Carr, Yates Score In First UW Win Of 2019

Sunday, September 1

Seattle, WA

2:00 PM

University of Washington

1-1-2

New Mexico

1-2-0

New Mexico

Washington

Photo by: Red Box Pictures

September 01, 2019 | Women's Soccer

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SEATTLE – Two first-half goals propelled the Huskies to victory over the New Mexico Lobos 2-1, ending the Husky Invitational with a win. Makena Carr and Summer Yates had the goals for Washington, with Lisa Jensen earning an assist. Yates also had an assist on Carr's goal.

Jessika Cowart earned the 2019 Husky Invitational Most Valuable Defensive Player award for her work in the midfield, continually shutting down the Lobos as they attacked up the middle. Dani Hansen made six saves in goal, setting a new single-game high in her young career.

"New Mexico is a tough team to play against: they scrap, they fight, fatigue played a role for us with so many games in a short period of time," said Lesle Gallimore. "I'm proud of us, that was gutsy. Some people came off the bench and showed they deserve more minutes, our backs and Cowart defensively have been outstanding."

Isabella Castro started the Husky attack, picking up two shots in the first six minutes on the game. One of those shots led to the first of three consecutive corner kicks, with the Huskies scoring off the third. Castro would end the game with three shots, leading the team, while Olivia van der Jagt picked up two shots, including a dangerous header off a corner kick in the second half.

22' | Squad goals? Yates goals.

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		SCORING
8:37 \| On her third straight corner, Yates found the head of Jensen, who flicked the ball along. Carr was waiting at the far post and fired across the face of goal for the lead. 21:34 \| Yates played down an attempted clearance off her body, controlling it before shooting low and hard through traffic for a goal from outside the box. 61:49 \| New Mexico got one back on a two-on-one break, feeding a through ball to the left side of the box and shooting low to the far post.

		NOTES
Yates has scored in back-to-back games since moving into the starting lineup. Carr's goal was the first of her Husky career. She had an assist as a freshman, against Oregon. All but one of Jensen's points in her career have come at home. Vanessa Millsaps and Claudia Longo, who each missed last season with injury, made their collegiate debuts today. MaKayla Woods also made her season debut. The Huskies have now shutout their opposition in five halves this year, in addition to four overtime periods.

		UP NEXT
Washington hits the road for the first time this next week, heading to Portland to play a neutral-site game against Denver on Thursday, September 5 at 5:00 pm. Make sure to follow Husky women's soccer on Twitter with the username @UW_WSoccer and on Instagram at uw_wsoccer.