BYU Women’s Soccer • Weekly Release #5 • Sept. 18 - 25 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: 6-1-0 Current National Ranking: No. 14 N o . 1 4 B Y U ( 6 - 1 - 0 ) @ W a s h i n g t o n 2006 BYU SCHEDULE ( 4 - 4 - 0 ) all times local to site T h u r s . , S e p t . 2 1 , AUGUST 7 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 N o . 1 4 B Y U ( 6 - 1 - 0 ) 25 - Fri. WEBER STATE ...... W: 1-0 @ W a s h i n g t o n S t a t e 29 - Tues. IDAHO STATE...... W: 2-1 (OT) ( 5 - 2 - 1 ) Friday, Sept. 22 SEPTEMBER 4 : 3 0 p . m . 1 - Fri. @ Georgia ...... W: 2-0 8 - Fri. COLORADO...... W: 3-2 9 - Sat. FRESNO STATE...... L: 1-0 Cougars Face Two Washington Teams in Tournament 14 - Thu. @ Pacific...... W: 1-0 BYU stays on the road this week, playing in a four-team tournament, with games against Washington (4-4- 0) and Washington State (5-2-1) on Thursday at 7 p.m., and Friday at 4:30 p.m., respectively. New Mexico 16 - Sat. @ Utah State...... W: 1-0 (OT) is the other team in the tournament. tLive stats for the game against Washington will be available at http:// 21 - Thu. @ Washington...... 7 p.m. livestats.gohuskies.collegesports.com/livestats/data/w-soccer/414598/gt_index.html. 22 - Fri. @ Washington State...... 4:30 p.m. The Cougars enjoyed two 1-0 victories last week over Pacific and Utah State. Sophomore midfielder Katie 25 - Mon. ARIZONA...... 8 p.m. Larkin scored both game-winning goals, including a golden goal in overtime against the Aggies. Larkin earned Mountain West Conference and Top Drawer Soccer Player of the Week citations for her efforts. 30 - Thu. SAN FRANSISCO ...... 8 p.m. Larkin leads BYU with three goals and seven points. Also scoring goals for the Cougars are Alyssa Vander Veur (2), Brooke Bowman, Kelsea Kakadelas, Amberlea Anderson, Haylee Cuthbert and Katie Fellows. Caro- lyn Swenson leads BYU with three assists. Goalkeeper Erika Woodbury has accumulated 221 saves on the OCTOBER season.
5 - Thu. @ TCU* ...... 7 p.m. Washington’s offensive attack is led by Melissa Beal with thee goals and two assists. Shuree Hyatt has also netted two goals, while Dani Bridges has assisted on two goals. Five other Huskies have scored goals on 7 - Sat. @ Utah*...... 1 p.m. the season. Senior keeper Kelsey Rasmussen has saved 37 total shots. 12 - Thu. SAN DIEGO STATE* ...... 7 p.m. These two teams have played each other three times in the programs’ histories with each team winning one 14 - Sat. AIR FORCE*...... 7 p.m. game and tying the other. The last game was played on Sept. 21, 2001 and resulted in a 1-1 tie. 19 - Thu. WYOMING* ...... 7 p.m. Washington State is led by Anna Miller, Carly Dobratz and Kim Bonnes, who have eache scored two goals 21 - Sat. @ New Mexico*...... 7 p.m. apiece. Dobratz also leads the Cougars with three assists. Amber Wittmers and Brynn Bemis split time in 28 - Sat. UNLV*...... 7 p.m. the net for a combined 29 saves.
BYU leads the series with Washington State, 2-1, with the last game resulting in a 2-1 BYU loss on Sept. 25, 2004.
