Griz Score In Final Minutes To Top Bears Soccer

MISSOULA, Mont. - A last minute shot from the Grizzlies is what it took for Montana to defeat the Bears in a match that ended 3-2. This loss drops Northern Colorado to 7-11 on the season and 2-3 in the Big Sky action. Montana improves to 3-2 in the Big Sky breaking the tie for fourth place in the conference.

Montana got on the board in a little over one minute into the game when Kaitlyn Heinsohn had an open goal.  Junior Marcie Johnson provided the Bears response in the 7^th minute with an unassisted shot over the goalkeepers head off of a turnover.

The game remained tied going into the second half when the Montana's Lauren Christian earned her first goal of the season off of a kick from freshman goalkeeper Kirstin Salminen.

Senior Jessica Zimmerman tied it up again in the 68^th minute to get her seventh goal of the season. Zimmerman had a long shot into the goal past the keeper into an open net.

With the score at 2-2 and the clock at 88:38 Christian scored her second goal of the game and season for the game winning point. Heinsohn had the rebound off of a save to get the assist to Christian to put the final score at 3-2.

Northern Colorado will now travel to Cheney, Wash. to face Eastern Washington on Oct. 26.