CHENEY, Wash. – The Eastern Washington University soccer team competed against Idaho today (Oct. 6) to a 3-1 victory on the EWU Soccer Field in its second Big Sky Conference match of the season.  

"Overall, we put a good performance together on both sides of the ball. We had some great goals today, we played well in front of the goal and I thought we defended well," said head coach Chad Bodnar. "This is the best match we've had effort wise so far this season. People stepped up and helped each other out and we defended well all over the field with good organization. We had a lot of people that worked hard today to get this result."
 
The Eagles wasted no time scoring as they found themselves a goal in the ninth minute from sophomore Mya Elder-Hammond. Following a corner kick taken by Elder-Hammond, the ball bounced back out to her feet as she collected and slotted it in the upper right corner from the left side of the 18-yard box.

Eastern put up five more shots before finding themselves a second goal which came in the 41^st minute. Senior Brooke Dunbar drove down the left side of the field and crossed the ball on the ground to Maddie Morgan who took one touch to find the back of the net. Morgan, a freshman for the Eagles, scored her first goal of her career.

The Vandals had an opportunity to score following a header from Trinity Paulsen in the 43^rd minute but the ball sailed over the crossbar and the score remained 2-0 after the first half.

Returning from halftime, Idaho competed to gain back control putting up four shots before finally finding themselves a goal. Following a foul on Eastern, Taylor Brust from Idaho crossed the ball into the box to find Hadley Sbrega on a header that skipped into the bottom right corner in the 64^th minute.

The Eagles, however, kept the momentum on their side as they found a third goal shortly after. Redshirt sophomore Brittany Delridge had a give-and-go with Kaelyn Barnes on the left side of the field to get around a defender and find the bottom right corner. Delridge, who came off the bench for the Eagles, scored her second goal of her career in the 70^th minute of today's match.

Idaho managed to put up two more shots before the final whistle but EWU goalkeeper Kelsee Winston was there with the saves. After ninety minutes of play, the match ended 3-1 in EWU's favor.

Win-Loss Record

After today's conference match, the Eagles are 4-5-2 with an undefeated conference record of 1-0-1 while the Vandals fall to 3-9-1 with a conference record of 0-2-1. The all-time series record moves to 12-13-1 for Eastern with Chad Bodnar now 5-3-1 against Idaho since being at the helm. Today's victory snapped a two-game losing streak to the Vandals and have they now have won four-straight matches at home against Idaho.

Key Stats

EWU outshot Idaho 15-11 landing eight shots on target versus five for the Vandals. Eastern had eight different players who took at least one shot and the Eagles took six corner kicks to Idaho's four.

Top Performances

Mya Elder-Hammond, Maddie Morgan and Brittany Delridge each scored one goal while Kaelyn Barnes and Brooke Dunbar had one assist. Sariah Keister had two shots on goal and goalkeeper Kelsee Winston recorded four saves in the match.

What's Next

The Eagles travel to Pocatello, Idaho, to face Idaho State on Friday, Oct. 11 at 2 p.m. Pacific time before traveling to Weber State for a 12 p.m. PT matchup on Oct. 13.