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: Pacific: Location: ...... Provo, Utah 84602 Behind the steady foot of sophomore Katie Larkin, No. 18 BYU handed Pacific its first loss as the Cougars scored with Elevation: ...... 4,553 just five minutes remaining in the game to win, 1-0. Enrollment:...... 33,278 (Daytime) Founded:...... Oct. 15, 1875 BYU’s lone goal came in the 85th minute off a cross from Owner: ...... The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Booke Bowman to Larkin in the middle of the goal box. Colors:...... Blue and White Larkin blasted in her second goal of the year to secure a Nickname:...... Cougars Cougar victory. Mascot:...... Cosmo (the Cougar) Affiliation:...... NCAA Division I For the first time this season Pacific failed to protect a shut- Conference: ����������������������������������� Mountain West Conferece out. Tiger goalie Jaime Souza spent about 660 minutes in Field: ...... South Stadium (3,000) the net without allowing a single goal until Larkin’s score. President:...... Cecil O. Samuelson (Utah, 1966) Athletic Director:...... Tom Holmoe (BYU, 1983) The game was a hard fought battle with both teams earn- Tickets:...... 801-422-BYU1 or 1-800-322-BYU1 ing six shots on goal apiece. The Tigers outshot BYU 14-11. Goalkeeper Erika Woodbury secured six crucial saves, while SOCCER STAFF: Pacific’s Jaime Souza made five. Head Coach:...... Jennifer Rockwood (BYU, 1989) Utah State: BYU Record/Years:...... 187-59-14 / 11th season It took extra time before either team got on the board Career Record/years:...... same Saturday, but a left-footed shot from Larkin in the sixth min- Office Phone: ...... (801) 422-8732 ute of overtime secured a 1-0 victory as BYU defeated Utah Assistant Coaches: ...... Chris Watkins (10 years) State in the face of a treacherous hail storm. Aleisha Rose (3 years) Administrative Assistant:...... Jennie Christianson (4 years) It was BYU’s first-ever trip to Logan, and the Cougars now Trainer: ...... Carolyn Billings (12 years) take a 4-0 all-time series lead.
SOCCER FACTS: BYU outshot Utah State, 22-8, including 13-2 in the second half and finished with a 10-3 advantage in shots 2005 Overall Record:...... 15-2-5 on goal. Conference Record/Finish: ...... 4-1-2 / T2nd Final National Ranking:...... 23rd The Cougars had several chances, including opportune shots in the 53rd and 60th minute, but Ali Griffin Starters Returning/Lost:...... 8/4 made leaping, sprawling saves. In the 61st minute, a Cougar shot got past Griffin, but Alyssa Lowry was on Lettermen Returning/Lost:...... 22/6 the line to clear the ball away. Newcomers:...... 7 The lone goal of the game came after the Aggies attempted to clear the ball toward the midfield. Larkin gathered the ball, took a couple dribbles, planted her right foot and fired the left-footer just under the cross BYU HISTORY: bar in the upper-right corner of the net. First Year of NCAA Soccer:...... 1995 Overall all-time record:...... 180-58-14 Winning Seasons:...... 10 WAC Championships...... 1 MWC Championships: ...... 4 LARKIN BOASTS INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES: NCAA Tournament Appearances: ������������������ 8 (5-7) BYU sophomore midfielder Katie Larkin has been named the Mountain West Conference Co-Offensive Last NCAA Appearance: ...... 2005 Players of the Week, along with Katelyn Lev of New Mexico, the MWC announced Monday. Result:...... Tied Weber State 1-1, Lost 4-3 in shootout Larkin, from Draper, Utah, scored the game-winner in both of BYU’s games over the weekend. She earned five shots and four shots on goal in both wins against Pacific (1-0) and Utah State (1-0 OT). Larkin leads the ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS: Cougars with three goals and seven points on the season. Primary Soccer Contact:...... Ashley Henderson Phone:...... 801-422-8999 Larkin was also named the National Player of the Week by Top Drawer Soccer. E-mail:...... [email protected] Secondary Soccer Contact: ...... Norma Collett Phone:...... 801-422-4908 E-mail:...... [email protected] Fax:...... 801-422-0633 HEROIC MOMENT: Homepage: ...... www.byucougars.com Thanks to the heroics of goalie Erika Woodbury, the women’s soccer team defeated Georgia in a top-20 Press row phone:...... n/a showdownon Fri. Sept. 1 in Atlanta. Fifteen minutes before game time, Woodbury jumped headfirst into Mailing Address:...... BYU Athletic Media Relations the post while saving a warm-up shot. Shaken and bleeding from the head, she mustered up her strength ...... 30 Smith Fieldhouse and played one of the best games in her career. Trainer Carolyn Billings placed gauze on the wound and ...... Provo, Utah 84602 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.
