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BYU Women’s Soccer • Weekly Release #10 • Oct. 23-29 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: 12-2-3 Current National Ranking: No. 17 No.17 BYU (12-2-3, 3-1-2) Current Regional Ranking: No. 6 v s . UNLV 2006 BYU SCHEDULE (8-9-1, 3-3-0) all times local to site Saturday, Oct. 28, 7 p.m. BYUTV AUGUST 16 - Aug. BLUE/WHITE (exh). .W: 1-0 SENIOR NIGHT 19 - Sat. SOUTHERN UTAH (exh). .W: 2-0 21 - Mon. DIXIE COLLEGE (exh). W: 6-0 BYU CHALLENGES UNLV, HONORS SENIORS 25 - Fri. WEBER STATE . .W: 1-0 No. 17 BYU (12-2-3, 3-1-2) will honor its nine hardworking seniors this Saturday against UNLV (8-9-1, 3-3-0) 29 - Tues. IDAHO STATE. W: 2-1 (OT) in the last regular-season game. A win would secure a No. 2 seed in next week’s Mountain West Conference Tournament, awarding the Cougars a first-round bye. The game will be televised on BYUTV and is set to kick off at 7 p.m. The Cougars played two games last week, defeating Wyoming 3-0 and drawing 1-1 with New Mexico. SEPTEMBER Sophomore Katie Larkin, who has been named the MWC Offensive Player of the Week and named to sev- eral national teams of the week, scored the game-winning goal against Wyoming and the game-tying goal 1 - Fri. @ No. 15 Georgia. W: 2-0 against New Mexico. Karen Cook and Natalie Nate also scored goals against the Cowgirls. 8 - Fri. No. 21 COLORADO . W: 3-2 Larkin fronts the Cougar offensive attack with five goals, five assists and 17 points. Four of those goals were game winners. Also scoring goals for the Cougars are Katie Fellows (3), Brooke Bowman (2), Haylee 9 - Sat. No. 22 FRESNO STATE. L: 1-0 Cuthbert (2), Alyssa Vander Veur (2), Amberlea Anderson (1), Jessica Aquino (1), Karen Cook (1), Kelsea 14 - Thu. @ Pacific. .W: 1-0 Kakadelas (1), Natalie Nate (1), Jenavieve Phillips (1), Carolyn Swenson (1) and Claire Thomas. Behind Larkin, Swenson is second on the team with three assists. 16 - Sat. @ Utah State. W: 1-0 (OT) Goalkeeper Erika Woodbury has accumulated 49 saves on the season and now holds the record for most 21 - Thu. @ Washington. .W: 1-0 career saves at BYU with 174. She set her second record of the season on Thursday when she collected her 10th shutout against Wyoming, setting her atop the record books at BYU for most shutouts in a single 22 - Fri. @ Washington State. T: 1-1 (2OT) season. Waldron set the record in 1999, playing in 24 games. It took Woodbury just 16 games to break the record. 25 - Mon. ARIZONA. .W: 1-0 30 - Thu. SAN FRANSISCO . .W: 1-0 Woodbury is also chasing a third record. With Woodbury’s 10 shutouts this season, she has 25 career shutouts and is just three away from becoming BYU’s all-time leader. Waldron currently holds the record with 27.5 career shutouts. Wyoming’s offensive attack is lead by a strong foursome. Armani Rice paces the pack with five goals and one assist. Jessica Destito, Tanya Roberts and Katie Carney have each netted three goals apiece for the OCTOBER Rebels. Destito leads UNLV with four assists, while Roberts and Carney have each posted three. 5 - Thu. @ TCU* . .W: 1-0 The Cougars hold a 9-0 advantage against UNLV with BYU winning last season’s matchup 1-0 in Las 7 - Sat. @ No. 19 Utah* . L: 1-0 Vegas. 12 - Thu. SAN DIEGO STATE* . T: 2-2 (2OT) Live stats for the games will be available by going to http://www.byucougars.com/Schedule. jsp?SP=162&YR=2005. Fans can also tune into the game by watching the live video stream online through 14 - Sat. AIR FORCE*. W: 1-0 CSTV Online. The package is available for $6.95/month or $49.95/year. Fans can sign up by clicking on the BYU Cougars All-Access icon located on the BYU Athletics homepage at www.byucougars.com. 19 - Thu. WYOMING* . .W: 3-0 Fans interested in watching BYU events on the internet that are produced for CSTV -- including football 21 - Sat. @ New Mexico*. T: 1-1 (2OT) and men’s basketball -- can subscribe to the comprehensive CSTV XXL package, which includes the 28 - Sat. UNLV*. 