BOX SCORE

GREELEY, Colo. -- For the second Friday in a row, Northern Colorado has come out with a win in a big way. The Bears took control of the team's last game of the year in a 4-0 win over visiting Northern Arizona. The win improves the Bears to 2-5 in Big Sky play to wrap up the season.

The final game was a night to honor seniors Sydney VanderVelde and Marcie Johnson and the Bears got the game going with an unassisted goal from Johnson in the 19^th minute of the match. Johnson dribbled the ball past the defenders and broke away to make the shot past the goalkeeper into the corner of the net putting Northern Colorado up 1-0.

Going into the second half it was sophomore Ariel Cook who took control for the Bears. Less than 10 minutes into the half Cook received a pass from the corner from junior Olivia Deadmond and made the short shot to put the Bears up 2-0.

Cook increased the lead to 3-0 with a shot seven minutes later taking the assist from Johnson making the shot from only three yards out.

Johnson sealed the deal for Northern Colorado with her second unassisted goal of the night after a breakaway from 10 yards out putting the final score at 4-0.

"Marcie played a great game and played with a lot of confidence tonight," said head coach Tim Barrera, "Both Sydney and Marcie played really well. We are all really happy with how the team played tonight."

This game ended the Bears 2009 season which ended with a 6-10-1 record and will return to Jackson Stadium in 2010.