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page3 • Cougar Notes
REGIONAL RANKINGS: Cougar Statistical Leaders: The Cougars are ranked No. 4 in the West this week, according to the Soccer Buzz. BYU is behind powerhouses UCLA, Portland and Santa Clara. The team outranks schools such as California, USC, Goals: Long Beach State, Fresno State and Pepperdine. Katie Larkin ...... 3 Alyssa Vander Veur...... 2 The No. 4 seed gives BYU its highest ranking since 1999. Amberlea Anderson...... 1 Brooke Bowman ...... 1 Haylee Cuthbert...... 1 STATISTICAL NUMBERS: Katie Fellows...... 1 • BYU has scored 10 goals, compared to our opponents’ four Kelsea Kakadelas ...... 1 • BYU leads 6-0 in assists against 2006 opponents • The Cougars have earned 18 more points than its opponents • BYU has taken 23 more shots on goal • The Cougars have game-winner advantage, 6-1 Assists: Carolyn Swenson ...... 3 Brooke Bowman...... 1 BY THE NUMBERS: Katie Larkin ...... 1 Bobbi TIllotson ...... 1 21 - Number of saves Erika Woodbury has made this season 14 - Current national ranking Points: Katie Larkin ...... 7 10 - Number of goals BYU has scored this season Alyssa Vander Veur ...... 4 7 - Current national ranking - Number of players who have netted goals for the Cougars Brooke Bowman...... 3 Carolyn Swenson ...... 3 6 - Current national ranking - Number of Cougar wins Amberlea Anderson...... 2 3 - Current national ranking - Number of goals scored by Katie Larkin Haylee Cuthbert...... 2 Katie Fellows...... 2 3 - Current national ranking - Number of assists posted by Carolyn Swenson Kelsea Kakadelas...... 2 2 - Current national ranking - Number of ranked opponents BYU has beaten this year Bobbi Tillotson...... 1 1 - Current national ranking - Number of losses this season 1 - Current national ranking- Number of players who have received MWC honors Game-Winning Goals: Katie Larkin ...... 2 Alyssa Vander Veur ...... 2 Brooke Bowman...... 1 Kelsea Kakadelas...... 1
Shots on Goal: Katie Larkin ...... 14 Alyssa Vander Veur ...... 6 2005 SOCCER FACTS: Karen Cook...... 4 2005 Overall Record: 15-2-4 Conference Record/Finish: 4-1-2 / T2nd Amberlea Anderson...... 3 Final National Ranking: 23rd Kelsea Kakadelas...... 3 Record vs Top-10 teams: 4-0 Claire Thomas...... 3 All-Time Record in NCAA Tournament Play: Annie Zwahlen...... 3 4-6-2* Brooke Bowman...... 2 * BYU advanced off PKs in 2003 and lost off Jessica Harmon...... 2 PKs in 2005 Carolyn Swenson ...... 2 2005 ALL-MWC PERFORMERS: Saves: Nicole Anderson (Second Team) Jaime Rendich Beck (First Team) Erika Woodbery ...... 21 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 and jumped to No. 14 this week. BYU was the only MWC team to receive a preseason national ranking. The Cougars Soccer Times Top 25 are also ranked No. 4 in the West, their highest regoinal ranking since Rank School Record Prev Rank 1 Notre Dame 8-0-0 1 1999.. 