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Game 20 vs. Colorado 2011 UTAH SOCCER at WEEK 11 MATCH NOTES - OCT. 31 Colorado Utah 4-12-2, 1-8-1 Pac-12 9-9-1, 5-5-0 Pac-12 This Week’s Action ... The University of Utah women’s soccer team (9-9-1, 5-5-0 Pac-12) wraps up the regular season Date: Friday, Nov. 4 Friday with a 7 p.m. MT contest against Colorado (4-12-2, 1-8-1 Pac-12). It will be Senior Night Location:Salt Lake City • Ute Field at Ute Field, as Erin Dalley, Lauren Dudley, Lauren Porter and Hannah Turpen make their final Kickoff:7 p.m. MT regular-season appearances in the Crimson and White. See Page 3 for a career review of these four seniors. Utes Home Win Streak Snapped at Seven ... The Utes ran their home win streak to seven matches Friday with a 3-0 victory against USC. The unbeaten run at Ute Field was ended Sunday in overtime by No. 6 UCLA, 1-0. Taylor Becomes 11th Ute to Score This Season ... Scoring her first career goal against USC Friday night, freshman forward Katie Taylor became the 11th different Ute have hit the back of the net this season, and the eighth player to tally her first career goal. Seven Different Utes Have Tallied Game Winners ... Taylor became the seventh different Ute to net the game-winning goal in Utah’s nine victories this year. Dalley has three of them, followed by six different Utes with one apiece. 2011 Schedule & Results Four of those game winners also accounted for the first career goal for those players, including August Taylor, Leslie Muirhead (vs. Idaho State), Avery Ford (vs. Weber State) and McKel Wall (vs. UC 19 at Cal State Fullerton Fullerton, Calif. T, 0-0 (2OT) Riverside). The other winners came from Harley Spier (at Oregon) and Dudley (vs. Arizona State). 23 at BYU Provo, Utah L, 4-0 28 Nevada Salt Lake City L, 1-0 With the strikes from Taylor, Ford and Wall, Utah has had three or more freshman secure game- September winning goals in the same season for the first time since Jen Christoffers, Adele Letro and Katy 2 at Utah State Logan, Utah L, 1-0 Reineke did so in 2005. 4 Utah Valley Salt Lake City W, 3-0 9 vs. UC Riverside% Moraga, Calif. W, 2-1 Utes Strive for Top-Half Finish in Inaugural Pac-12 Campaign ... 11 at Saint Mary’s% Moraga, Calif. L, 2-1 After being selected to finish 11th out of 12 teams in the Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll, Utah 16 Weber State Salt Lake City W, 1-0 could finish as high as fifth and no lower than seventh, based on the outcome of this Friday’s 18 Idaho State Salt Lake City W, 3-1 conference games. With a win over Colorado and a California loss, the Utes would move up to the 23 at Oregon* Eugene, Ore. W, 2-0 No. 5 spot in the league table with 18 points. Should California tie or win, Utah would place sixth. 30 Arizona State* Salt Lake City W, 2-1 A Ute loss would leave them seventh, still far-exceeding their preseason prognostication. Stanford, October the coaches’ selection to win the league, has locked up the championship in a runaway, heading 2 Arizona* Salt Lake City W, 3-1 into Friday with a perfect 10-0 record. 7 at Washington State* Pullman, Wash. L, 2-0 9 at Washington* Seattle, Wash. L, 4-0 Scouting this Weekend’s Opposition ... 14 Oregon State (18)* Salt Lake City W, 1-0 Colorado Buffaloes 21 at Stanford (1)* Palo Alto, Calif. L, 4-0 The Buffs have lost three consecutive games coming into Friday, including an 8-0 shutout at the 23 at California (RV)* Berkeley, Calif. L, 2-0 hands of UCLA and a 1-0 shutout loss to USC last weekend. 28 USC* Salt Lake City W, 3-0 30 UCLA (6)* Salt Lake City L, 1-0 (OT) The Colorado offense is led by Anne Stuller and Kate Russell, who each have nine goals and one November assist to their credit. Amy Barczuk and Hayley Hughes each have three, while five other players 4 Colorado* Salt Lake City 7 p.m. have scored as well. Caroline Danneberg is the only Buffalo with multiple assists (2). Home games in bold, played at Ute Field All times Mountain In goal for CU, Kayla Millar has played in six games, including the last three, and has made 23 saves % = Saint Mary’s Classic while conceding 13 goals for a 2.76 GAA and a .639 save percentage. She has one shutout to her * = Pac-12 Game credit. Annie Brunner has played in 14 games, making 40 saves and allowing 23 goals for a 1.69 ( ) = Opponent’s NSCAA ranking at time of match GAA and a .635 save percentage. She owns two shutouts this season. Get Connected with Utah Soccer Utah Sports Information Keep up with Utah Soccer in cyberspace! Check out the team’s official blog, become a friend of the Kyle Harris, Associate SID Utes on Facebook, follow them on Twitter or watch video on YouTube! Phone: 801-581-3771 Mobile: 