3-0 1,426 70%

UC Irvine Anteaters Overall: 8-3-4 Big West: 3-0-1 (10 pts) H / A: 4-1-2 / 4-2-2 Goals / Allowed: 24 / 13

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UC Davis Aggies UC Riverside Highlanders Thursday, October 12, 2017 - 7:00 PM Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 2:00 PM Anteater Stadium - Irvine, Calif. Anteater Stadium - Irvine, Calif.

2017 3-9-0 2017 6-7-2 #TogetherWeZot | #RipEm Big West 2-0-0 Big West 3-0-0 Away 0-3 Away 3-4-1 Projected Anteater Formation 2016 Big West 3-3-2 (5th) 2016 Big West 2-5-1 (T6th)

(4-4-2) Series Series tied, 9-9-3 Series UC Irvine leads, 12-4-1

Under Juniper 7-2-3 (4-1 in Irvine) Under Juniper 9-2-0 (5-0 in Irvine) 11 18 Carr Baham 2016 meeting Oct. 13 at Davis - W, 1-0 2016 meeting Oct. 2 at Riverside - W, 2-0 Head Coach Twila Kaufman (4th Season) Head Coach Nat Gonzalez (6th Season) 10 2 17 Big West W (1-0) vs. UH | W (2-1) vs. CP Big West Wins at UCSB, at Cal Poly, vs. CSF Miclat Palacios Andino

First Touches 13 Galbraith

8 24 25 7 Bzeih Mensen Kelley Pottorff 3-0 1,426 70%

Thursday will mark the Sophomore Maddie Newsom Since the conference went 33 4th straight season UCI has hasn’t played every minute to nine programs in 2013, Newsom hosted an ESPN3-broadcasted of the season, but her 1,426 schools that have earned 10

match. The ‘Eaters are 3-0 minutes played leads the or more points have made the Primary Reserves in previous years defeating Big West Conference and Big West Tournament 70% FWD 4 Grouwinkel 29 Brown 30 Mamola UCSB 2-1 in 2014 and pitching ranks third in the nation of the time (16 of 23). MID 21 Lee 5 Hutchison 14 Young shutouts against LBSU in as a goalkeeper No school has missed the DEF 6 M. Acuna 3 J. Acuna 16 Gutierrez 2015 and UCSB in 2016 tournament when earning GK 1 Magaña 0 Puliafico 00 Gonzalez 12 or more points

Date Opponent Location Result Shots (On Goal) Saves Corners Fouls Offside Goals Aug. 11 at #3 USC (Exhibition) Los Angeles, Calif. T 0-0 7 (3) 1 2 12 3 - Aug. 18 at Cal Berkeley, Calif. L 1-2 7 (4) 3 4 12 1 Miclat (PK 32’) Aug. 25 at Arizona Tucson, Ariz. T 0-0 3 (1) 4 2 10 1 - Aug. 28 Portland Anteater Stadium W 3-0 15 (6) 1 7 8 0 Palacios (21’, 78’), Baham (65’) Sept. 1 Penn Anteater Stadium T 0-0 19 (8) 2 8 7 3 - Sept. 3 Toledo Anteater Stadium W 3-0 15 (9) 4 2 18 6 Palacios (2’), Lee (22’), Baham (81’) Sept. 8 at Loyola Marymount Los Angeles, Calif. T 1-1 22 (6) 6 6 10 1 Palacios (60’) Sept. 10 Oregon Anteater Stadium W 1-0 14 (6) 3 9 7 7 Galbraith (37’) Sept. 15 at San Diego San Diego, Calif. W 1-0 15 (6) 0 4 8 3 Galbraith (16’) Sept. 17 Pepperdine Anteater Stadium L 1-4 9 (4) 4 1 7 2 Lee (16’) Sept. 21 at Santa Clara Santa Clara, Calif. L 1-2 7 (4) 7 6 13 2 Baham (7’) Sept. 24 San Francisco Anteater Stadium W 3-0 17 (9) 4 1 11 1 Carr (20’), Andino (21’), Palacios (68’) Sept. 29 *at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Calif.W(2OT) 2-1 15 (7) 7 3 13 1 Lee (30’), Hutchison (103’) Oct. 1 *at UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Calif. W 4-1 9 (7) 3 3 2 3 Baham (4’), Carr (33’, 86’), Grouwinkel (64’) Oct. 5 *Long Beach State Anteater Stadium T 0-0 18 (5) 2 9 9 2 - Oct. 8 *at Hawai’i Honolulu, Hawai’i W 3-2 25 (9) 8 8 5 5 Andino (15’), Baham (38’), Palacios (72’) Oct. 12 *UC Davis Anteater Stadium 7:00 PM Oct. 15 *UC Riverside Anteater Stadium 2:00 PM Oct. 19 *at CSUN Northridge, Calif. 7:00 PM Oct. 29 *Cal State Fullerton Anteater Stadium 2:00 PM