2 Florida State 6-0-0 2 3 UCLA 6-1-0 4 4 North Carolina 8-1-0 5 5 Santa Clara 6-2-0 3 Soccer Buzz Top 25 6 Portland 5-2-1 8 Rank School Record Prev. Rank 7 West Virginia 7-0-1 7 1 Notre Dame 8-0-0 1 8 Tennessee 4-2-1 9 2 Florida State 6-0-0 2 9 Penn State 4-2-2 12 3 UCLA 6-1-0 3 10 Wake Forest 8-1-0 14 4 North Carolina 8-1-0 5 11 Virginia 5-2-1 13 5 Portland 5-2-1 6 12 Texas A&M 3-3-1 6 6 West Virginia 7-0-1 8 13 California 5-1-2 10 7 Santa Clara 6-2-0 4 14 Missouri 7-1-0 11 8 Virginia 5-2-1 10 15 Connecticut 4-3-1 15 9 Wake Forest 8-1-0 14 16 Southern California 6-1-1 17 10 Penn State 4-2-2 11 T17 Colorado 5-1-1 19 11 Connecticut 4-3-1 15 T17 Texas 6-2-0 21 12 Texas A&M 3-3-1 7 19 Florida 4-3-1 18 13 Tennessee 4-2-1 9 20 BYU 6-1-0 24 14 BYU 6-1-0 19 21 Cal State-Fullerton 4-2-1 25 15 Colorado 5-1-1 21 22 Duke 4-3-1 16 16 Auburn 6-1-0 22 23 Auburn 6-1-0 NR 17 Missouri 7-1-0 12 T24 Fresno State 6-1-1 NR 18 Florida 4-3-1 18 T24 Villanova 7-0-0 NR 19 California 5-1-2 16 20 USC 6-1-1 20 21 Long Beach State 7-1-0 23 22 Purdue 7-1-2 24 23 Fresno State 6-1-1 27 24 Duke 4-3-1 17 25 Gerogia 5-2-0 26
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 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 washington
Weber State BYU leads: 10-0-1 Location: Seattle, Washington This season: Enrollment: 42,000 W: 1-0 Conference: PAcific-10 Idaho State BYU leads: 4-2 Colors: Purple & Gold Nickname:Huskies This season: Home Field/Capacity: Husky Soccer Field/2,100 L: 2-1 OT Georgia BYU leads: 1-0 SOCCER INFORMATION Head Coach: Lesle Galllimore This season: School Record/years: 130-96-17/13th season W: 2-0 Career Record /year: 162-121-26/16 seaons Colorado BYU leads: 3-0 2005 Overall Record: 0-17-3 2005 Conference Record/Finish: 0-9-0/10th This season: 2005 Post Season: none W: 3-2 Starters Returning/Lost: 10/1 Fresno State BYU leads: 3-1 Letter winners Returning/Lost: 20/3 Series Record: Tied 1-1-1 This season: L: 1-0 SPORTS INFORMATION Pacific BYU leads: 2-1 Soccer Contact: Dan Lepse Office Phone: (206) 685-3120 This season: Office Fax: (206) 543-5000 W: 1-0 Home Phone: (206) 819-7019 Utah State BYU leads: 4-0 Press Row Phone: (206) 616-8874 E-mail address: [email protected] This season: Web site: www.gohuskies.com W: 1-0 OT Washington Tied: 1-1-1 2001 season: Statistical Leaders: T: 1-1 Goals: Melissa Beal (3), Shuree Hyatt (2) Washington State BYU leads: 2-1 Assists: Melissa Beal (2, Dani Bridges (2) Points: Melissa Beal (8), Shuree Hyatt (5), Dani Bridges (4) 2004 season: Shots: Dani Bridges (27), Melissa Beal (14), Shuree Hyatt (14) L: 2-1 Saves: Kelsey Rasmussen (37) Arizona BYU leads: 5-1 Last Season: W: 2-1 Last Game: San Fransisco First Meeting Lisa Collison scored what proved to be the decisive goal in the 80th minute Sunday, helping the Buckeye women’s soccer team win its own Ohio State Tournament with a 2-1 victory over TCU BYU leads: 3-1 Washington at Jesse Owens Stadium. Last season: Collison’s game-winner came on a breakaway as she ran on to a through ball from Melissa Miller W: 4-0 and scored at 79:09. Utah BYU leads: 13-3-1 UW trimmed the deficit to one seven minutes later on the first career goal from freshman for- Last season: ward Veronica Perez-Murillo (San Mateo, Calif.). She received a cross from sophomore Melissa T: 1-1 (2OT) Beal (Portland, Ore.) and netted the ball from the left side at 86:32.
