{"id":954838,"date":"2026-11-01T22:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T22:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/954838\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T22:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T22:44:10","slug":"nau-soccer-suffers-first-blemish-in-conference-play-at-weber-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/954838\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU Soccer Suffers First Blemish in Conference Play at Weber State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Northern-Colorado.png\" alt=\"Northern Colorado\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Northern Colorado<\/p>\n<p>11\/5\/2026 | 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Nov. 05 (Thu) \/ 1 p.m.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Northern-Colorado.png\" alt=\"Northern Colorado\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Northern Colorado&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/nauathletics.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/opponent-history\/northern-colorado\/16\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    OGDEN, Utah (November 1, 2026) \u2013 The Northern Arizona soccer team fell 2-0 to Weber State on a rainy Sunday afternoon at Wildcat Soccer Field.<\/p>\n<p>NAU (8-5-5, 4-1-3 Big Sky) sees a 10-match unbeaten streak ended and suffers its first loss in Big Sky matches, while Weber State improves to 10-6-2 and 6-1-1 in league matches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nauathletics.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/lexi-saveski\/7467\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7467\" target=\"_blank\">Lexi Saveski<\/a> made the start in goal and played all 90 minutes, making five saves. NAU was outshot 17-4 to tie a season-low in shots, and was edged in corner kicks, 4-3.<\/p>\n<p>Weber State got on the board early in the fourth minute, when Lily Blum found herself unmarked in the box for the point-blank shot to give the Wildcats a 1-0 lead. <a href=\"https:\/\/nauathletics.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/elliotte-kortus\/7819\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7819\" target=\"_blank\">Elliotte Kortus<\/a> took NAU&#8217;s first shot on target in the 22nd minute, and <a href=\"https:\/\/nauathletics.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/erin-perry\/7824\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7824\" target=\"_blank\">Erin Perry<\/a> almost found her second goal of the week with a ball that was initially fumbled by the Wildcat keeper in the 34th minute as the &#8216;Jacks attempted to equalize.<\/p>\n<p>Into the second period, the hosts maintained the edge. Weber State tested Saveski first in the 53rd minute, and the Lumberjacks responded on the other end with a shot from <a href=\"https:\/\/nauathletics.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/ava-hinske\/7838\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7838\" target=\"_blank\">Ava Hinske<\/a> inside the box that was blocked and sent out for a corner in the 60th minute.<\/p>\n<p>NAU thought it had found the back of the net from that corner, when a <a href=\"https:\/\/nauathletics.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/kaylee-muniz\/7473\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7473\" target=\"_blank\">Kaylee Muniz<\/a> shot snuck by the keeper, but the goal was waved off as Muniz was whistled for a foul.<\/p>\n<p>With the score still 1-0, Weber State notched another goal in the 63rd minute to double its lead. NAU fought to respond but only managed one more shot on target in the 75th minute. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nauathletics.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/valerie-llamas\/7314\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7314\" target=\"_blank\">Valerie Llamas<\/a> took a good look that was initially bobbled again by the keeper and ultimately controlled.<\/p>\n<p>The Lumberjacks will look to rebound in the regular season finale against Northern Colorado in Greeley on Nov. 5. Kickoff with the Bears is set for 1 p.m. MST and will be streamed on ESPN+.<\/p>\n<p>To stay up to date with Northern Arizona soccer, follow the Lumberjacks on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NAUSoccer_\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nau_soccer\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Northern Colorado 11\/5\/2026 | 1 p.m. &#13; Nov. 05 (Thu) \/ 1&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":954839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-954838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=954838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/954839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}