BYU WOMEN’S SOCCER 2010 Weekly Release -Games 6&7 MWC Champions five of past ten years • NCAA Tournament appearances in ten of last 11 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. 14 in the nation during 2007 Athletic Communications • 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, Utah • 84602 • 801-422-8948 • fax 801-422-0633 This Week in BYU Soccer: No. 10 BYU continues five-game home stretch: 2010 BYU SCHEDULE all times local to site BYU will face two more tough opponents this week, from outstanding soccer conferences, starting Thursday against LSU and followed by Marquette on Saturday. AUGUST BYU Cougar Quick Facts 12 - Thu. BLUE/WHITE . .. 14 - Sat. Exhibition/Alumni . W, 5-1 2010 Record: 5-0-0 20 - Fri @ Long Beach State . W 2-0 2009 Record: 18-4-2 (6-0-1/2nd) 23 - Mon. @ Cal State Fullerton . W 3-0 Starters returning/lost: 8/3 27 - Fri. WEBER STATE . W 5-1 Starters returning include Freshman of the Year Carlee Payne, standout goalie McKinzie 31 - Tue No. 14 NORTHWESTERN . W 2-1 Olson, senior forward Kassidy Shumway and All-Conference second team defender Lindsi SEPTEMBER Lisonbee. 3 - Fri. No. 21 WASHINGTON STATE . W 3-1 Letterwinners returning/lost: 21/5 9 - Thu. LSU. 7 p.m. Head Coach: Jennifer Rockwood (current: 252-75-21) 11 - Sat. MARQUETTE. 7 p.m. 18 - Sat. @ Rice. 7 p.m. Assistant Coaches: Chris Watkins, Aleisha Rose 20 - Mon. @ Texas. 7 p.m. Director of Operations: Jennie Smith 25 - Sat. @ Utah State. 4 p.m. 29 - Wed. IDAHO STATE . 7 p.m. Game 6 Quick Look: Thursday, September 9, 7 p.m., PROVO, Utah OCTOBER South Field 2 - Sat. @Wyoming*. 1 p.m. LSU Tigers 9 - Sat. AIR FORCE* . 8 p.m. 14 - Thu. @ TCU* . 7 p.m. 16 - Sat. @ New Mexico*. 5 p.m. 2010 Record: 1-3-0 21 - Thu. UNLV*. 7 p.m. 2009 Record: 15-4-5 (8-2-1 conference/2nd) 23 - Sat. SAN DIEGO STATE*. 7 p.m. Last Meeting: 2008, L 1-4 28 - Thu. @ Santa Clara. 7 p.m. 30 - Sat. @ Utah*. 7 p.m. Head Coach: Brian Lee (58-31-19/5 seasons) Assistant Coaches: Debbie Hensley NOVEMBER 3-6 MWC Tournament**. TBA * Denotes Mountain West Conference Game Game 7 Quick Look: ** MWC Tournament will be played in Provo Saturday, September 11, 7 p.m., PROVO, Utah South Field Marquette Golden Eagles 2010 Record: 3-2-1 2009 Record: 15-5-3 (7-2-2 conference/1st) Last Meeting: 2008, L 0-1 Head Coach: Markus Roeders (202-80-13/14 seasons) Assistant Coaches: Frank Pelaez, Hideki Nakada Cougar Soccer Quick Notes: -BYU started this season with back-to-back shutouts, a feat they haven’t repeated since 2005 -The Cougars are now 5-0, their best start to a season since the 2005 campaign -Forward Jennie Marshall recorded three goals, in two games, for the second week in a row putting her goal total at six to lead the team -Both games this week will feature Cougar firsts as BYU hosts LSU and Marquette for the first time on South Field www.byucougars.com 2010 BYU Women’s Soccer 2009 BYU QUICK FACTS Fall 2010 Women’s Soccer games on BYUTV UNIVERSITY INFO: Location: . Provo, Utah 84602 Elevation: . 4,553 Sept. Enrollment:. 33,278 (Daytime) 3 Washington State PROVO 7 p.m. Founded:. Oct. 15, 1875 9 LSU PROVO 7 p.m. Owner: . .The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 29 Idaho State PROVO 7 p.m. Colors:. Blue and White Nickname:. Cougars Oct. Mascot:. Cosmo (the Cougar) 9 Air Force PROVO 8 p.m. Affiliation: . NCAA Division I 21 UNLV PROVO 7 p.m. Conference: . Mountain West Conferece 23 San Diego State PROVO 7 p.m. Field: . South Field (3,228) President:. Cecil O. Samuelson (Utah, 1966) Jarom Jordan and Natalyn Lewis provide play-by-play commentary Athletic Director:. Tom Holmoe (BYU, 1983) for all women’s soccer games on BYUtv. Lewis played BYU soccer Tickets:. 801-422-BYU1 or 1-800-322-BYU1 for four years, earning her an All-America honor and a four-year club scholar athlete recognition. Jordan is in his third year as the SOCCER STAFF: play-by-play for women’s soccer on BYUtv. Head Coach:. .Jennifer Rockwood (BYU, 1989) BYU Record entering 2010/Years: 247-75-21/ 16th season Career Record/years:. same Office Phone: . (801) 422-8732 2010 National Assistant Coaches: . Chris Watkins (14 years) Polls Soccer America Complete Aleisha Rose (6 years) (week of Sep. 6) Poll: Director of Operations. Jennie Smith (3rd year) Athletic Trainer: . .Carolyn Billings (15 years) 1. North Carolina (4-0-1) The Cougars have been 2. Stanford (2-0-2) SOCCER FACTS: nationally recognized this 3. Portland (6-0-0) 2009 Overall Record:. 18-2-4 season in numerous pre- 4. Notre Dame (4-0-0) Conference Record/Finish: . 6-0-1/1st season polls including the 5. Boston College (3-0-1) Final National Ranking:. 