |