SPEARFISH, S.D. – Westminster (6-4-3, 4-3-3 RMAC) came back from a 2-1 halftime deficit to tie Black Hills State (9-3-4, 6-3-2 RMAC) 2-2 on Friday night at Black Hills Power Sports Complex. Natalie Cardin scored and assisted, and Skye Kennedy tied the match in the 56th minute. Black Hills State outshot Westminster 11-10, but the Griffins put six shots on target to four for the Yellow Jackets and won the corner kick battle 6-1.
Game Breakdown
First Half
Black Hills State struck first. Ally Boysen scored her 10th goal of the season in the 10th minute, assisted by Aubri Roth and Ivy Agee, at 9:28 to make it 1-0.
Westminster answered quickly. Cardin sent a shot wide left in the 11th minute, then scored her third goal of the season in the 14th, assisted by Kayla Sato, at 13:51 to tie it 1-1. The Griffins then won three corner kicks between the 15th and 17th minutes. Amber McIntosh was shown a yellow card in the 17th minute. Marin Mackenzie saved a Zoe Evans shot in the 18th.
Boysen put Black Hills State back in front in the 28th minute, converting a penalty kick for her 11th goal of the season at 27:17 to make it 2-1. Peyton Hill sent a shot wide left in the 30th and Agee went wide right in the 31st. Mackenzie then saved a Roth shot in the 33rd. Westminster won a corner kick in the 44th minute and went to the break trailing 2-1. Black Hills State led 6-2 in shots in the half, and Westminster led 4-0 in corners.
Second Half
Westminster outshot the Yellow Jackets 8-5 in the half, and the Griffins' equalizer came early. Kennedy returned to the match in the 55th minute and scored her third goal of the season at 55:40, about a minute after coming on. McIntosh and Cardin were credited with the assists, making it 2-2.
Agee sent a shot wide right in the 57th minute. Adrianna Pulver had a shot saved by Rian Barthel in the 65th, and Black Hills State replaced Barthel with Karsyn Fraser-Slothower in the 69th. Agee went high in the 75th, and Chelsea Hartmann answered with a shot high in the 77th.
Fraser-Slothower then made three saves in the final 15 minutes, on Ella Schutjer in the 78th and 83rd minutes and on Abigail Austin in the 85th. McIntosh sent a shot wide right in the 80th, and Austin went wide right in the 89th. Black Hills State had late attempts from Samantha Nunez (wide right, 78th), Kylea Becker (wide left, 83rd), and Agee (high, 86th), but neither side found a winner.
Griffin Performances
Cardin had a goal and an assist on two shots in 82 minutes. Kennedy scored on her only shot in 61 minutes. Schutjer put both of her shots on target in 90 minutes, and McIntosh had an assist and a shot in 90 minutes. Sato had an assist in 29 minutes. Mackenzie played all 90 minutes in goal and made two saves.
Up Next
Westminster plays its final two games of the season on the road. The Griffins visit UCCS on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 2:30 p.m. MT in Colorado Springs, then close the season at Colorado Mesa on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. MT in Grand Junction. UCCS is second in the RMAC standings and Colorado Mesa is third. Westminster is seventh at 4-3-3 (15 points), three points behind sixth-place Fort Lewis.