San Diego State Tied 7-7-2 The Huskies had a late opportunity to tie the score, but an 88th-minute shot by Beal was Last season: stopped by OSU goalkeeper Lauren Robertson.
T: 1-1 (2OT) Washington opened the game with strong surge up field that was halted when junior forward L: 2-0 Shuree Hyatt injured her leg while being tackled. She was sidelined the remainder of the contest.
Air Force BYU leads: 8-1-1 The Husky injury gave momentum to the Buckeyes, who controlled play for the early portion of Last season: the game. They attempted the first six shots before UW sent its initial attempt toward goal, a strike by junior Dani Bridges that was saved by Robertson. W: 6-0 Wyoming BYU leads: 10-1 Rasmussen added six second-half saves for a season-high total of nine. She increased her career total to 228, a figure ranks third among all-time UW goalkeepers. Last season: Ali Schwach opened the scoring two minutes into the second half, capitalizing on a rebound. W: 2-0 Rasmussen blocked a shot by OSU’s Lara Dickenmann, but Schwach pushed the carom into the New Mexico BYU leads: 10-2-2 goal at 46:57. Last season: Bridges was named to the all-tournament team along with UW teammates Katie Hall and Nikki L: 1-0 Murray. UNLV BYU leads: 9-0 Last season: W: 1-0
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SOUTH STADIUM washington state
South Stadium is the place the Cougars love to call home, a home all opponents hate to visit. GENERAL INFORMATION LLocation: Pullman, Washington Enrollment: 23,300 For the past 11 years, South Stadium (formerly South Field), Conference: Pacific-10 has been the battlefield for the Cougars as the team has Colors: Crimson & Gray taken on, and defeated, the top teams in their conference Nickname: Cougars and in the NCAA. Home Field/Capacity: Lower Soccer Field/2,000
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: Matt Potter School Record/years: 25-25-8/4th year time period. Of those 97 home wins, an outstanding 55 Career Record /year: same have ended in a shutout. 2005 Overall Record: 11-7-2 2005 Conference Record/Finish: 4-4-1 /T5th 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: 5/6 Cougars’ wins ending in shutout victories, while BYU has Letter winners Returning/Lost: 14/7 been shutout only 10 times in the stadium’s history. Series Record: Tied 1-1-1
Aside from the Cougars’ history of defeating tough teams SPORTS INFORMATION Soccer Contact: Rachel Porter at home, another factor making South Stadium a formida- Office Phone: (509) 35-2684 ble place for opponents is the large and loud crowd of fans Office Fax: (509) 335-0267 that pack the stadium at every game. Home Phone: N/A Press Row Phone: (509) 335-0306 Consistently among the top 15 in the NCAA, South Stadium E-mail address: [email protected] packs in some of the largest crowds in the country. With Web site: www.wsucougars.com an average attendance of 2,069 fans during the 2005 cam- paign, the Cougars rank among the highest every year for largest attendance average in the country. BYU also packed Statistical Leaders: in a total of 24,830 fans over 12 games, recording the third- highest attendance mark in the nation and making South Goals: Anna Miller (2), Carly Dobratz (2), Kim Bonnes (2) Assists: Carly Dobratz (3), Anna Miller (2) Stadium one of the toughest places for opponents to play Points: Carly Dobratz (7), Anna Miller (6) in women’s college soccer today. Shots: Carly Dobratz (24), Kiersten Dallstream (12), Anna Miller (10) Saves: Brynn Bemis (16), Amber Wittmers (13) 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- drop for the capacity crowd of 3,000 fans. South Stadium Last Game: is also equipped with state-of-the-art field lights, making The Washington State women’s soccer team improved its record to 5-2-1 Sunday as the Cougars night games a favorite among fans. shut out Idaho 2-1 at Lower Soccer Field. The win marks WSU’s third consecutive victory.
