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SALT LAKE CITY — After a scoreless first half, BYU senior Madie Siddoway Gates told her teammates she didn’t want to leave her final rivalry game disappointed.
Her teammates made sure that didn’t happen, as the midfielder’s last BYU-Utah game was a thriller in which she scored the deciding goal on a frenetic play less than six minutes before the match ended.
“I said, this is my last half to ever play,” said Gates after scoring the game-winning goal in the Cougars' 3-2 victory over Utah on Friday night. “I’m like, ‘Let’s do this.