7 p.m. entire array of All-Access broadband channels and more than 10,000 events. CSTV XXL is available for $14.95/month or $99.95/year and provides access to video streaming for more than 70 schools including all Mountain West Conference teams. NOVEMBER 1-4 - Wed. MWC Tournament**. TBA * Denotes Mountain West Conference Game ** MWC Tournament will be played in Salt Lake City www.byucougars.com 2006 BYU Women’s Soccer page 2 • Cougar Notes 2005 BYU QUICK FACTS WEEK IN REVIEW: third week of conference play Wyoming: UNIVERSITY INFORMATION: Erika Woodbury set the BYU single-season-shutout record, Location: . Provo, Utah 84602 while Katie Larkin sparked an offense outburst to go along with tough defense to lead the Cougars to a 3-0 victory Elevation: . 4,553 over Wyoming Thursday night at South Stadium. Enrollment:. 33,278 (Daytime) Founded:. Oct. 15, 1875 Woodbury recorded her 10th shutout of the season in goal Owner: . The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the Cougars. She is now three away from setting the Colors:. Blue and White school record for shutouts in a career, which is currently Nickname:. Cougars held by Jennifer Waldron. Mascot:. Cosmo (the Cougar) Affiliation:. NCAA Division I BYU’s defense, led by Jessica Harmon, played well all night, Conference: ����������������������������������� Mountain West Conferece limiting the Cowgirls to just four shots on goal. Wyoming’s Field: . South Stadium (3,000) first shot on goal did not come until late in the second President:. Cecil O. Samuelson (Utah, 1966) half. The Cougars ended up outshooting the Cowgirls 22-4 Athletic Director:. Tom Holmoe (BYU, 1983) on the evening. BYU’s defense did not allow a single shot Tickets:. 801-422-BYU1 or 1-800-322-BYU1 during the first half of action, while the Cougars posted 12, including nine shots on goal. SOCCER STAFF: First-half play started off with Wyoming moving the ball Head Coach:. Jennifer Rockwood (BYU, 1989) around early in Cougar territory. The BYU defense hung BYU Record/Years:. 193-60-17 / 12th season tough and kept the Cowgirls away from the goal. Career Record/years:. same Office Phone: . (801) 422-8732 Carolyn Swenson got the offensive action started early Assistant Coaches: . Chris Watkins (11 years) when she took a pass in the left corner and fired a right- Aleisha Rose (3 years) footed shot at the corner, forcing Wyoming keeper Ashley Administrative Assistant:. Jennie Christianson (4 years) Sheppard to make a nice save. Trainer: . Carolyn Billings (12 years) The Cougars then controlled the ball for the next few minutes until scoring in the 14th minute. Katie Larkin SOCCER FACTS: broke free from a pack of Cowgirl defenders to take a long pass in the left corner of Wyoming territory. She 2005 Overall Record:. 15-2-5 took two strides and fired a right-footed shot out of reach of an oncoming defender and past Sheppard into Conference Record/Finish: . 4-1-2 / T2nd the right corner of the net. Final National Ranking:. 23rd Starters Returning/Lost:. 8/4 BYU controlled the action throughout the remainder of the half, keeping constant pressure on the Wyoming Lettermen Returning/Lost:. 22/6 defense that resulted in several close goals. Natalie Nate came close after she intercepted a Cowgirl header in the box and took a quick shot toward the goal that was saved by Sheppard. Newcomers:. 7 Not long after Nate’s close call, Karen Cook blasted a long shot from 25 yards out that was bobbled by BYU HISTORY: Sheppard. Jenavieve Phillips snatched the rebound and took a shot that appeared to cross the goal line First Year of NCAA Soccer:. 1995 right before Sheppard pounced on it. Cougar players and fans held their breath as an official ruled that Overall all-time record:. 1190-59-15 Sheppard had made the stop. Winning Seasons:. 10 WAC Championships. .1 Second half play continued much the same as the first half ended, as the Cougars controlled the ball and MWC Championships: . 4 kept constant pressure on Wyoming while not allowing the Cowgirls to move past midfield very often. NCAA Tournament Appearances: ������������������ 8 (5-7) Last NCAA Appearance: . 2005 The Cougars second goal came in the 70th minute of the game. Larkin got the ball on the left baseline, Result:. Tied Weber State 1-1, Lost 4-3 in shootout juked a Wyoming defender and passed it to the top of the box to Nate, who sent a rocket into the top-let corner of the net. ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS: Primary Soccer Contact:. Ashley Henderson BYU got its third goal of the night almost four minutes later. Cook got the ball at midfield, wove in and out Phone:. 801-422-8999 of the Wyoming defense and grounded a shot into the bottom right corner of the net.