BILLINGS, Mont. – In their final game before the start of regular season play, the Montana State University Billings women's soccer finished their preseason in style, taking down Rocky Mountain College in the team's second meeting of the season.
 
Playing on Rocky's home turf, the Yellowjackets looked right at home from the first whistle, outshooting the Battlin Bears 19-5, and 14-2 in shots on target, while the MSUB goalkeepers were only forced into making a single save the entire game.
 
Jackie Sharpe finished with two goals for MSUB, with both coming from outside the box. The junior forward took six shots in the game, putting four of them on target. Jillian Hust would score once, with all four of her shots in the game being on frame. Freshman Kaari Little would have three shots, with two on goal, while Taylor Gertsch, Mackenzie Carnell, Vivien Guese, and Ave Roberts each managed to place a shot on goal.
 
It would take MSUB just under 12 minutes to open the scoring, when Little played a ball perfectly between the Battlin Bear's back line, which was ran on to by a sprinting Hust. The Billings native took one touch, before dinking it past the keeper to give the Yellowjacket's an early advantage it. The Jackets would double their lead just ten minutes later, when Hust would center the ball to Jackie Sharpe, who would work the ball onto her left foot before firing a rocket from outside the box into the top left corner.
 
Rocky would scrape back a goal just before halftime, with Emma Nicholson cleaning up on a corner kick in the 43^rd minute, hitting the ball past Campbell Pacheco to take the lead back down to one. But the Yellowjackets would slide back into control in the beginning of the second half, putting nine shots on target in the second half. They would be rewarded for their efforts in the 69^th minute, when Mackenzie Carnell's throw in would find Sharpe, who would shoot from distance once again, this time hitting a ball that would curve past the Rocky goalkeeper, giving the Jackets an insurance goal on their way to victory.
 
THE BUZZ: Sharpe was selected as the St. Vincent Healthcare Player of the Game.
 
UP NEXT: The Yellowjackets begin their regular season on Thursday, September 7^th, when they face off against Minot State as part of the Rimrock Classic. The game will kick off at 7 PM, under the lights at Yellowjacket Field. Live video will be available here, and live statistics will be available here. Tickets are available for purchase online here.