MOSCOW, Idaho – Head coach Pete Showler said the University of Idaho women's soccer team had played well in spurts during its 0-2-2 start to the season. On Friday, the Vandals put it all together in a 4-1 in against Idaho State.

Each of the team's four goals came from a different player, and Idaho responded positively after finding themselves in a 1-0 hole in the 11th minute to an Idaho State (3-1-0) team that had claimed victories in three of its first four matches of the year.

“Four different scorers – absolutely brilliant,” Showler said after the game. “I don't care where they come from, the goalkeeper, center back, right back, they all work hard for these things and I think it shows how well-rounded a team we can be when we put things together.”

ISU's Megan Stainbrook fired a shot early in the 11th minute that Idaho goalkeeper Marissa Fehrman saved but couldn't control, and Amanda Ellsworth put the Bengals up 1-0 with a rebound shot.

Lilly Archer quickly equalized when sophomore forward Bailey Hewitt snuck a bouncing cross into the box and found Archer's head for the freshman's first career goal at 14:26. Archer returned the favor eight minutes later when her long shot came off the post directly to Hewitt, who blasted it through the back of the net at 22:51.

“I think it was really important for us to be scrappy in that first half and push it until we got the first goal,” Archer said. “Then it just opened up and we kept pushing hard.”

Junior Jill Flockhart, who leads the team with two assists this season, got into the scoring mix just seconds before the half when she placed a beauty of shot into the top corner of the net from the edge of the penalty box with just 17 seconds left in the first period.

After going back and forth through the early part of the second half, junior forward Chelsea Small made history on a free kick from 20 yards out when she went top shelf and scored her 24th career goal to put Idaho up 4-1 at 79:51 – tying the Idaho career scoring record in the process.

“It feels good to score that many goals,” Small said of her accomplishment. “It's a great reflection of our program improving and everyone playing great balls into the box.”

Flockhart also continued her steady climb up the record books with her seventh career goal and 21st career point. She is now in sole possession of ninth all-time at Idaho in points, and needs just one more goal to break the top-10 in scores.

The Bengals outshot Idaho by a 14-13 margin overall, but the Vandals held a key 7-4 edge in on-target attempts. Each team earned two corners and each tallied three saves. ISU was whistled for 17 fouls and saw three yellow cards, while Idaho committed 15 infractions.

“We're all really positive, and we're really happy to get that first win,” Archer said about the team's focus. “I think we'll continue to build off it, so it was vital for us to get that first one.”

The win gives Idaho a leg up in its quest to become the first of three in-state schools to win the Governor's Cup title three years in a row. The Vandals earn three points for the regulation win in the round-robin-style competition. ISU will face Boise State in Sunday's early match at Guy Wicks Field, and the Cup will finish in the final week of the regular season when Idaho visits Boise State on Oct. 29.

Idaho will try to maintain its momentum on Sunday when it faces a Montana squad fresh off the high of an exciting double-overtime win over Boise State in the Governor's Cup opener.

“They're a good side that just got another good win over Boise State, and they're going to be right up for this,” Showler said of the Grizzlies. “They want to prove a point and we want to go out and show that today wasn't just out of the blue.

“Today, we put together a full 90 minutes – the challenge now is for us to do it for another 90.”

Montana 2, Boise State 1 (2OT)

MOSCOW, Idaho – Montana claimed its second double-overtime victory of the season over Boise State on Friday when Erin Craig's long-range bomb tucked into the upper corner of the net in the 107th minute.

Boise State (1-4-0) found itself on the defensive for the first 30 minutes of the match, but that all changed in an instant when Jenna Griggs found teammate Kati Lucas with a perfect diagonal pass through the UM back line and Lucas buried a shot to the left and put the Broncos in front at the 30:55 mark.

BSU kept that pressure for the remainder of the half without result. The second half became a see-saw of momentum changes and scoring opportunities. Erin Craig finally cracked the scoring column for Montana at 63:10 when she tapped in a long cross from India Watne that cinched the score at 1-1.

The closing moments of regulation saw everything from breakaways to crossbar saves, but no scores. Idaho State took control during the first overtime period, saw yet another shot clink off the cross bar and a close-range attempt saved.

Going into the second overtime period, play evened out and the Broncos pushed forward, but Craig worked the ball deep into the BSU corner and sent a long, high bomb into the mixer and it drifted perfectly inside the far post to give the Grizzlies the victory at 106:55.

Montana outshot Boise State, 27-22 overall, and 13-5 on goal. The Grizzlies also earned six corners, compared to one for the Broncos.

Boise State will play Idaho State in the early game on Sunday at 11 a.m. at Guy Wicks Field, while Montana will face host Idaho at 1:30 p.m. in the weekend tournament finale.