Weber State Women's Soccer

Weber State women's soccer plays at Wildcat Soccer Field in Ogden under head coach Kyle Christensen and competes in the Big Sky Conference.

The non-conference season

Weber State opened with a 0-0 draw at Utah on August 12, when sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Butorac made seven saves (opener preview). After a 4-1 home loss to Boise State on August 16, it beat Wyoming 2-1 on the road and Oregon State 2-1 at home. A loss at Long Beach State, a 1-0 win at Pacific and home losses to South Dakota State and UC Santa Barbara followed.

Utah Valley won 3-0 in Orem on September 19. Weber State closed non-conference play on September 25 with a 3-1 home win over Colorado State, with goals from Cadence Packer and Lily Blum and a Colorado State own goal, according to Weber State's recap.

What comes next

Big Sky play opened with a 1-1 draw at Idaho on October 1, on Bonnie Buswell's 86th-minute equalizer. Weber State then won 3-2 at Eastern Washington on October 4 and 5-0 over Utah Tech at Wildcat Soccer Field on October 8, and beat Southern Utah 1-0 there on October 11, then lost 2-1 at Portland State on October 15, per Weber State's schedule. It won 3-0 at Montana in Missoula on October 18, when Oakley Anderson opened the scoring and Lily Blum scored twice, leaving it 8-6-2 and 4-1-1 in the Big Sky as of October 23. On Senior Night on October 29 it came from behind to beat Northern Colorado 2-1 at Wildcat Soccer Field, on goals from Lily Blum and Simone Packer, and was 9-6-2 and 5-1-1 in the Big Sky with two regular-season matches left as of October 31, per Weber State's recap. In pouring rain at Wildcat Soccer Field on November 1 it beat Northern Arizona 2-0, on goals from Lily Blum and Simone Packer, with Lauren Butorac keeping the shutout; the recap says the win kept Weber State alone atop the Big Sky with one regular-season match left, and it was 10-6-2 and 6-1-1 in the Big Sky as of November 2. On November 5 it beat Idaho State 9-1 at Wildcat Soccer Field to win the Big Sky regular-season championship, with a hat trick from Oakley Anderson and two goals each from Lily Blum, Simone Packer and Cici Garcia, and finished the regular season 11-6-2 and 7-1-1, per Weber State's recap. As of November 5 it was the No. 1 seed for the Big Sky Soccer Championship, November 11-15 at the University of Montana in Missoula, entering at the semifinal stage on November 13, per the Big Sky's championship page.