Memphis Women's Soccer Match 9 & 10 Notes by University of Memphis Athletic Media Relations

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 9 # 8/9 MEMPHIS (8-0-0) at

Houston (3-5-0) Friday, Sept. 23 7 p.m. Robertson Stadium Houston, Texas

Match 10 # 8/9 MEMPHIS (8-0-0) at

Rice (5-2-1) Sunday, Sept. 25 1 p.m. Rice Soccer Stadium Houston, Texas

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*

2-0, W 3-0, W 6-2, W 2-0, W 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.

October

PENALTY KICKS

A New Season Begins

2 After finishing the non-conference schedule 8-0 for the first time in program history, the University of Memphis women’s soccer team opens Conference USA play with matches against Houston and Rice this weekend. 2 The U of M has scored 22 goals this season coming from 11 different players. The 22 goals in the first eight matches are the most since the 2007 season when the squad had 23 goals. The 22 goals are tied for the third-most all-time through eight matches, behind the 2005 squad that scored 26 and the 2007 club. 2 Along with five clean sheets by Elise KuharPitters, the Lady Tiger defense has held opponents to five or fewer shot on goal attempts in every match this season. The U of M defense didn’t allow a goal in the first half during nonconference play and opponents have mustered just 7.88 shots per-game.

2 After a perfect 8-0 mark in the non-conference slate, Memphis opens C-USA with four-straight road games. The Lady Tigers are one of three league members (UCF and Rice) that play seven road games and four home matches in league play. Houston, Southern Miss and UAB each have five home and six road matches while Colorado College, Marshall and SMU have six home and five road matches. UTEP, Tulsa and East Carolina have seven home and four road matches. 2 Memphis opens league play on the road for the third-straight season. The Lady Tigers are 6-9-1 all-time in road openers of league play. The U of M has won six-straight road openers in conference play, outscoring opponents 12-3. Memphis is 7-7-2 all-time in the conference opener, with nine of the 16 openers at home.

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) Use your smartphone to scan this QR Code and keep up with the Lady Tigers all season long.

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 3 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 4 2 0

A Pt 0 6 4 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 6 1 5 0 0 1 9 2 6 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 1 0 1 3 2 0 4 0

A Pt 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 6 3 7 1 1 1 9 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0

A Pt 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalkeeper

No. Name GP GA SV 00 Jordan Boyle 1 2 1 0 Becca Brown - 33 McCall Gardner - 1 Elise Kuhar-Pitters 8 2 15 28 Nikki Unland - -

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MEMPHIS

TIGER WOMEN’S SOCCER 2011L

NAME Rasheeda Ansari Kaitlyn Atkins Ashley Barksdale Olivia Borkenstein Jordan Boyle Becca Brown Anna Butzlaff Carly Cassady Alex Craig Sarah Daane Kylie Davis Katie Donahue McCall Gardner Natalia Gomez-Junco Kelley Gravlin Averi Hallman Lizzy Hildenbrandt Taylor Isenhower Christie Kline Elise Kuhar-Pitters Kaisa Marshall Christabel Oduro Brooke Oxentine Bailey Pembroke Lizzy Simonin Melissa Smith Alena “Aja” Strnadova Tara Telford Nikki Unland Sam Watson Nicole Zeidler

POS. F F/MF F D/MF GK GK MF/F MF/D D/MF MF/D F/MF D GK MF/F MF D MF/D F D GK F MF/F MF/D D D F MF D/MF GK D D/F

CLASS BREAKDOWN

2011 Roster

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NO. 4 13 27 26 00 0 25 29 15 5 7 11 33 9 2 23 16 6 3 1 24 10 20 22 21 17 19 12 28 18 14

NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. 00 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 33

NAME CL. Jordan Boyle Sr. Becca Brown Fr. Elise Kuhar-Pitters R-Sr. Kelley Gravlin R-Fr. Christie Kline Jr. Rasheeda Ansari So. Sarah Daane Fr. Taylor Isenhower Jr. Kylie Davis Fr. Natalia Gomez-Junco Fr. Christabel Oduro So. Katie Donahue Fr. Tara Telford Sr. Kaitlyn Atkins Fr. Nicole Zeidler Fr. Alex Craig Fr. Lizzy Hildebrandt Sr. Melissa Smith R-Sr. Sam Watson Fr. Alena “Aja” Strnadova So. Brooke Oxentine Fr. Lizzy Simonin Sr. Bailey Pembroke Jr. Averi Hallman Jr. Kaisa Marshall Fr. Anna Butzlaff R-Jr. Olivia Borkenstein Fr. Ashley Barksdale So. Nikki Unland Sr. Carly Cassady Fr. McCall Gardner Fr.

COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Assistant Coach: Assistant Coach:

POS. GK GK GK MF D F MF/D F F/MF MF/F MF/F D D/MF F/MF D/F D/MF MF/D F D MF MF/D D D D F MF/F D/MF F GK MF/D GK

HT. 5-9 5-7 5-7 5-4 5-8 5-4 5-9 5-9 5-6 5-6 5-3 5-9 5-7 5-4 5-8 5-8 5-6 5-5 5-11 5-6 5-6 5-5 5-4 5-4 5-4 5-3 5-4 5-6 5-8 5-5 5-6

Brooks Monaghan Jonny Walker Jodi Grant

HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL Edmonton, Alberta, Canada/Archbishop O’Leary Colleyville, Texas/Grapevine HS Spokane, Wash./Gonzaga Prep St. Charles, Mo./Incarnate Word Academy Leawood, Kan./Blue Valley North HS Lithonia, Ga./Miller Grove HS Newman, Ga./Northgate HS Lenexa, Kan./Shawnee Mission Northwest HS L’lle-Bizard, Quebec, Canada/John Rennie HS Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico/Prepa Tec Brampton, Onatrio, Canada/St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary Sachse, Texas/John Paul II HS St. Albert, Alberta, Canada/Bellerose Comp Overland Park, Kan./Olathe East HS Scottsdale, Ariz./Chaparral HS Edmonton, Alberta, Canada/Archbishop Jordan Catholic HS Calgary, Alberta, Canada/Notre Dame HS Exeter, Ontario, Canada/South Huron District HS Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound HS Las Cruces, N.M./Las Cruces HS Euless, Texas/Trinity HS Lee’s Summit, Mo./Lee’s Summit HS Flower Mound, Texas/Edward S. Marcus HS Spokane, Wash./Mount Spokane HS Kingwood, Texas/Kingwood HS Brookfield, Wis./Butler Fort Wayne, Ind./R. Nelson Snider HS North Little Rock, Ark./Mount St. Mary Academy Mt. Juliet, Tenn./Mt. Juliet HS Lenexa, Kan./Shawnee Mission Northwest HS Duluth, Ga./Peachtree Ridge HS

University of Memphis, 1994/12th Season University of Louisville, 2007/Third Season University of Memphis, 1999/12th Season

SENIORS (7) Jordan Boyle, Lizzy Hildebrant, Elise KuharPitters, Melissa Smith, Lizzy Simonin, Tara Telford, Nikki Unland

ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY STATE/COUNTRY

INDIANA (1) Borkenstein

JUNIORS (5) KANSAS (4) Atkins, Cassady, Isenhower, Kline

Anna Butzlaff, Averi Hallman, Taylor Isenhower, Christie Kline, Bailey Pembroke

SOPHOMORE (4) Rasheeda Ansari, Ashley Barksdale, Christabel Oduro, Alena Strnadova

MISSOURI (2) Gravlin, Simonin

FRESHMEN (15)

NEW MEXICO (1) Strnadova

Kaitlyn Atkins, Olivia Borkenstein, Becca Brown, Carly Cassady, Alex Craig, Sarah Daane, Kylie Davis, Katie Donahue, McCall Gardner, Natalia Gomez-Junco, Kelley Gravlin, Kaisa Marshall, Brooke Oxentine, Sam Watson, Nicole Zeidler

TENNESSEE (1) Unland

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Butzlaff.......................................Butz-LOFF Borkenstein........................ bork-en-STEEN Cassady................................... cass-a-DEE Daane ........................................... DAY-nee Kaisa...................................................Ki-za Gomez-Junco ................................Hoon-co Oxentine ..................................ox-en-TEEN Oduro.......................................... O-dor-OO Aja ........................................................ I-ah Strnadova ..................... STRIN-uh-doe-vuh Zeidler.............................................. ZID-ler 2

ARIZONA (1) Zeidler CANADA (7) Boyle, Craig, Davis, Hildebrandt, Oduro, Smith, Telford

MEXICO (1) Gomez-Junco

ARKANSAS (1) Barksdale GEORGIA (3) Ansari, Daane, Gardner

TEXAS (6) Brown, Donahue, Marshall, Oxentine, Pembroke, Watson WASHINGTON (2) Hallman, Kuhar-Pitters WISCONSIN (1) Butzlaﬀ

4 NCAA Tournament Appearances 2 4 C-USA Championships 2 35 All-Conference Selections 2 2 All-Americans

MEMPHIS

TIGER WOMEN’S SOCCER 2011L

ROAD WARRIORS 2 The sign of a good team is its play on the road and the Lady Tigers have had some great success playing away from the Bluff City. In the last four plus seasons, Memphis is 29-6-3 in road games. The Lady Tigers are 14-3-3 in conference road games since the 2007 season.

SCOUTING RICE 2 The Owls open C-USA play against UAB on Friday before the match with the Lady Tigers on Sunday. Rice sits at 5-2-1 on the season with their most recent result being a 3-2 double-overtime victory over Western Kentucky. 2 Jessica Howard leads the squad with five goals on the season. As a club, Rice has 12 goals by seven different players. 2 Amy Czyz has logged most of the minutes in goal for the Owls and carries a 0.61 goalsagainst average in the eight matches played. Czyz has 16 saves and four shutouts on the season.

