UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SPORTS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS • HER 103 , CALIFORNIA 90089-0601 • TELEPHONE: (213) 740-8480 FAX: (213) 740-7584 WOMEN’S SOCCER SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: JASON POMMIER • EMAIL: [email protected]

For Release: Sept. 21, 2004

USC Finishes Nonconference Schedule with Two Road Games Women of Troy play at St. Mary’s and UC Irvine before start of Pac-10 Conference slate next week

THIS WEEK — The USC women’s soccer team (4-3-1) will complete its 2004 2004 USC Women’s Soccer Schedule (4-3-1 overall, 0-0-0 Pac-10) nonconference schedule with two road games at St. Mary’s (7-2) on Friday (Sept. 24) at 3 p.m. and UC Irvine (3-4-1) on Sunday (Sept. 26) at 1 p.m. Date Opponent Time/Result Aug. 27 ^ vs. Rhode Island W 3-2 RANKINGS — USC, St. Mary’s and UC Irvine are not ranked. Aug. 29 ^ at No. 5 Florida State L 1-2 WEEKEND RECAP — USC played to a 1-1 tie at home on Sept. 16 against BYU and Sept. 3 Hawaii L 1-2 recorded a 2-0 shutout on Sept. 19 at San Diego. In the BYU match, Rosa Anna Tantillo Sept. 5 Rutgers W 3-2 (OT) tallied her sixth goal of the season to tie the game in the 79th minute as redshirt freshman Sept. 10 % Mississippi State W 4-1 goalie Veronica Simonton recorded her first collegiate start. The Women of Troy outshot Sept. 12 % No. 15 Tennessee L 1-2 the Cougars by a 16-5 margin. Simonton did not record a save on Sunday, but still earned Sept. 16 BYU T 1-1 (OT) her first collegiate shutout against the Toreros. Senior Shannon Cross opened the scoring Sept. 19 at San Diego W 2-0 in the 65th minute at San Diego, followed by a last-second goal by sophomore Tracy Sept. 24 at St. Mary’s 3 p.m. Lansing. USC dominated again with a 17-5 advantage in shots. Sept. 26 at UC Irvine 1 p.m. Oct. 8 * Oregon 3 p.m. NO SOPHOMORE JINX — Sophomore midfielder Rosa Anna Tantillo (San Diego/La Jolla HS) earned 2003 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors after leading the team in goals Oct. 10 * Oregon State 1 p.m. (seven), points (16) and game-winning goals (three). This season, she leads the team with Oct. 15 * at Washington 7 p.m. six goals and 15 points (6-3=15). On Sept. 5 against Rutgers, she scored two goals, Oct. 17 * at Washington State Noon including the game-winner in overtime, in USC’s 3-2 win. Tantillo added her second two- Oct. 22 * California 3 p.m. goal effort in as many games in a 4-1 win on Sept. 10 against Mississippi State. She Oct. 24 * Stanford 1 p.m. registered a five-point game with two goals and an assist in a 3-0 upset win last year on Oct. 29 * at Arizona 7 p.m. Sept. 26 at No. 18 Santa Clara. Oct. 31 * at Arizona State 1 p.m. Nov. 7 * UCLA (FSN) 1 p.m. SUDDEN IMPACT — Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Veronica Simonton (Chino Hills/ Ayala HS) started the season as the backup goalie to senior Julie Peterson, but is making * Pacific-10 match a push to be the team’s starter. Simonton made her first career start on Sept. 16 in a 1-1 tie All home games played at McAlister Field and in bold against BYU and recorded her first shutout on Sept. 19 in a 2-0 win at San Diego. She is All times local to game site 2-0-1 this season with a 0.54 goals-against-average. FSN - Game broadcast on FSN West Rankings based on Soccer America poll at time of game BANNER YEAR — After only six games, junior forward Tina Sutorius (Pleasanton/ Amador Valley HS) is close to having a career season. She is tied for second on the team in points (2-3=7) after posting career marks last year for goals (three) and points (seven).

