2002 Women's Soccer Release, Sept. 2
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Wisconsin Sports Information 1440 Monroe Street Madison, WI 53711 Wisconsin Ph: 608-265-3545 Fax: 608-262-8184 2002 Women’s Soccer Release, Sept. 2 Website: UWBADGERS.COM Contact: Dan Uttech STORYLINES UPCOMING EVENTS Fri.-Sun. 9/6-8 at Cyclone Classic • SENIOR LEADERSHIP Fri. 9/6 vs. Arizona 2 p.m. Seniors Lauren Schmidt and Kelly Conway, this Sun. 9/8 vs. Iowa State 1 p.m. year’s co-captains, have led the Badgers on the Tues. 9/10 Coach Dean Duerst on Badger Chat Noon field in the first two games of the season. Conway Fri. 9/13-15 Rocky Rococo Wisconsin Soccer Invitational opened the season with a shutout and Schmidt Fri. 9/13 vs. Connecticut (Home Opener) 7:30 pm. tallied the Badgers’ lone goal for a 1-0 victory Sun. 9/15 vs. Davidson (Football Ticket Stub Deal) 1 p.m. over USC. Against Nebraska, Conway played well allowing just one goal against the 10th-ranked BADGERS TRAVEL TO IOWA FOR SECOND-STRAIGHT ROAD TOURNAMENT Huskers. Women's soccer travels to Ames, Iowa, this weekend to face Arizona and Iowa State in the Cyclone Classic. It is the second-straight weekend the Badgers hit the road and face • THE CONWAY COUNT: 17 a Pac-10 school and a Big 12 program for the first time in UW history. Last weekend was Senior keeper Kelly Conway has steadily climbed the first meeting between Wisconsin and USC and Nebraska. This weekend, the Badgers the UW career saves chart during her four years face the Wildcats Friday at 2 p.m., and the Cyclones Sunday at 1 p.m. in the net for the Badgers. She is in line to take over the top spot this season. With seven saves in SCOUTING THE WILDCATS two games this season, Conway is 17 saves away For the first time in program history, Arizona opened a new season with two shutouts. from overtaking UW Hall of Fame member Arizona captured a 2-0 win over Drake in the first game of the year and topped Cal-Poly, Heather Taggart with 311 career saves. 1-0 on Sunday. Three different ‘Cats scored over the weekend with Tymarie Novak, Lisa Kosena and Kelly Nelson notching their first goals of the season. Amanda Martin 1. Heather Taggart 310 1988-91 4 stopped 14 shots to record two shutouts in the net for the Wildcats. This season, the 2. Mindy Grafing 304 1984-87 4 Wildcats feature 19 freshmen and sophomores and only four juniors and seniors. 3. Jeni Miller 303 1981-84 4 4. Kelly Conway 294 1999-02 4 SCOUTING THE CYCLONES Not to be left out of the group, Iowa State also started its season with a shutout. ISU defeated Air Force, 3-0, on Friday. Kelly Burke, Nikki Gamble and Arlene Samuel con- • THE DEAN OF UW WOMEN’S SOCCER nected for the Cyclones while Beth Chapman made four saves. Iowa State finished Coach Dean Duerst, in his ninth season at the eighth in the Big 12 last season and is led by first year head coach Rebecca Hornbacher. helm, is the most tenured UW Women’s Soccer coach. Greg Ryan served as head coach for eight WEEKEND RECAP years, while the program’s first coach, Craig The Badgers opened the 2002 season going 1-1 at the adidas Invitational at Lincoln, Neb. Webb, led the Badgers for five years. Wisconsin edged its first opponent of the year, USC, with a lone goal by senior co-cap- tain Lauren Schmidt. Schmidt headed in Sarah Capel’s corner kick, the Badgers’sole cor- • DUERST CHATS ONLINE, 9/10 ner of the game. Keeper Kelly Conway tallied five saves for her first shutout of 2002. On Sept. 10 at noon, coach Duerst will chat with UW fell to No. 10 Nebraska on Sunday night, 1-0. Frosh Katy Lindenmuth had Badger fans online on Badger Chat via three shots against the Huskers and Conway made two saves. UWBADGERS.COM. Badger Chat has featured UW WISCONSIN COACH DEAN DUERST coaches and athletes as they answer fans’ Dean Duerst has been a mainstay within the Wisconsin women’s soccer program for 15 questions live from Camp Randall. Click on years. Duerst, who begins his ninth season as the Badgers’head coach, has been one of Badger Chat on the right side of the the most significant figures in shaping UW into one of the top programs in the nation. UWBADGERS.COM front page under ‘Sidelines.’ Duerst, who began his work with the UW women’s program in 1987 as an assistant coach under Greg Ryan, has been here for the Badgers’1988 NCAA semifinal appear- ance, the 1991 NCAA second-place finish, and the 1996 Big Ten Championship. In 2001, the Badgers tied No. 3 Notre Dame, jumped into the NSCAA/adidas rank- ings at No. 25 and played a school and Big Ten record seven overtime games. In his inaugural season as head coach, Duerst led his squad to the first Big Ten champi- onship on its home field. The team’s record of 16-6 was the best for a first-year women’s soccer coach in UW history. ROCKY ROCOCO CLASSIC OPENS 2002 HOME SEASON 2002 QUICK FACTS The Rocky Rococo Wisconsin Soccer Invitational kicks off the Badgers' home schedule Sept. 13 and 15. UW opens against No. 9 Connecticut, a perennial national power that 2002 fell in the third round of the 2001 NCAA Championship to Penn State. UW closes out its Overall Record 1-1-0 annual home invite against Davidson on Sunday, Sept. 15 at 1 p.m. In other Rocky Home/Away 0-0-0/1-1-0 Rococo action, Davidson takes on St. Louis Sept. 13 at 5 p.m., and St. Louis battles Big Ten Record/Place 0-0-0/NA UConn Sept. 15 at 11 a.m. Regular Starters Returning/Lost 7/4 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 22/9 DAVIDSON DEALS When UW takes on Davidson in the Rocky Rococo Classic Sept. 15, soccer fans can take Coaching Staff a University of Wisconsin Women’s Soccer team poster, while supplies last. Badger fans Head Coach Dean Duerst will also receive free admission to the soccer game with their ticket stub from the Alma Mater Wisconsin, 1985 Wisconsin vs. Northern Illinois football game on September 14th. UW Record 92-63-20 (8 years) Career Record Same HOW VERMEULEN SPENT HER SUMMER VACATION Big Ten Regular Season Record 35-26-8 (8 years) Sophomore Amy Vermeulen, a native of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, spent her sum- Assistant Coach John Reddan mer representing her country.Vermeulen, the Badgers’top returning goal scorer, compet- Alma Mater Wisconsin, 1989 ed with the Canadian Under-19 team this summer. Assistant Coach Kristie Braunston The team competed in nine exhibition games, finishing 9-0, before heading to the Alma Mater Vanderbilt, 1998 inaugural FIFA U19 Women’s World Championships, held in Canada from Aug. 17 - Vol. Asst. Coach Ben Dickey Sept. 1. Alma Mater Chicago, 1998 A forward on the 34-member team,Vermeulen scored in Canada’s first exhibition game, a 4-0 win over Italy on May 31. She tallied another goal against Italy in a 5-0 vic- History tory on June 4.Vermeulen notched her third goal of the summer in Canada’s final exhibi- First Year of Soccer 1981 tion game versus Brazil. Overall All-Time record 243-111-29 In FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship games, Canada defeated Denmark, Big Ten record (1994-2001) 43-31-9 Japan and Nigeria, winning Group A, and advanced to the quarterfinals against England. Big Ten tournament championships 1 (1994) Canada topped England 6-2, and Brazil in the semifinals on penalty kicks. The United Big Ten regular season championships 1 (1996) No. Years in NCAA tournament/Last 11/2000 States defeated Canada, 1-0, in the championship game Sunday. Best Finish in NCAA tournament 2nd (1991) USING HER HEAD Home Field McClimon Soccer Complex (4,500) Lauren Schmidt, one of the Badgers’biggest threats in the air, connected on a header for her first goal of the season. Schmidt tallied the Badgers’lone goal versus USC, heading a Wisconsin Facts Sarah Capel corner kick into the net. Location Madison, Wisconsin “It was an unstoppable kind of goal,”said Duerst of Schmidt’s score. Population 208,054 Founded 1848 CAPEL CAPITALIZES WITH CORNER Enrollment 41,522 Sophomore Sarah Capel, who registered an assist in the UW Red/White scrimmage, Nickname Badgers tallied her first point of the 2002 season on an assist versus USC. After working on cor- Colors Cardinal and White ners in practice earlier in the week, the Badgers capitalized on their lone corner kick Conference Big Ten against USC. Capel took the advantage and rifled a pass to Lauren Schmidt for the score. Division NCAA I “Capel hit an incredible serve off the corner, showing great focus,”Duerst said. Chancellor John Wiley Athletic Board Chair Professor Bernice Durand FAMILY MATTERS Athletics Director Pat Richter Several Badgers had ties to the University of Wisconsin long before they earned roster Asst. Athletics Director–Women’s Soccer John Jentz spots on the soccer squad. Kelly Meuer, Molly’s father, played for the men’s soccer team. University of Wisconsin Online www.wisc.edu Molly’s uncles, Rob and Jeff Andringa played UW hockey. Rick Larsen, Lindsay’s father, Wisconsin Athletics Online UWBADGERS.COM played baseball. Marla Froelich’s father Kevin and Carolyn Nosbusch’s father Keith, played football for the Badgers. Elly Patterson’s connection goes back further than her Sports Information parents as her great-grandfather Henry Helmholz played basketball for the Badgers, Women’s Soccer Contact Dan Uttech lettering in 1900-02.