BRIGHAM YOUNG S O C C E R Athletic Media Relations • 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, UT 84602 • 801-422-8948 • Fax 801-422-0633 BYU 2003 SCOREBOARD Brigham Young Brigham Young Date Opponent Time/Result (TV) Aug 29 No. 17 MICHIGAN . .T, 0-0 (2OT) (1-0-1) vs. (1-0-1) vs. Aug 30 COLGATE . .W, 2-0 Sept 5 TENNESSEE . .7:00 pm (TV) No. 7 Tennessee SUU Sept 8 SOUTHERN UTAH . .5:00 pm (2-0-0) (0-2-0) Sept 12 @ Kentucky . .7:30 pm Sept 13 @ Iowa . .5:00 pm Sept. 5, 2003 • 7 p.m. (MDT) Sept. 8, 2003 • 5 p.m. (MDT) Sept 19 MONTANA . .7:00 pm South Stadium (2,000) • Provo, Utah South Stadium (2,000) • Provo, Utah Sept 20 IDAHO STATE . .8:00 pm Sept 23 @ Gonzaga . .3:00 pm Sept 26 FLORIDA . .7:00 pm TWO RANKED TEAMS IN THREE GAMES For the second time in three games the BYU women’s soccer team will face a nationally Sept 30 WEBER STATE . .7:00 pm ranked opponent, this time facing off at home with No. 7 Tennessee (2-0-0). Oct 3 USC . .7:00 pm Oct 9 NEW MEXICO* . .7:00 pm The Vols were a Sweet 16 team last season in the NCAA Tournament who finished with Oct 11 AIR FORCE * . .7:00 pm an 18-6-1 record, and have started off the 2003 season with wins over UC Santa Barbara and Fresno State. Oct 16 @ San Diego State* . .3:00 pm Oct 18 @ UNLV* . .7:30 pm This is the second meeting between the Cougars and the Lady Vols with Tennessee edg- Oct 23 WYOMING* . .7:00 pm ing out BYU in 2001 in Provo at South Stadium with a 1-2 victory. Oct 27 @ Hawaii . .7:00 pm For the Cougars, it is a chance to even the series between the two teams and find redemp- Nov 1 UTAH* . .7:00 pm (TV) tion for last Friday’s double overtime 0-0 tie to No. 17 Michigan. Nov 5-8 MWC Tournament @ S.L.C, UT . .TBA Nov 12 NCAA 1st Round . .TBA BYU (1-0-1) will also host the T-Birds of Southern Utah University (0-2-0) on Monday, Nov 22 NCAA 2nd Round . .TBA Sept. 8. The game will be the first meeting between the two schools. Nov 29 NCAA 3rd Round . .TBA Kick off is set for 7:00 p.m. (MDT) on Friday, Sept. 5 at South Stadium with BYUTV Dec 6 NCAA 4th Round . .TBA broadcasting the game live. The Cougars and T-Birds get will get underway at 5:00 p.m. Dec 12 College Cup . .TBA (MDT) on Sept 8. *MWCGame (BYU Television airs on the Dish Network 500 System and Direct TV) THE LAST TIME The first and only game played between BYU and Tennessee took place a little more than MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION two years ago on Sept. 1, 2001 on the Cougars’ home field, when the then No. 13 ranked Primary Soccer Contact . .Jason Wells Cougars were surprised by an unranked Tennessee team with a E-Mail . [email protected] 2-1 loss. Office Phone . .(801) 422-8948 In the game, Tennessee struck early with a goal five minutes into Secondary Soccer Contact . .Norma Collett the game by Keeley Dowling giving the Vols an early 1-0 lead. E-Mail . [email protected] Both teams then went scoreless until the closing minutes of the Office Phone . .(801) 422-4908 second period, when the Lady Vols sealed the victory with a late goal by Sue Flamini and only 11 minutes left on the clock. The Cougars’ lone goal came FAX . .(801) 422-0633 in the final minutes when Kim Devine scored off an assist from Aleisha Cramer Rose Home/Cell Phone . .(801) 358-8728 with four minutes left in the game to avoid the shutout. Press Row . .(801) 358-8728 Homepage . .www.byucougars.com/soccer_w ROSE ON HERMANN TROPHY WATCH LIST ’99, ’00, ’01, ‘02 Three-time All-American senior Aleisha Rose, of the BYU women’s soccer team, was M W C named to the Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy watch list Tuesday. S o c c e r C h a m p i o n s www.byucougars.com/soccer_w pg. 2 BRIGHAM YOUNG S O C C E R The M.A.C.’s Hermann Trophy is college soccer’s equivalent to the Heisman Trophy BYU SOCCER INFORMATION and represents the highest level of individual achievement in the sport. Head Coach . .Jennifer Rockwood (BYU, 1989) Office Phone . .