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PROVO -- In front of 3,066 fans the Soccer Buzz No. 18 BYU Women’s Soccer team defeated the Soccer Times No. 18 Georgia Bulldogs 4-1 at the newly-renovated South Field Friday night.

With the win the Cougars improve to 2-1-0 on the season, while Georgia falls to 1-1-0.

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“The team did an outstanding job, everybody came ready to play,” BYU head coach Jennifer Rockwood said. “They were excited to play at home. Our forwards were outstanding, our back four were solid and our midfield played a great game.”

Hermann Trophy candidate Katie Larkin led the Cougars, scoring two goals on seven shots-on-goal. Her efforts were supplemented with goals from Kassidy Christensen and Katie Fellows Hodgkiss, and by a strong BYU defense that limited Georgia to only nine shots on goal while the Cougars managed 23.

BYU jumped ahead early when Larkin scored her in the eighth minute, to net her second goal of the season. Off an assist from Lauren Anderson, Larkin blew past Georgia goalkeeper Michelle Betos to score the first goal of the night.

Georgia took little time to even the game, when a rebound off of BYU goalkeeper Aleena Shelton’s block allowed Carrie Patterson to net the ball.

BYU broke the tie in the 18th minute as Fellows Hodgkiss passed the ball to Larkin, who fooled the goalkeeper and dropped the ball off to Kassidy Christensen. Allowing Christensen to score her first goal of the season, taking a 2-1 lead into the second half.

The Cougars extended their lead in the 55th minute when Anderson passed to an unguarded Larkin, who took the shot to score her second of the game.

Deep into the second half the Cougars continued their dominance over the Bulldogs when Christensen took a shot, and Fellows Hodgkiss poked in the deflection to bring BYU to a 3-1 lead.

The Cougars take South Field again on Monday when they host Arizona at 4 p.m. at South Field. The game will be broadcast live on BYUTV, and is available via livestats on www.byucougars.com.

Students can get in to the game free by presenting their student ID card at the gate.

Cougar fans can join the official Women's Soccer texting group by texting the words "WSOC" to the number 83043. Members of the group will receive reminders about game times, information about ticket discounts and other promotions.

