BYU Women’s Soccer • Weekly Release #6 • Sept. 25 - Oct. 2 BYU COUGAR SOCCER 2006 Weekly Release MWC Champions four of past seven years • NCAA Tournament appearances in eight of last nine years • NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 1998, 2000 and 2003 • NCAA Elite Eight in 2003 • First-ever No. 4 seed in the 2005 NCAA Tournament • Ranked as high as No. 6 in the nation duirng 2005 Athletic Communications • 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, Utah • 84602 • 801-422-8948 • fax 801-422-0633
Quick References: 2006 Record: 7-1-1 Current National Ranking: No. 14 N o . 1 4 B Y U ( 7 - 1 - 1 ) v s . A r i z o n a 2006 BYU SCHEDULE ( 6 - 3 - 0 ) all times local to site M o n . , S e p t . 2 5 ,
R AUGUST 8 p . m . 16 - Aug. BLUE/WHITE (exh)...... W: 1-0 19 - Sat. SOUTHERN UTAH (exh)...... W: 2-0 21 - Mon. DIXIE COLLEGE (exh)...... W: 6-0 No.14 BYU(8-1-1) 25 - Fri. WEBER STATE ...... W: 1-0 v s . S a n F r a n c i s c o 29 - Tues. IDAHO STATE...... W: 2-1 (OT) ( 4 - 5 - 1 ) Saturday, Sept. 30 SEPTEMBER 8 p . m . 1 - Fri. @ Georgia ...... W: 2-0 8 - Fri. COLORADO...... W: 3-2 9 - Sat. FRESNO STATE...... L: 1-0 Cougars Challenge Dons After winning the Pac-10/Mountain West Challenge, No. 14 BYU (7-1-1) returns home this week, facing San 14 - Thu. @ Pacific...... W: 1-0 Francisco (4-5-1) Saturday. Game time is slated for 8 p.m., at South Stadium. 16 - Sat. @ Utah State...... W: 1-0 (OT) Live stats will be available by going to http://www.byucougars.com/Schedule.jsp?SP=162&YR=2005. Fans 21 - Thu. @ Washington...... W: 1-0 can also tune into the game by watching the live video stream online through CSTV Online. Commentators will be Jarom Jordan and Jordan Feinauer. The package is available for $6.95/month or $49.95/year. Fans 22 - Fri. @ Washington State...... T: 1-1 (2OT) can sign up by clicking on the BYU Cougars All-Access icon located on the BYU Athletics homepage at 25 - Mon. ARIZONA...... W: 1-0 www.byucougars.com.
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5 - Thu. @ TCU* ...... 7 p.m. The Cougars played two games last week, winning 1-0 over Washington and tying Washington State, 1-1. Senior Brooke Bowman scored the game-winning goal against Washington, while sophomore Katie Fellows 7 - Sat. @ Utah*...... 1 p.m. netted a goal late in the game to give the Cougars a tie with Washington State. 12 - Thu. SAN DIEGO STATE* ...... 7 p.m. Katie Larkin leads BYU with three goals and eight points, while Katie Fellows has netted three goals of her 14 - Sat. AIR FORCE*...... 7 p.m. own. Also scoring goals for the Cougars are Alyssa Vander Veur (2), Bowman (2), Kelsea Kakadelas (1), 19 - Thu. WYOMING* ...... 7 p.m. Amberlea Anderson (1) and Haylee Cuthbert (1). Carolyn Swenson leads BYU with three assists. Goalkeeper Erika Woodbury has accumulated 34 saves on the season. 21 - Sat. @ New Mexico*...... 7 p.m. 28 - Sat. UNLV*...... 7 p.m. Fiona O’Sullivan, scoring five goals on the season, leads San Francisco. Chelsea Hunt and Lauren Tweet each added three and two goals, respectively. Four different players have posted two assists apiece for the Dons. Keepers Kelly Pohle and Katie Hodgson have made a combined 53 saves on the season.
