SAN FRANCISCO 2010 Women’s soccer USF @ No. 2 Portland Match 19 • Sun., Oct. 31 • 1 p.m. Merlo Field Portland, Ore.
San Francisco Takes On Pilots In Final Road Contest
WOmen’s SOCCER Contact: Rachel Engrissei, Asst. Director, Media Relations raengrissei@usfca.edu (415) 422-6816 (office); (415) 422-2929 (fax)
Dons look to tackle WCC leaders
USF return to Hilltop next Saturday for Senior Day Game Notes
Women’s Soccer 2010 Schedule Record: 4-12-2 Home: 4-5 Road: 0-5-2 Neutral: 0-2 WCC: 0-3-2 Home: 0-2 Road: 0-1-2 DATE DAY OPPONENT TIME AUGUST (3-0) 20 Fri. San Jose State W 2-1 27 Fri. North Florida W 2-1 29 Sun. UC Santa Barbara W 4-1 SEPTEMBER (1-7) CAL BEARS TOURNAMENT 3 Fri. Hawai’i L 3-2 5 Sun. Rice L 2-1 (OT) 10 Fri. UC Riverside W 1-0 12 Sun. Nevada L 1-0 17 Fri. No. 16 California L 1-0 19 Sun. UC Irvine L 2-0 24 Fri. UC Davis L 1-0 26 Sun. Washington L 2-0 OCTOBER (0-5-2) 1 Fri. Northern Arizona L1-0 3 Sun. Arizona L 2-1 10 Sun. Saint Mary’s* L 1-0 15 Fri. San Diego* L 4-1 17 Sun. No. 12 Santa Clara* L 2-0 22 Fri. Pepperdine* 0-0 (2ot) 24 Sun. Loyola Marymount* 0-0 (2ot) 31 Sun. Portland* 1 PM NOVEMBER (0-0) 6 Sat. Gonzaga* HOME MATCHES IN BOLD CAPS All home games played at Negoesco Stadium (3,000) All times pacific and subject to change * - West Coast Conference
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THIS WEEK: USF will make a short trip to Portland to face the nationally-ranked No. 2 Pilots on Halloween. The Dons and Pilots will face off at Menlo Field at 1 p.m. The match will be the final road contest of 2010 for San Francisco. NEXT WEEK: The Dons will return to the HIlltop to host Gonzaga in the final contest of the season. USF will face the Zags at 2 p.m. at Negoesco Stadium. Prior to the contest, San Francisco will host Senior Day to honor this season’s three seniors - Lauren Maris, Ashley O’Brien and Afiya Roberts. LAST WEEK: San Francisco snapped a 10-match losing streak, collecting two scoreless draws in Southern California. USF opened the weekend Friday with a 0-0 final at Pepperdine. The Dons then completed the feat, a 0-0 tie, again Sunday at LMU. The tie was the first time since 1996 that USF had not suffered a loss while playing the Lions in Los Angeles. DONS EARN FIRST RESULT AGAINST LMU IN NEARLY 15 YEARS: Thanks to a 0-0 double overtime tie last Sunday, the Dons recorded their first results against LMU in Los Angeles in nearly 15 years. The last time USF earned a win or tie on the campus of Loyola Marymount was in 1996, when the Dons and Lions drew to a scoreless draw. Since then, USF has gone 0-6-1 in Los Angeles, including Sunday’s decision. ROBINSON SNAPS SHUTOUT: Not only did Keonna Robinson’s goal against San Diego on October 15 allow the Dons to avoid a shutout, it also was just the second time in five years the Dons have scored against the Toreros. Prior to a 3-2 loss last season, the Dons had not scored against San Diego since a 2-1 double overtime victory in 2005. DONS SNAP SCORELESS STREAK: Thanks to Molly Hall’s goal at Arizona, USF snapped a seven match shutout streak. During the span, USF went scoreless for 648 minutes. Prior to the streak, the Dons had not been shutout all season and were on a record scoring pace. The last time USF was shutout in four or more matches was in 2008, when the Dons suffered seven straight shutouts to close out the season. DONS OPEN HOME SLATE 4-0: Through the first four home matches of the season, USF was 4-0-0 when play on the Hilltop. The last time the Dons went 4-0 to open the home slate was in 1997. NORWEGIAN DUO EARNS NATIONAL ATTENTION: Christina Moberg and Hanna Haanes, both freshmen on the USF women’s soccer team, have been named to the Top Drawer National 100 Division I College Freshmen. Moberg and Haanes, both natives of Norway, are two of eight freshmen from the West Coast Conference to appear on this week’s list. Moberg is ranked 89th this week, while Haanes is listed at 91st. San Francisco is just one of two West Coast Conference schools to land two or more freshman in this week’s ranks. Portland leads the pack with three honors, including the highest ranked WCC representative, Erin Dees. The Pilots’ goalkeeper checks in at No. 9. Loyola Marymount, Santa Clara, Pepperdine and Saint Mary’s all have one student-athlete ranked. GOALS A PLENTY: The four goals against Santa Barbara (Aug. 29) marked the first time since a 4-0 victory over Cal State Northridge in 2006 that the Dons have scored four or more tallies against a Division I opponent. USF scored 11 goals through the opening five matches of the season. The last time USF scored 11 or more goals in the opening five matches of the season was in 2003. During the 2003 campaign, the Dons scored 17 goals in the first five matches, mainly thanks to an 8-0 victory over San Jose State.