ST. MARY’S NOTES — St. Mary’s is 7-2 on the season after a 3-2 overtime win against Stephen F. Austin and a 3-0 loss against SMU last weekend. Head coach Paul Sapsford is 15-10-3 in his second season at St. Mary’s. Genevieve Hollis leads the team with six goals and 14 points (6-2=14). USC is 1-0-1 all-time against St. Mary’s. The Women of Troy defeated the Gaels, 3-2, on Sept. 19 last year at McAlister Field. Both teams played to a scoreless tie on Sept. 26, 2001, in Moraga.

UC IRVINE NOTES — UC Irvine is 3-4-1 on the season after a 3-0 loss at No. 14 Texas A&M and a 2-1 loss at Baylor last weekend. Head coach Marine Cano is 107-74-25 in his 11th season at UC Irvine. Lauryn Birkinshaw leads the team with three goals. USC is 7- 1-2 all-time against UC Irvine. The Women of Troy have not lost to UC Irvine since their first meeting on Oct. 16, 1994.

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2004 USC Women’s Soccer • 1 McALISTER FIELD — After sharing the practice field with the football team, the USC women’s Head Coach Jim Millinder soccer team moved to its own facility prior to the 1998 season. The team split games between McAlister Field and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before playing exclusively at McAlister Jim Millinder is in his ninth season at the helm of the Field, located on the corner of 30th and Hoover, prior to the 2002 season. USC boasts a 22-8-5 USC women’s soccer program. He has a record of 107- 53-14 (.655) with USC and an overall nine-year-colle- (.700) record at McAlister Field. giate mark of 115-80-18 (.582). Millinder has coached USC to six straight NCAA Tournament appearances. A LAST SEASON — In 2003, the Women of Troy went 9-8-4 overall and tied for third in Pac-10 former U.S. National Team member, Millinder was play with a 5-3-1 record. The Trojans made their sixth straight appearance in the NCAA named the 1997 West Region Coach of the Year and the Tournament, losing to Pepperdine (1-0) in the first round at UCLA. 1996 and 1998 Pac-10 Coach of the Year. Millinder was the head coach of the women’s soccer 2004 USC Numerical Roster program at Loyola Marymount for two seasons, 1994- NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN (HS/COLLEGE) 95, where he posted an 8-27-4 record. Prior to that, he 00 Veronica Simonton GK 5-10 Fr.* Chino Hills (Ayala) was the women’s head coach at El Camino College in 1 Julie Peterson GK 5-10 Sr.* Mission Viejo (Santa Margarita) Torrance for four seasons (1990-93), winning the Cali- 2 Amy Mann MF 5-6 Jr. Alamo (San Ramon Valley) fornia junior college state championship in 1990. 3 Lindsay Parker MF/D 5-5 So. Los Altos (St. Francis) He played professionally as a midfielder for eight 4 Lauren Shepherdson MF/D 5-6 So. Newport Beach (Corona del Mar) years, including stints in the North American Soccer 5 Rachel Field MF/D 5-3 Sr. San Jose (Presentation) League (NASL) with the New York Cosmos (1978), Los 6 Nikki Goza D 5-4 Sr.* Walnut Creek (Carondelet) Angeles Aztecs (1979), Tulsa Roughnecks (1980) and 7 Tracy Lansing F 5-6 So. Sherman Oaks (Harvard-Westlake) Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1981-82). He also appeared in 8 Jocelyn Hein MF/F 5-7 So. Saugus (Saugus) 25 international matches. 