PROVO, Utah ­­– The No. 4 BYU women’s soccer team stayed undefeated at South Field after beating San Diego 3-1 on Saturday night.

BYU vs. San Diego Box Score

“The girls put a lot of pressure on San Diego tonight and I really liked how we moved the ball,” BYU head coach Jennifer Rockwood said. “One of our team goals is to dictate the speed of play and I thought we did a good job at doing that. We’ve worked a lot on our pressure out of the back. When we get them really involved with our attack good things happen.”

The Toreros (6-8-1, 2-4 WCC) stunned the Cougar (15-0-1, 5-0-1) defense in the 12th minute as Milan Moses blasted a shot into the back of the net for a 1-0 lead. However, San Diego’s lead did not last long as Cameron Tucker crossed the ball to an open Mikayla Colohan, who one-touched it into the net just 22 seconds later to even the game at 1-all.

Tucker scored a goal of her own in the 20th minute as the Cougars took advantage of a free kick. Alyssa Jefferson and Rachel Bingham Lyman connected off the free kick before finding Tucker and taking the lead, 2-1.

After 45 minutes of play, BYU led the way in shots with 16 compared to the Toreros’ two.

Elise Flake took on the San Diego defense just two minutes into the second half and placed a shot into the far side of the net to extend the Cougars advantage to 3-1.

The Toreros’ goalkeeper racked up the saves, including a pair of one-on-ones with Flake to keep BYU from scoring any more goals.

On the game, the Cougars outshot San Diego 27-5. BYU’s Sabrina Davis tallied three saves while Amber Michel totaled 12 for the Toreros.

The Cougars travel to San Francisco on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. PDT. The game will be streamed on the WCC Network and audio broadcasts can be heard on ESPN 960 AM/ESPN 960 App and 107.9 FM.

GAME NOTES

• Mikayla Colohan tallied her 11th goal and sixth assist of the season. She is 19th in the BYU record book for career goals with 19.
• Cameron Tucker has now recorded seven goals and six assists this season.
• Alyssa Jefferson recorded her second assist while Rachel Bingham Lyman tallied her fifth to place her at No. 20 in the record book for career assists.
• Elise Flake is eighth in the record book for career goals with 35 as she has now scored 15 this season to lead the offense.
• The Cougars have outscored their opponents 55-7.

PROVO, Utah – The No. 5 BYU women's soccer team continues West Coast Conference action at Portland on Wednesday, Oct. 23 before returning home to play San Diego on Saturday, Oct. 26.

IN THE RANKINGS. Top Drawer Soccer has BYU ranked No. 4 in this week's poll and the NCAA RPI rankings place the Cougars at No. 20. The United Soccer Coaches' poll will be released on Tuesday, Oct. 22. 

TOP 100 PLAYERS. Top Drawer Soccer recently released its Top 100 Players and Top 100 Freshmen, placing Mikayla Colohan at No. 17 and Elise Flake at No. 61 in the Top 100 Players. Jamie Shepherd and SaraJayne Affleck claimed the No. 10 and 48 spots in the Top 100 Freshmen poll.

LAST TIME ON THE FIELD. The Cougars took a dominant 8-0 victory over Saint Mary's last week at South Field as six different players found the back of the net. Danika Serassio scored the first goal of the match before Hermann Trophy nominees Colohan and Flake scored back-to-back goals within a minute of each other. Ellie Maughan rounded out the scoring in the first half, giving BYU a 4-0 lead at halftime. In the second half Colohan and Flake scored their second goals while Ella Ballstaedt and Lytiana Akinaka recorded goals in the final minutes of the game.

OFFENSIVE STRENGTH. BYU is second in the nation in scoring, tallying 50 total goals, just one behind Stanford. The Cougars are averaging 3.57 goals per game while the Cardinal lead the way with a 3.64 average. Flake leads the team with 13 goals and Colohan has recorded 10.

WCC UPDATE. In conference action, the Cougars lead the way with a 3-0-1 record. Pepperdine (3-1) and Santa Clara (2-0-2) follow in second and third with Gonzaga and San Francisco (2-1-1) tied for fourth place.

No. 5 BYU (13-0-1, 3-0-1 WCC) at Portland (4-4-1, 0-2-2 WCC)

• Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. PDT, at Merlo Field
• Video: WCC Network
• Radio: BYU Sports Network/BYU Cougars App/107.9 FM and ESPN 960 AM/ESPN 960 AM App
• Radio Talent: Greg Wrubell (play-by-play) and Elena Medeiros (analyst)

THE PILOTS. Portland is coming off of back-to-back 1-1 ties against Saint Mary's in Moraga, California and No. 20 Santa Clara at its home turf. The Pilots started conference play with losses against Pepperdine (2-1) and Gonzaga (1-0). Taryn Ries leads the offense with five goals and four assists. Defensively, Portland has allowed 16 goals.

COUGARS VS. PILOTS. BYU has won eight consecutive games to lead the series 9-4. In 2018, the Cougars earned a 3-0 win at South Field and outshot the Pilots 35 to seven.

No. 5 BYU (13-0-1, 3-0-1 WCC) vs. San Diego (6-6-1, 2-2-0 WCC)

• Saturday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. MDT, at South Field
• Video: BYUtv
• Video Talent: Spencer Linton (play-by-play) and Carla Haslam (analyst)
• Radio: BYU Sports Network/BYU Cougars App/107.9 FM and ESPN 960 AM/ESPN 960 AM App
• Radio Talent: Greg Wrubell (play-by-play) and Elena Medeiros (analyst)

THE TOREROS. Last week San Diego took a 3-2 win over Loyola Marymount for its second win in conference action. The Toreros also beat Saint Mary's 5-0, but fell to Gonzaga and Santa Clara 6-0. This week's WCC Player of the Week is Moses Milan, she leads the Torero offense with seven goals and scored a hat trick against the Lions.

COUGARS VS. TOREROS. BYU leads the series 8-3 and most recently recorded a 2-1 overtime win in 2018 with Flake scoring the game-winner in the 98th minute.