MEMPHIS
Women’s Soccer 2011 4 NCAA Tournament Appearances 2 4 C-USA Championships 2 35 All-Conference Selections 2 2 All-Americans
2011 Schedule
Match 5 # 20/24 MEMPHIS (4-0-0) at
Western Kentucky (2-1-0) Sunday, Sept. 4 1 p.m. WKU Soccer Complex Bowling Green, Ky.
PENALTY KICKS
SCOUTING MEMPHIS
2 After starting the season 4-0 for the for the first time in program history, the University of Memphis women’s soccer team looks to improve as the Lady Tigers conclude a three-game road swing at Western Kentucky on Sunday. 2 The U of M finishes the first of three road trips on the schedule that have three or more games consecutively on the road. 2 Memphis meets Western Kentucky for the second time in the last three seasons. The two sides played an exhibition match last season at WKU in which the match ended in a 1-1 draw.
2 Memphis began the 2011 season as winners of four-straight C-USA Tournament Championships. How many teams have accomplished such a feat? In NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer just 13 programs have claimed four or more consecutive conference championships. Memphis and Boston University of the American East Conference carry the nation’s longest active championship streak. 2 The Lady Tigers returned nine starters and 15 letterwinners from the 2010 squad. Led by CUSA Defensive Player of the Year Lizzy Simonin, the Memphis defense appears to be the strength of the club as the team readies for the 2011 season. 2 Nearly half of the roster this season is represented by newcomers with 15 players in their first season of collegiate soccer. Eight freshmen have seen minutes thus far, accounting for roughly 50 percent of the scoring.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK 2 Scoring her first career goal and helping the defense limit Alabama and Samford to three combined shots on goal, Christie Kline was named the C-USA Defensive Player of the Week by the league office on Monday. 2 The selection was the 14th time a U of M student-athlete has earned defensive player of the week honors. 2 It was also the second-straight selection for the U of M this season. Lizzy Simonin earned defensive player of the week honors in week one. The two-straight selections mark the second time in program history that Lady Tigers were selected in consecutive weeks.
August Sat. Fri. Sun. Fri. Sun.
13 19 21 26 28
Time/Result
Auburn# LSU Arkansas-Little Rock @Alabama @Samford
0-0, T 3-1, W 3-1, W 1-0, W 2-0, W
September Sun. Fri. Sun. Thu. Fri. Sun. Fri.
4 9 11 15 23 25 30
@Western Kentucky Ole Miss Charlotte @Vanderbilt @Houston* @Rice* @Marshall*
1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
October Sun. Fri. Sun. Fri. Sun. Fri. Sun. Thu.
2 7 9 14 16 21 23 27
@East Carolina* SMU* Tulsa* UTEP* Colorado College* @Southern Miss* @UCF* @UAB*
1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
November Wed. 2 Fri. 4 Sun. 6
C-USA Tournament% C-USA Tournament% C-USA Tournament%
TBA TBA TBA
Home games in Bold All times CT # - Preseason Match * - C-USA Match % - C-USA Tournament hosted by Memphis (Mike Rose Soccer Complex)
SCOUTING WESTERN KENTUCKY 2 The Hilltoppers make the short trip to Austin Peay on Friday before hosting the Lady Tigers on Sunday. WKU is off to a 2-1 start this season with victories over Western Carolina (1-0) and Ball State (3-1). The lone loss came last Friday against Vanderbilt, 2-0. 2 WKU returned 23 letterwinners from the 2010 squad that posted a 9-8-3 record.
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Memphis By Position Forward
No. Name 4 Rasheeda Ansari 13 Kaitlyn Atkins 27 Ashley Barksdale 25 Anna Butzlaff 7 Kylie Davis 9 Natalia Gomez-Junco 6 Taylor Isenhower 24 Kaisa Marshall 10 Christabel Oduro 17 Melissa Smith 14 Nicole Zeidler
G 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0
A Pt 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 4 1 3 0 0
Midfielder
No. Name 13 Kaitlyn Atkins 26 Olivia Borkenstein 25 Anna Butzlaff 29 Carly Cassady 15 Alex Craig 5 Sarah Daane 7 Kylie Davis 9 Natalia Gomez-Junco 2 Kelley Gravlin 16 Lizzy Hildebrandt 10 Christabel Oduro 20 Brooke Oxentine 19 Alena Strnadova 12 Tara Telford
G 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0
A Pt 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 4 0 0
Defender
No. Name 26 Olivia Borkenstein 29 Carly Cassady 15 Alex Craig 5 Sarah Daane 11 Katie Donahue 23 Averi Hallman 16 Lizzy Hildebrandt 3 Christie Kline 20 Brooke Oxentine 22 Bailey Pembroke 21 Lizzy Simonin 12 Tara Telford 18 Sam Watson 14 Nicole Zeidler
G 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
A Pt 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Goalkeeper
No. Name GP GA SV 00 Jordan Boyle - 0 Becca Brown - 33 McCall Gardner - 1 Elise Kuhar-Pitters 4 2 5 28 Nikki Unland - -
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