2011 La Salle University Women's Soccer Weekly Notes
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2011 La Salle University Women’s Soccer Weekly Notes Media Contact: Jared Smith, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications 215.951.1633 [email protected] 2011 SCHEDULE GAMEDAY INFO August Next Match On Deck 19 at Rutgers PPD—Rain 21 at Delaware W 2-0 #19 La Salle EXPLORERS (13-0-1, 5-0-0) La Salle EXPLORERS 262626 Drexel T 0T 0-0 ---00 (2ot) at at September Charlotte 49ERS (5-7-4, 2-2-1) Saint Louis BILLIKENS 444 Rider W 44----0000 Oct. 21 • 7 p.m. • Charlotte, N.C. Oct. 23 • 2 p.m. • St. Loius, Mo. 9 at Northeastern W 1-0 11 at Albany W 3-0 INFO INFO 18 at Princeton W 1-0 Venue (Capacity): Transamerica Field (4,000) 20 at Cornell W 2-0 Venue (Capacity): Robert R. Hermann Stadium Surface: Natural Grass Surface: Natural Grass 232323 Loyola (Md.) W 11----0000 Coverage: Charlotte49ers.com (Live Stats/Live Video) Coverage: SLUBillikens.com (Stats/Live Video) 252525 Lehigh W 11----0000 AllAllAll-All ---TimeTime Series : Charlotte leads 2-1 AllAllAll-All ---TimeTime Series : Saint Louis leads 2-0-1 303030 Temple* W 55----0000 Last Meeting: Charlotte 3, La Salle 1 (Nov. 5, 2010) Last Meeting: La Salle 0, Saint Louis 0 (2OT—Sept. 25, 2009) October 222 Saint Joseph’s* W 33----0000 2011 LA SALLE WOMEN’S SOCCER: By The Numbers 777 #15 Dayton* W 22----11 (ot) 0.857 La Salle leads the nation in shutout percentage. 999 Xavier W 55----0000 33-3 Scoring margin for La Salle. 16 at Massachusetts* W 3-2 (ot) 22 Goalkeeper Meelissa Sanger holds the all-time school record in shutouts. 21 at Charlotte* 7 p.m. 12 Kelsey Haycook leads the Explorers in scoring. 23 at Saint Louis* 2 p.m. 13 La Salle broke the all-time school record for wins a season on Sunday against UMass. 28 at Fordham* 7 p.m. 5 Renee Washington is ranked 11th in the nation in game-winning goals. 19th November La Salle’s highest national ranking (Soccer America) in school history. 3 A-10 Quarterfinals$ TBA 6 Number of teams in Division I who have yet to lose in 2011. (La Salle, Oklahoma State, Memphis, 4 A-10 Semifinals$ TBA Stanford, Pepperdine, Hartford). 6 A-10 Championship$ TBA THIS WEEKEND: Scouting the 49ers/Billikens ALL TIMES EASTERN > Charlotte has not lost since a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Umass at home on Oct. 7. *—Atlantic 10 Conference Match > The 49ers had a succesful road trip last weekend defeating Duquesene 1-0 in overtime on Sunday and $—Atlantic 10 Tournament (Dayton, OH ) drawing at St. Bonaventure on Friday night. > Macky Wingo leads Charlotte with five goals and four assists (14 points). A- 10 Standings > Saint Louis will host Fordham on Friday night before welcoming La Salle to town on Sunday afternoon. (Thru Sept. 29, 2011) > The Billikens haven’t won since an Oct. 7 victory over Rhode Island at Hermann Stadium. School AAA-A---10101010 PtsPtsPts Over PtsPtsPts La Salle 5-0-0 15 13-0-1 40 LAST GAME: La Salle 3, Massachusetts 2 (OT—Oct. 16, 2011) Richmond 4-1-1 13 10-4-3 33 Massachusetts 3-1-1 10 9-3-2 29 Renee Washington continued to show her flair for the dramatic and scored the game-winning goal five minutes Fordham 3-2-1 10 8-6-2 26 into overtime to give La Salle women's soccer a dramatic 3-2 victory over Massachusetts on Sunday afternoon Dayton 3-2-0 9 12-3-0 36 at Rudd Field. St. Bonaventure 2-1-2 8 7-5-3 24 G. Washington 2-2-2 8 5-9-2 17 Charlotte 2-2-1 7 5-7-4 19 "I think this game really shows the perserverance and grit of our team," said head coach Paul Royal. "We fell Saint Louis 2-2-1 7 4-7-3 15 behind early and battled back, they tied it late and we still found a way to win. I'm extremeley proud of our girls Duquesne 2-3-0 6 3-10-1 10 today for overcoming this obstacle." Saint Joseph’s 1-2-2 5 6-5-4 22 Temple 1-4-0 3 4-10-0 12 Xavier 0-4-1 1 5-7-2 17 The Explorers (13-0-1, 5-0-0) also received goals from Gabriella Carbone and Kelsey Haycook and outshot Rhode Island 0-4-0 0 5-8-1 16 UMass 25-5. Individual Leaders Carbone's goal tied the game at 1-1 late in the first half off an assist from Washington. Haycook's tally came (Thru Oct. 20, 2011) early in the first half and put La Salle on top 2-1. Goals The Minutemen (9-3-2, 3-1-1) tied the game in the 79th minute off an own goal, which eventually led to Kelsey Haycook 12 Assists overtime. Jess Hopton 5 Shots For Washington, the game-winner was the fifth of the season and 10th of her career in just 35 games. Renee Washington 46 Points Kelsey Haycook 28 With the victory, La Salle broke the all-time school record for wins in