Saturday’s game will be the first meeting between these two schools. NOVEMBER 1-4 - Wed. MWC Tournament**...... TBA
* Denotes Mountain West Conference Game ** MWC Tournament will be played in Salt Lake City
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page 2 • Cougar Notes
2005 BYU QUICK FACTS WEEK IN REVIEW:
UNIVERSITY INFORMATION: Washington: Location: ...... Provo, Utah 84602 Senior Brooke Bowman took her turn as the Cougar hero Thursday evening, scoring the game-winning goal and Elevation: ...... 4,553 propelling No. 14 BYU to a 1-0 victory over Washington in Enrollment:...... 33,278 (Daytime) the first round of the Pac-10/Mountain West Challenge at Founded:...... Oct. 15, 1875 Husky Soccer Field. Owner: ...... The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Colors:...... Blue and White The Cougars capitalized on a UW misplay in the 35th Nickname:...... Cougars minute that set up the lone goal. Senior goalkeeper Kelsey Mascot:...... Cosmo (the Cougar) Rasmussen was whistled for a violation after being forced Affiliation:...... NCAA Division I to handle a hard pass back at goal from a teammate. Goal- Conference: ����������������������������������� Mountain West Conferece keepers are not allowed to use their hands on passes from Field: ...... South Stadium (3,000) teammates. The result was a free kick from the spot of the President:...... Cecil O. Samuelson (Utah, 1966) violation, an infrequent occurrence as penalty kicks usually Athletic Director:...... Tom Holmoe (BYU, 1983) ensue from fouls inside the box. Tickets:...... 801-422-BYU1 or 1-800-322-BYU1 Katie Larkin took the BYU free kick from 12 yards away on SOCCER STAFF: the left side of the box. She touched a short pass to Brooke Bowman who blasted a shot into the goal at 34:14. Head Coach:...... Jennifer Rockwood (BYU, 1989) BYU Record/Years:...... 189-59-15 / 11th season Although the Huskies outshot BYU 18-11, including 14-4 in Career Record/years:...... same the second half, the Cougars were able to hold on to the Office Phone: ...... (801) 422-8732 one-point lead. Assistant Coaches: ...... Chris Watkins (10 years) Aleisha Rose (3 years) Washingtson State: Administrative Assistant:...... Jennie Christianson (4 years) Despite a second-half comeback, No. 14 BYU could only Trainer: ...... Carolyn Billings (12 years) squeak out a 1-1 tie against Utah State in the final round Pac-10/Mountain West Challenge Friday evening.
SOCCER FACTS: Washington State found the back of the net first, scoring in the 42nd minute. Carly Dobratz took a corner 2005 Overall Record:...... 15-2-5 kick for the Cougars, sending the ball to Anna Miller. Miller tapped the ball over to Angela Fajardo, who col- Conference Record/Finish: ...... 4-1-2 / T2nd lected the pass and sent the ball into the right side of the net from 17 yards out. Final National Ranking:...... 23rd Starters Returning/Lost:...... 8/4 BYU frantically tried to even the score during the second period, but kept coming up short until the 87:31 Lettermen Returning/Lost:...... 22/6 mark when Kelsea Kakadelas flipped the ball up field to Katie Fellows on a breakaway. Fellows snatched the Newcomers:...... 7 ball from 10 yards out and placed it passed the goalie.
Both teams had opportunities during the two overtime periods, but neither team was able to connect. BYU BYU HISTORY: outshot Washington State 18-10 with a 6-5 advantage in shots on goal. Keeper Erika Woodbury collected First Year of NCAA Soccer:...... 1995 four saves. Overall all-time record:...... 180-58-14 Winning Seasons:...... 10 Arizona: WAC Championships...... 1 For the second game in a row, BYU sophomore Katie Fellows made the big play, this time giving the Cougars MWC Championships: ...... 4 a 1-0 victory over the University of Arizona Monday evening at South Stadium. She also scored the game- NCAA Tournament Appearances: ������������������ 8 (5-7) tying goal on Friday against Washington State. Last NCAA Appearance: ...... 2005 Result:...... Tied Weber State 1-1, Lost 4-3 in shootout Fellows’ goal came in the 72nd minute when Haylee Cuthbert sent the ball over to the right side of the field off a corner kick. Fellows sent a hard header toward the goal. The ball crossed the line and then bounced ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS: off two Wildcat defenders and hit the post while Arizona tried to clear the ball, but the goal had already Primary Soccer Contact:...... Ashley Henderson been made. Phone:...... 801-422-8999 E-mail:...... [email protected] Secondary Soccer Contact: ...... Norma Collett LARKIN BOASTS INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES: Phone:...... 801-422-4908 BYU sophomore midfielder Katie Larkin has been named the Mountain West Conference Co-Offensive E-mail:...... [email protected] Players of the Week, along with Katelyn Lev of New Mexico, the MWC announced Sept. 18. Larkin, from Draper, Utah, scored the game-winner in both of BYU’s games over the weekend. She earned five shots and Fax:...... 801-422-0633 four shots on goal in both wins against Pacific (1-0) and Utah State (1-0 OT). Larkin leads the Cougars with Homepage: ...... www.byucougars.com three goals and seven points on the season. Press row phone:...... n/a Mailing Address:...... BYU Athletic Media Relations Larkin was also named the National Player of the Week by Top Drawer Soccer, placed on the Soccer Buzz ...... 30 Smith Fieldhouse Elite Team of the Week and honored as part of the Soccer America Honor Roll. She was most recently named ...... Provo, Utah 84602 the Offensive MVP at the Pac-10/Mountain West Challenge.
