Nov. 14, 2008

BYU bounces Virginia Tech from NCAA Tournament, 2-0 

PROVO, Utah - After two short days in Blacksburg, the Virginia Tech women's soccer team hit the road again, this time bound for the first round of the NCAA Tournament hosted by Brigham Young University. The Hokies took on the home-team Cougars in the second match of the day, but fell 2-0 in their fourth contest in the past eight days. BYU improves to 18-5-0 on the year and will face fourth-seeded Southern Cal on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Tech drops to 10-9-4 with the loss.

The match turned out to be a physical one, with neither team getting a good look at the goal in the early going. Tech's best scoring opportunity in the first frame came with a little over 12 minutes remaining. Junior Robin Chidester (Virginia Beach, Va.) took a corner kick for the Hokies, which sophomore Jennifer Harvey (Roanoke, Va.) headed toward the Cougar net, but BYU keeper McKinzie Olson would make the diving save to knock the ball away and preserve the 0-0 stalemate.