801-580-4411 Email: [email protected] Website: www.UtahUtes.com utahwsoccer.com facebook.com/utahwsoccer @utahwsoccer youtube.com/utahwsoccer Colorado is coached by Bill Hempen, now in his 11th year. Hempen holds a 114-87-28 (.559) record 2011 Pac-12 Standings as the Buffs’ head coach. Pac-12 Pts. Overall Pct. Stanford 10-0-0 30 18-0-1 .974 The All-Time Series ... Utah is 1-6 all-time against Colorado, including a 1-1 mark at Ute Field. Since beating Colorado 1-0 UCLA 7-1-2 23 14-1-3 .861 in 1998, the Utes have dropped six straight to the Buffaloes. Their last meeting was in 2009, when Oregon St. 7-3-0 21 13-4-1 .750 then-No. 20 Colorado beat the Utes by a 2-1 score in Boulder. Wash. State 6-3-1 19 12-6-2 .650 Utes Ranked No. 8 in Pacific Region ... California 5-3-2 17 12-5-2 .684 According to last week’s NSCAA Regional Rankings, the Utes check in at No. 8 in the Pacific Region. Utah 5-5-0 15 9-9-1 .500 Five of the seven teams above them are Pac-12 foes. The updated poll will be released Tuesday, Nov. 1. USC 4-6-0 12 7-12-0 .368 Washington 3-5-2 11 7-8-4 .474 Freshmen Account for More Than One Third of Utah’s Points ... Oregon 3-6-1 10 8-9-2 .474 Six of the seven Utah freshmen who have seen the field this year have tallied points while all seven have cracked the starting lineup at least once. Forward Jill Robison, Ford, Taylor and Wall have all Arizona St. 3-7-0 9 7-11-0 .389 scored goals, while Ford, Robison, Taylor, midfielder Ashton Hall and defender Sarah Duncan have Colorado 1-8-1 4 4-12-2 .278 each logged at least one assist. In total, freshmen have racked up five goals and 13 assists for 23 of Arizona 1-8-1 4 1-15-2 .111 Utah’s 60 total points. Taylor and Wall are tied for the team lead in assists with three each. Local Impact ... 2011 Utah Stat Leaders At least six of the Utes’ starting 11 in 18 of the Utes’ 19 games have hailed from the state of Utah. Of Utah’s 21 goals on the season, 16 of them have been registered by natives of the Beehive State. The Goals #8 Erin Dalley ..................................................6 Utes carry 14 players from Utah on the roster and 11 of them have made starts this year. #13 Leslie Muirhead..........................................2 #12 Lauren Dudley ............................................2 2011 Awards and Honors #4 Lauren Porter .............................................2 #27 Harley Spier ................................................2 Erin Dalley - Two-time Pac-12 POW and a Soccer America Nod #21 McKel Wall .................................................2 Dalley has twice earned Pac-12 Player of the Week honors (Oct. 4 and Oct. 18). She was also named five players .................................................1 to the Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week on Oct. 5. Her awards marked the first time a Assists Soccer America weekly honored was bestowed upon a Ute since 2005 and Utah’s first weekly Pac- #16 Katie Taylor .................................................3 12 honor in women’s soccer as a member of the conference. With her second Pac-12 POW honor, #21 McKel Wall .................................................3 #11 Avery Ford ..................................................2 Dalley became the first conference player this season to earn the weekly award twice. #6 Ashton Hall .................................................2 #7 Jill Robison .................................................2 Lauren Dudley, McKel Wall, Jill Robison - Points Saint Mary’s Classic All-Tournament Team #8 Erin Dalley ................................................14 Utah had three players named to the Saint Mary’s Classic All-Tournament Team on Sept. 11 as #21 McKel Wall .................................................7 Dudley, Wall and Robison each recieved the honor. #12 Lauren Dudley ............................................5 #13 Leslie Muirhead..........................................5 #16 Katie Taylor .................................................5 Utes Win Inaugural Pac-12 Game ... With the 2-0 win at Oregon on Sept. 23, Utah set several milestones regarding its membership in the Game-Winning Goals #8 Erin Dalley ..................................................3 Pac-12. The Utes earned their first overall victory, first road win, first shutout and scored their first #12 Lauren Dudley ............................................1 goals as members of the newly expanded 12-team conference. #11 Avery Ford ..................................................1 #13 Leslie Muirhead..........................................1 #27 Harley Spier ................................................1 Manning Victorious in 200th Game ..