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16 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS * 4 SEC CROWNS 14 NCAA SWEET 16 APPEARANCES 21 STRAIGHT NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 6 NCAA ELITE 8 APPEARANCES * 2014 COLLEGE CUP TEXAS A&M SOCCER 2016 SEASON MATCH NOTES | MATCHES 3 & 4 Soccer Contact: Thomas Dick | [email protected] | Cell: 512-784-2153 | 12thMan.com 2016 SCHEDULE NO. 15 UCLA AT NO. 11 TEXAS A&M Date Opponent Time/Result 8/19 #1 FLORIDA STATE L, 0-1 8/21 RICE W, 4-1 Friday, August 26, 2016 8/26 UCLA 7:30 pm 7:30 p.m. 8/28 TULSA 6 pm 9/2 LITTLE ROCK 7:30 pm Ellis Field 9/4 ILLINOIS 6 pm College Station, Texas 9/11 LSU* 6 pm 9/16 GEORGIA* 6 pm 9/18 UC RIVERSIDE 6 pm 9/22 at Vanderbilt* 7 pm TULSA AT NO. 11 TEXAS A&M 9/25 at Alabama* 6 pm 9/29 SOUTH CAROLINA* 6 pm 10/6 MISSOURI* 6:30 pm Sunday, August 28, 2016 10/9 at Tennessee* 4 pm 10/14 at Ole Miss* 7 pm 6 p.m. 10/20 KENTUCKY* 6:30 pm Ellis Field 10/23 AUBURN* 5 pm 10/27 at Mississippi State* 7 pm College Station, Texas 10/31-11/6 at SEC Tournament% 11/11-13 at NCAA First Round^ 11/18&20 at NCAA Second and Third Round^ 11/25-27 at NCAA Quarterfinal^ 12/2&4 at College Cup+ Digital Video: SEC Network + {David Ellis [play-by-play] and Kristi Leonard [color]} Audio: KWBC AM 1550 in Brazos County * - denotes Southeastern Conference match Live Stats: 12thMan.com % - Orange Beach, Alabama In-Game Updates: Twitter.com/AggieSoccer ^ - campus sites + - College Cup (Cary, North Carolina) The No. 11 Texas A&M Aggies continue their nine-game homestand with a pair of matches on the weekend. The All home games played at Ellis Field Aggies host No. 15 UCLA Friday on Fish Camp Night, annually one of the most attended matches in women’s All Times Central collegiate soccer. Texas A&M hosts Tulsa on Sunday for Maroon Militia Madness. FOLLOW THE ACTION Both matches will be available digitally on mobile devices and connect-TVs for SEC Network subscribers whose cable/satellite packages allow access to SEC Network+ through the WatchESPN app and SECSports.com. Fans can listen to both matches locally on KWBC AM 1550 or worldwide on 12thMan.com/Listen. SUCCESSFUL SENIORS Ashlynn Harryman, Taylor Saucier, Sarah Shaw and Grace Wright represent one of the winningest active senior classes in the nation. The quartet have enjoyed a record of 58-16-6 over their four years, tied with Penn State (58-14-4) for the third-best win total in the nation. Virginia’s seniors are 68-5-4 followed by Florida State at 2016 SEC STANDINGS 66-5-8. Alabama 0-0-0 0 2-0-0 1.000 FACING HIS ALMA MATER Arkansas 0-0-0 0 2-0-0 1.000 On Sunday evening, head coach G Guerrieri will face his alma mater, Tulsa University. Guerrieri was a four-year #8 Florida 0-0-0 0 2-0-0 1.000 standout goalkeeper at TU. He still owns the Golden Hurricane career records for saves (283) and shutouts #16 Ole Miss 0-0-0 0 2-0-0 1.000 (21). Other school records he still boasts are consecutive shutouts (3), single-game saves (17) and single-season South Carolina 0-0-0 0 1-0-1 .750 shutouts (9). He earned All-Midwest Region recognition on two occasions. #12 Auburn 0-0-0 0 1-1-0 .500 LSU 0-0-0 0 1-1-0 .500 SERIES VS. UCLA Mississippi State 0-0-0 0 1-1-0 .500 The Bruins own a 3-1 edge in the all-time series against Texas A&M. Three of the four matches were played in Missouri 0-0-0 0 1-1-0 .500 Los Angeles. In the most recent game, UCLA logged a 2-1 victory on the West Coast in September 2006. The #9 Texas A&M 0-0-0 0 1-1-0 .500 Bruins were also victorious in September 2004 in College Station. 1-0. The first two meetings came in NCAA Tennessee 0-0-0 0 1-1-0 .500 Championship play. In 2002, the Aggies advanced past UCLA without taking a shot in regulation. Texas A&M Vanderbilt 0-0-0 0 1-1-0 .500 claimed a 3-1 shootout with Kati Jo Spisak making three PK saves to move on to the Elite Eight. UCLA toppled Georgia 0-0-0 0 0-1-1 .250 the Aggies 4-0 in the 2000 NCAA Second Round. Kentucky 0-0-0 0 0-1-1 .250 2016 TEXAS A&M SOCCER GAME NOTES GENERAL INFORMATION SCOUTING UCLA The Bruins enter the fray with a 1-0-0 mark winning their season-opener against San Diego State last Friday, LOCATION ............................ College Station, Texas 5-0. The win was keyed by Darian Jenkins who scored three goals in under eight minutes to close out the first FOUNDED .......................................................1872 half. Teagan Micah recorded a shutout in goal with two saves. ENROLLMENT .....................6,4600 (49,592 under) UCLA is coming off an 8-10-1 campaign in 2015, finishing eighth in the Pac 12 with a 4-6-1 mark. Jenkins was NICKNAME ................................................... Aggies the team’s leading scorer last year with 10 points on five goals. MASCOT.................... Reveille VIII, American Collie COLORS ........................................Maroon & White SERIES VS. TULSA CONFERENCE ........................... Southeastern (SEC) The Aggies own a 3-0 edge in the all-time series against Tulsa. The most recent meeting came in 2007 with INTERIM PRESIDENT ................... Michael K. Young the Aggies logging a 3-0 victory in College Station. In 1996, Texas A&M posted a 5-2 victory in Tulsa. The initial DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS ............. Scott Woodward meeting came in 1994 with the Maroon and White claiming a 1-0 win. HOME FIELD ................................Ellis Field (3,500) SCOUTING TULSA OPENED/RENOVATED ...............1994/2011 & 2013 The Golden Hurricane started the season with a pair of tough tests at the Sooner Classic in Norman. They SURFACE ..............Natural Grass (Tifway Bermuda) opened the year with a 1-1 tie against then No. 25 Loyola Marymount and followed it up with a 4-1 loss against then No. 24 South Carolina. COACHING STAFF Tana Dake and Reagan Whitlow each have one goal on the year. Rebecca Defer and Courtney McKeon both HEAD COACH ...................G Guerrieri (Tulsa, 1985) have one start in goal, with Defer owning a 0.82 goals-against average. RECORD AT A&M .......396-117-30 (.757)/24th season OVERALL RECORD ......412-129-31 (.747)/25th season Tulsa is coming off a 13-6-1 campaign in 2015, finishing fourth in the America Athletic Conference with a 4-4-1 ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH ..............Phil Stephenson mark. The Golden Hurricane return eight starters from last season. They return leading scorers Rachel Thun (22 points, 7 goals, 8 assists) and Christina Holmes (12 points, 6 goals). ................................................. (Lock Haven, 1987) ASSISTANT COACH ........................Lori Stephenson WINNING ...................................................(Methodist, 1988) Texas A&M has finished with a winning record in all of its previous 23 seasons. The closest the Aggies have VOLUNTEER ASST. COACH ............... Frankie Espinoza finished to the .500 mark is the 14-8 (.636) record they posted in 1998. .......................................(Midwestern State, 2010) DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS ...........Curt Magnuson NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Cl-.Exp. Ht. Hometown (High School/College) TEAM INFORMATION 00 Taylor Saucier GK Sr-2L 5-10 Omaha, Neb. (Marian) 2015 RECORD ....................................17-7-2 (.692) 0 Danielle Rice GK Sr-1L 5-11 Westlake, Texas (Keller/Creighton) 1 Ally Watt F So-1L 5-8 Colorado Springs, Colo. (Pine Creek) 2015 SEC RECORD (FINISH) ....................9-1-1 (6th) 2 Emily Bates M/F So-1L 5-4 Melissa, Texas (Melissa) FINAL NATIONAL RANKING ................ No. 9 NSCAA 3 Bri Davis D Fr-HS 6-0 Temple, Texas (Belton) ............................................................... No. 16 RPI 4 Kendall Ritchie D So-1L 5-4 Austin, Texas (Westlake) POSTSEASON ..........1st Round, W 2-1 Washington 5 Brittany Crabtree F So-1L 5-10 Corinth, Texas (Denton Guyer) ................. 2nd Round, W 1-0 vs #8 North Carolina 6 Kate Hajdu M So-1L 5-10 Dallas, Texas (Ursuline Academy) ............................. Sweet 16, T 1-1 vs #24 Ole Miss 7 Claudette Lassandro D/M So-1L 5-4 Austin, Texas (Westwood) ........................Elite Eight, L 0-5 vs #2 Florida State 8 Jenna Byers M Fr-HS 5-8 Tulsa, Okla. (Holland Hall) STARTERS RETURNING/LOST .......................... 10/1 9 Grace Piper M Fr-HS 5-9 The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands) 10 Stephanie Malherbe M/F Jr-2L 5-7 Temecula, Calif. (Great Oak) LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST ............... 18/3 12 Haley Pounds F Jr-2L 5-8 Spring, Texas (The Woodlands Christian Academy) NEWCOMERS ........................................................8 13 Mia Hummel GK So-1L 5-9 Anaheim, Calif. (Canyon) 14 Grace Cory M Fr-HS 5-9 Southlake, Texas (Carroll) HISTORY 16 Ashlynn Harryman D/M Sr-3L 5-7 Dana Point, Calif. (Dana Hills) 17 Cienna Arrieta F Fr-HS 5-5 El Paso, Texas (Eastwood) ALL-TIME RECORD .....396-117-30 (.757)/24th season 19 Grace Wright D Sr-3L 5-6 College Station, Texas (A&M Consolidated) ALL-TIME HOME RECORD ..............224-32-7 (.865) 20 McKayla Paulson D Jr-2L 5-10 Mansfield, Texas (Mansfield) ALL-TIME ELLIS FIELD RECORD.......217-32-6 (.863) 21 Sarah Shaw M Sr-3L 5-1 Keller, Texas (Keller) ALL-TIME BIG 12 RECORD ..... 121-25-10 (16 seasons) 22 Amethyst Kelly D So-1L 6-0 Longview, Texas (Longview) ALL-TIME SEC RECORD.............