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Cougars fall to Grizzly rally
The Adams State College women’s soccer team trailed early, but goals from freshman Shelby Janz and junior Jessica Hellweg allowed the Grizzlies to overcome the early deficit and claim their first Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference victory of the season 2-1 over Colorado Christian University on Sunday.
The win over the Cougars, now 0-6 overall and 0-2 in RMAC play, snaps a four-game losing streak and improves the Grizzlies record to 2-4 overall, with a 1-1 mark in conference play.
Ciara Meredith put the Cougars on the board early, striking a bouncing ball in the ASC box and putting it into the back of the net, giving the visitors a 1-0 lead. But freshman keeper Hannah Kohlts was a brick wall for the remainder of the match, making five saves, including a leaping deflection on a Cougars free kick during the 82nd minute that would have tied the game.
While the ASC offense was on target throughout the contest, putting 11 of its 19 shots on goal, it took the Grizzlies until the 37:27 mark to even the score at 1-1. Sophomore Skyler Stevens recorded her first career assist after finding Janz who placed a ball just out of reach of CCU’s Liana Signorile and into the upper right-hand corner of the net.
In the second half the ASC offense cooled off a bit, taking just six more shots but put four of them on goal, and were able to notch the game-winner off the foot of Hellweg, The junior forward dribbled her way up to the top of the Cougar’s box where she pulled and delivered a strike just between the keeper’s hand and the cross bar, putting the Grizzlies up for good, 2-1.
It was Hellweg’s fourth goal of the season, putting her just two away from her season-high of six, which she accomplished in 2009, and also moves her into a tie for third in career goals with 12.
Adams State will have a quick break before being back on Murphy Field for a Wednesday afternoon match-up with New Mexico Highlands at 3 p.m. Wednesday’s match will be the first of three in a span of six days for the Grizzlies, who will also play a pair of road games on Friday and Saturday.
The Cowgirls will enter the mid-week contest with a 3-2-1 overall and 1-0-1 in RMAC play. After downing Colorado Christian 2-1 on Friday, New Mexico Highlands played a 1-1 draw with No. 3-ranked Metro State in Las Vegas, N.M. on Sunday.
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