Home matches in BOLD Neutral matches in italics * - Big West match All times listed in Pacific Time Zone FIELD PLAYER NOTES ## Player Note Height—Year—Position Hometown—Previous College or High School—Club Team—Major Caps (Starts) - Goals - GWG - Assists - Points 2 Kiana Palacios Mexican National Team member, played friendlies in Feb. at Canada, Sweden 5-7—Senior—Forward Lake Forest, Calif. —Mission Viejo HS—Slammers FC—Major: Education Science 61 (60) - 24 G - 9 GWG - 12 A - 60 PTS 3 Janeth Acuna Named NSCAA Junior College All-American in 2015 5-4—Senior—Midfielder/Forward Downey, Calif.—Rio Hondo College—Downey HS—Norwalk FC—Major: Nursing Science 8 (0) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 4 Claire Grouwinkel Trained with Ireland National Team under-19 squad over the summer 5-3—Freshman—Forward Torrance, Calif.—South Torrance HS—FRAM—Major: Undeclared 13 (0) - 1 G - 0 GWG - 1 A - 3 PTS 5 Elizabeth Hutchison Scored her first game-winner in 103rd minute at Cal Poly 5-7—RS-Junior—Midfielder Sacramento, Calif.—Rio Americano HS—Placer United—Major: Public Health Policy 43 (3) - 2 G - 1 GWG - 0 A - 4 PTS 6 Maritza Acuna Recorded first career assist and point in 2nd minute of win vs. Toledo 5-4—Senior—Defender Downey, Calif.—Rio Hondo College—Downey HS—Norwalk FC—Major: Nursing Science 22 (10) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 1 A - 1 PTS 7 Kelsee Pottorff Made first career start as a defender Sunday at UC Santa Barbara 5-4—Junior—Midfielder Fresno, Calif.—Clovis North HS—California Odyssey—Major: Psychology and Social Behavior 39 (4) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 1 A - 1 PTS 8 Reema Bzeih Big West Defensive Player of the Week September 4 (3 assists, 0 GA) 5-8—RS-Junior—Defender Irvine, Calif.—UCLA—University HS—West Coast FC—Major: Environmental Sciences 37 (37) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 10 A - 10 PTS 9 Hayley Mayne State champion as a high school senior, wore #20 in 2016 5-5—Sophomore—Forward Carlsbad, Calif.—La Costa Canyon HS—Carlsbad United FC—Major: Criminology, Law, and Society 9 (0) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 10 Jessica Miclat Missed three matches (Oregon, USD, Pepperdine) with injuries 5-6—Sophomore—Midfielder Chino Hills, Calif.—Chino Hills HS—U.S. under-18 National Team—Major: Public Health Policy 34 (32) - 3 G - 1 GWG - 2 A - 8 PTS 11 Sydney Carr Trained with U.S. National Team under-19 and under-17 squads 5-4—Freshman—Forward Portland, Ore.—El Modena HS—Albion SC—Major: Criminology, Law, and Society 15 (14) - 3 G - 2 GWG - 5 A - 11 PTS 12 Serena Camacho Made only career start at Arizona 5-7—Freshman—Forward Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.—Los Osos HS—West Coast FC—Major: Undeclared 7 (1) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 13 Grayson Galbraith Scored consecutive game-winners vs. Oregon, San Diego 5-6—Senior—Midfielder Irvine, Calif.—Woodbridge HS—FRAM—Major: Education Science 61 (50) - 5 G - 2 GWG - 10 A - 20 PTS 14 Sara Young Also played point guard on the high school basketball team 5-6—Freshman—Midfielder Mill Valley, Calif.—Marin Catholic HS—Marin FC—Major: Undeclared 6 (0) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 15 Kayla Valenzuela Also ran cross country and track in high school 5-5—Freshman—Defender Riverside, Calif.—Riverside Poly HS—Albion SC—Major: Psychology and Social Behavior No UC Irvine stats 16 Isabella Gutierrez 6 matches (3 starts) as a freshman at Louisville in 2015 5-7—Junior—Defender Los Angeles, Calif.—Louisville—El Segundo HS—FC Los Angeles—Major: Political Science 6 (0) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 17 Lili Andino Played with the Puerto Rican National Team over the spring 5-5—Junior—Midfielder San Diego, Calif.—Rancho Bernardo HS—San Diego Futbol Academy—Major: Education Science 52 (28) - 8 G - 0 GWG - 3 A - 19 PTS 18 Noel Baham Named All-West Region, All-Big West, and Big West Fall All-Academic in 2016 5-6—RS-Senior—Defender Redlands, Calif.—Santa Clara University—Redlands HS—Fram —Major: Public Health Policy 73 (57) - 11 G - 3 GWG - 19 A - 41 PTS 19 Shelby Petty Made collegiate debut vs. San Francisco entering in 85th minute 5-10—RS-Freshman—Defender Torrance, Calif.—South Torrance HS—Nomads SC—Major: Business Economics 1 (0) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 21 Shelby Lee Regional SAAC representative for the Big West and UC Irvine 5-5—Junior—Midfielder Carlsbad, Calif.—Carlsbad HS—Del Mar Carmel Valley Sharks—Major: Public Health Policy 46 (23) - 3 G - 0 GWG - 2 A - 8 PTS 22 Lauren McKimmey CIF Division I champion and State finalist in 2015 5-6—Freshman—Defender Anaheim, Calif.—Mater Dei HS—Albion SC—Major: Undeclared No UC Irvine stats 23 Alex Karlowitsch Named All-Big West Honorable Mention and All-Freshman in 2014 5-3—Senior—Midfielder Long Beach, Calif.—Millikan HS—So Cal Blues—Major: Education Science 58 (38) - 3 G - 0 GWG - 12 A - 18 PTS 24 Andrea Mensen Named All-Big West Honorable Mention in 2016 5-6—Senior—Defender Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.—Rancho Cucamonga HS—Fram—Major: Business Economics 71 (58) - 2 G - 1 GWG - 1 A - 5 PTS 25 Aleah Kelley Named a team captain near end of 2015 season, sat out with injury in 2016 5-9—RS-Sophomore—Midfielder Elk Grove, Calif.—Franklin HS—FC Elk Grove—Major: Education Science 31 (19) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 26 Jonnae Joseph Left match vs. Pepperdine in the 52nd minute with an injury 5-3—Junior—Forward Riverside, Calif.—Riverside Poly HS—Albion SC—Major: Psychology 49 (28) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 2 A - 2 PTS 27 Ashley Johnson Selected to U.S. Futsal National Team U18 squad; made debut at SCU 5-8—Freshman—Forward Temecula, Calif.—Vista Murrieta HS—Temecula Valley SA—Major: Undeclared 2 (0) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 28 McKenzie Madison Two-time league champion in high school 5-5—Freshman—Midfielder Ripon, Calif.—Gregori HS—FC Elk Grove—Major: Biological Sciences No UC Irvine stats 29 Carley Brown Career high of 34 minutes vs. Cal State Fullerton in 2016 Big West Semi 5-4—Sophomore—Forward Long Beach, Calif.—Los Alamitos HS—Beach FC—Major: Undeclared 21 (0) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 30 Jio Mamola Named TeamSnap Spring All-West Region and CA State Star in high school 5-5—Sophomore—Forward/Midfielder Sacramento, Calif.—Kennedy HS—FC Elk Grove—Major: International Studies 13 (0) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 31 Elizabeth Rivera Made collegiate debut vs. Pepperdine subbing in for final 7 minutes 5-3—Freshman—Forward Eastvale, Calif.—Colony HS—Olimpia FC—Major: Psychology and Social Behavior 3 (0) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 32 Erica Mendoza CIF Section champion in 2014-15 5-4—Freshman—Midfielder/Defender Elk Grove, Calif.—Franklin HS—FC Elk Grove—Major: Biomedical Engineering No UC Irvine stats KEEPER NOTES 00 Madi Puliafico Stopped 2 PKs in shootout to secure Division I HS title in 2014 5-8—RS-Freshman—Goalkeeper Tustin, Calif.—Mater Dei HS—West Coast FC—Major: Criminology, Law, and Society No UC Irvine stats 1 Maria Magaña Combined on 3 shutouts playing final mins vs. Idaho State, Portland, USF 5-9—RS-Senior—Goalkeeper Reedley, Calif.—Fresno City College—Reedley HS—Fresno Freeze—Major: Social Ecology 3 (0) - 0-0-0 - 0 SHO - 0 GA - 0 SV 33 Maddie Newsom Ranks 3rd in the country in minutes played (1,426:29) 5-9—Sophomore—Goalkeeper Elk Grove, Calif.—Cosumnes Oaks HS—FC Elk Grove—Major: Criminology, Law, and Society 35 (35) - 21-9-6 - 14 SHO - 31 GA - 114 SV QUICK FACTS LAST WEEK RECAP GENERAL UCI made it through another Big West week unscathed with a draw and a win to rise to the School ...... UC Irvine (University of California, Irvine) top of the standings now with 10 points.