Inside The Series 2 Memphis and Houston meet for the 14th time on Friday. The series is deadlocked at 6-6-1 with Memphis carrying an unbeaten mark of 6-01 in the last seven meetings. The Lady Tigers earned a 1-0 victory in the C-USA Tournament semifinal last season after the two teams played to a 1-1 draw in regular season play. 2 Memphis and Rice square off for the sixth time on Sunday. The U of M carries a 3-1-1 lead in the series having earned a 1-0 victory last season. The Owls earned a 2-1 win in the last meeting in Houston.

LADY TIGERS START 8-0 2 Memphis opened the season with identical 3-1 victories over LSU and UALR at Mike Rose Soccer Complex. The Lady Tigers hit the road for a three-game road trip and earned three shutout victories. A fourth-straight shutout against rival Ole Miss put Memphis a 6-0 and a convincing 6-2 victory over Charlotte put the Lady Tigers at 7-0. Memphis would finish the non-conference slate with a 2-0 shutout of Vanderbilt to improve to 8-0-0. 2 The 8-0-0 start to the regular season is the best start in program history and the eightgame win streak is the longest in program history. The U of M is now chasing the longest unbeaten streak in program history of 11, set in 2007 and 2010. The 2007 squad had a 10-0-1 run while last season saw the Lady Tigers go 8-0-3 over 11 games.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK 2 Elise Kuhar-Pitters collected C-USA Defensive Player of the Week honors for the second time this season on Monday. She had four saves in Memphis’ 2-0 victory at Vanderbilt and collected her fifth clean sheet of 2011.

AUGUST RUSH 2 The U of M may be sad to see the calendar flip past August. In 16 seasons, Memphis is 18-5-1 all-time in the month of August and is unbeaten in the last 16 matches in the month of August dating back to the 2003 season. Since their last loss in the month of August (8/31/03-Ole Miss), Memphis has outscored its opponents 57-5.

REMEMBER SEPTEMBER 2 With all the success in August in the past several seasons, what has the U of M done in the month of September? In the last four seasons, including four games this season, Memphis is 23-11-0 in the month of September. Last season, Memphis was 4-3 in September.

CLEAN SHEET 2 In the past six matches, Memphis has held opponents to just 16 shots on goal and recorded five shutouts. In the last three seasons, Memphis has 29 shutouts and has back-to-back shutouts 10 times. The four-straight shutout streak earlier this season was the first four-game shutout streak and the 441:25 scoreless streak by opponents was the longest streak in program history. Goalkeeper Elise Kuhar-Pitters carries a program-best 527:25 scoreless streak into conference play.

BALANCED OFFENSE 2 Thus far, Memphis has scored 22 goals in eight matches, but more importantly 11 different players have scored those 22 goals. Through the end of non-conference play, seven different players have two or more goals. The Lady Tigers have 17 assists on the 22 goals and 10 different players have recorded assists. Seven different players have attempted 10 or more shots while 10 players have five or more shots. The offense ranks 18th in the NCAA statistical release, averaging 2.75 goals per game. 2 Not only is Memphis getting points from several different players, but the Lady Tigers are on a consistent streak of scoring two or more goals. The Lady Tigers have scored two or more goals in the last five matches, just the fourth time in program history a team has accomplished that feat. It’s the first such streak since the 2008 squad did it in eight-straight matches.

Around C-USA

SCOUTING HOUSTON 2 Houston enters league play with a 3-5 record to date. The Cougars started the season 0-5, but Houston has won its last three matches. 2 The Cougars have 14 goals on the season, but nine of those 14 goals came in the match against Texas Southern. Jessica Zavalza leads the club with five goals on the season and Kelsey Zamora has added three scores. 2 Cami Koski has seen the bulk of the time in net for Houston. Koski carries a 0.91 goalsagainst average and 21 saves. George Sydney has logged 223:33 minutes in goal and gathered nine saves.

2011 STANDINGS Team

Pts

Memphis

East Carolina

UCF

Tulsa

UTEP

Rice

SMU

Southern Miss

Houston

UAB

Coloado College

Marshall

C-USA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Aug. 22 ..................................... Tishia Jewell (UCF) Aug. 29 ..........................Caty Butler (East Carolina) Sept. 5 ................................. Jessica Howard (Rice) Sept. 12 ...........................Nicolette Radovcic (UCF) Sept. 19 ...... Lauren DiGregorio (Colorado College)

C-USA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Aug. 22......................... Lizzy Simonin (Memphis) Aug. 29.......................... Christie Kline (Memphis) Sept. 5 .................. Elise Kuhar-Pitters (Memphis) Sept. 12 ........................................ Aline Reis (UCF) Sept. 19 ................ Elise Kuhar-Pitters (Memphis) ................................................ Claire Hulcer (Tulsa)

UPCOMING MATCHES Friday, September 23 East Carolina at Colorado College ............. 5:00 pm Memphis at Houston................................... 7:00 pm UAB at Rice ................................................ 7:00 pm UCF at SMU ............................................... 7:00 pm Southern Miss at Tulsa ............................... 7:00 pm Marshall at UTEP ....................................... 8:00 pm Sunday, September 25 Marshall at Colorado College ..................... 1:00 pm East Carolina at UTEP ............................... 1:00 pm Memphis at Rice ......................................... 1:00 pm UAB at Houston .......................................... 1:00 pm UCF at Tulsa............................................... 1:05 pm Southern Miss at SMU................................ 2:00 pm

THREE...IS THE MAGIC NUMBER 2 When scoring three or more goals in a match, the U of M carries a 81-6-1 record all-time. Under Head Coach Brooks Monaghan, Memphis is 60-3-1. In the past four seasons in which Memphis has four-straight championships, the record when scoring three or more goals is 26-0-1.

