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Utah Warriors Suffer Heartbreaking Loss With Missed Kick As Time Expires
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Warriors got here up brief within the ultimate seconds as they fell to Previous Glory DC on the highway 22-21 on Friday night time.
It was a troublesome loss because the Utah Warriors wanted a win to maintain their playoff hopes alive, whereas Previous Glory DC received their first recreation of the 2022 season.
Utah scored first on a penalty strive which gave them seven factors within the seventh minute of the sport to go up 7-0. DC was in a position to get into the strive zone however it was known as again resulting from a penalty.
Previous Glory obtained their first strive of the sport within the twenty third minute to chop the deficit to 7-5. DC missed their conversion to maintain the rating at 7-5. Six minutes later, Utah prolonged their lead with a profitable kick to place them up 10-5. Previous Glory obtained again into the strive zone within the thirty fourth minute. As soon as once more, the house aspect missed the conversion kick to maintain the rating tied at 10. Earlier than halftime, Utah was in a position to convert a kick to take a 13-10 lead on the break.
The Warriors got here out of the second half and scored a strive within the first three minutes. They missed the kick resulting from excessive winds however had a 18-10 lead. Utah gained extra momentum with a conversion kick to place them forward 21-10, 10 minutes into the second half.
DC countered with a strive within the 59th minute. As soon as once more, the conversion kick was no good and the Warriors had a 21-15 lead. With 5 minutes left within the recreation, Utah had a participant despatched off into the “sin bin” that left the Warriors down a person. Previous Glory was inside 5 meters for fairly a while earlier than they obtained the ball into the strive zone. DC was down 21-20 with a conversion kick pending. Previous Glory transformed the kick and had a 22-21 lead with three minutes remaining.
Within the ultimate minute, Previous Glory gave the ball again to Utah on a penalty. The Warriors went for the kick to win the sport and it was no good and DC received the sport.
Utah dropped their report to 2-7 on the season. They are going to return to Zions Financial institution Stadium to face the Seattle Seawolves on Saturday, April 23 at 8 p.m. MT on KSLSports.com, the KSL Sports activities app and the KSL TV app.