{"id":464633,"date":"2026-09-15T16:50:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/464633\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T16:50:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:50:32","slug":"utes-earn-dominant-win-over-long-beach-state-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/464633\/","title":{"rendered":"Utes Earn Dominant Win Over Long Beach State"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONG BEACH, Calif. – The University of Utah women’s soccer team scored three goals in a span of just over 10 minutes in the first half and they rode that momentum to a 5-1 victory over Long Beach State on Saturday night at George Allen Field in Long Beach, Calif.
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\nThe Utes second road win of the season boosts their overall record to 3-3-2.
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\nBoth sides spent much of the early going carefully probing for an offensive opportunity, but Utah took full advantage of their first scoring chance of the night. A cross into the box by the Utes was headed outside the 18, but Kennedy Fletcher<\/a> collected the loose ball at the top of the box and sent a left-footed effort past the keeper for the first score of the match in the 13th minute.
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\nUtah didn’t waste much time adding to their lead. This time, Shannon Davidson<\/a> made a run down the left side of the attacking area and sent in a cross. LBSU’s clearance attempt put the ball on the foot of Julia Oka<\/a>, who fired a rocket into the back of the net for her second goal of the year. Less than five minutes later, Davdison added her name to the scoresheet. A Reese Clem<\/a> pass found Fletcher at the top of the box and Fletcher’s deflection put Davidson in on goal and she capitalized to the tune of her second score of 2026 and a 3-0 advantage for the visitors. Defensively, the Utes didn’t allow a single shot in the first half and took their lead into the break.
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\nIn the second half, Utah’s defense continued to be nearly impenetrable. The home team didn’t get off a shot until the 64th minute and that effort was blocked. LBSU did cut the deficit to 3-1 on a penalty kick in the 70th minute, but that was the only shot on goal they managed all evening. For the Utes, that marked a new season-best for fewest shots on goal allowed.<\/p>\n

Utah also had an offensive response to LBSU’s score. In the 78th minute, a well-placed pass by Oka sent Sophie Bellini<\/a> on a run towards the LBSU goal. The graduate forward outmaneuvered two defenders, made her way into the 18 and uncorked a shot that beat the keeper and made the score 4-1. The coup de gr\u00e2ce was applied by Katie Callaway<\/a> in the 88th minute, when she headed in her team-high third goal of the year.

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\nThe next match on the schedule will also be Utah’s 2026 Big 12 opener. They’re scheduled to take on Arizona State on Friday at 8 p.m. MT in Tempe, Ariz.

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\nFans can follow along on social media (Twitter: @UtahWSoccer | Instagram: @UtahWSoccer | Facebook: Facebook.com\/Utahwsoccer), and the official mobile app of Utah Athletics, Utah360 — download here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, Calif. – The University of Utah women’s soccer team scored three goals in a span of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-464633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}