9 Tina Sutorius F 5-9 Jr. Pleasanton (Amador Valley) Jim Millinder's Head Coaching Record 10 Taviana Shabestari MF 5-0 So. Redondo Beach (Mira Costa/ San Diego State) Year School W L T PCT 11 Ashley Casas MF 5-2 Sr. Mission Viejo (Capistrano Valley) 1994 LMU 2 15 3 .175 12 Kat Stolpa D 5-9 Fr. Palo Alto (Palo Alto) 1995 LMU 6 12 1 .342 13 Natalie Nunn F 5-6 Fr.* San Mateo (Aragon) 1996 USC 15 5 0 .750 14 Laura McKee D 5-4 Fr. Santa Ana (Foothill) 1997 USC 16 3 1 .825 1998 USC 14 7 1 .659 15 Shannon Cross F 5-7 Sr.* Manhattan Beach (Mira Costa) 1999 USC 14 6 0 .700 16 Hillary Schwarzbach D 5-8 Jr. Ben Lomond (San Lorenzo Valley) 2000 USC 14 6 2 .682 17 Jocelyn Leche F/D 5-4 Jr. Pinole (Salesian) 2001 USC 10 7 2 .553 18 Kelly Blais MF 5-9 Sr. Redondo Beach (Mira Costa) 2002 USC 11 8 3 .568 19 Rosa Anna Tantillo MF/F 5-6 So. San Diego (La Jolla) 2003 USC 9 8 4 .524 20 Taylor Smith MF/F 5-6 Fr. Irvine (University) 2004 USC 4 3 1 .563 USC 9 years 107 53 14 .655 21 Jessica Gray MF 5-8 Fr. Los Altos Hills (St. Francis) CAREER 11 years 115 80 18 .582 23 Maggie Robertson MF 5-3 Fr. Pleasanton (Foothill) 24 Lauren Brown MF/F 5-6 Fr. Chino Hills (St. Lucy’s Priory) 25 Katie Kirst D 5-8 Fr. Canyon Country (Valencia) Associate Head Coach Nat Gonzalez Nat Gonzalez begins his first season as associate head * Used up redshirt year coach for the Women of Troy after spending three Head Coach: Jim Millinder (Cal State Dominguez Hills ’93) seasons (2001-03) as the head men’s coach at UC Associate Head Coach: Nat Gonzalez (UCLA ’95) Riverside. Assistant Coach: Andrea Warner (USC ’01) Prior to his tenure at UC Riverside, where he Athletic Trainer: Emily McClellan registered a 12-36-8 mark, Gonzalez served as Strength and Conditioning Coach: Leslie Cordova Sports Psychology Consultant: Mike Voight goalkeeping coach and first assistant for the men’s team at Washington (1996-2000). The Huskies won the 1998 and 1999 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championships and posted a 61-15-5 record during his five years. He was an assistant men’s coach at Cal Poly Pomona from 1995-96 and a graduate assistant coach for the UCLA women’s team from 1994-95. Gonzalez was a four-year letterwinner and goalkeeper at UCLA from 1988-91 and a member of the 1990 Bruins’ national championship team. He earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from UCLA in 1995 and possesses a United States Soccer Federation “B” license. Assistant Coach Andrea Warner After completing her four-year (1997-2000) career as a Trojan, Andrea Warner is in her fourth season as an assistant coach. Warner played in every match at USC, starting in 62 of 84 matches as a midfielder. She is seventh on USC's all-time list with 12 assists and tied for 10th with 34 points (11-12=34). In 1998, Warner scored game-winning goals against Pepperdine and No. 7 BYU. Her goal against BYU earned her a spot on the Soccer America Team of the Week. Twice, she earned Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention honors (1998 and 2000). She graduated in the spring of 2001 at USC with a bachelor's degree in education.