4 NCAA Tournament Appearances 2 4 C-USA Championships 2 35 All-Conference Selections 2 2 All-Americans

MEMPHIS

TIGER WOMEN’S SOCCER 2011L

Others receiving votes: Auburn, Long Beach State, Iowa, Missouri, Virginia Tech, Boston University, Penn State, Texas A&M, San Diego, William & Mary, Pennsylvania, Loyola Maramount, Washington State, Georgetown, Ohio State, Kentucky, Hartford. WEEK-BY-WEEK RANKINGS WEEK NSCAA SA

Preseason 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11*

RV 25 20 16 11 9

NR NR 24 16 12 8

RV RV 23 22 18 14

CS360

35 30 20 23 23

47 36 31 28 26 25

SA- Soccer America Poll ST - Soccer Times Poll CS360 - CollegeSoccer360.com Composite rankings TD- TopDrawerSoccer.com Tournament 64 rankings ^ - Program-best ranking

In The Polls

NSCAA DIVISION 1 WOMEN’S SOCCER POLL 2 September 20, 2011: Poll #6/Week 5 Poll Rank Record Previous 1. Stanford 8-0-1 1 2. Oklahoma State 11-0-0 2 3. UCLA 7-0-1 4 4. Duke 9-1-0 5 5. North Carolina 6-1-0 7 6. Florida 7-2-0 9 7. Wake Forest 8-1-0 13 8. Pepperdine 7-0-3 9 9. Memphis 8-0-0 11 10. Florida State 7-3-0 3 11. Maryland 7-1-2 6 12. Tennessee 7-1-0 16 13. Boston College 6-0-2 18 14. Marquette 8-2-0 8 15. UW Milwaukee 8-1-0 17 16. Virginia 7-2-1 14 17. California 7-1-0 22 18. Dayton 8-1-0 24 19. Central Florida 5-1-2 20 20. Notre Dame 4-4-1 12 21. Santa Clara 3-1-4 19 22. Illinois 6-2-1 23 23. UC Irvine 5-2-1 15 24. Oregon State 6-2-1 RV 25. West Virginia 6-3-0 NR

RECORD BOOK REWRITE

ON A ROLL

2 Redshirt-senior goalkeeper Elise KuharPitters began her fifth season in net for the Lady Tigers on the cusp of breaking multiple goalkeeping records. Just seven matches into the season, Kuhar-Pitters owns three of the five goalkeeping records at the U of M. With her third-straight shutout at Western Kentucky on Sept. 4, Kuhar-Pitters broke Isabel Birones’ record for shutouts and victories in a career. Kuhar-Pitters has 28 career shutouts and 43 victories and program-best 0.86 goals-against average. Kuhar-Pitters is also in the top-five in saves and minutes played.

2 Already on a program-best 8-0 start to the season, the 2011 squad will look to extend a winning streak to nine games for the first time in program history. Last season, Memphis put together four, three-game win streaks. Since head coach Brooks Monaghan took over the program in 2000, Memphis has 35 win streaks of two or more games. Currently, the U of M is riding the first eight-game win streak in program history. Times

Last

2011

Category

Total

Rank

Record Holder

2011

GAA

0.86

1st

----

2011

Shutouts

1st

----

2011

Victories

1st

----

2011

Minutes

5568

2nd

I. Briones-5799

Current

Saves

177

4th

F. Currin-326

DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2 Since the 2007 season, the Lady Tiger defense has helped the U of M to a 67-4-5 record when opponents score one or fewer goals. In that same span, Memphis has 49 shutouts. 2 This season, the Memphis defense has allowed just 22 shots on goal. By comparison, opponents have 63 total shots against the U of M this season, but Memphis has 63 shots on goal in eight matches. Elise Kuhar-Pitters ranks fifth nationally with a 0.26 goals-against average. As a team, Memphis ranks 15th in the nation with a 0.50 GAA.

BEST OFFENSE IS A GOOD DEFENSE 2 As the saying goes, the best offense is a good defense, which has certainly been a case for the U of M this season. Among 13 players that have played in the back this season, seven players have accounted for 15 of Memphis’ 61 points. Five goals and five assists have been posted by defensive players on the year.