Location ...... Irvine, Calif. Nickname ...... Anteaters (‘Eaters) The ‘Eaters tussled with rival Long Beach State Thursday night with 42 shots between them Colors ...... Blue and Gold but no goals playing to a scoreless 0-0 draw. Founded (Opened) ...... 1962 (1965) Enrollment ...... 32,000 Sunday brought the firepower that Thursday lacked as UCI jumped out to the lead in the Chancellor ...... Howard Gillman, Ph.D. 15th minute, and then tied the match up at 2-2 heading into the half after relinquishing the Athletic Director...... Mike Izzi lead in the 17th and 24th minutes. Kiana Palacios and Noel Baham teamed up for the deci- Home Field (Capacity) ...... Anteater Stadium (2,500) Affiliation ...... NCAA Division I sive third goal in the 72nd minute to get the road win at Hawai’i, 3-2. Conference ...... Big West SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS

HISTORY Big West action comes back home with two matches this week starting with an ESPN3 First season ...... 1984 match Thursday night vs. UC Davis followed up a matchup Sunday with undefeated UCR. All-time record (through 2016) ...... 301-281-73 NCAA Tournament berths / Last ...... 2 / 2011 UC Davis returns to Anteater Stadium for the first time since their 2-1 win over UCI on Sen- Big West regular season titles ...... 2 (2010, 2011) ior Day. UCI took the match in 2016, 1-0, as the overall series is tied, 9-9-3. The Aggies be- MAC Hermann Watch List ...... 1 gan the season 1-9 with a lone 2OT win over USF, but they’ve turned it around in Big West All-Americans ...... 3 play with wins over Hawai’i and Cal Poly. They have three goals in those most recent All-West Region ...... 19 matches after scoring five times in its first 10 matches. Mandy McKeegan (2 G, 3 A) and Big West Players of the Year ...... 5 Mahlah Catline (3 G) have steered the Aggie ship thus far, however the opposition has held Academic All-Americans ...... 3 court putting up 100 more shots total this season that UCD and the Aggies average just seven shots per match, half as many as UCI’s 14 per match. Alexis Smith returns in net after COACHING STAFF earning the win in the 2015 match, and she’s stopped 62 shots to lead the Big West. Head Coach ...... Scott Juniper (11th as head, 12th overall)

