Idaho State vs. Montana postgame blog

Idaho State 1, Montana 1

For a full game recap, click here.

For an awesome photo gallery of the game, click here.



Star of the game: Whitney Peterson. The Boise State transfer scored her second goal of the season to help pull Idaho State back into a 1-1 tie with Montana.

Allison Gibson said about Peterson, “She’s such a good player and she’s so speedy. She’s got a great change of speed, which is just tremendous. ... Coming off of the (five-game losing streak) in our season, she was really, really struggling with her confidence. ... Anytime you score a goal as a player it’s going to give you that automatic confidence.

“I see her playing more freely now. I would say that’s the main difference with her. She’s definitely one of those kids who gets in her own head. Now she’s playing both with herself and her opponent.”

Second star: Both team’s goalkeeper. Montana’s keeper Kendra McMillen finished with nine saves and ISU’s Sheridan Hapsic had seven. Both were fantastic. Each team left the game feeling like they had left scoring opportunities on the field, but the lack of goals has something to do with the goalkeeping.

Around the rest of the Big Sky:

Northern Arizona 3, Southern Utah 2 (2OT)

Northern Arizona won its first Big Sky Conference match after defeating SUU 3-2 in double overtime.

SUU outshot NAU 19-13. The Lumberjacks’ Lauren Weaver made nine saves while SUU's Tessa Christensen had five.

Weber State 3, Eastern Washington 0

Weber State starts out the conference season with a 2-0 record after defeating Eastern 3-0.  WSU's goals came from Ryley Hansen, Mackenzie Harrison and Mackenzie Day. Weber racked up 21 shots to EWU’s 13.

It’s early in the season, but Weber State is the Big Sky’s top team at 6-2-2 overall and 2-0 in the Big Sky. Idaho State, Northern Arizona, Sacramento State and Portland State all have one win.

Montana, Northern Colorado, Southern Utah, North Dakota and Eastern Washington have all recorded losses (with the Griz, of course, picking up a point after Saturday’s tie game with the Bengals).

For a full set of standings, click here.