20 6. Virginia (4-0-1) Newcomers:. 5 NSCAA and TopDrawerSoc- cer.com. 7. Texas A&M (4-0-1) Starters Returning/Lost. 8/3 8. Maryland (5-0-0) Letterwinners Returning/Lost. 19/7 ** denotes 2010 BYU opponent 9. Florida (5-0-0) BYU HISTORY: 10. BYU (5-0-0) First Year of NCAA Soccer:. 1995 Overall all-time record:. 247-75-21 Winning Seasons:. 15 Top Drawer Soccer Complete WAC Championships. .1 Poll: MWC Championships: . 7 NCAA Tournament Appearances:. 12 (5-9) (NSCAA) NCAA Pacific 1. North Carolina Last NCAA Appearance: . 2009 Region Complete Poll: 2. Stanford Result:. Lost to Stanford, 2-0 3. Notre Dame in the second round 1. Stanford University (2-0-2) 4. Boston College 2. BYU (5-0-0) 5. Portland ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS: 3. Arizona State (3-0-1) 6. Texas A&M Primary Soccer Contact:. .Whitney Craft 4. UCLA (3-1-0) 7. UCLA Phone:. 801-422-8999 5. New Mexico (4-0-2)** 8. Virginia E-mail:. [email protected] 6. California (3-0-2) 9. Florida State Secondary Soccer Contact: . Norma Collett 7. Oregon State (3-0-0) 10. Maryland Phone:. 801-422-4908 8. USC (2-1-2) 11. Florida E-mail:. [email protected] 9. Washington (3-1-1) 12. Santa Clara** Fax:. 801-422-0633 10. Oregon (2-1-2) 13. Duke Homepage: . www.byucougars.com 14. Wake Forest Press row phone:. N/A 15. Oregon State Mailing Address:. BYU Athletic Media Relations 16. Oklahoma State . 30 Smith Fieldhouse 17. Virginia Tech . Provo, Utah 84602 18. South Carolina 19. USC 20. Ohio State 21. California 22. Rutgers 23. Georgetown 24. BYU www.byucougars.com 2010 BYU Women’s Soccer Mountain West Conference Pre-Season Previous game recap: Coaches Poll In front of a season-high 2,564 fans at South August 10, 2009 Field on Friday night, the No. 12 BYU Cougars (5-0) took on the No. 21 Washington State Team ............................... Points Cougars to seize the 3-1 victory in BYU’s BYU (6)........................................................48 second win over a top-25 team. San Diego State (1)......................................37 Cami Jensen took the first shot on goal in the 23rd minute, deflected Utah (1)........................................................37 by WSU goalie Ariana Byrd. TCU.............................................................35 New Mexico.................................................24 Both teams left the field at halftime scoreless after battling for 45 Wyoming......................................................21 minutes. BYU headed into the locker room with seven attempts on UNLV...........................................................15 goal, while WSU had two. Air Force........................................................7 Jennie Marshall was the first to put the ball in the net for BYU, in the The Cougars were picked to finish first in this year’s preseason 53rd minute of action with an assist from Lauren Anderson. poll for the third year in a row. They won last year’s regular season title and was the runner-up in the 09 conference In the 16th minute, the Cougars had a close call when WSU sent the tournament. ball close to BYU’s goal on a corner kick. BYU goalkeeper McKinzie Olson was quick to deflect the attempt for her first save, of three, in Meet the BYU women’s soccer team... the victory. Washington State fought back and found a goal opportunity with 5 players are married on this year’s team forward Brandi Vega breaking away, going one-on-one with Olson Nicole Urry-Gilliam was married on December 27, 2008, in the towards the goal. Vega scored the equalizer with 15 minutes to play in Jordan River temple to Brandon Gilliam. Brandon played on the game. BYU’s men’s soccer team and now helps coach. Auna Janis-Doria was married on April 24, 2010, to Ronald It only took the Cougars in blue, however, 90 seconds to answer Doria. Vega’s goal, with Jessica Ringwood stealing back the lead with a free- Kassidy Christensen-Shumway was married on August 7, 2009, kick right over the head of Washington State’s goalie. The goal was to Drew Shumway. Drew plays on BYU’s lacrosse team. Ringwood’s second of the season. Kristi Dow-Jackson was married in July 2008 to Blake Jackson. Megan Richardson-Fereday was married on January 14, 2010, With BYU back on offense, a third goal was in sight just 10 minutes to Matt Fereday. after their second. A pass to the center gave Marshall an open shot on goal. Marshall grabbed the opportunity and sent the ball sailing over Byrd’s head for BYU’s third goal of the night with less than five 15 players attended high school in Utah minutes left to play.