2004 USC Women’s Soccer • 2 2004 USC Trojans Women's Soccer USC Trojans Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 20, 2004) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... ( 4- 3- 1) ( 1- 1- 1) ( 1- 1- 0) ( 2- 1- 0) CONFERENCE...... ( 0- 0- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) NON-CONFERENCE...... ( 4- 3- 1) ( 1- 1- 1) ( 1- 1- 0) ( 2- 1- 0)

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATT ## PLAYER GP G A Pts Sh Shot% SOG SOG% GW PK-AT ------*Aug 27 vs Rhode Island W 3-2 125 19 Tantillo, Rosa Anna 8 6 3 15 33 .182 19 .576 2 0-0 Aug 29 at #5 Florida State L 1-2 993 15 Cross, Shannon 8 3 1 7 10 .300 6 .600 2 1-1 Sep 03 HAWAII L 1-2 150 9 Sutorius, Tina 8 2 3 7 14 .143 8 .571 0 0-0 Sep 05 RUTGERS W O2 3-2 150 7 Lansing, Tracy 8 2 1 5 14 .143 5 .357 0 0-0 Sep 10 vs MISSISSIPPI STATE W 4-1 - 11 Casas, Ashley 7 1 1 3 20 .050 11 .550 0 0-0 Sep 12 vs #15 Tennessee L 1-2 908 18 Blais, Kelly 8 1 1 3 7 .143 3 .429 0 0-0 Sep 16 BYU T O2 1-1 125 8 Hein, Jocelyn 8 1 0 2 10 .100 5 .500 0 0-0 Sep 19 at San Diego W 2-0 448 17 Leche, Jocelyn 6 0 2 2 2 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 24 Brown, Lauren 8 0 1 1 5 .000 2 .400 0 0-0 TEAM STATISTICS USC OPP 3 Parker, Lindsay 8 0 1 1 5 .000 2 .400 0 0-0 ------4 Shepherdson, Lauren 8 0 1 1 3 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 SHOT STATISTICS...... 2 Mann, Amy 8 0 0 0 6 .000 4 .667 0 0-0 Goals-Shot attempts.... 16-137 12-75 21 Gray, Jessica 2 0 0 0 2 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 Goals scored average... 1.91 1.43 13 Nunn, Natalie 5 0 0 0 2 .000 2 1.000 0 0-0 Shot pct...... 117 .160 12 Stolpa, Kat 8 0 0 0 2 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 Shots on goal-Attempts. 68-137 35-75 10 Shabestari, Taviana 4 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 SOG pct...... 496 .467 6 Goza, Nikki 6 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0 0-0 Shots/Game...... 17.1 9.4 25 Kirst, Katie 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 Assists...... 15 11 23 Robertson, Maggie 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 CORNER KICKS...... 42 34 20 Smith, Taylor 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 PENALTY KICKS...... 1-1 1-1 16 Schwarzbach, Hillary 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 PENALTIES...... 14 McKee, Laura 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 Yellow cards...... 1 1 5 Field, Rachel 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 Red cards...... 0 0 1 Peterson, Julie 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 ATTENDANCE...... 00 Simonton, Veronica 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 Total...... 425 1441 Total...... 8 16 15 47 137 .117 68 .496 4 1-1 Dates/Avg Per Date..... 3/142 2/720 Opponents...... 8 12 11 35 75 .160 35 .467 3 1-1 Neutral Site #/Avg..... 3/344

|-GOAL AVERAGE-| |-SAVES-| ## GOALTENDERS GP Minutes GA Avg Sv Pct W L T Sho ------00 Simonton, Veronica 4 333:42 2 0.54 6 .750 2 0 1 1 1 Peterson, Julie 5 421:49 10 2.13 15 .600 2 3 0 0 Total...... 8 755:31 12 1.43 23 .657 4 3 1 1 Opponents...... 8 755:31 16 1.91 52 .765 3 4 1 0

GOALS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total ------USC Trojans...... 8 7 0 1 - 16 Opponents...... 7 5 0 0 - 12

SHOTS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total ------USC Trojans...... 58 73 4 2 - 137 Opponents...... 31 42 1 1 - 75

SAVES BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total ------USC Trojans...... 9 14 0 0 - 23 Opponents...... 16 35 0 1 - 52

CORNER KICKS BY PRD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total ------USC Trojans...... 25 16 1 0 - 42 Opponents...... 8 21 4 1 - 34

FOULS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total ------USC Trojans...... 41 32 0 2 - 75 Opponents...... 30 39 4 2 - 75