09/30/05– FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

JAGUARS BLANKED BY DENVER IN SUN BELT CONFERENCE ROAD TILT, 3-0
CONTACT: Kit Strief

Box Score

DENVER, Colo. – The University of South Alabama women’s soccer team dropped its first conference game of the 2005 season at Denver on Friday, 3-0. USA falls to 4-3-1 overall and 2-1 in the Sun Belt Conference, while Denver improves to 4-5-1 and 1-0 in conference play.

“It was a tough place to play a good team today,” Jaguar head coach Mike Varga said. “We had a tough time playing in the altitude today.”

Denver got on the board first in the 14th minute as Jenna Billingsley received a ball from Taryn Hemmings and dribbled up the sideline and scored. Six minutes later, the Pioneers scored again to go up 2-0. The Jaguars had the chance to take the early lead as senior Rebecca Kahn put a shot off the post.

“Rebecca (Kahn) hit the post early in the game and we could have gone up 1-0,” Varga said. “It may not have changed the outcome, but it may have increased our energy level had we scored.”

The first half ended with Denver up 2-0 and outshot the Jaguars 6-1 in the opening stanza. Jaguar freshman Kelsie Langford had two saves, one in each half. Denver posted the third goal in the 86th minute off a pass from the midfield as Lleane Grimditch scored with the second assist of the game going to Hemmings.

For the game, USA had three shots, one each by sophomore Sue Ahrens, Kahn and sophomore Karrie Johnson. The Pioneers tallied 11 shots in the game.

USA travels to North Texas on Sunday for a 1 p.m. match. The Jaguars return home to face Middle Tennessee on Fri., Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. at “The Cage.”