HEROIC MOMENT: Thanks to the heroics of goalie Erika Woodbury, the women’s soccer team defeated Georgia in a top-20 showdownon Fri. Sept. 1 in Atlanta. Fifteen minutes before game time, Woodbury jumped headfirst into the post while saving a warm-up shot. Shaken and bleeding from the head, she mustered up her strength and played one of the best games in her career. Trainer Carolyn Billings placed gauze on the wound and taped the majority of her head before kickoff. At halftime, the dressing was replaced as Woodbury had already bled through the bandages. After losing a substantial amount of blood and leading her team to victory, Woodbury was finally able to receive staples. www.byucougars.com 2006 BYU Women’s Soccer
page3 • Cougar Notes
RECORD-BREAKING ATTENDANCE: Cougar Statistical Leaders: The No. 18 BYU Women’s team took an early lead and fought hard to win an exciting game, 3-2, against No. 21 Colorado on Sept. 8, in front of a record 4,742 fans. The sell-out crowd was the second Goals: largest crowd for a women’s athletic event in BYU history, beating out the previous weekend’s atten- Katie Larkin ...... 3 dance at the BYU vs. Stanford volleyball match.
Katie Fellows...... 3 Last year, BYU soccer broke it’s attendance record twice. On Sept. 12, 2005, 3,322 fans watched as Brooke Bowman ...... 2 BYU defeated No. 22 Texas, 1-0. Eleven days later, 3,810 onlookers cheered the Cougars as they de- Alyssa Vander Veur...... 2 feated No. 9 California, 1-0, off a penalty kick from Natalie Nate. Amberlea Anderson...... 1 Haylee Cuthbert...... 1 Kelsea Kakadelas ...... 1 NATIONAL NUMBERS: Assists: Team: Carolyn Swenson ...... 3 • Goals-Against Average - No. 25 (0.536) Katie Larkin ...... 2 • Won-Lost-Tied Percentage - No. 13 (0.833) Brooke Bowman...... 1 • Save Percentage - No. 25 (0.868) Haylee Cuthbert...... 1 Individual: Bobbi TIllotson ...... 1 • Goals-Against Average - Erika Woodbury, No. 27 (0.536) • Save Percentage - Erika Woodbury, No. 26 (0.868) Points: Katie Larkin ...... 8 Katie Fellows...... 6 Brooke Bowman...... 5 2006 AWARDS: Alyssa Vander Veur ...... 4 Mountain West Conference Players of the Week: Haylee Cuthbert...... 3 • Katie Larkin, Sept. 18, Offensive POW Kelsea Kakadelas...... 3 Katie Larkin Honors: Carolyn Swenson ...... 3 • Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week, Amberlea Anderson...... 2 Sept. 18 Bobbi Tillotson...... 1 • Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week, Sept. 18 • Soccer Times Honor Roll, Sept. 18 • Pac-10/Mountain West Challenge Offensive MVP Game-Winning Goals: Brooke Bowman...... 2 Team Honors: • Pac-10/Mountain West Challenge Champions Katie Larkin ...... 2 Alyssa Vander Veur ...... 2 Katie Fellows...... 1 Kelsea Kakadelas...... 1
Shots on Goal: Katie Larkin ...... 17 Alyssa Vander Veur ...... 6 Brooke Bowman...... 5 Karen Cook...... 5 2005 SOCCER FACTS: Jessica Harmon...... 4 2005 Overall Record: 15-2-4 Conference Record/Finish: 4-1-2 / T2nd Kelsea Kakadelas...... 4 Final National Ranking: 23rd Annie Zwahlen...... 4 Record vs Top-10 teams: 4-0 Amberlea Anderson...... 3 All-Time Record in NCAA Tournament Play: Claire Thomas...... 3 4-6-2* Natalie Nate ...... 3 * BYU advanced off PKs in 2003 and lost off Katie Fellows...... 3 PKs in 2005 Carolyn Swenson ...... 2
Saves: 2005 ALL-MWC PERFORMERS: Erika Woodbery ...... 34 Nicole Anderson (Second Team) Jaime Rendich Beck (First Team) Katie Larkin (First Team) Charlene Lui (First Team) Bobbi Tillotson (Second Team)