HEAD COACH BROOKS MONAGHAN 2 Since taking over the program in 2000, head coach Brooks Monaghan has compiled a record of 133-85-14 in 11 seasons. Monaghan has helped the program claim seven, 11-plus win seasons during his tenure. Below is a look at the milestone victories for Coach Monaghan. Win #

Date

Opponent/Result

Aug. 25, 200

San Francisco, 2-1

Oct. 8, 2003

UT Martin, 3-1

Oct. 23, 2005

Southern Miss, 5-1

Nov. 4, 2007

East Carolina, 2-1

100

Sept. 25, 2009

Southern Miss, 2-0

125

Nov. 7, 2010

#24 UCF, 1-0

2 Monaghan has guided the Lady Tigers to an impressive 94-33-9 (.724) record since 2004. Just in the last four seasons, Memphis is 71-206 (.763).

GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD

Year

W-L (Pct.)

C-USA (Pct.)

2 Last Thursday’s match at Vanderbilt began a five-game road swing for the Lady Tigers. The five-game road trip is the longest since the 2002 season in which the U of M played sevenstraight matches on the road. In 14 road trips that lasted three or more games, Memphis has compiled a record of 23-22-3 (4-0 in 2011). Scoring is very close in the road trip matches at 76-75 in favor of Memphis, but the U of M has equaled or bettered their opponent scoring in the last seven road trips. Memphis went 3-0 on its first road trip of 2011, posting three shutouts.

2000

9-11-0 (.450)

3-8-0 (.273)

UNBLEMISHED NON-CONFERENCE 2 Memphis finished the non-conference slate with a perfect 8-0 record, including five shutouts. The Lady Tigers allowed just four goals in the eight matches, the fewest goals scored by nonconference opponents in the 16-year history of the program.

Streak

2001

5-13-1 (.289

3-7-0 (.300)

2002

9-10-1 (.475)

5-5-0 (.500)

2003

5-10-3 (.361)

2-7-1 (.250)

2004

11-8-0 (.579)

5-5-0 (.500)

2005

12-7-0 (.632)

6-3-0 (.667)

2006

11-6-3 (.625)

6-2-2 (.700)

2007

17-4-1 (.795)

7-1-1 (.833)

2008

15-5-2 (.727)

8-2-1 (.773)

2009

16-7-0 (.696)

8-3-0 (.727)

2010

15-4-3 (.750)

7-1-3 (.773)

2011

7-0-0 (1.000)

0-0-0 (.000)

Total

133-85-14 (.603)

90-56-9 (.610)

4 NCAA Tournament Appearances 2 4 C-USA Championships 2 35 All-Conference Selections 2 2 All-Americans

MEMPHIS

TIGER WOMEN’S SOCCER 2011L

SUPER SOPHOMORES 2 Christabel Oduro leads the team with four goals this season, bettering her goal total from last season (3). Rasheeda Ansari has three goals on the year giving the sophomore class six goals on the season. Of the seven goals scored by sophomores, four are game-winners.

IN THE POLLS

2 Now in his 12th season as head coach, Brooks Monaghan as helped the U of M Women’s Soccer program reach the 150 win plateau. The Lady Tigers had one 10-plus win season in the first nine seasons as a program, but Memphis has won 11-plus games in each of the past seven seasons. The Lady Tigers currently have an all-time record of 167-144-17. Some of the milestone victories for the program are listed below:

2 Memphis has climbed to a program-best 8th in the national polls released this week. NSCAA ranks the Lady Tigers 9th and Soccer America ranks the U of M 8th. The Lady Tigers are ranked 23rd in CollegeSoccer360’s composite rankings and 25th in the TopDrawerSoccer.com Tournament 64. Memphis is ranked 14th in Soccer Times top-25.

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 2 Of the 31 players on the 2011 roster, 15 will or have played in a collegiate game for the first time this season. With the exception of Kelley Gravlin, a redshirt-freshman, 14 newcomers join the Lady Tigers for the 2011 campaign. Overall, 11 freshmen have seen minutes in the eight matches this season with Gravlin, Kaitlyn Atkins, Natalia Gomez-Junco, Kylie Davis, Olivia Borkenstein and Carly Cassady earning a start this season.

