WSoc Final Score
Jesica Gonzalez
Andreya Barrera (#25)
0
Grand Canyon GCU (3-9-1, 0-1-0 WAC)
1
Winner UT Rio Grande Valley UTRGV (6-5-2, 1-0-0 WAC)
Grand Canyon GCU
(3-9-1, 0-1-0 WAC)
0
Final
1
UT Rio Grande Valley UTRGV
(6-5-2, 1-0-0 WAC)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Grand Canyon GCU 0 0 0
UT Rio Grande Valley UTRGV 1 0 1

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Women's Soccer Opens WAC Play with Victory over Grand Canyon

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EDINBURG – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) women's soccer team won its Western Athletic Conference (WAC) opener 1-0 over Grand Canyon University (GCU) on Friday at the UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex.
 
Graduate student Andreya Barrera scored the game-winner in the 14th minute. Junior Tuva Rolstad Nilsen launched a free kick into the box, which sophomore Sarah Bonney tapped to Barrera, who beat Blakely Fraasch (3-9-1).
 
Sophomore Kinga Szemik (2-3-1) made five saves for her fifth-career shutout.
 
GCU (3-9-1, 0-1-0 WAC) outshot UTRGV (6-5-2, 1-0-0 WAC) 10-9, including 6-4 on goal.
 
UTRGV is back in action on Sunday at 11 a.m. against CSU Bakersfield at the UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex.
 
Fans will receive one free ticket to every Sunday home soccer match with the purchase of a ticket of equal or greater value, courtesy of Plaza Sports.
 
Gates open at 10.

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