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page 4 • National Rankings The Polls The Cougars entered the 2006 season as the No. 23 team in the nation, according to Soccer Buzz. This week BYU is ranked as high as No. 14 by Soccer America. BYU was the only MWC team to receive a preseason Soccer Buzz Top 25 national ranking. The Cougars are also ranked No. 5 in the West. Rank School Record Prev Rank 1 Notre Dame 9-0-0 1 2 North Carolina 10-1-0 4 3 Florida State 7-1-0 2 4 Santa Clara 8-2-0 7 5 UCLA 7-2-0 3 Soccer America Top 25 6 Portland 5-2-1 5 Rank School Record Prev. Rank 7 West Virginia 8-0-2 6 1 Notre Dame 9-0-0 2 8 Virginia 7-2-1 8 2 North Carolina 10-1-0 4 9 Wake Forest 9-2-0 9 3 Florida State 7-1-0 1 10 Penn State 6-2-2 10 4 Portland 7-2-1 5 11 Texas A&M 6-3-1 12 5 Santa Clara 8-2-0 6 12 Florida 6-3-1 18 6 UCLA 7-2-0 3 13 California 7-1-2 19 7 Santa Clara 6-2-0 4 14 Purdue 9-1-2 22 8 West Virginia 8-0-2 7 15 BYU 7-1-1 14 9 Rice 8-0-1 9 16 Colorado 6-2-1 15 10 Texas 8-2-0 11 17 Missouri 6-2-1 17 11 Virginia 7-2-1 16 18 Stanford 7-3-0 29 12 Texas A&M 6-3-1 18 19 Boston Univeristy 7-2-1 30 13 Villanova 10-0-1 10 20 St. Louis 5-1-2 26 14 BYU 7-1-1 23 21 Texas 8-2-0 RV 15 California 7-1-2 NR 22 USC 7-2-1 20 16 Wake Forest 9-2-0 14 23 Louisville 6-1-1 27 17 Purdue 9-1-2 NR 24 Tennessee 4-3-2 13 18 Boston University 7-2-1 25 25 Villanova 10-0-1 RV 19 Tennessee 4-3-2 15 20 Pepperdine 6-2-2 19 21 Florida 6-3-2 NR 22 Oklahoma State 8-1-1 NR 23 Loyola Marymount 5-1-2 NR 24 Maine 8-0-1 NR T25 Navy 10-0-0 NR T25 William & Mary 8-1-1 NR
Tracking BYU’s Rankings National / Regional Date NSCAA Soccer America Soccer Buzz Soccer Times Preseason NR NR 23 / 7 RV 8-30 NR NR 20 / 6 RV 9-6 22 19 18 RV 9-13 NR 24 19 14 9-20 23 23 14 20 9-27 18 14 15 15 10-4 10-11 10-18 10-25 11-1 11-8 Final
RV--Receiving Votes NR--Not Ranked
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page 5 • Opponent Info
BYU SERIES RECORD VS. 2006 OPPONENTS arizona
Weber State BYU leads: 10-0-1 GENERAL INFORMATION This season: Location: Tucson, Arizona W: 1-0 Enrollment: 35,000 Conference: Pacific-10 Idaho State BYU leads: 4-2 Colors: Cardinal & Navy This season: Nickname: Wildcats L: 2-1 OT Home Field/Capacity: Murphey Stadium/1,000 Georgia BYU leads: 1-0 SOCCER INFORMATION This season: Head Coach: Dan Tobias W: 2-0 School Record/years: 32-25-5/5th season Career Record/year: 76-70-14/8 Colorado BYU leads: 3-0 2005 Overall Record: 11-8-3 This season: 2005 Conference Record/Finish: 4-4-1/T5th W: 3-2 2005 Post Season: Lost in the third round Starters Returning/Lost: 4/7 Fresno State BYU leads: 3-1 Letter winners Returning/Lost: 11/8 This season: Series Record: BYU leads 6-1 L: 1-0 SPORTS INFORMATION Pacific BYU leads: 2-1 Soccer Contact: Caity Kain This season: Office Phone: (520) 621-4163 W: 1-0 Office Fax: (520) 621-2681 Press Row Phone: (520) 884-5525 Utah State BYU leads: 4-0 This season: W: 1-0 OT Statistical Leaders: Washington BYU leads: 12-1-1 Goals: Gianna DeSaverio (5), London King (4) This Season: Assists: Gianna DeSaverio (3), Kaity Heath (2), Jacquelin Broussard (2) W: 1-0 Points: Gianna DeSaverio (13), London King (9) Shots: Gianna DeSaverio (28), Jasmine Namdar (23), Lindsay Lum (17) Washington State BYU leads: 2-1-1 Saves: Chelsea McIntyre (47) This season: T: 1-1 2OT Arizona BYU leads: 6-1 Last Game: This Season: The University of Arizona women’s soccer team had its four game winning streak snapped by W: 1-0 defending national championship Portland. The fifth-ranked Pilots shutout the Wildcats on their way to a 2-0 victory. San Fransisco First Meeting Arizona spent most of the game on the defense as Portland out shot the Wildcats 17 to six. TCU BYU leads: 3-1 Megan Rapinoe gave Portland a 1-0 lead at the 16:58 mark. This was only the third time all season Last season: that Arizona did not scored in the first half.
W: 4-0 Sophomore Gianna DeSaverio led the Arizona attack with three shots. The Wildcats, however, did Utah BYU leads: 13-3-1 not put a lot of pressure on Pilot goalkeeper Cori Alexander as they only tallied one shot on goal.