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                             Soccer Box Score (Final)
            UGA vs Brigham Young Univ. (Aug 29, 2008 at Provo, Utah)
UGA (1-1-0) vs.                                             Goals by period       1  2  Tot
Brigham Young Univ. (2-1-0)                                 -------------------------------
Date: Aug 29, 2008  Attendance: 3066                        UGA.................  1  0 -  1
Weather:                                                    Brigham Young Univ..  2  2 -  4
UGA                                                     Brigham Young Univ.
Pos ## Player                Sh SOG  G  A               Pos ## Player                Sh SOG  G  A
------------------------------------------              ------------------------------------------
GK  00 BETOS,Michelle......   -   -  -  -               GK  1  SHELTON, Aleena.....   -   -  -  -
D   7  TOMLINSON,Megan.....   -   -  -  1               F   3  ANDERSON, Lauren....   3   -  -  2
D   8  FARELY,Natalie......   -   -  -  -               D   4  COOK, Karen.........   -   -  -  -
MF  16 DRESSEN,Traci.......   2   2  -  -               D   9  DRAEGER, Amanda.....   2   -  -  -
D   17 POWELL,Bailey.......   -   -  -  -               D   10 CARTER, Jessica.....   -   -  -  -
F   19 MILLER,Ashley.......   2   1  -  -               D   11 WILLIS, Andrea......   -   -  -  -
MF  21 SIMPSON, Caroline...   1   -  -  -               MF  15 KAKADELAS, Kelsea...   1   1  -  -
D   22 GARMAN,Kristin......   -   -  -  -               MF  16 JANIS, Auna.........   1   -  -  -
MF  23 KRASE,Mariah........   -   -  -  -               F   18 LARKIN, Katie.......   3   2  2  1
MF  24 GLANCY,Lauren.......   -   -  -  -               F   21 CHRISTENSEN, Kassidy   7   2  1  1
F   27 PATTERSON,Carrie....   2   1  1  -               F   22 HODGKISS, Katie.....   3   3  1  1
     ---------- Substitutes ----------                       ---------- Substitutes ----------
    2  BURLINGAME, Caroline   -   -  -  -                   5  FELLER, Whitney.....   -   -  -  -
    12 MCCONNELL,Leslie....   -   -  -  -                   6  RICHARDSON, Megan...   -   -  -  -
    13 HOOKER,Alex.........   1   1  -  -                   7  MARSHALL, Jennie....   2   -  -  -
    20 STEIN, Lindsay......   -   -  -  -                   8  NELSON, Rachel......   -   -  -  -
    26 GILMORE,Meghan......   1   1  -  -                   12 RIDDLE, Becca.......   1   -  -  -
       Totals..............   9   6  1  1                   14 JAMESON, Ashleigh...   -   -  -  -
                                                            23 VANDER Veur, Alyssa.   -   -  -  -
                                                               Totals..............  23   8  4  5
UGA                                                     Brigham Young Univ.
## Player                 MIN  GA Saves                 ## Player                 MIN  GA Saves
---------------------------------------                 ---------------------------------------
00 BETOS,Michelle......  90:00  4     3                 1  SHELTON, Aleena.....  90:00  1     2
TM TM..................   0:00  0     1                 TM TEAM................   0:00  0     3
Shots by period       1  2  Tot                         Saves by period       1  2  Tot
-------------------------------                         -------------------------------
UGA.................  3  6 -  9                         UGA.................  1  3 -  4
Brigham Young Univ..  9 14 - 23                         Brigham Young Univ..  1  4 -  5
Corner kicks          1  2  Tot                         Fouls                 1  2  Tot
-------------------------------                         -------------------------------
UGA.................  3  2 -  5                         UGA.................  1  2 -  3
Brigham Young Univ..  1  4 -  5                         Brigham Young Univ..  1  8 -  9
SCORING SUMMARY:
GOAL   Time Team     Goal Scorer              Assists                                  Description
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 1.    7:47 BY       LARKIN, Katie (2)        ANDERSON, Lauren
 2.   13:26 UGA      PATTERSON,Carrie         TOMLINSON,Megan
 3.   17:29 BY       CHRISTENSEN, Kassidy (1) LARKIN, Katie; HODGKISS, Katie
 4.   54:24 BY       LARKIN, Katie (3)        ANDERSON, Lauren
 5.   84:23 BY       HODGKISS, Katie (1)      CHRISTENSEN, Kassidy
CAUTIONS AND EJECTIONS:
YC-UGA #7 (24:10); YC-BY #16 (44:08)
Officials: Referee: Skyler Pack; Asst. Referee: Orley Bills; Karen Grant;
Offsides: UGA 1, Brigham Young Univ. 5.

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PROVO -- The No. 18 Cougars open defense of South Field this weekend when they face off against the University of Georgia on Friday, Aug. 29 at 7:00, and the Arizona Wildcats on Sept. 1 at 4 p.m.

The Georgia game is the first women’s soccer game at South Field since the renovations that took place over the summer.

Junior forward Carrie Patterson, a 2007 second-team NSCAA All-American and a member of the 2008 Hermann Trophy watchlist leads Georgia. Patterson led the Bulldogs in goals scored (13), points (32), shots (67), and was tied for the lead in assists with six. Georgia beat Mercer 2-0 on Aug. 26. Historically, the Bulldogs have struggled in the Mountain and Pacific time zones, going just 2-5-2.

Arizona features a young squad that had 19 underclassmen last year. Senior forward London King returns as the team’s key weapon; she scored four goals and had eight points last year. The Wildcats are coming off of a 1-0 victory over Cal Poly on Sunday, Aug. 24.

Fans are encouraged to arrive early to both games to enjoy giveaways, contests, handmade balloon animals and t-shirts and soccer magnets for the first 1,000 fans.

Monday, the first 2,000 fans will receive pom-poms provided by the Utah Youth Soccer Association. There will be t-shirt giveaways, contests and competitions with prizes during both of the games.

Students can get in to either game free by presenting their student ID card at the gate.

Cougar fans can join the official Women's Soccer texting group by texting the words "WSOC" to the number 83043. Members of the group will receive reminders about game times, information about ticket discounts and other promotions.