PROGRAM REACHES 150 WINS

Win #

Date

Opponent/Result

Sept. 13, 1995

UALR, 7-1

Sept. 1, 1998

Rhodes, 2-0

Sept. 6, 2002

Northeastern, 3-0

Sept. 4, 2005

Evansville, 2-1

100

Sept. 18, 2007

UT Martin, 4-1

125

Oct. 30, 2008

UAB, 2-1

150

Sept. 12, 2010

Ole Miss, 2-1

THE LAST TIME A TIGER ... Scored Four Goals: .................................................. Lesley Zmurchuk vs. Stephen F. Austin (1996) Scored Three Goals: ..............................................................Kylie Hayes vs. Southern Miss (2007) Scored Two Goals: ................................................................ Taylor Isenhower vs. Alabama (2010) Recorded Four Assists: ......................................................... Catherine Brannon vs. Rhodes (1996) Recorded Three Assists: ................................................. Caroline Barrett vs. Southern Miss (2007) Recorded Two Assists: ........................................................................ Ashley Berra vs. SMU (2009) Recorded 10 or more Shots: ..................................... Melissa Smith vs. Evansville (2009), 10 shots Recorded 15 or more Saves:...................................... Frances Curr vs. Marquette (1999), 15 saves Recorded 10 or more Saves:............................................ Isabel Briones vs. UAB (2004), 12 saves Recorded Back-to-Back Shutouts: ................Elise Kuhar Pitters vs Ole Miss and WKU (2011) Scored Two Goals in Two Minutes: ....................................... Shoko Mikami vs. Tulane (2005), 1:40 Goalkeeper recorded an assist:..................................................Elise Kuhar-Pitters vs. SMU (2009) THE LAST TIME THE TIGERS ... Scored 10 Goals in a Game: ....................................................... vs. Stephen F. Austin (1996), 10-0 Scored Eight Goals in a Game: ....................................................................vs. Marshall (2006), 8-0 Scored Six Goals in a Game ................................................................... vs. Charlotte (2011), 6-2 Scored Six Goals in a Half................................................................. vs. Rhodes (1999), 6 (1st half) Scored Four Goals in a Half: .......................................................... vs. Alabama (2010), 4 (2nd half) Scored Three Goals in a Half: ............................................ vs. Charlotte (2011), 3 (1st/2nd half) Notched 10 or more Assists in a Game: ...................................................... vs. UT Martin (1998), 12 Notched Eight or more Assists in a Game: ............................................................at UALR (2010), 8 Notched Five or more Assists in a Game: ............................................................at UALR (2010), 8 Attempted 50 or more Shots:...................................................................... vs. Evansville (2009), 50 Attempted 40 or more Shots:...................................................................... vs. Evansville (2009), 50 Attempted 30 or more Shots:...............................................................................at UALR (2010), 30 Attempted 25 or more Shots: ........................................................................ vs. UALR (2011), 29 Involved in a 0-0 Tie: ................................................................................................ vs. UAB (2006)

By The Numbers

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN 2 Memphis has allowed four goals this season, all of which have come in the second half. Looking closer at the box score, all four goals have come in the final 20 minutes of the half. The Lady Tigers have scored six goals in the final 20 minutes this season, with two key goals coming in the 3-0 victory over rival Ole Miss.

2011 INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS Points Total Christabel Oduro ........................................... 9 Kelley Gravlin ................................................ 7 Kaitlyn Atkins ................................................. 6 Lizzy Simonin ................................................ 6 Natalia Gomez-Junco .................................... 6 Melissa Smith ................................................ 6 Rasheeda Ansari ........................................... 6 Goals Total Christabel Oduro ........................................... 4 Natalia Gomez-Junco .................................... 3 Rasheeda Ansari ........................................... 3 Four Players .................................................. 2 Three Players ................................................ 1 Assists Total Kaitlyn Atkins ................................................. 4 Kelley Gravlin ................................................ 3 Lizzy Simonin ................................................ 2 Melissa Smith ................................................ 2 Six Players..................................................... 1 Shots Total Natalia Gomez-Junco .................................. 25 Kelley Gravlin .............................................. 18 Melissa Smith .............................................. 17 Kylie Davis ................................................... 14 Shots On Goal Total Kelley Gravlin .............................................. 11 Melissa Smith .............................................. 10 Natalia Gomez-Junco .................................. 10 BY THE NUMBERS Overall Record.........................................8-0-0 Home .......................................................4-0-0 Away ........................................................4-0-0 Neutral .....................................................------vs. Ranked Teams ...................................------vs. Unranked Teams ................................8-0-0 Day Games..............................................4-0-0 Night Games............................................4-0-0 Overtime ..................................................------When scoring first ....................................8-0-0 When opponent scores first .....................------When leading at half ................................5-0-0 When trailing at half .................................------When tied at half......................................3-0-0 More shots ...............................................8-0-0 Less shots ...............................................------Equal shots ..............................................------More corner kicks ....................................5-0-0 Less corner kicks .....................................3-0-0 Equal corner kicks ...................................------More fouls ................................................3-0-0 Less fouls ................................................4-0-0 Equal fouls ...............................................1-0-0 On Thursday ............................................1-0-0 On Friday .................................................3-0-0 On Saturday ............................................------On Sunday...............................................4-0-0 vs. Conference USA ................................------vs. Atlantic 10 ..........................................1-0-0 vs. Southern Conference .........................1-0-0 vs. Southeastern Conference ..................4-0-0 vs. Sun Belt .............................................2-0-0