Last season: Chelsea McIntyre had three saves in the game, while facing five shots on goal. T: 1-1 (2OT) Arizona was able to hold Portland scoreless for 60 minutes and 39 seconds before Portland’s San Diego State Tied 7-7-2 Kendra Chandhoke found the back of the net at the 77:37 mark to make the final score 2-0. Last season: T: 1-1 (2OT) L: 2-0 Air Force BYU leads: 8-1-1 Last season: W: 6-0 Wyoming BYU leads: 10-1 Last season: W: 2-0 New Mexico BYU leads: 10-2-2 Last season: L: 1-0 UNLV BYU leads: 9-0 Last season: W: 1-0
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SOUTH STADIUM san francisco
South Stadium is the place the Cougars love to call home, a GENERAL INFORMATION home all opponents hate to visit. Location: San Francisco, California Enrollment: 8,000 For the past 11 years, South Stadium (formerly South Field), Conference: West Coast Conference has been the battlefield for the Cougars as the team has Colors: Green & Gold taken on, and defeated, the top teams in their conference Nickname: Dons and in the NCAA. Home Field/Capacity: Negoesco Stadium/3,000
The Cougars have amassed an 94-21-6 (.802) record at SOCCER INFORMATION home, which is among the best in the nation over the same Head Coach: Pamela Kalinoski School Record/years: 37-55-7/6th season time period. Of those 97 home wins, an outstanding 55 Career Record /year: same have ended in a shutout. 2005 Overall Record: 4-14-2 2005 Conference Record/Finish: 2-5-0/T6th BYU consistently manages to hold its opponents scoreless 2005 Post Season: none when playing at South Stadium with 59 percent of all the Starters Returning/Lost: 8/3 Cougars’ wins ending in shutout victories, while BYU has Letter winners Returning/Lost: 22/5 been shutout only 10 times in the stadium’s history. Series Record: First Meeting
Aside from the Cougars’ history of defeating tough teams SPORTS INFORMATION Soccer Contact: Peter Simon at home, another factor making South Stadium a formida- Office Phone: (415) 422-6162 ble place for opponents is the large and loud crowd of fans Office Fax: (415) 422-6161 that pack the stadium at every game. E-mail address: [email protected] Web site: www.usfdons.com Consistently among the top 15 in the NCAA, South Stadium packs in some of the largest crowds in the country. With an average attendance of 2,069 fans during the 2005 cam- paign, the Cougars rank among the highest every year for Statistical Leaders: largest attendance average in the country. BYU also packed in a total of 24,830 fans over 12 games, recording the third- Goals: Fiona O’Sullivan (5), Chelsea Hunt (3) Assists: Chelsea Hunt (2), Jenny Jarvie (2), Samantah Brand (2), Laruen Tweet (2) highest attendance mark in the nation and making South Points: Fiona O’Sullivan (10), Chelsea Hunt (8), Lauren Tweet (6) Stadium one of the toughest places for opponents to play Shots: Chelsea Hunt (33), Fiona O’Sullivan (24) in women’s college soccer today. Saves: Kelly Pohle (35), Katie Hodgson (15)
Located just south of the Smith Fieldhouse, South Stadium boasts one of the best-maintained grass playing surfaces in the NCAA. The Wasatch Mountains serve as a scenic back- Last Game: drop for the capacity crowd of 3,000 fans. South Stadium No. 13 California capitalized on goals from four different players in the second half to secure a 4-0 is also equipped with state-of-the-art field lights, making shutout of San Francisco Sunday afternoon at Edwards Stadium. The Golden Bears improved to 7-1- night games a favorite among fans. 2, while the Dons fell to 4-5-1. After a scoreless first half, Cal senior forward Katie Ratican scored in the 47th minute. Ratican streaked down the right flank and sent a 30-yard shot just under the cross bar. Junior midfielder Laurie Gartrell extended Cal’s margin to 2-0 in the 53rd minute when she received a pass inside the 2005 NCAA Attendance penalty box from fellow midfielder Caitlin Hannegan and sent a shot off the far post and into the School Games Total Avg. goal.
1. Texas A&M 8 30,378 3,797 Junior reserve forward Bri Wiles gave the Bears a 3-0 edge in the 78th minute with a tap-in from about four yards. Senior midfielder Nadia Al-Lami and junior forward Stephanie Wieger were cred- 2. Portland 9 29,221 3,247 ited with the assists on the goal. Wieger, solidified the victory with a goal with under three minutes to play. Sophomore forward Valerie Barnes fed Wieger inside the 18-yard box, and Wieger slid on 3. BYU 11 24,830 2,257 the ground to get the ball past USF goalkeeper Katie Hodgson, who came far off her line to contest the shot. 4. Georgia 11 17,915 1,629
5. Notre Dame 10 17,419 1,742 Cal held a commanding 19-4 shot advantage in the game, including an 11-1 edge in shots on goal. Senior forward Chelsea Hunt, who led USF with two shots, posted the Dons only shot in the first 6. North Carolina 6 15,302 2,550 half. Freshmen Kristina Hall and Jenny Jarvie also added a shot each in the game.
