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# Gonzaga Bulldogs Women's Soccer Grabs a Couple of Home Wins, Opens Three-Game Win Streak
- URL: https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/gonzaga-bulldogs-womens-soccer-grabs-couple-home-wins-opens-three-game-win-streak/
- Published: 2026-09-22T04:47:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T05:52:10.000Z
- Author: Howard Woodard
- Tags: Game Day, Analysis, Gonzaga Soccer, Amelia Severn, Samantha Snorsky, Sydney Head, Katie Benz, Michaela McCollum, Shila Rasoul, Olivia Lester, Kalia Franklin, Sophia Schlicklin, Abbie Sicilia, Anna Rydin, Summer Chen, Aubrey Dizon, Harper Boninsegna-Mullins, Addison Dye-Blondell, Gonzaga

Settling in as a unit, Gonzaga women’s soccer (5-4-1) has now won three straight games for the first time this season. After beating Creighton on the road a week ago, the Zags logged their first Lugar Field victories in over a month, following wins over Utah Valley (4-4-1) and Montana (2-6) in the last five days.

Against the Wolverines, GU took command early and never looked back in a 2-1 result, while the Bulldogs’ 4-0 beatdown of the Grizzlies was a dominant all-around performance in the team’s second shutout of the season.

During this three-game winning streak, Gonzaga has outscored its opponents 9-1 and led for 228 of 290 minutes played, never trailing in this stretch. It has just one nonconference game before the Pac-12 schedule starts, and the Zags are playing with their highest level of confidence and cohesiveness yet.

“We’re getting so many more chances and opportunities off of everything,” senior forward Shila Rasoul said after Sunday’s win over Montana. “I feel like we’re feeling the momentum more, and there’s this – I don’t know, we just want it. We want it.”

Eight different Bulldogs are credited for the nine goals scored in these recent wins, a stark difference for this squad after Amelia Severn and Samantha Snorsky combined for 10 of GU’s first 12 goals of the year. Yet, Severn got the fireworks started against UVU.

In the fourth minute, Olivia Lester kicked the ball into the box from the left sideline. Kalia Franklin was there to receive it, but the Wolverines’ backline did a nice job of knocking it away. Still, it rolled harmlessly into no-man’s-land, and Severn flew in, striking the ball into the top back corner of the net. Emphatically, Severn scored her 20th career goal and sixth of the season, and Lester got merit for the assist.

Then at 37’, Lester knocked a through ball in the center of the pitch, starting a footrace between Snorsky and Mia Owens of the Wolverines. Owens defended Snorsky well on the break, shading her left and giving the keeper, Madeleine Boucher, time to leave the net and help. She dove and pushed the ball away from harm’s way, but didn’t clear it enough, allowing Sophia Schlicklin a free lane from the left side. However, Owens was ready and retreated to take Boucher’s play, blocking Schlicklin’s shot with her feet while on the move.

But the rebound sputtered right back to Schlicklin, and she took a close-range attempt that Bouchet couldn’t block again. Gonzaga’s biggest transfer portal addition of the offseason was finally on the board.

It was almost a perfect half for the Zags. Utah Valley got only three shots off, didn’t create a corner kick, and was on its heels for most of the first 45 minutes. Yet once again, an own goal was the Bulldogs’ demise, and it happened in the last 15 seconds of the period.

Sadie Beardall got free for UVU on the left sideline and fired a last-minute cross. GU defender Summer Chen flew in ahead of Jacey Wood, winning position to deny a last-minute chance. But Chen was probably moving too fast, and the ball bounced off her chest and into the left corner of the net before Sydney Head could react.

That momentum led to an aggressive second half by the Wolverines. Especially in the opening 10 minutes of the period, there were several close calls, but Head saved five chances to keep UVU from knotting the score at two. She now has 37 saves as Gonzaga’s goalkeeper, the second-most in the Pac-12.

The only shot the Zags registered after halftime was in the 50th minute, when Schlicklin crossed to Severn and the junior midfielder went for a sly chip from the edge of the box. She put slightly too much loft on it, and it barely cleared the crossbar, landing on the top of the net.

Although the halves were very different, the Bulldogs’ backline held things down even when the offense hit a wall, sealing a one-goal win.

Before the Creighton game, head coach Katie Benz emphasized spreading the ball offensively and not counting on Snosky and Severn to score. Well, GU’s stars were involved in three goals of the team’s second-highest scoring output of the season, but other Zags finished the plays on Senior Day against Montana.

Overall, it was the inverse of the two teams’ meeting last season, when the Grizzlies beat the Bulldogs 4-0 at home and outshot them 18-6\. This year, Gonzaga had a 28-7 shots advantage in its own 4-0 victory.

Creating a corner kick at 16’, Severn served the ball right in front of the frame. Senior Abbie Sicilia jumped and hit it with her shoulder, and the ball squeaked through the traffic for Sicilia’s second career score. She didn’t play last year and has only appeared in five games this season.

Three minutes before halftime, Caylee Dowler, a Spokane native and Gonzaga Prep alum, tripped Severn just outside of the box. It set up a free kick that was angled perfectly to Anna Rydin, who headed the ball squarely into the right corner while jumping parallel to the net for her first goal of the year. And Severn’s second assist of the match was her career 17th, now only four behind Kelsey Oyler for the program record.

Then barely a minute after the intermission, the Zags padded their lead to three. Snorsky used a deceleration dribble to beat her defender on the left side, before crossing the ball before she reached the endline. The ball missed Piper Davidson’s initial header attempt, but not Rasoul’s, who picked up her second goal of the year, both coming on headers.

Capping off a five-minute stretch in the attacking third, the Bulldogs tacked on their fourth goal. Harper Boninsegna-Mullins put one of the highest corner kicks you’ll see into the air, and it eventually found her teammate Aubrey Dizon. Instead of heading on frame, Dizon knocked it to Kalia Franklin, who raised her right leg on a shot past the diving Grizzlies keeper, Avery Heeb.

Senior keeper Michaela McCollum, who started all 18 games last year for the Zags, was also involved in the fun. She tallied three saves during her 80 minutes in the net, with sophomore Addison Dye-Blondell finishing the final 10 minutes.

Gonzaga will wrap up its non-conference slate with a road match against Idaho (6-2-1), a great final tune-up prior to Pac-12 play. And the Bulldogs welcome a challenge, especially with how they’re playing right now.

“We’re just all playing for each other. We’re playing with joy,” Secilia said to the Pac-12 broadcast crew following the victory over the Grizzlies. “So many people – different people are getting minutes, and we’re just building each other up.”