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2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2002 & 2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Overall: 6-3-3 • WCC: 0-1-1 8 COLLEGE CUPS • 21 NCAA POSTSEASON APPEARANCES Home: 4-1-1 • Away: 2-2-0 13 WEST COAST CONFERENCE TITLES Neutral: 0-0-2 • vs Ranked: 0-1-1 DATE OPPONENT TIME PORTLAND PILOTS (6-3-3, 0-1-1 WCC) Aug. 19 Washington W, 2-1 Aug. 26 Portland State W, 6-0 WEEK 7: at Gonzaga Aug. 28 #21 California L, 0-1 Gonzaga Bulldogs Sept. 2-4 Husky InvitaƟ onal (SeaƩ le, Wash.) (4-5-2, 0-2-0 WCC) Sept. 2 Sea le T, 1-1 (2ot) Day: Saturday Sept. 4 Cal Poly T, 1-1 (2ot) Date: Oct. 8, 2016 Sept. 9-11 Nike Portland InvitaƟ onal Sept. 9 Southern Utah W, 6-0 Loca on: Spokane, Wash. Sept. 11 St. John’s W, 2-1 Time: 6:00 PM Sept. 16 Oregon State L, 1-2 Pitch: Luger Field Sept. 19 Oregon W, 1-0 Video: TheW.tv Sept. 25 UC Irvine W, 1-0 (ot) Stats: GoZags.com Sept. 30 #25 Pepperdine* T, 0-0 (2ot) POR vs. GU Oct. 2 Loyola Marymount* L, 0-3 Overall Series: 23-0-1 Oct. 8 Gonzaga* 6:00 PM H: 12-0-0 • A: 11-0-1 • N: 0-0-0 Oct. 15 BYU* 6:00 PM Last: @POR 1, GU 0 (10/31/2015) Oct. 21 Pacifi c* 7:00 PM Oct. 23 Saint Mary’s* 1:00 PM THIS WEEK Oct. 28 San Francisco* 7:00 PM • The Pilots step out on the road this week for their lone West Coast Conference game Oct. 30 Santa Clara* 1:00 PM as they head to Spokane, Wash., to face the Gonzaga Bulldogs on Saturday evening. Nov. 4 San Diego* 7:00 PM • Kickoff at Luger Field for the two Northwest rivals is set for 6 p.m., and the game can Nov. 11-13 NCAA First Round be seen live at TheW.tv. Nov. 18-20 NCAA Second/Third Rounds LAST WEEK Nov. 25-27 NCAA Quarterfi nals • The Pilots out-played the No. 25 Pepperdine Waves for most of the game at Merlo Dec. 2-4 NCAA College Cup Field on Friday night before se ling for a 0-0 draw. *WCC Game; Home games in bold • It was the third straight shutout for Portland, which ran its consecu ve minutes streak without allowing a goal to 350 minutes. • Hanna de Haan made three stops on the night for her fi rst blank sheet of the year, while Kimberly Hazle (twice) and Lucy Davidson nearly found the back in the second half. • The LMU Lions then ended Portland’s shutout streak with a 3-0 win on Sunday a er- noon at Merlo Field. ABOUT THE PILOTS • Portland sophomore goalkeeper Rachel Lusby landed WCC Player of the Week honors a er registering two shutouts on the road during the week of Sept. 19-25; she made 11 saves total as the Pilots defeated both Oregon, which was No. 16 in the RPI at the me, and UC Irvine 1-0. • Lusby has three shutouts in four starts this season and she combined with senior keeper Hanna de Haan on a fourth blank sheet. WOMEN’S SOCCER CONTACT • Lusby, who hails from nearby Beaverton, leads the WCC in shutouts per game (0.60) ADAM LINNMAN and is second in both goals against average (0.66) and save percentage (.857). Offi ce: 503-943-7731 • De Haan sits right behind Lusby in both GAA (0.86) and save percentage (.837); she’s also 55th na onally in save percentage. Cell: 503-860-9494 • De Haan, a senior from Leer, Germany, ranks fi rst all- me at Portland in career saves E-Mail: [email protected] per game (4.15), is ninth all- me with a career save percentage of .812, and she’s 10th PortlandPilots.com @PortlandPilots facebook.com/PortlandPilots PortlandPilots 2016 Portland Women’s Soccer • Week 7 • PortlandPilots.com • Page 2 all- me in overall career saves with 112. • Junior Hannah Griffi ths Boston, who entered the year with two career goals, has ranked in the top 20 na onally in goals scored most of this season, and she currently sits at No. 53 with seven goals. • With three goals against PSU (Aug. 26), Griffi ths Boston became the fi rst Pilot to notch a hat trick since Amanda Frisbie scored four goals against Fresno State in 2012. 2016 QUICK FACTS • As a team, the Pilots rank second in the WCC in goals allowed (19) and goals against Started Women’s Soccer/NCAA DI: ................1980/1986 average (0.79). All-Time Overall Record: .....................518-173-56 (.731) • The Pilots have registered two 6-0 wins this season, with both coming against oppo- All-Time Overall DI Record:................. 474-130-42 (.766) nents from the Big Sky (vs. PSU on Aug. 26 & vs. SUU on Sept. 9); Portland hasn’t scored All-Time WCC Record/Years: ........134-30-11 (.797)/25th that many goals in a game twice in the same season since 2009. Merlo Field Record/Years: ........... 234-39-13 (.840)/26th • Those six goals against Portland State on Aug. 26 were the most goals scored by the NCAA Postseason Appearances/Last: .................21/2013 Pilots in a game since tallying seven goals during a win over Saint Mary’s in 2011. College Cup Appearances/Last: ............................8/2005 • With home wins over Southern Utah and St. John’s, the Pilots claimed the team tle NCAA Titles: ..............................................2 (2002, 2005) 2016 Overall Record ..................................... 