Washington State’s Kim Bonnes tallied her second game-winning goal is as many matches when she put the Cougars on the scoreboard in the sixth minute. Bonnes sent a header to the left corner 2005 NCAA Attendance of the goal beating Vandals keeper Michelle Jordan. Elysse Van Leer earned an assist on the play. School Games Total Avg. The Cougars put the game away 10 minutes later as Carly Dobratz touched in the deflection of her own shot at the 15:38 mark to notch her second goal of the season. 1. Texas A&M 8 30,378 3,797 The Cougars controlled possession for much of the match and recorded 10 shots to Idaho’s five. 2. Portland 9 29,221 3,247 Dobratz paced the Washington State offense with three shots with Van Leer adding two. Cougar keeper Amber Wittmers earned her the second shut out of the season recording two saves in the 3. BYU 11 24,830 2,257 match. 4. Georgia 11 17,915 1,629
5. Notre Dame 10 17,419 1,742
6. North Carolina 6 15,302 2,550
7. Florida 10 14,935 1,494
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 103 11 4 3 39 2 38 787 was selected to win the 2006 MWC women’s soc- BYU 108 26 10 6 21 4 49 1,907 cer regular-season championship in the preseason New Mexico 90 41 13 15 11 2 27 757 poll. The Cougars collected a total of 46 points to SDSU 132 30 11 8 41 3 45 296 capture the top spot in the poll. Utah, which won TCU 118 29 12 5 32 1 43 1,356 the last year’s MWC regular-season title, received UNLV 74 40 14 12 33 2 42 332 three first-place votes and took second place in the Utah 107 31 10 11 31 1 22 686 poll with 44 points. San Diego State was picked to Wyoming 91 21 8 5 50 2 34 208 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 1 6 2 .222 3. San Diego State (1) 35 BYU 0 0 0 .000 6 1 0 .857 4. UNLV 32 New Mexico 0 0 0 .000 4 3 0 .571 5. New Mexico 25 SDSU 0 0 0 .000 4 5 0 .444 6. TCU 19 TCU 0 0 0 .000 4 4 0 .500 7. Wyoming 16 UNLV 0 0 0 .000 2 5 1 .312 8. Air Force 7 Utah 0 0 0 .000 4 4 0 .500 Wyoming 0 0 0 .000 3 4 0 .438
2005 MWC FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS TEAM W L T Pct. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Utah 6 0 1 .929 BYU 4 1 2 .714 Shots: Katie Larkin - 22 - 4th UNLV 5 2 0 .714 Wyoming 4 3 0 .571 Points: New Mexico 3 3 1 .500 Katie Larkin - 7 - 8th SDSU 2 3 2 .429 Goals: TCU 1 6 0 .143 Katie Larkin - 3 - T4th Alysaa Vander Veur - 2 - T9th Air Force 0 7 0 .000
Assists: Carolyn Swenson - 3 - T3rd
Game-Winning Goals: Alyssa Vander Veur - 2 - T1st Katie Larkin - 2 - T1st
Goals-Against Average: Erika Woodbury - 0.56 - 1st
Save Percentage: Erika Woodbury - .840 - 2nd
Saves: Erika Woodbury - 21 - 6th
Shutouts: Erika Woodbury - 4 - 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 6-1-0 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 The Automated ScoreBook For Soccer Brigham Young Univ. Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 16, 2006) All games
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... ( 6- 1- 0) ( 3- 1- 0) ( 3- 0- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) CONFERENCE...... ( 0- 0- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) NON-CONFERENCE...... ( 6- 1- 0) ( 3- 1- 0) ( 3- 0- 0) ( 0- 0- 0)
DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATT ## PLAYER GP G A Pts Sh Shot% SOG SOG% GW PK-AT ------Aug 25 WEBER STATE W 1-0 1029 18 LARKIN, Katie 7 3 1 7 22 .136 14 .636 2 0-0 Aug 29 IDAHO STATE W OT 2-1 1024 23 VANDER VEUR, Alyssa 5 2 0 4 8 .250 6 .750 2 0-0 Sept 1 at #15 Georgia W 2-0 1768 15 BOWMAN, Brooke 6 1 1 3 8 .125 2 .250 1 0-0 Sep 08 #21 COLORADO BUFFALOES W 3-2 4742 7 SWENSON, Carolyn 7 0 3 3 5 .000 2 .400 0 0-0 Sep 09 #22 FRESNO STATE L 0-1 834 19 KAKADELAS, Kelsea 7 1 0 2 9 .111 3 .333 1 0-0 Sep 14 at PACIFIC W 1-0 960 2 ANDERSON, Amberlea 7 1 0 2 9 .111 3 .333 0 0-0 Sep 16 at Utah State Univ. W OT 1-0 505 3 CUTHBERT, Haylee 7 1 0 2 5 .200 1 .200 0 0-0 22 FELLOWS, Katie 6 1 0 2 4 .250 1 .250 0 0-0 TEAM STATISTICS BY OPP 20 TILLOTSON, Bobbi 7 0 1 1 3 .000 1 .333 0 0-0 ------4 COOK, Karen 7 0 0 0 9 .000 4 .444 0 0-0 SHOT STATISTICS...... 25 THOMAS, Claire 7 0 0 0 7 .000 3 .429 0 0-0 Goals-Shot attempts.... 10-108 4-56 6 ZWAHLEN, Annie 6 0 0 0 5 .000 3 .600 0 0-0 Goals scored average... 1.41 0.56 16 AQUINO, Jessica 7 0 0 0 4 .000 1 .250 0 0-0 Shot pct...... 093 .071 12 NATE, Natalie 6 0 0 0 3 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 Shots on goal-Attempts. 48-108 25-56 10 HARMON, Jessica 7 0 0 0 3 .000 2 .667 0 0-0 SOG pct...... 444 .446 21 PHILLIPS, Jenavieve 4 0 0 0 2 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 Shots/Game...... 15.4 8.0 13 DEARBORN, Heidi 5 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0 0-0 Assists...... 6 0 11 WILLIS, Andrea 7 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0 0-0 CORNER KICKS...... 49 22 29 JAMESON, Ashleigh 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 PENALTY KICKS...... 0-0 0-0 27 DOW, Kristi 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 PENALTIES...... 26 SMURTHWAITE, Katie 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 Yellow cards...... 6 3 8 STAPLES, Stephanie 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 Red cards...... 0 0 5 HAYMOND, Alison 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 ATTENDANCE...... Total...... 7 10 6 26 108 .093 48 .444 6 0-0 Total...... 7629 3233 Opponents...... 7 4 0 8 56 .071 25 .446 1 0-0 Dates/Avg Per Date..... 4/1907 3/1078 Neutral Site #/Avg..... 0/0 |-GOAL AVERAGE-| |-SAVES-| ## GOALTENDERS GP Minutes GA Avg Sv Pct W L T Sho ------28 WOODBURY, Erika 7 639:31 4 0.56 21 .840 6 1 0 4 Total...... 7 639:31 4 0.56 21 .840 6 1 0 4 Opponents...... 7 639:31 10 1.41 38 .792 1 6 0 1
GOALS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT Total ------Brigham Young Univ.. 5 3 2 - 10 Opponents...... 2 2 0 - 4
SHOTS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT Total ------Brigham Young Univ.. 53 51 4 - 108 Opponents...... 28 27 1 - 56
SAVES BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT Total ------Brigham Young Univ.. 7 14 0 - 21 Opponents...... 19 18 1 - 38
CORNER KICKS BY PRD 1st 2nd OT Total ------Brigham Young Univ.. 17 31 1 - 49 Opponents...... 11 11 0 - 22
FOULS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT Total ------Brigham Young Univ.. 33 47 1 - 81 Opponents...... 38 40 0 - 75