a season with 13 and improved to 6-0 on GW Goals the road in 2011. R. Washington/K. Haycook 5 Saves Melissa Sanger 42 Goalkeeper Melissa Sanger also had a record-setting day as the redshirt senior tied former Explorer Kaitlin Shutouts Glass for the all-time school record in wins with 33. Melissa Sanger 12 La Salle Women’s Soccer Weekly Notes Matches #15-16 (Oct 17-23, 2011) 2011 La Salle Women’s Soccer QUICK FACTS SWAYING THE VOTERS For the first time in school history La Salle is receving votes in the NSCAA Top 25 GENERAL INFORMATION Coaches Poll and is ranked at #19 in Soccer America’a Top 25. The Explorers are Location: …………………………………… Philadelphia, PA also tied for #1 in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Rankings with William & Mary and are Founded: ……………………………………………………… 1863 up to#27 in Top Drawer Soccer’s Top 64 Rankings. Enrollment: ……………………………………………… 7,554 Nickname: ………………………………………….… Explorers CLEAN SHEET AND HISTORY Colors (PMS): …………... Blue (540) and Gold (7406) On Friday against Dayton, La Salle allowed their first goal of the season in the 75th Conference: ………………………………………… Atlantic 10 minute. The goal ended a streak of 1,094:57 consecutive minutes of shutout soccer Athletics Director: ………………. Dr. Thomas Brennan Athletic Comm. Fax: …………………….... 215.951.1694 for La Salle. For her efforts, keeper Melissa Sanger now holds the fifth longest Athletics Website: …………… www.goexplorers.com shutout streak all-time in NCAA history. EXPLORER WOMEN’S SOCCER STILL UNBEATEN? Head Coach: …….……….. Paul Royal (UWM ‘96/9th) La Salle is one of six teams in the NCAA that still have a zero in the loss column. Asst. Coach: …………. Dan Mannella (UWM ‘03/9th) Oklahoma State (15-0-0), Stanford (14-0-1), Memphis (15-0-1) Hartford (13-0-2) and Asst. Coach: ………… Ally Kenney (La Salle ‘10/2nd) Pepperdine (11-0-4) are also unbeaten. Stadium: ………………..……………… McCarthy Stadium Capacity: ………………………….………………………… 7,500 BROKEN RECORD Surface: …………………………….………………… SprintTurf 2010 Overall Record: …………………… ……………. 11-9-2 Melissa Sanger broke the all-time La Salle record with her 17th career shutout in the 2010 Atlantic 10 Record: ……………………………. 4-4-1 victory over Cornell on 9/20. Sanger passed previous Explorer netminder Kaitlin 2010 Postseason: ………………….. 1-1 at A-10 Tourney Glass for the top spot on the all-time list. Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ………………….... 16/2 Starters Returning/Lost: ………………………………. 9/2 JERSEY SCORE Newcomers: ………………………………….…………………… 5 Kelsey Haycook made a living scoring goals for Point Pleasant Boro High School on All-Time Record (Years): ……………. 169-254-29 (25) the Jersey Shore. The striker tallied 108 goals during her prep career. So far in 2011, Postseason Berths (Last): ……………………… 6 (2010) Haycook is living up to her reputation and leads La Salle with a team-high 12 goals heading into this weekend’s action. SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION YOUTH IS SERVED Twitter Of the 33 goals La Salle has scored in 2011, 18 of them have come from freshman Follow us on twitter @GoExplorers_com for live (Haycook—12, Huseini—2, Carbone—2, Cammarata—1) 12 from the sophomore scoring updates throughout the season and an class (Washington—9, Niemiec—3) and the remaining three from the seniors intimate view of the team. (Allizzo—1, Golden—1, Hopton—1). Facebook WASHINGTON MONUMENT ”Like” La Salle Athletics and get all the latest Forward Renee Washington leads La Salle with four game-winning goals in 2011. In news, scores and updates on your favorite her career, the sophomore has already served nine game-winners for the Explorers. Explorer athletic teams. Overall, Washington has scored 21 goals for La Salle and is 19 shy of the school Youtube record of 40 held by Amy Schneider with over two seasons of eligiblity remaining. For all the latest video highlights, features and interviews subscribe to GoExplorers.tv at ACROSS THE POND www.youtube.com/LaSalleAthletics . The Freshman Maryam Huseini enters her freshman season at La Salle and becomes the women’s soccer team will be featured every week first ever international recruit in the Paul Royal era at La Salle. Huseini is a native of with highlights and interviews with players and Skien, Norway. coaches. Weekly Schedule MON– 26 TUES– 27 WED– 28 THURS –29 FRI– 30 SAT– Oct. 1 SUN– 2 at Rhode Island at UMass OFF Training Training/Film Travel/ PPDPPD————RainRain Travel/ W 33----22 (OT) Training Training MON– 3 TUES– 4 WED– 5 THURS– 6 FRI– 7 SAT– 8 SUN– 9 at Charlotte at Saint Louis OFF Training Training/Film Travel/ 7 p.m.