7. Florida 10 14,935 1,494 Hodgson grabbed six saves for the Dons, and Bears goalie Anna Key tallied one save to give the Bears their seventh shutout of the season. 8. Hawaii 10 12,890 1,289
9. Texas 10 11,334 1,133
10. Penn State 9 11,071 1,230
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page 7 • Mountain West Conference Notes
COUGARS PICKED TO WIN MWC CROWN TEAM LEADERS In a vote by the Mountain West Conference coach- Team Shots Pts G A Saves SO Corners Attend es, BYU received four of eight first-place votes and Air Force 131 16 6 4 56 4 57 561 was selected to win the 2006 MWC women’s soc- BYU 137 32 12 8 33 5 56 1,907 cer regular-season championship in the preseason New Mexico 118 43 14 15 16 3 32 757 poll. The Cougars collected a total of 46 points to SDSU 145 30 11 8 52 3 51 296 capture the top spot in the poll. Utah, which won TCU 154 38 15 8 42 2 54 1,318 the last year’s MWC regular-season title, received UNLV 99 45 16 13 42 4 49 332 three first-place votes and took second place in the Utah 125 42 14 14 34 2 30 686 poll with 44 points. San Diego State was picked to Wyoming 109 24 9 6 54 3 38 212 finish third with 35 points, while also tallying one first-place vote.
MWC STANDINGS Pl. Team (first-place votes) Points CONFERENCE OVERALL 1. BYU (4) 46 Team W L T Pct W L T Pct 2. Utah (3) 44 Air Force 0 0 0 .000 3 7 2 .333 3. San Diego State (1) 35 BYU 0 0 0 .000 7 1 1 ..833 4. UNLV 32 New Mexico 0 0 0 .000 5 4 0 .556 5. New Mexico 25 SDSU 0 0 0 .000 4 7 0 .364 6. TCU 19 TCU 0 0 0 .000 5 5 0 .500 7. Wyoming 16 UNLV 0 0 0 .000 4 5 1 .450 8. Air Force 7 Utah 0 0 0 .000 6 4 0 .600 Wyoming 0 0 0 .000 4 4 1 .500
2005 MWC FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS TEAM W L T Pct. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Utah 6 0 1 .929 BYU 4 1 2 .714 Shots: Assists: Katie Larkin - 27 - T4th Carolyn Swenson - 2, vs. Idaho State UNLV 5 2 0 .714 Wyoming 4 3 0 .571 Points: Saves: New Mexico 3 3 1 .500 Katie Larkin - 8 -T8th Erika Woodbury - 33, at Washington SDSU 2 3 2 .429 TCU 1 6 0 .143 Goals: Katie Larkin - 3 - T5th Air Force 0 7 0 .000
Assists: Carolyn Swenson - 3 - T5th
Game-Winning Goals: Brooke Bowman - 2 - T1st Katie Larkin - 2 - T1st Alyssa Vander Veur - 2 - T1st
Goals-Against Average: Erika Woodbury - 0.54 - 1st
Save Percentage: Erika Woodbury - .868 - 1st
Saves: Erika Woodbury - 33 - 4th
Shutouts: Erika Woodbury - 5 - 1st
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page 9 • Coach Bios
After completing her 11th season, head coach • Led BYU to MWC regular season and tournament MWC Jennifer Rockwood has taken the BYU women’s Championships in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 soccer team to national prominence and estab- • Led Cougars to eight NCAA tournament appearances in the last nine years lished herself as one of the premier coaches in • Finished ranked in the Top 10 in 1998, 2000 and 2003 Division I soccer today. • Finished ranked in the top 25 eight out of the last nine years • Named 2005 Soccer Buzz West Region Runner-Up Coach of the Year Rockwood currently ranks 11th in winning percentage among active NCAA coaches with an impressive 180-58-14 overall record for her CAREER RECORD career. Over the last 11 seasons, Rockwood accu- Years at BYU: 17 mulated a .742 winning percentage. BYU Club Record: 128-25-9; six years as club coach BYU Record: 185-59-14 In the past 11 years, Rockwood has guided the Cougars to five confer- ence championships. On the national scene, her teams have made eight Year Record Conf./Rank Nat. Rank NCAA Tourney appearances in the NCAA Tournament in the last nine years and reached 1995 11-8-1 WAC/3rd N/A N/A 1996 22-1-0 WAC/1st* No. 13 N/A the Sweet Sixteen in 1998, 2000 and 2003. In 2005, BYU received its first- 1997 19-4-0 WAC/2nd No.12 17th ever No. 4 seed in the NCAA tournament and was ranked as high as No. 1998 20-5-0 WAC/2nd No.12 9th 6 in the country, the highest ranking awarded to the Cougars in school 1999 21-4-0 MWC/1st* No.14 17th history. BYU regularly maintains a consistent top-25 ranking. During 2000 19-4-1 MWC/1st* No. 10 9th Rockwood’s tenure, the team finished in the top-10 three times, including 2001 14-7-1 MWC/1st* No. 19 17th a recent run in the 2003 NCAA College Cup. The tournament ended with 2002 16-6-0 MWC/1st* No. 23 32nd BYU finishing No. 5 in the country after making their first Elite Eight 2003 17-7-3 MWC/2nd No. 14 5th appearance in the program’s history. 