Alma Mater ...... University of Bristol (1998) The week ends with a Sunday afternoon match against a surprise UC Riverside who is 3-0 in Career record ...... 111-72-21 conference play taking down Cal Poly, UCSB, and Cal State Fullerton. In comparison, UCR Assistant Coach ...... P.J. Woolridge (4th season) Assistant Coach ...... Danielle de Seriere (4th season) also defeated Toledo and drew with Penn while losing to San Francisco. UCI has had com- Volunteer Assistant Coach ...... Rachel Schmid (2nd season) mand of the series since coach Juniper took over winning nine of the 11 matchups including Office phone ...... (949) 824-1095 all five played in Anteater Stadium. Quinley Quezada and Ashley Webb have each scored three goals and assisted two others while Darielle O’Brien (2 G, 3 A) and 12 other Highland- MEDIA RELATIONS ers have contributed with a point this year. Annie Bailey has emerged in net since confer- Associate AD / Media Relations ...... Bob Olson ence play started to post a pair of shutouts and 13 saves in three matches. She also earned Assistant Director / Women’s Soccer ...... Alex Croteau the draw against Penn, and defenders Makenna Herrero and Amanda Roy have been at her Mailing Address ...... Intercollegiate Athletics Building aid...... Irvine, CA - 92697-4500 Office Phone ...... (949) 824-8934 Big West Conference Per Game Stats Cell ...... (949) 410-3346 Email ...... [email protected] School CP CSF CSUN Hawai’i LBSU UCD UCI UCR UCSB

RECENT AWARDS Goals 1.07 2.07 1.00 0.92 1.23 0.67 1.60 1.07 1.29 Big West Player of the Week GA 1.40 0.71 1.29 1.42 1.00 1.25 0.87 1.33 1.50 October 2 Sydney Carr - 2 goals, 2 assists in wins at Cal Poly, UCSB Shots 13.5 12.4 12.4 14.5 13.1 7.1 14.0 10.3 13.0 September 4 Save % 0.767 0.796 0.750 0.779 0.750 0.826 0.817 0.750 0.667 Kiana Palacios - 3 G, 1 A in W vs. Portland, Toledo; Penn draw Reema Bzeih - 3 A, 0 GA in W vs. Portland, Toledo; Penn draw Fouls 12.1 10.1 9.1 11.3 10.6 11.0 9.3 12.2 10.9 October 9 Noel Baham - 1 goal, 1 assist in T vs. LBSU, W at Hawai’i Offside 2.7 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.1 1.3 2.5 2.3 2.4 Corners 4.6 7.1 3.9 4.2 5.1 4.2 4.9 3.4 4.3 Senior CLASS Award Candidate Cards 1.3 0.4 1.3 0.7 0.6 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.6 Kiana Palacios (Senior Midfielder) AROUND THE BIG WEST Preseason All-Big West 2017 Standings Kiana Palacios (Senior Midfielder) School Points Big West Overall Goals GA Preseason Poll 1 UC Irvine 10 3-0-1 8-3-4 24 13 4th 2016 2 UC Riverside 9 3-0-0 6-7-2 16 20 8th Big West Player of the Week 3 UC Davis 6 2-0-0 3-9-0 8 15 7th Noel Baham - September 12 | Andrea Mensen - October 3 4 Cal State Fullerton 6 2-1-0 9-3-2 29 10 2nd Maddie Newsom - Defensive MVP at Bronco Invitational 5 Long Beach State 4 1-1-1 7-4-2 16 13 1st

