Sep. 12, 2008
Day One Complete at Clarion Inn Northern Colorado Classic
Kimmie Fiedler (photo by Barry LaPoint)GREELEY, Colo. -- Day one of the Clarion Inn
Northern Colorado Classic has completed with Oregon State and the
University of Northern Colorado Bears coming out on top in the two
matches.
The first game that paired up Oregon State and North Florida
made it until the 85th minute when Jessica Velasquez of
Oregon State scored the lone goal of the match. The two teams had
been battling back and forth, but Oregon outshot the Ospreys 20-3.
North Florida's goalkeeper recorded six saves in the game
against the Beavers. This was the first meeting for both teams. The
Beavers improve to 4-1 on the season while North Florida moves to
1-4-1.
Northern Colorado took to the field in the second match to face
the Rider Broncs in a game that ended in a 4-0 victory for the
Bears.
Freshman Kimmie Fiedler scored the first goal of the game in the
29th minute of the game to start the Bears' rally.
Fiedler broke away from defenders to earn the unassisted goal
against Rider goalkeeper Alex Post. It was Fiedler's first
goal of the season.
The Bears struck again at 44:26 when freshman Aundreaha Martinez
scored the first goal of her Northern Colorado career. Sophmore
Brittani Knott got her third assist of the season on the score.
The game remained at 2-0 going into the second half when, in
the 60th minute, Northern Colorado senior Jessica
Zimmerman scored from the left side off an assist
from sophomore Olivia Deadmond.
Nine minutes later Fiedler earned her second goal of the game
from a shot outside of the box that she powered into the left
corner of the goal. Deadmond assists this score, too.
Northern Colorado improved to 3-4-0 on the season with the win
over the Broncs. Rider fell to 1-4-1.
The tournament continues on Sunday when North Florida faces
Rider at 10 a.m. The Bears will close out the weekend against the
Oregon State Beavers at 1:30.