2004 7-10-4 MWC/2nd N/A N/A 2005 15-2-4 MWC/T2nd No. 23 32nd 2006 8-1-1 N/A No. 14 N/A Among the many achievements and awards she has received over her career, Rockwood has been honored with two Coach of the Year citations, one by the Western Athletic Conference in 1996, and again by the MWC CHRIS WATKINS • Assistant Coach in 2000. She also became the first MWC coach to eclipse the 100-win total Assistant coach Chris Watkins’ technical knowledge has helped guide the mark when the Cougars shutout Milwaukee-Wisconsin 2-0 on Sept. 23, BYU women’s soccer team to eight NCAA tournaments in the past nine years, including a No. 5 finish in 2003. 2000. When Watkins was hired in 1996, he brought impressive credentials, both Under Rockwood’s tutelage, a long list of All-American soccer players professional and collegiate, to a young but talented Cougar squad. He played has emerged from BYU’s program. These athletes include Jaime Rendich four years for the semi-professional Salt Lake City Flamengo team (1992-95). Beck, Aleisha Rose, and Michelle Jensen. Among the players who have Watkins was also the Gatorade Player of the Year in his home state of Kansas. Most recently, he played for the Utah Blitzz in 2002, scoring the golden goal been coached by Rockwood are four additional All-American athletes to win the Western Conference. During college, he played NCAA Division I that were drafted by the women’s United Soccer Association: Shauna soccer at Drake University and held the single-season scoring record there. Rohbock, Maren Hendershot and Staci Reynolds. Sara Reading was also He later graduated from BYU. selected to play for the WUSA. Watkins also coaches the BYU men’s soccer team, compiling an overall record of 140-35-13 in ten years. Chris and his wife Karen live in Mapleton, Prior to becoming the head coach, Rockwood led BYU’s highly success- Utah with their sons Drake, Ethan and Tanner. ful club soccer team for seven years. In that time she amassed an overall record of 128-25-9, and the final two years she took her teams to the ALEISHA ROSE • Assistant Coach Western National Collegiate Club soccer Association (NCCSA) title and Aleisha Rose, a four-year All-American midfielder for BYU, enters her third placed second in the NCCSA National Championships. season as an assistant for the women’s soccer team. Rose became one of the Cougars’ most prominent recruits after being named the 1999 National High The Lake Oswego, Ore. native was a four-sport athlete in high school School Player of the Year before joining the Cougars. She lived up to her bill- playing soccer, softball, basketball and track. After one year at Rick’s ing as a freshman by scoring seven goals and contributing 13 assists. She College on a basketball scholarship, she transferred to BYU where she also received All-Conference First-Team honors, as well as the ESPN/Soccer Times Freshman of the Year Award. became a four-year starter at center midfield on the Cougars’ club soccer team and graduated in finance, business management. Rockwood has As a senior, Rose received her fourth All-America honor after being named also coached the Utah ODP, youth club programs and high school teams. to the NSCAA All-American Third Team. She was also a Soccer Post All- American First Team, Soccer American MVP and Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Year.Among the numerous awards and citations Rose THE ROCKWOOD FILE won during her career, she also graduated as the No. 1 all-time career assist leader at BYU with 47 assists. • Appointed as BYU’s first full-time coach • Guided BYU to the WAC title and a national ranking in her second After playing four seasons at BYU, Rose received a bachelor’s degree in season Marriage, Family & Human Development. She lives with her husband Chris • Named 1996 Soccer Buzz West Region Coach of the Year and daughter Hannah in Provo. • Named 1996 WAC Coach of the Year • Named 2000 MWC Coach of the Year • Advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in 1998, 2000 and 2003 • Went to the Elite Eight in 2003