6-3-3 (.625) at the 2016 Nike Invita onal (Sept. 2-4); senior Allison Wetherington was named the 2016 WCC Record ......................................... 0-1-1 (.250) invite’s off ensive MVP, while Devlyn Jeter was voted the defensive MVP. 2015 Overall Record: .................................. 8-11-0 (.421) • Wetherington was named to Top Drawer Soccer’s Team of the Week (Sept. 4) a er 2015 WCC Record: ........................................4-5-0 (.444) notching a goal and an assist vs. St. John’s on Sept. 4; her goal, which was the game- 2015 Postseason:.......................................................N/A winner, was a corner kick that she bent directly in. Final 2015 Ranking: ...................................................N/A • UP’s current seniors were ranked as the No. 5 recrui ng class na onally back in 2013. Starters Returning/Lost: .............................................8/3 • Five of Portland’s seven newcomers hail from the Portland metropolitan area: Lucy Le erwinners Returning/Lost: .................................14/5 Davidson (Scappoose, Ore.), Rachel Khaw (Hillsboro, Ore.), Brianna Miyama (Hillsboro, Newcomers: .................................................................. 7 Ore.), Natalie Muth (Scappoose, Ore.) and Rylee Seekins (Vancouver, Wash.) all call the Head Coach: ...Garre Smith (14th year, 25th overall, UP ‘91) Portland/Vancouver area home, while Larkin Russell (Spokane, Wash.) and Kimberly Career Record/Years: ................... 214-61-23 (.757)/14th Record at School/Years: ..........................................SAME Hazle (Bellingham, Wash.) hail from Washington. WCC Record/Years: ..........................73-19-9 (.767)/14th • The Pilots are looking to return to the playoff s in 2016 a er advancing to the post- Assistants: .........Lisa Chambers (10th year, Portland ‘07) season during 21 of the past 24 seasons. .........................Angela Harrison (2nd year, Portland ‘00) • Portland won the NCAA Na onal Championship in 2002 and in 2005, and the 2005 Strength Coach: .........Cat Wade (6th year, Oklahoma ‘15) team was inducted into the UP Athle cs Hall of Fame on Saturday, Oct. 1. Athle c Trainer: ..Greg Waltner (8th year, E. Michigan ‘04) • Head coach Garre Smith, a Portland men’s soccer alum who has been named WCC GENERAL INFO Coach of the Year six mes, has posted a career overall record of 214-61-23 (.757) in Loca on: ....................................................Portland, Ore. 13-plus years, while guiding the Pilots to a remarkable 73-19-9 (.767) mark in the WCC; Website: .................................. www.PortlandPilots.com he’s two games shy of coaching career game No. 300. Na onal Affi lia on: ................................ NCAA Division I • Also on the Portland bench is former Pilot midfi elder Lisa Chambers, who’s in her Conference: ................................................... West Coast 10th year as an assistant coach; goalkeeping coach and UP alum Angela Harrison is in Founded: ................................................................. 1901 her second season on the women’s soccer staff . Enrollment: ............................................................. 4,164 • The Pilots have led the na on in a endance during 10 of the last 11 years. Nickname: .............................................................. Pilots Colors: ................................................. Purple and White Home Field (Capacity): ......................Merlo Field (4,892) ABOUT THE OPPONENT President: .......................... Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C. • The Bulldogs dropped both of their league games at home last weekend, losing 3-1 to Athle cs Director: .......................................Sco Leykam LMU on Friday night before succumbing to Pepperdine 5-0 on Sunday. Athle c Department Phone: .....................503-943-8420 • GU has three shutouts on the year and have been outscored 20-16. MEDIA INFO • Senior forward Karley Baggerly leads Gonzaga with fi ve goals, while senior Sarah Women’s Soccer SID: ...............................Adam Linnman Carter and junior Savanah Van Ci ers each have a team-best three assists. E-mail:.................................................. [email protected] • Junior Sarah Swanson has played most of the minutes in goal, pos ng a 3-1-1 record Offi ce Phone: .............................................503-943-7731 and a pair of shutouts; she has a GAA of 1.34 and a .609 save percentage. Cell Phone: ................................................503-860-9494 • Amy Edwards is in her ninth year as head coach and she’s the second winningest Merlo Field Press Box Phone: ....................503-943-7591 coach in program history.