All Big-West 6 CSUN 4 1-1-1 5-4-5 14 18 5th Kiana Palacios - First Team 7 UC Santa Barbara 1 0-2-1 4-6-4 18 21 3rd Noel Baham - First Team 8 Hawai’i 0 0-3-0 5-7-0 11 17 9th Kelsey Texeira - First Team 9 Cal Poly 0 0-4-0 5-9-1 16 21 6th Lili Andino - Second Team Midweek Sunday Maddie Newsom - Honorable Mention, All-Freshman UC Davis at UC Irvine Thursday - 7pm Long Beach State at UC Santa Barbara 1pm Andrea Mensen - Honorable Mention CSUN at UC Riverside Thursday - 7pm UC Davis at Cal State Fullerton 2pm Jessica Miclat - All-Freshman UC Santa Barbara at Hawai’i Thursday - 10pm UC Riverside at UC Irvine 2pm Long Beach State at Cal Poly Friday - 7pm CSUN at Hawai’i 4pm BY THE NUMBERS RECORD RISERS RECORD PURSUIT A few Anteater seniors are entering rarified air in the all-time UCI record Overall 8-3-4 book. Kiana Palacios put home another goal in Hawai’i giving her 24 for Scott Juniper Home 4-1-2 her career tying her for fourth-most with Shawna Burke and Tanya Tay- Away 4-2-2 lor with her sights on Kim Cusimano’s 26 goals next. The Sunday goal was Wins All-time 119 Neutral 0-0-0 also the game-winner, the ninth for Palacios who will join Tracie Manz, M. Cano 2nd 113 Outside California 1-0-1 Nicole Bucciarelli, and Laura McGrail as the fourth ‘Eater with at least 10. The senior also reached 60 career points, the sixth Anteater with as Kiana Palacios vs. Big West 3-0-1 many. Two points will tie Cusimano with 62 and 5th in the UCI records. Goals All-time 24 vs. Non-conference 5-3-3 S. Berke 24 vs. Pac-12 1-1-1 Elsewhere getting historical recognition Noelis Baham. On top of her second career Big West Player of the Week honor, she added a goal and T. Taylor T4th 24 vs. WCC 3-2-1 assist in the Hawai’I match giving her the current team lead with 16 K. Cusimano 3rd 26 vs. Ivy League 0-0-1 points in 2016, and she reaches 40 points for her career. She also played vs. MAC 1-0-0 in her 73rd career match and is tailed by Andrea Mensen’s 71 matches as Points All-time 60 vs. Ranked teams 0-0-0 they inch toward Zoya Farzaneh and Mar Rodriguez who each sit 10th all K. Cusimano 5th 62 -time with 78 matches played. Baham could reach the top 10 by playing T. Taylor 4th 69 August 1-1-1 all four remaining regular season contests and at least one tournament S. Berke 3rd 73 September 5-2-2 match should UCI earn a spot. Baham’s specialty, however, has been GWG All-time 9 October 2-0-1 assists of which she now has six to lead all ‘Eaters and 19 over her ca- L. McGrail 3rd 10 November 0-0-0 reer. She will become the fourth Anteater to reach 20 in her career with her next assist, and the next name on the list shows up at 21 assists in N. Bucciarelli 2nd 15 Day 5-2-1 the form of Tanya Taylor. Night 3-1-3 Noel Baham Monday 1-0-0 Maddie Newsom should also be recognized as her next win will tie her Thursday 0-1-1 for 5th with Amee Chapman at 22, and her next shutout will tie Chap- Assists All-time 19 Friday 2-1-3 man for third all-time with 16. T. Taylor 3rd 21 Sunday 5-1-0 S. Berke 2nd 25 Team Rankings (out of 333 programs) Individual Rankings S. Ferrara 1st 27

Wearing blue 5-2-2 Stat Total Big West National Player Stat Total Big West National Assists ...... 26 ...... 1st ...... 39th Newsom Goalie Minutes ....1,426:29 .....1st ...... 3rd Games All-time 73 Wearing white 3-1-2 Shutout Percentage ...... 0.533 ...... 2nd ...... 43rd Newsom Shutouts ...... 6 ...... 1st ...... 29th Assists per game ...... 1.73 ...... 1st ...... 51st Baham Assists ...... 6 ...... 1st ...... 37th Z. Farzaneh 78 Points ...... 74 ...... 2nd ...... 58th Palacios Game-Winners ...... 3 ...... T1st ...... 50th Goals-Against-Average ...... 0.811 ...... 2nd ...... 61st Newsom GAA...... 0.820 ...... 2nd ...... 74th M. RodriguezT10th 78 In one-goal matches 4-2 Goals ...... 24 ...... 2nd ...... 63rd 2 players Assists ...... 5 ...... 2nd ...... 75th L. Kopf 9th 80 Points per game ...... 4.93 ...... 2nd ...... 77th Baham Assists per game .... 0.40 ...... 1st ...... 82nd Save Percentage ...... 0.817 ...... 2nd ...... 86th Palacios Goals per game ...... 0.50 ...... 2nd ...... 91st When scoring first 8-2-0 Goals per game ...... 1.60 ...... 2nd ...... 106th Palacios Shots per game ...... 3.17 ...... 3rd ...... 96th Shots per game...... 14.00 ...... 2nd ...... 110th Baham Points ...... 16 ...... 2nd ...... 106th Maddie Newsom When opponent scores first 0-1-1 Corner Kicks per game ...... 4.87 ...... 3rd ...... 111st Newsom Save Percentage .... 0.809 ...... 2nd ...... 107th When scoring in 1st Half 8-3-0 Shots on Goal per game...... 6.07 ...... 2nd ...... 155th Palacios Goals ...... 6 ...... 2nd ...... 109th Wins All-time 21 Fouls per game ...... 9.33 ...... 2nd ...... 194th Palacios Points per game ..... 1.25 ...... 2nd ...... 109th When scoring in 2nd Half 4-0-1 Saves per game ...... 3.87 ...... 5th ...... 227th Newsom Saves ...... 55 ...... 3rd ...... 112th A. Chapman 5th 22 When leading at halftime 7-0-0 J. Randazzo 4th 27 When tied at halftime 1-2-4 When trailing at halftime 0-1-0 THROW-INS Shutouts All-time 14 Overtime matches 1-0-4  Former Anteater defender, Sarah Devine, is an assistant coach for A. Chapman 3rd 15 UC Riverside. Devine manned the backline during both of UC Ir- S. Boes 2nd 29 Goals off corners ...... 4 vine’s NCAA Tournament runs and was named All-Big West in 2012. D. de Seriere 1st 31 Goals off set pieces ...... 1  Six Anteaters have amassed 50 or more career matches played in Kicked goals ...... 18 Andrea Mensen, Alex Karlowitsch, Noel Baham, Lili Andino, Kiana Shutouts Season 6 Header goals ...... 6 Palacios and Grayson Galbraith. The squad’s active leaders are 5 players T6th 8 Inside the box...... 20 Baham with 73 matches played and Palacios with 60 starts. 4 players T2nd 9

