The 2012 regular season came to an end for the Portland State women’s soccer team last week, as the Vikings beat California State University, Bakersfield 2-0. Seniors Amanda Dutra and Amanda Howie each tallied goals for the Vikings, who will now look forward to the Big Sky Conference tournament.
The 2012 regular season came to an end for the Portland State women’s soccer team last week, as the Vikings beat California State University, Bakersfield 2-0. Seniors Amanda Dutra and Amanda Howie each tallied goals for the Vikings, who will now look forward to the Big Sky Conference tournament.
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MOVING ON: PSU women’s soccer ends 2012 on a high note.
The Vikings (9-7-2, 6-2-1) had already finished their Big Sky campaign for the regular season, finishing in a three-way tie for first place in the conference. In their game against Cal State, PSU was looking to stay healthy, gain experience and perform well. The Vikings did exactly that and more.
“Bakersfield is a good team with some very talented players,” head coach Laura Schott said. “We dominated parts of the game and they dominated parts of the game. The aspect of the game I was most pleased with was our ability to manage the ups and downs. We never got too high or too low—we managed the game well.”
The Vikings have now won three games in a row to the end the season, with Howie scoring a goal in her last four games. Even though the team is still looking to improve before the start of the tournament, the win was an important one.
“Any victory is a celebrated victory in a sport like soccer,” Schott said. “Sometimes you have what seems like 90 percent possession and you lose; sometimes you get one shot and you win.”
PSU will now move on to Pocatello, Idaho. The four teams competing include the Vikings, the University of Montana, Idaho State University and Weber State University. PSU is the second seed in the tournament and will play third-seeded Montana for a chance to advance to the championship game.