4 NCAA Tournament Appearances 2 4 C-USA Championships 2 35 All-Conference Selections 2 2 All-Americans

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TIGER WOMEN’S SOCCER 2011L

GENERAL INFORMATION Home Field: ...... Mike Rose Soccer Complex Capacity:...............................................3,000 2010 Record: ...................................... 15-4-3 Home: ................................................... 8-1-2 Away: .................................................... 6-2-1 Neutral: ................................................. 1-1-0 2010 C-USA Record/Finish: .......... 7-1-3/2nd Home: ................................................... 5-0-2 Away: .................................................... 2-1-1 Neutral: ................................................. 0-0-0 Final 2010 Ranking:..................................RV Letterwinners Returning/Lost:.................15/9 Starters Returning/Lost:............................8/3 Newcomers:...............................................14 First Season of Soccer: .........................1995 Postseason Appearances/Last: ..........4/2010 GENERAL INFORMATION Head Coach:.................... Brooks Monaghan Alma Mater: ..... University of Memphis, 1994 Record at Memphis: ..................... 130-85-14 Career Record: .................................... Same Assistant Coach:...................... Jonny Walker Alma Mater: ..... University of Louisville, 2007 Assistant Coach:........................... Jodi Grant Alma Mater: ..... University of Memphis, 1999 GENERAL INFORMATION Media Relations Office: .......... 901-678-2337 Assistant AD/Media Relations: ...................... ........................................ Jennifer Rodrigues Assistant Director/Soccer Contact: ................ .................................................... Mark Taylor Office Number: ....................... 901-678-5108 Cell Number:........................... 870-759-2074 E-Mail: ....................mtylor16@memphis.edu

Quick Facts

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: .............................. Memphis, Tenn. Founded: ...............................................1912 Enrollment: .........................................21,424 Nickname:.................... Lady Tigers or Tigers Colors: ....................................... Blue & Gray Conference: ........................Conference USA President: .........................Dr. Shirley Raines Athletic Director: ......................R.C. Johnson

HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE

SENIOR SALUTE

2 With an unbalanced schedule this season that has Memphis playing seven road conference matches, the Lady Tigers will need to continue the recent success on the home field. Since 2004, Memphis is 50-17-4 at Mike Rose Soccer Complex. Under head coach Brooks Monaghan, Memphis has a 69-32-6 mark on the home turf. Year-by-year win-loss at home under Coach Monaghan is below:

2 Courtesy of research done by CollegeSoccer360.com, the Lady Tigers senior class is ranked 14th in the nation with 54 wins in their time at the U of M. In the three-plus seasons for the 2011 class, Memphis has posted records of 15-5-2, 16-7-0, 15-4-3 and a 8-0-0 record this season.

Year

W-L (Pct.)

C-USA (Pct.)

2000

6-3-0 (.667)

2-3-0 (.400)

2001

4-5-1 (.450)

2-3-0 (.400)

2002

5-3-0 (.625)

3-2-0 (.600)

PUNCH THE TIME CARD

2003

4-4-1 (.500)

2-3-0 (.400)

2004

7-2-0 (.778)

4-1-0 (.800)

2005

7-3-0 (.700)

3-2-0 (.600)

2006

4-3-1 (.563)

3-0-1 (.876)

2 Senior Lizzy Simonin is the only Memphis player to play the full 720 minutes this season. Seven other players have played 500 or more minutes this season, all in the midfield or defense.

2007

9-1-0 (.900)

4-1-0 (.800)

2008

6-3-1 (.650)

4-1-0 (.800)

2009

6-4-0 (.600)

3-2-0 (.600)

2010

8-1-2 (.818)

4-0-2 (.833)

2011

4-0-0 (1.000)

0-0-0 (.000)

Total

70-32-6 (.670)

34-18-3 (.645)

WHAT’S BACK 2 Memphis lost three starters and nine letterwinners from last year’s squad. So just how much is there to replace statistically? Take a look below at the table and see.

ONE FOR THE THUMB 2 Redshirt-seniors Elise Kuhar-Pitters and Melissa Smith have the unique opportunity to win a fifth championship this season. The pair has endured various injuries throughout their respective career and is headed into the 2011 season as winners of four-straight titles.

CANADA...EH? 2 If you take a look at the Lady Tigers roster you will see seven players from various provinces of Canada. Various Canadians have played a major role in Memphis claiming four-straight C-USA Championships. Of the seven Canadians on the current roster, five of the seven have a combined 14 championship rings. Alex Craig and Kylie Davis are the newest members of Lady Tiger Soccer from Canada.

Category

Returning

Lost

Goals

22/38 (58%)

16/38 (42%)

Assists

16/36 (44%)

20/36 (56%)

Points

60/112 (54%)

52/112(46%)

Shots

196/381 (51%)

185/381(49%)

SOG

94/171 (55%)

77/171 (45%)

LIVE STREAMING

Saves

76/76 (100%)

0/0 (0%)

Sho.

11/11 (100%)

0/0 (0%)

2 Every home game will be available to watch live streaming video. Memphis Tiger Vision offers a monthly subscription for $9.99 or $79.99 for a year subscription. To access the live streaming, visit GoTigersGo.com and click on the watch icon on the women’s soccer page.

DOWN BUT NOT OUT 2 Last season, Memphis went 2-4 when opponents scored first. The Lady Tigers posted comeback victories over Alabama and Ole Miss. In the last two seasons, Memphis is a combined 3-10 when opponents score first.

