Laramie, Wyo. (September 9, 2007) -- The Cowgirls took their second loss of the season at the Comfort Inn Invitational in Harrisonburg, Va. Sunday morning to the Hofstra Pride 3-0. Wyoming falls to 1-2-0 on the year while Hofstra improved to 4-0-0. At the conclusion of the tournament, Wyoming junior Amanda Lathrop and sophomore Emily Layton both were selected to the Comfort Inn Invitational All-Tournament Team.

“We knew going into this tournament we were going to see some great teams and they were going to give us good games,” Moore said. “Both Hofstra and James Madison were solid teams and played at a high level.”

Hofstra jumped out to an early 2-0 first half lead. Senior forward Brooke DeRosa got the Pride going early with a pair of goals in the first 22 minutes from inside the penalty area. Junior midfielder Edel Malone assisted on DeRosa’s first tally at the 8:58 mark, while sophomore forward Jill Lipari assisted on the second goal at the 21:38 mark. Hofstra’s third goal came at the 51:29 mark off of a header by Malone.

“Hofstra was a fast team and put a lot of pressure on our defense,” Moore continued. “Playing two teams like this will help us when we get to our conference schedule.”

Wyoming junior Laine Hubbard got a red card in the second half which resulted in the Cowgirls playing down a man for the remainder of the game. The Cowgirls finished the game with 11 shots and senior goalkeeper Ashley Sheppard made seven saves.

Wyoming will be back in action next weekend as they return to the Gem City to take on the Utah Valley State Wolverines on Friday, September 14 at 4 p.m. and then on Sunday, September 16 they will face the Fresno State Bulldogs at 12 p.m. Both games will be within the friendly confines of the Louis S. Madrid Sports Complex.

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Laramie, Wyo. (September 14, 2007) -- Cowgirl junior Amanda Lathrop scored her first two goals of the season and sophomore Emily Layton added her first as the Wyoming Cowgirls defeated the Utah Valley State Wolverines 3-2 at the Louis S. Madrid Sports Complex in Laramie on Friday night. Wyoming improves to 2-2-0 on the season while UVSC slips to 0-3-1.

“UVSC tried to take us out of our game today, but our girls fought hard and played ‘Wyoming Soccer’ to get the win,” head coach Anne Moore said.

Wyoming jumped out to an early 1-0 lead as Layton scored her first goal of the season (fourth of her career) on a free kick from 30 yards out at the 3:26 mark. UVSC tied the game at the 32:59 mark on a goal by freshman Sara Walker, her first of the year.

“I thought we played solid in the first half and jumped out to the early lead. We just made that one mistake and it cost us,” Moore continued.

The Cowgirls came out in the second half determined to play their game and control the ball better. Wyoming’s Lathrop scored her first goal of the season (sixth of her career) at the 52:24 mark to regain the lead. The Wolverines did not give up and continued to put pressure on Wyoming. UVSC freshman Katy Turner scored her first goal of the season at the 57:41 mark to answer the Cowgirls and tie the game.

Lathrop scored her second goal of the game at the 79:13 mark which proved to be the game-winner giving the Cowgirls their second win of the year.

“The second half I thought we did a much better job of controlling the ball and playing it on the ground instead of in the air,” Moore said. “Both Emily (Layton) and Amanda (Lathrop) stepped up and played really well for us today. They both did a great job.”

Wyoming will try to defend their undefeated record at home on Sunday as they face the Fresno State Bulldogs at 12 p.m. at the Louis S. Madrid Sports Complex.

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