PROVO -- Erika Woodbury set the BYU single-season-shutout record, while Katie Larkin sparked an offense outburst to go along with tough defense to lead the Cougars to a 3-0 victory over Wyoming Thursday night at South Stadium.

With the win BYU improved to12-2-2 overall and 3-1-1 in conference play. Wyoming fell to 6-7-3 and 1-2-2.

"It was a tremendous team effort," BYU head coach Jennifer Rockwood said. "We've been working really hard on offense the last three weeks. The girls really stepped it up."

Woodbury recorded her 10th shutout of the season in goal for the Cougars. She is now three away from setting the school record for shutouts in a career, which is currently held by Jennifer Waldron.

"Erika has been a key figure for us this year," Rockwood said. "We hope it continues."

BYU's defense, led by Jessica Harmon, played well all night, limiting the Cowgirls to just four shots on goal. Wyoming's first shot on goal did not come until late in the second half. The Cougars ended up outshooting the Cowgirls 22-4 on the evening. BYU's defense did not allow a single shot during the first half of action, while the Cougars posted 12, including nine shots on goal.

"I was very proud of our defensive effort tonight," Rockwood said. "The defense had their hands full and did a great job."

First-half play started off with Wyoming moving the ball around early in Cougar territory. The BYU defense hung tough and kept the Cowgirls away from the goal.

Carolyn Swenson got the offensive action started early when she took a pass in the left corner and fired a right-footed shot at the corner, forcing Wyoming keeper Ashley Sheppard to make a nice save.

The Cougars then controlled the ball for the next few minutes until scoring in the 14th minute. Katie Larkin broke free from a pack of Cowgirl defenders to take a long pass in the left corner of Wyoming territory. She took two strides and fired a right-footed shot out of reach of an oncoming defender and past Sheppard into the right corner of the net.

BYU controlled the action throughout the remainder of the half, keeping constant pressure on the Wyoming defense that resulted in several close goals. Natalie Nate came close after she intercepted a Cowgirl header in the box and took a quick shot toward the goal that was saved by Sheppard.

Not long after Nate's close call, Karen Cook blasted a long shot from 25 yards out that was bobbled by Sheppard. Jenavieve Phillips snatched the rebound and took a shot that appeared to cross the goal line right before Sheppard pounced on it. Cougar players and fans held their breath as an official ruled that Sheppard had made the stop.

Second half play continued much the same as the first half ended, as the Cougars controlled the ball and kept constant pressure on Wyoming while not allowing the Cowgirls to move past midfield very often.

The Cougars second goal came in the 70th minute of the game. Larkin got the ball on the left baseline, juked a Wyoming defender and passed it to the top of the box to Nate, who sent a rocket into the top-let corner of the net.

BYU got its third goal of the night almost four minutes later. Cook got the ball at midfield, wove in and out of the Wyoming defense and grounded a shot into the bottom right corner of the net.

The Cougars will be back in action Saturday night when they travel to Albuquerque, N.M. to take on New Mexico at 7 p.m.