ANY GIVEN SUNDAY 2 Sunday’s have been a day of success for the Lady Tigers in the last four seasons as ‘Any Given Sunday’ normally results in a Memphis victory. Since the 2006 season, the U of M is 3410-3 in matches played on a Sunday. 2 Since the 2009 season, Memphis is 19-2-1 on Sunday’s. In that same span, the U of M has outscored opponents 53-11 on Sunday’s with 13 shutouts.

FRESHMAN SCORING 2 Freshmen have combined to score 25 of Memphis’ 61 points this season. Kelley Gravlin leads the cast of freshmen with seven points while Natalia Gomez-Junco and Kaitlyn Atkins have six points on the season.

SOCIAL MEDIA CONNECTION 2 Make sure you follow Memphis Women’s Soccer on Facebook ( www.facebook.com/ MemphisWSoccer ) and on Twitter ( @UoMWSoccer ) for updates throughout the season.

GAMETRACKER 2 Every home match this season, plus select road games, will be available to follow on GoTigersGo.com via GameTracker. GameTracker offers users the chance to view the live stats as the game progresses. Just go to GoTigersGo.com, click on the ‘GameTracker’ icon on the women’s soccer schedule page.

UP NEXT 2 Memphis continues the season-long fivegame road trip with matches at Marshall and East Carolina. The Lady Tigers return to Mike Rose Soccer Complex on Oct. 7.

4 NCAA Tournament Appearances 2 4 C-USA Championships 2 35 All-Conference Selections 2 2 All-Americans

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2011 Starting Lines By Match: 8-19 LSU

8-21 UALR

8-26 Alabama

8-28 Samford

9-4 WKU

9-9 Ole Miss

9-11 Charlotte

Kuhar-Pitters (GK) Simonin Pembroke Cassady Borkenstein Hildebrandt Gomez-Junco Gravlin Atkins Smith Oduro

Kuhar-Pitters (GK) Simonin Pembroke Cassady Kline Hildebrandt Gomez-Junco Gravlin Atkins Smith Oduro

Kuhar-Pitters (GK) Simonin Pembroke Cassady Kline Hildebrandt Davis Gravlin Ansari Smith Oduro

9-15 Vanderbilt

9-23 Houston

9-25 Rice

9-30 Marshall

10-2 ECU

10-7 SMU

10-9 Tulsa

10-16 CC

10-21 So. Miss.

10-23 UCF

10-27 UAB

Kuhar-Pitters (GK) Simonin Pembroke Cassady Kline Hildebrandt Davis Gravlin Ansari Smith Oduro

10-14 UTEP

4 NCAA Tournament Appearances 2 4 C-USA Championships 2 35 All-Conference Selections 2 2 All-Americans

TIGER WOMEN’S SOCCER 2011L

MEMPHIS

A13

Auburn (Exh.)

0-0, T

Both teams had multiple scoring chances, but the defensive effort by each team forced a 0-0 draw in the exhibition match. Memphis outshot Auburn 12-11 in the match, but Auburn held a 4-1 shots on goal advantage.

A19

LSU

3-1, W

Kaitlyn Atkins recorded a goal as the U of M opened the season with a 3-1 win over LSU. Christabel Oduro and Kelley Gravlin also found the back of the net. Elise KuharPitters made three saves in the match.

A21

UALR

3-1, W

Melissa Smith, Kylie Davis and Taylor Isenhower scored goals and t he Lady Tigers claimed a 3-1 victory over UALR. Memphis outshot UALR 29-6 in the match. Kelley Gravlin, Lizzy Simonin, Katie Donahue and Kaitlyn Atkins recorded assists.

A26

at Alabama

1-0, W

Christabel Oduro notched the game-winner in the 64th minute and the U of M earned a 1-0 victory at Alabama. Memphis limited Crimson Tide to just one shot on goal in the match.

A28

at Samford

2-0, W

Christie Kline and Natalia Gomez-Junco record their first career goals and the Lady Tigers got past Samford 2-0. Kline scored on a header and helped the defense held Samford to two shots on goal.

at Western Kentucky

2-0, W

Memphis improved to 5-0 with a third-straigh shutout by Elise Kuhar-Pitters. The Lady Tigers didn’t surrender a shot on goal in the match and Rasheeda Ansari and Taylor Isenhower provided the scoring for the U of M.

Ole Miss

3-0, W

Memphis earned its seventh-straight victory against SEC opposition as three Lady Tigers found the back of the net in a highly-contested rivalry match. Rasheeda Ansari, Lizzy Simonin and Christabel Oduro notched goals.

S11

Charlotte

6-2, W

Six different players scored as Memphis earned a convincing 6-2 victory over Charlotte. The two goals scored by the 49ers ended Memphis’ second-longest scoreless streak by opponents with a mark of 441:25.

S15

at Vanderbilt

2-0, W

Two second half goals and timely saves by Elise Kuhar-Pitters lifed No. 11 Memphis over Vanderbilt, 2-0. With the win, Memphis claimed its eight-straight victory over an SEC opponent and set a program-record eight game win streak.

S23

at Houston