CALDWELL, Idaho  – The Northwest Christian University women's soccer team will be happy to return to their home field when they resume play in two weeks. The Beacons dropped a 3-0 decision to The College of Idaho on Sunday, closing out a five-game stretch of travel that saw them go 0-4-1.
 
NCU (4-9-1, 1-5-1 CCC) kept things competitive all afternoon and finished with an equal number of shots-on-goal (7) as the home team, and both teams collected seven corner kicks. Unfortunately, none of the Beacon efforts were able to find pay dirt. The Yotes (5-5, 1-4 CCC) struck twice in the first half and again in the second to claim their first conference win of the season.
 
Jamiece Yizar got C of I on the board in the 23rd minute, taking a pass from Katelyn Benavidez and beating the Beacon keeper for the score.
 
In the 43rd minute a corner kick was successfully blocked, but Victoria Cerda found the rebound and slotted a pass to Maddie Brown who hit the back of the net.
 
Yizar added another insurance goal in the 74th minute, collecting the rebound off a saved free-kick from Benavidez for the open-net strike.
 
The Yotes finished with a 13-10 edge in the overall shot count and Brittany Houghton collected seven saves in the shutout win.
 
Northwest Christian has completed their road schedule for the season and will be back in action on October 21 when they play host to Warner Pacific College (4-5-1, 2-3-1) at 1:00 pm.