Soccer Box Score (Final)
The Automated ScoreBook For Soccer
Wyoming vs #16 Brigham Young Univ. (Oct 19, 2006 at Provo, Utah)
Wyoming (6-7-3, 1-2-2) vs. 
Brigham Young Univ. (12-2-2, 3-1-1)
Date: Oct 19, 2006 Attendance: 1101
Weather:
Goals by period  	1 	2 	Total 
Wyoming 	0 	0 	0 
Brigham Young Univ. 	1 	2 	3 
Wyoming
Pos 	## 	Player 	                Sh 	SOG 	G 	A 
GK  	33 	SHEPPARD, Ashley  	0 	0 	0 	0 
MF  	3  	LAYTON, Emily  	1 	0 	0 	0 
F  	7  	NAGEL, Christine  	0 	0 	0 	0 
MF  	8  	LATHROP, Amanda  	0 	0 	0 	0 
D  	10 	BEST, Christina  	0 	0 	0 	0 
D  	11 	CLARKE, Carolyn  	0 	0 	0 	0 
MF  	12 	ADETOYE, Comfort  	0 	0 	0 	0 
D  	14 	STANGL, Kristen  	0 	0 	0 	0 
D  	16 	HUBBARD, Laine  	1 	0 	0 	0 
MF  	17 	THIEMAN, Corey  	0 	0 	0 	0 
F  	23 	LINDNER, Kelsey  	1 	0 	0 	0 
  	  	--- Substitutes --- 
 	5  	GURROLA, Kristin  	0 	0 	0 	0 
 	13 	WILSON, Emma  	0 	0 	0 	0 
 	18 	SOLTAU, Andrea  	0 	0 	0 	0 
 	22 	GROY, Katie  	0 	0 	0 	0 
 	24 	ETHERIDGE, Kerstyn  	1 	0 	0 	0 
 	25 	RAMSEY, Leah  	0 	0 	0 	0 
 	 	Totals......... 	4 	0 	0 	0 
## 	Goalie 	Minutes 	 GA 	Saves 
33 	SHEPPARD, Ashley  	 90:00 	3 	14 
Brigham Young Univ.
Pos 	## 	Player 	Sh 	SOG 	 G 	 A 
GK  	28 	WOODBURY, Erika  	0 	0 	0 	0 
D  	3  	CUTHBERT, Haylee  	1 	1 	0 	0 
D  	4  	COOK, Karen  	1 	1 	1 	0 
F  	7  	SWENSON, Carolyn  	2 	2 	0 	0 
D  	10 	HARMON, Jessica  	0 	0 	0 	0 
D  	11 	WILLIS, Andrea  	0 	0 	0 	0 
MF  	12 	NATE, Natalie  	2 	2 	1 	0 
F  	16 	AQUINO, Jessica  	2 	2 	0 	0 
F  	18 	LARKIN, Katie  	5 	3 	1 	1 
D  	21 	PHILLIPS, Jenavieve  	1 	1 	0 	0 
F  	22 	FELLOWS, Katie  	1 	0 	0 	0 
  	  	--- Substitutes --- 
 	2  	ANDERSON, Amberlea  	1 	0 	0 	0 
 	5  	HAYMOND, Alison  	0 	0 	0 	0 
 	6  	ZWAHLEN, Annie  	0 	0 	0 	0 
 	8  	STAPLES, Stephanie  	1 	1 	0 	0 
 	9  	DRAEGER, Amanda  	0 	0 	0 	0 
 	13 	DEARBORN, Heidi  	0 	0 	0 	0 
 	14 	HEATON, Laura  	0 	0 	0 	0 
 	15 	BOWMAN, Brooke  	2 	1 	0 	0 
 	19 	KAKADELAS, Kelsea  	0 	0 	0 	0 
 	20 	TILLOTSON, Bobbi  	1 	1 	0 	0 
 	23 	VANDER VEUR, Alyssa  	2 	2 	0 	0 
 	25 	THOMAS, Claire  	0 	0 	0 	0 
 	26 	SMURTHWAITE, Katie  	0 	0 	0 	0 
 	 	Totals......... 	22 	17 	3 	1 
## 	Goalie 	Minutes 	 GA 	Saves 
28 	WOODBURY, Erika  	 90:00 	0 	0 
Shots by period  	1 	2 	Total 
Wyoming 	0 	4 	4 
Brigham Young Univ. 	12 	10 	22 
Corner kicks  	1 	2 	Total 
Wyoming 	0 	0 	0 
Brigham Young Univ. 	3 	4 	7 
Saves by period  	1 	2 	Total 
Wyoming 	9 	5 	14 
Brigham Young Univ. 	0 	0 	0 
Fouls  	1 	2 	Total 
Wyoming 	1 	4 	5 
Brigham Young Univ. 	2 	3 	5 
SCORING SUMMARY
Goal 	Time 	Team 	Goal Scorer 	Assists 	 
1. 	13:55 	BY  	LARKIN, Katie 	(unassisted) 
2. 	70:02 	BY  	NATE, Natalie 	LARKIN, Katie 
3. 	74:11 	BY  	COOK, Karen 	(unassisted) 
CAUTIONS AND EJECTIONS
WY  	#11 	CLARKE, Carolyn  	Yellow card 	 26:07 
Officials: 
Offsides: Wyoming 0, Brigham Young Univ. 3.

PROVO, Utah (Oct.17, 2006)--No. 16 BYU (11-2-2, 2-0-0) plays one game at home and one on the road this week during the third week of Mountain West Conference action. The Cougars challenge Wyoming (6-6-3, 1-1-2) on Thursday at South Stadium and New Mexico (6-6-3, 0-2-2) in Albuquerque. Game times are slated for 7 p.m., local time.

The Cougars played two games last week, tying San Diego State, 2-2, and defeating Air Force, 1-0. The Cougars' played some of their best soccer of the season last week, giving head coach Jennifer Rockwood a lot of confidence going into the final stretch of the season.

Katie Larkin, who has been named the MWC Offensive Player of the Week and named to several national teams of the week, leads BYU with four goals and 12 points. Three of those goals were game winners. Katie Fellows has also netted three goals of her own. Also scoring goals for the Cougars are Brooke Bowman (2), Haylee Cuthbert (2), Alyssa Vander Veur (2), Amberlea Anderson (1), Jessica Aquino (1), Kelsea Kakadelas (1) Jenavieve Phillips (1), Carolyn Swenson (1) and Claire Thomas. Larkin and Swenson lead BYU with four and three assists, respectively.

Goalkeeper Erika Woodbury has accumulated 44 saves on the season and now holds the record for most career saves at BYU with 165. She is also chasing two more records this season. Woodbury is tied with Jennifer Waldron with nine shutouts in a season. Waldron set the record in 1999, playing in 24 games. Woodbury has tied the record in just 15 games. With Woodbury's nine shutouts this season, she has 24 career shutouts and is just four shutouts away from becoming BYU's all-time leader. Waldron currently holds the record with 27.5 career saves.

Wyoming's offensive attack is spread evenly among its team with eight players netting goals on the season. Tamika Wilson leads the team with three goals. Comfort Adetoye, Christine Nagel and Emily Layton have each assisted on three goals this season. Keeprs Ashley Sheppard and Jamie Scarcliff have combined for 95 saves on the season.

The Cougars hold a 10-1 advantage against Wyoming with BYU winning last season's matchup 2-0 at South Stadium.

New Mexico's offense starts with Kristine Sweat, Bridgette Sanchez and Asha Richardson. Sweat has netted four goals, while Sanchez has scored three goals and assisted for three others. Richardson has also scored three goals of her own. Goalkeeper Shannon Adragna has saved 41 goals on the season.

BYU leads the series against New Mexico 10-2-2. New Mexico won last season's meeting, 1-0.

Live stats for the games will be available by going to http://www.byucougars.com/Schedule.jsp?SP=162&YR=2005. Fans can also tune into the game by watching the live video stream online through CSTV Online. Jarom Jordan and Jordan Feinauer will commentate Thursday's game. The package is available for $6.95/month or $49.95/year. Fans can sign up by clicking on the BYU Cougars All-Access icon located on the BYU Athletics homepage at www.byucougars.com.

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