Blugolds Blank Yellowjackets In WIAC Opener
Eau Claire 5, Yellowjackets 0
Box Score
The Yellowjacket women's soccer team opened the WIAC portion of its 2011 schedule on the road at UW-Eau Claire and fell by a score of 5-0 at Bollinger Field.
Eau Claire took charge early on got on the board at 6:36 on Brittany Burant's first goal of the year. Teighlor Tvedt made it 2-0 at 34:35. The Blugolds would get one more before halftime, at 43:25 as Paige LeGate scored her third goal of the year on a penalty kick to make it 3-0 at the break.
In the second half Burant scored her second of the game at 52:57 to make it 4-0. LeGate closed out the scoring, making it 5-0, at 80:53.
The Blugolds outshot the Yellowjackets 26-2 in the match. Savannah Schramm (Carlton, Minn.) and Sarah Johnson (Cloquet, Minn.) had shots for the Yellowjackets.
Nina Behrenbrinker got the shutout for the Blugolds, while Alexandra Paige (Anaheim, Calif.) made 13 saves for the Yellowjackets in the match.
The Yellowjackets (2-3, 0-1 WIAC) return home on Saturday, September 17 when they play host to UW-Stout. The match will get underway at 3:00 p.m. at the Superior High School Soccer Complex.