Outside the box...... 4  Kiana Palacios scored three times in the U20 CONCACAF champi- S. Boes 8th 0.92 1v1 goals ...... 3 onships finishing third and earning a spot in the U20 Women’s GAA Season 0.82 World Cup. She added three more goals in the U20WWC in which PKs (Shootout) ...... 1-1 A. Merrick 6th 0.81 Mexico reached the Quarterfinals of the knockout round. From M. Newsom 0.79 there, she has earned a spot with the Mexican National Team play- Forwards ...... 9 M. Welliver T4th 0.79 ing in friendlies over the offseason in Canada and Sweden Midfielders ...... 15 D. de Seriere 3rd 0.69  Lili Andino has also earned some national team experience playing Defenders...... 0 with the Puerto Rican national squad over the summer

 UCI’s improved to 19-48-8 against the Pac-12 Conference in their Seniors ...... 13 history and are 1-1-1 against them this season in addition to an Juniors ...... 6 exhibition draw with No. 3 USC, the reigning national champions Sophomores ...... 1  Last season was the fourth time since 2000, all under coach Juniper, Freshmen ...... 4 that the squad scored 30 or more goals. UCI allowed less than 20 goals in a season in 2016 for the seventh time in program history and third under coach Juniper Scott Juniper has been the women's soccer head coach at UC Irvine since January 2006. In nine seasons at the helm, Juniper put the Anteaters on the national map, leading the program to a historic 19-3-2 season and reach- SCOTT ing NCAA Tournament for the first time in history in 2010 and returning for a second straight year in 2011 after a 16-win season. JUNIPER Coach Juniper has built the Anteater program into an annual contender that has taken out top-tier programs in HEAD COACH, 11TH SEASON the process such as Texas A&M, Auburn, Oregon State, Portland, and Long Beach State. He has led the program to winning seasons and Big West Tournament berths in six of his eight campaigns drawing Big West and NSCAA West Region Coach of the Year honors following the 2010 season. THE JUNIPER FILE Juniper guided UCI to the Sweet Sixteen with victories over Arizona State and Wake Forest, before losing 1-0 in EDUCATION double overtime to the University of Washington at Anteater Stadium. The 2010 team also captured the Big West College: University of Bristol (England), 1998 regular-season title with a record of 8-0-0, the first time that a team has ever been unbeaten and untied in Big West Conference play. The women's soccer team concluded the season ranked No. 14 in the nation and second COACHING EXPERIENCE in California (NSCAA). For his efforts, Juniper was recognized as the 2010 Big West Coach of the Year and NSCAA 1998-02 University of Bristol (Assistant Coach) West Region Coach of the Year. 2003-05 UC Riverside (Assistant Coach) 2006 UC Irvine (Assistant Coach) The 2010 season saw four players named to the Big West first team and the Anteaters came away the majority of 2007- UC Irvine (Head Coach) conference's awards. Danielle de Seriere was named the Big West Goalkeeper of the Year, Coco Goodson gar- nered Defender of the Year recognition and Tanya Taylor was voted the Offensive Player of the Year. UCI also had four all-region honorees, two of whom were also named All-Americans, three Academic All-Americans and the AWARDS program's first ever Women's Professional Soccer league draft pick as Tanya Taylor was selected by the Boston 2010 Big West Coach of the Year Breakers. Following Taylor has been CoCo Goodson, a 2012 draft pick, who has built a solid professional career 2010 NSCAA West Region Coach of the Year with Sky Blue FC along with Rachel Wood (Boston Breakers) and Cami Privett (Houston Dash) sending Anteaters to professional leagues in the Netherlands, Norway, and Iceland in the process. THE JUNIPER WORKSHEET RECORD In 2009, Juniper's Anteaters reached the Big West Tournament going 12-7-2 overall and 4-3-1 in Big West play YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL BIG WEST finishing in a tie for fourth place. In Juniper's first season, he led UCI to an 11-7-2 record overall and a 5-2-1 rec- 2007 UC Irvine 11-7-2 5-2-1 (T3rd) ord in the Big West. That season the 'Eaters finished third in the Big West to qualify for the Big West Conference 2008 UC Irvine 8-9-2 2-4-2 (6th) Tournament. In 2006, Juniper was hired as an assistant coach at UCI under April Heinrichs. 2009 UC Irvine 12-7-2 4-3-1 (T4th) 2010 UC Irvine 19-3-2 8-0-0 (1st) Prior to joining the Anteater program, Juniper was an assistant coach for the UC Riverside men's soccer program 2011 UC Irvine 14-4-3 6-1-1 (1st) for three seasons from 2003-05 and an assistant coach at the University of Bristol (England) from 1998 - 2002. 2012 UC Irvine 9-8-4 5-1-3 (4th) Juniper earned his Bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Bristol (England) in 1998 and went on 2013 UC Irvine 11-7-0 6-2-0 (2nd) to receive his Master's in sport and exercise science from the University of Bath (England) in 2002. His Master's thesis investigated group dynamics of elite soccer. Juniper's research was published by the English F.A. Coaches 2014 UC Irvine 7-9-3 3-4-1 (T5th) Association Journal in 2003 and "The Sport Psychologist" in 2006. His research, which was based on work with 2015 UC Irvine 7-11-1 3-5-0 (7th) collegiate soccer programs in the U.S. and professional soccer academies in England, highlighted key elements of 2016 UC Irvine 13-7-2 5-2-1 (2nd) effective teams. Coach Juniper has delivered presentations on building effective teams to a number of organiza- TOTALS 10 seasons 111-72-21 47-24-10 tions.

