Box Score Portland, Ore. - The University of Denver women's soccer team ended its season after a 4-0 loss to the No. 2 University of Portland in the opening round of the 2009 NCAA Tournament Friday night at Merlo Field in Portland.
Portland (19-1-0) tallied its first goal off a corner kick in the 25th minute as Danielle Foxhoven's kick landed at the foot of Sophie Schmidt. Schmidt took a one-timer that found the back of the net.
The Pilots' second goal came at 32:32 as Taylor Brooke dribbled around the DU defenders and passed to a wide-open Foxhoven. She made the shot eight yards out over freshman goalkeeper Lara Campbell (Anchorage, Alaska).
Denver (17-6-1) had a strong scoring chance in the first half as freshman forward Kaitlin Bast (Centennial, Colo.) dribbled around two Pilot defenders and took a hard shot to the right side of the box. Portland goalkeeper, Kelsey Davis, made the diving save.
Both Campbell and Davis ended the first half with one save; Portland held Denver at a seven to two advantage on corner kicks.
Three minutes into the second half, DU had its second solid scoring opportunity as Bast outran a Pilot defender and passed to senior midfield Kelli Breidenbach (Fort Collins, Colo.). Breidenbach, who was out in front, took a shot that was stopped by Davis.
In the 60th minute of the game, Schmidt passed to Kendall Johnson who saw Campbell was up front in the goal and took a shot that made its way to back of the net.
Brooke scored a goal of her own in the 70th minute off a pass from Jessica Tsao.
Portland will take on Washington on Sunday at 2 p.m. MT. Washington beat Ole Miss 1-0 on Friday.