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page 10 • Roster Breakdown 2006 BYU ALPHBETICAL ROSTER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
NO. NAME HT. POS. YR. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL Amberlea Anderson 2 Amberlea Anderson 5-4 F Sr. Orem, Utah / Orem HS AM-ber-lee 16 Jessica Aquino 5-1 F/MF So. Riverside, California / Martin Luther King HS Jessica Aquino 15 Brooke Bowman 5-10 F Jr. Plano, Texas / Plano West HS 4 Karen Cook 5-8 D So. Sandy, Utah / Alta HS Uh-KEY-no 3 Haylee Cuthbert 5-8 D Sr. Orem, Utah / Mountain View HS Brooke Bowman 13 Heidi Dearborn 5-9 D So. Centennial, Colorado / Cherry Creek HS BO-man 27 Kristi Dow 5-4 F/MF Fr. LaVerne, California / Bonita HS Haylee Cuthbert 9 Amanda Draeger 5-8 D So. Huntington Beach, California / Edison HS CUTH-bert RS Whitney Feller 5-6 MF So. Draper, Utah / Alta HS Amanda Draeger 22 Katie Fellows 5-7 F/MF So. Sandy, Utah / Alta HS DREY-ger 10 Jessica Harmon 5-7 D So. Provo, Utah / Timpview HS Kelsea Kakadelas 5 Alison Haymond 5-8 D So. Salt Lake City, Utah / Skyline HS KEL-see CACK-a-DEL-as 14 Laura Heaton 5-5 D Jr. Provo, Utah / Timpview HS Adrienna Osorio-McKenna 29 Ashleigh Jameson 5-9 D Fr. Tyler, Texas / Robert E. Lee HS A-dre-EN-a O-sore-E-O 19 Kelsea Kakadelas 5-10 MF/D Fr. Carisbad, California / La Costa Canyon HS Jenavieve Phillips 18 Katie Larkin 5-5 F/MF So. Draper, Utah / Alta HS JEN-a-VEEVE 12 Natalie Nate 5-6 MF Jr. Salt Lake City, Utah / Brighton HS Aleena Shelton 24 Adrienna Osorio-McKenna 5-6 F/MF Fr. Florence, South Carolina / Hillcrest HS 21 Jenavieve Phillips 5-11 D Sr. Kennesaw, Georgia / Harrison HS a-LEAN-a RS Megan Richardson 5-7 D Fr. Orem, Utah / Timpview HS Katie Smurthwaite 0 Aleena Shelton 5-9 GK Fr. Layton, Utah / Clearfield HS SMURTH-wait 26 Katie Smurthwaite 5-6 F Sr. West Hartford, Connecticut / Conrad HS Alyssa Vander Veur 8 Stephanie Staples 5-8 D Jr. Sandy, Utah / Alta HS VANDER-veer 7 Carolyn Swenson 5-6 F Jr. Fruit Heights, Utah / Davis HS Annie Zwahlen 25 Claire Thomas 5-11 MF/D Sr. Poway, California / Poway HS Zuh-WALL-en 20 Bobbi Tillotson 5-9 F Sr. Sandy, Utah / Alta HS 23 Alyssa Vander Veur 5-7 F So. South Jordan, Utah / Bingham HS 11 Andrea Willis 5-7 D Fr. Riverside, California / Riverside Poly HS 28 Erika Woodbury 5-8 GK Jr. Murrieta, California / Murrieta Valley HS 6 Annie Zwahlen 5-7 F Sr. Modesto, California / Grace Davis HS
Head Coach: Jennifer Rockwood, 11th year (BYU, 1989) Assistant Coaches: Chris Watkins (10th year), Aleisha Rose (3rd year), Jennie Christianson (4th year) Trainer: Carolyn Billings (12th season)
BREAKDOWN BY CLASS BREAKDOWN BY POSITION FRESHMAN FORWARD Kristi Dow 5-4 F/MF Amberlea Anderson 5-4 F Ashleigh Jameson 5-9 D Jessica Aquino 5-2 F/MF Kelsea Kakadelas 5-10 MF/D Brooke Bowman 5-10 F Adrienna Osorio 5-6 F/MF Kristi Dow 5-4 F/MF Megan Richardson 5-7 D Katie Fellows 5-7 F/MF Aleena Shelton 5-9 GK Katie Larkin 5-7 F/MF Andrea Willis 5-7 D Adrienna Osorio 5-6 F/MF Katie Smurthwaite 5-6 F SOPHOMORE Bobbi Tillotson 5-9 F Jessica Aquino 5-2 F/MF Alyssa Vander Veur 5-7 F Karen Cook 5-8 D Annie Zwahlen 5-7 F Heidi Dearborn 5-9 D MIDFIELD Amanda Draeger 5-8 D Jessica Aquino 5-2 F/MF Whitney Feller 5-6 MF Kristi Dow 5-4 F/MF Katie Fellows 5-7 F/MF Whitney Feller 5-6 MF Jessica Harmon 5-7 D Katie Fellows 5-7 F/MF Alison Haymond 5-8 D Kelsea Kakadelas 5-10 MF/D Katie Larkin 5-7 F/MF Katie Larkin 5-7 F/MF Alyssa Vander Veur 5-7 F Natalie Nate 5-6 MF Adrienna Osorio 5-6 F/MF JUNIOR Claire Thomas 5-11 MF/D Laura Heaton 5-5 D Natalie Nate 5-6 MF DEFENSE Staphanie Staples 5-8 D Karen Cook 5-8 D Carolyn Swenson 5-6 F Haylee Cuthbert 5-8 D Erika Woodbury 5-8 GK Heidi Dearborn 5-9 D Amanda Draeger 5-8 D SENIOR Jessica Harmon 5-7 D Amberlea Anderson 5-4 F Alison Haymond 5-8 D Brooke Bowman 5-10 F Laura Heaton 5-5 D Haylee Cuthbert 5-8 D Ashleigh Jameson 5-9 D Jenavieve Phillips 5-11 D Kelsea Kakadelas 5-10 D Katie Smurthwaite 5-6 F Jenavieve Phillips 5-10 MF/D Claire Thomas 5-11 MF/D Megan Richardson 5-7 D Bobbt Tillotson 5-9 F Staphanie Staples 5-8 D Annie Zwahlen 5-7 F Claire Thomas 5-11 MF/D Andrea Willis 5-7 D GOALKEEPER Aleena Shelton 5-9 GK Erika Woodbury 5-8 GK www.byucougars.com