NCAA TOURNAMENT As a collegiate soccer player in England at the University of Bristol, Juniper was named both Freshman and Player YEAR SCHOOL RECORD FINISH of the Year in 1996 and was the leading scorer in 1996 and 1998. During that time, Juniper represented England 2010 UC Irvine 2-1 Third Round Universities at the regional level. In 1995, he captained the Colchester Sixth Form College to a high school nation- 2011 UC Irvine 0-1 First Round al title and in 2001 he was part of the National Championship winning team at the University of Bath. He also played for a number of semi-professional teams in England. Juniper holds the U.S. Soccer Federation "A" coach- COACHING STAFF ing license, UEFA "B" license, USSF National Youth License, NSCAA Goalkeeper license, and a Speed, Agility and Assistant Coach: P.J. Woolridge Quickness trainer accreditation. He is also on the Cal South coach education staff, coaches with the Cal South and 4th season (Cal Poly, ‘00) Region IV Olympic Development programs in addition to local clubs and community programs. Email: [email protected] Juniper's Publications Juniper, S. W. & Mellalieu, S. D. (2003). The Impact of Role States on Team Effectiveness. INSIGHT- The Football Assistant Coach: Danielle de Seriere Association Coaches Association Journal, 4, Vol. 6, -59 61. 4th season (UC Irvine, ‘10) Email: [email protected] Mellalieu, S. D., & Juniper, S.W. (2006). A Qualitative Investigation into Experiences of the Role Episode in Soccer. The Sport Psychologist, 20, 399-418. Volunteer Assistant Coach: Rachel Schmid Office Phone: (949) 824-1095

ANTEATER PROS Danielle de Seriere Simone (Ferrara) Carmichael Goalkeeper (2007-2010) Forward (1995-1998) FC Twente (Netherlands) - 2010-11

Soccer 2 Auckland - 2000 CoCo Goodson Three Kings (New Zealand) - 2000 Defender (2010-2011) New Zealand National Team - 2000-2007 FC Twente (Netherlands) - 2012-13 2007 Women’s World Cup member Sky Blue FC (NWSL) - 2013-17

Nicole (Bucciarelli) Jacobson Rachel Wood Cami Privett Forward (1995-1998) Defender (2012) Janelly Farias Midfielder (2011-2014) Bardolino (Italy) - 1999-2000 | Ajax (WPSL) - 2001-2005 HK Vikingur (Iceland) - 2013 Defender (2011-12) Kolbotn IL (Norway) Boston Breakers (NWSL) - 2014-16 Mexico Nat’l Team Julie Scheppele 2015 2015-present Forward (2001-2004) Zoya Farzaneh Houston Dash (NWSL) FK Teplice (Czech Republic) - 2005 Defender (2010-2013) Apollon F.C. (Cyprus) 2015-present FC Slovacko (Czech Republic) - 2015 2017-present

0 | Madi Puliafico 1 | Maria Magaña 2 | Kiana Palacios 3 | Janeth Acuna 4 | Claire Grouwinkel 5 | Elizabeth Hutchison 6 | Maritza Acuna 7 | Kelsee Pottorff 5-8 - RS-Freshman - GK 5-9 - RS-Senior - GK 5-7 - Senior - FWD 5-4 - Senior - MF 5-3 - Freshman - FWD 5-7 - RS-Junior - MF 5-4 - Senior - DEF 5-4 - Junior - MF Tustin Reedley Lake Forest Downey Torrance Sacramento Downey Fresno Mater Dei HS Fresno City College Mission Viejo HS Rio Hondo College South Torrance HS Rio Americano HS Rio Hondo College Clovis North HS

8 | Reema Bzeih 9 | Hayley Mayne 10 | Jessica Miclat 11 | Sydney Carr 12 | Serena Camacho 13 | Grayson Galbraith 14 | Sara Young 5-8 - RS-Junior - DEF 5-5 - Sophomore - FWD 5-3 - Sophomore - MF 5-4 - Freshman - FWD 5-7 - Freshman - FWD 5-6 - Senior - MID / FWD 5-6 - Freshman - MID Irvine Carlsbad Chino Hills Portland, Ore. Rancho Cucamonga Irvine Mill Valley UCLA La Costa Canyon HS Chino Hills HS El Modena HS Los Osos HS Woodbridge HS Marin Catholic HS

15 | Kayla Valenzuela 16 | Isabella Gutierrez 17 | Lili Andino 18 | Noel Baham 19 | Shelby Petty 21 | Shelby Lee 22 | Lauren McKimmey 5-5 - Freshman - DEF 5-7 - Junior - DEF 5-5 - Junior - MF 5-6 - RS-Senior - F 5-10 - RS-Freshman - DEF 5-5 - Junior - MF 5-6 - Freshman - DEF Riverside Los Angeles San Diego Redlands Torrance Carlsbad Anaheim Riverside Poly HS University of Louisville Rancho Bernardo HS Santa Clara University South Torrance HS Carlsbad HS Mater Dei HS

