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The University of Utah Athletics
Utah Soccer Bests Beijing Normal, 5-1
8/30/2016 1:52 PM | Soccer
Utes get a pair of goals from Paola van der Veen
SALT LAKE CITY - Utah Soccer played its third game in five days and had enough strength to top Beijing Normal University this afternoon at Ute Field, 5-1. Paola van der Veen scored twice and Ireland Dunn, Ella Ballstaedt and Holly Daguirda each added a goal.
Goal number two arrived in the 38th minute when Haylee Cacciacarne played a ball out of the back up the near left side to Dunn. The freshman turned to the middle and away she went, unleashing a shot into the top of the goal from just outside the box.
In the second half, Van der Veen struck again, crushing a free kick from just inside the center circle that wriggled through the Beijing goalkeeper's hands. Five minutes later, Addie Jensen took the ball away from a Beijing player and fed Van der Veen. The sophomore played a lovely thru-ball to Ballstaedt who raced away from her defender and beat the keeper to the lower left side.
Jensen was back in the middle of the action two minutes later, dishing to Natalie Vukic in the middle of the pitch. The junior forward was able to locate a cutting Daugirda who out-paced her defender and hit a slow roller past the Beijing keeper for a 5-0 margin.
"We were thrilled to host the Beijing Normal team at Ute Field," head coach Rich Manning said. "I was very impressed with their technical quality and speed of play. We had some very good performances today and scored some quality goals. We also saw some new people step up and have an impact on the field. We are excited to get back to training tomorrow and continue to improve."
Fourteen minutes in, Van der Veen received the ball at the top of the penalty area from Max Flom and the Dutch sophomore rocketed her try to the bottom left corner for a 1-0 lead.Goal number two arrived in the 38th minute when Haylee Cacciacarne played a ball out of the back up the near left side to Dunn. The freshman turned to the middle and away she went, unleashing a shot into the top of the goal from just outside the box.
In the second half, Van der Veen struck again, crushing a free kick from just inside the center circle that wriggled through the Beijing goalkeeper's hands. Five minutes later, Addie Jensen took the ball away from a Beijing player and fed Van der Veen. The sophomore played a lovely thru-ball to Ballstaedt who raced away from her defender and beat the keeper to the lower left side.
Jensen was back in the middle of the action two minutes later, dishing to Natalie Vukic in the middle of the pitch. The junior forward was able to locate a cutting Daugirda who out-paced her defender and hit a slow roller past the Beijing keeper for a 5-0 margin.
Beijing Normal did get on the board in the 74th minute when Zhang Yue was able to knock one home for the final score. This concluded a four-game trip to the United States for the Chinese team. As part of the Pac-12's Conference's Global Initiative, it also played at USC, UCLA and Arizona State.
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