Kelcey Cavarra’s late goal lifts Arizona soccer past No. 15 Washington State in Pullman

Photo by Ryan Kelapire

Kelcey Cavarra wanted to be more of a scoring threat in her senior season.

It took her a while to notch her first goal, but it couldn’t have come at a bigger moment. The midfielder scored in the 81st minute to lead No. 25 Arizona to a 1-0 win over No. 15 Washington State on Thursday in Pullman.

Cavarra collected a corner kick from Hallie Pearson inside the penalty box and fired a shot inside the far post to give the Wildcats their first win over a ranked team this season.

81' SHOT BY CAVARRA IS IN!

Arizona 1, Washington St 0 pic.twitter.com/xVZf4iNXqM

— Arizona Soccer (@ArizonaSoccer) October 11, 2019

None of it would have been possible without a stellar performance by goalkeeper Hope Hisey and some headsy plays by Arizona’s backline.

Hisey had four saves—diving, leaping, and making a kick save to keep the Cougars off the board.

Washington State forward Morgan Weaver was so impressed that, after Hisey turned her shot from distance away, smiled and raised her arms in Hisey’s direction before muttering a few words that were probably something along the lines of, Are you kidding me?

Really?!#CougsVsEverybody | #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/wKSXkZt2K5

— Washington State Soccer (@WSUCougarSoccer) October 11, 2019

It was Hisey’s second shutout in her last three games. The Tucson native has taken over as the full-time starter after splitting starts with redshirt freshman Kendyll Humphreys earlier in the season.

With the win, the Wildcats improve to 8-2 overall and 2-2 in the Pac-12 heading into Sunday’s match at Washington.

Arizona entered the week 44th in RPI and should experience a big jump next week, thanks to Thursday’s win. Even more so if the Wildcats can complete the sweep Sunday. The Huskies are 32nd in RPI.

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