23 | Alex Karlowitsch 24 | Andrea Mensen 25 | Aleah Kelley 26 | Jonnae Joseph 27 | Ashley Johnson 28 | McKenzie Madison 29 | Carley Brown 5-3 - Senior - MF 5-6 - Senior - DEF 5-9 - RS-Sophomore - MF 5-3 - Junior - FWD 5-8 - Freshman - FWD 5-5 - Freshman - MID 5-4 - Sophomore - FWD Long Beach Rancho Cucamonga Elk Grove Riverside Temecula Ripon Long Beach Millikan HS Rancho Cucamonga HS Franklin HS Riverside Poly HS Vista Murrieta HS Gregori HS Los Alamitos HS

30 | Jio Mamola 31 | Elizabeth Rivera 32 | Erica Mendoza 33 | Maddie Newsom Scott Juniper P.J. Woolridge Danielle de Seriere Rachel Schmid 5-5 - Sophomore - FWD 5-3 - Freshman - FWD 5-4 - Freshman - MF / DEF 5-9 - Sophomore - GK Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Volunteer Assistant Coach Sacramento Eastvale Elk Grove Elk Grove 11th Season 4th Season 4th Season 2nd Season Kennedy HS Colony HS Franklin HS Cosumnes Oaks HS University of Bristol (1998) Cal Poly (2000) UC Irvine (2011) UC Irvine (2008) STATS

KEEPER HISTORY 33 - Maddie Newsom 5-9, Sophomore 2016 W/L/D GA Saves Mins Aug. 19 vs. Fairfield W 2 4 90 Aug. 21 vs. Saint Mary’s W 0 2 90 Aug. 26 vs. SJSU W 1 2 110 Aug. 28 at Boise State W 0 2 96 Sept. 1 at Nevada L 1 1 98 Sept. 4 vs. Pittsburgh W 0 2 90 Sept. 9 vs. Oregon W 2 0 90 Sept. 11 vs. UAB W 0 0 90 Sept. 15 at Idaho State W 0 6 83 Sept. 18 at Utah L 1 3 90 Sept. 22 at Santa Clara L 1 2 90 Sept. 25 vs. Portland L 1 2 97 Sept. 30 at LBSU D 0 4 110 Oct. 2 at UC Riverside W 0 4 90 Oct. 13 at UC Davis W 0 2 90 Oct. 16 vs. CSUN L 1 4 90 Oct. 21 vs. Cal Poly W 1 3 90 Oct. 23 vs. UCSB W 0 2 90 Oct. 28 vs. Hawai’i W 1 5 90 Oct. 30 at CSF L 2 4 96 Nov. 3 vs. CSF D 1 3 110 Nov. 6 at LBSU L 3 2 90 2017 W/L GA Saves Mins Aug. 18 at Cal L 2 3 90 Aug. 25 at Arizona D 0 4 110 Aug. 28 vs. Portland W 0 1 81 Sept. 1 vs. Penn D 0 2 110 Sept. 3 vs. Toledo W 0 3 90 Sept. 8 at LMU D 1 6 110 Sept. 10 vs. Oregon W 0 3 90 Sept. 15 at USD W 0 0 90 Sept. 17 vs. Pepperdine L 4 4 90 Sept. 21 at Santa Clara L 2 6 90 Sept. 24 vs. San Francisco W 0 4 83 Sept. 29 at Cal Poly W 1 7 103 Oct. 1 at UCSB W 1 3 90 Oct. 5 vs. LBSU D 0 2 110 Oct. 8 at Hawai’i W 2 7 90

GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS Opponent Keeper Defense Midfield Forwards Cal Newsom Bzeih Mensen Kelley Joseph Hutchison Miclat M. Acuna Lee Baham Carr Arizona Newsom Bzeih Mensen Kelley Joseph Miclat Palacios Galbraith Lee Baham Camacho Portland Newsom Bzeih Mensen Kelley Joseph Miclat Palacios Galbraith Lee Carr Baham Penn Newsom Bzeih Mensen Kelley Joseph Miclat Palacios M. Acuna Lee Carr Baham Toledo Newsom Bzeih Mensen Kelley Joseph Miclat Palacios M. Acuna Lee Carr Baham Loyola Marymount Newsom Bzeih Mensen Kelley Joseph Miclat Palacios M. Acuna Lee Carr Baham Oregon Newsom Bzeih Mensen Kelley Joseph Palacios Galbraith M. Acuna Lee Carr Baham San Diego Newsom Bzeih Mensen Kelley Joseph Carr M. Acuna Palacios Galbraith Lee Baham Pepperdine Newsom Bzeih Mensen Kelley Joseph Carr M. Acuna Palacios Galbraith Lee Baham Santa Clara Newsom Bzeih Mensen Kelley M. Acuna Miclat Galbraith Palacios Lee Carr Baham San Francisco Newsom Bzeih Mensen Kelley M. Acuna Miclat Galbraith Palacios Andino Carr Baham Cal Poly Newsom Bzeih Mensen Kelley M. Acuna Andino Galbraith Miclat Lee Carr Baham UC Santa Barbara Newsom Bzeih Mensen Kelley Pottorff Andino Galbraith Miclat Lee Carr Baham Long Beach State Newsom Bzeih Mensen Kelley Pottorff Andino Galbraith Miclat Lee Carr Baham Hawai’i Newsom Bzeih Mensen Kelley M. Acuna Miclat Galbraith Palacios Andino Carr Baham UC Davis UC Riverside CSUN Cal State Fullerton