(801-422-8732) Rose, a preseason All-American, is one of 16 athletes who make up the watch list that Division I Record at BYU . .142-39-3 (.780); 8 years includes the top Division I athletes in the country. Past recipients include some of the Career Record . .Same biggest names in soccer, such as Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, Shannon MacMillan, Cindy Club Team Record at BYU . 128-25-9 (.790); 6 years Parlow, Claudio Reyna, Tony Meola and Alexi Lalas. Assistant Coach . Chris Watkins (801-422-8733) Assistant Coach . Brian Jolley (801-422-8733) A native of Lakewood, Colo., Rose has become one of the most decorated soccer ath- 2002 Record . .16-6-0 letes in Cougar history. As a freshman she was named the Mountain West Conference 2002 MWC Record . .6-0 Freshman of the Year, was the MWC Player of the Year as a sophomore, a first-team All- MWC and MWC All-Tournament team selection and has received three-consecutive 2002 MWC Regular Season Finish . .1st All-America citations. This is the second time in her career that Rose has been named 2002 MWC Tournament Champions to the Hermann Trophy watch list. 2002 NCAA . .1st Rd.Loss to Utah, 3-2 (OT) 2002 Final Ranking . .23rd Starters Returning/Lost . .8/3 JENSEN NAMED FIRST MWC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Letterwinners Returning/Lost . .11/5 BYU freshman defender Nicole Jensen was named the Mountain West Conference Newcomers . .9 Defensive Player of the Week after her performances against No. 17 Michigan and Colgate last weekend. BYU QUICK FACTS Location . Provo, Utah 84602 Jensen, a Denver, Colo., product, was the defensive catalyst in the Enrollment . 30,069 (Daytime) Cougars’ two shutouts last weekend to begin the season. In Founded . Oct. 15, 1875 BYU’s 0-0 tie against No. 17 Michigan, she helped hold the Colors . Dark Blue, White and Tan Wolverines, who averaged 14.6 shots per game in 2002, down to Nickname . Cougars five total shots (three on goal) in the contest. In the 2-0 win over Mascot . Cosmo (the Cougar) Colgate, Jensen turned in another strong defensive performance Affiliation . NCAA Division I-A and managed to push the ball to the Cougar forwards to start the Conference . Mountain West offensive game. The Cougars defense held Colgate’s tandem of Stadium . South Stadium (2,000), Grass Kate Barrett and Kelly Kuss to three total shots on goal. President . Cecil O. Samuelson Women’s AD . Elaine Michaelis SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS Ticket Office Phone . (801) 378-BYU1 The No. 7 Tennessee Vols started off the season with a 1-0 shutout victo- Homepage . www.byucougars.com ry over UC Santa Barabara and followed that up with a 3-1 win over All-Time Record . 142-39-3 (.780) Fresno State. In the first two games of the season, the Lady Vols out shot their opponents by a combined 26-12 margin, and have a two goal per game average. Junior Lyndsey Patterson leads Tennessee with two goals TOP RETURNERS/STARTERS (8) and one assist and Hermann Trophy candidate junior Keeley Dowling has one goal in Terra Bigelow, Sr., F (1 G, 4A, 6 pts.) two games. In two games the Vols have committed only nine fouls to their opponents 24 on the season. Brooke Bowman, So., MF (8 G, 4 A, 20 pts.) SUU has struggled offensively this season, droping its first three games Krissa Campbell, Jr., MF/F (1 G, 3 A, 5pts.) including two shutouts while allowing a combined eight goals. Dating Jennifer Fielding, Sr., F (7 G, 5 A, 19 pts.) back to last season, SUU has been held scoreless in five of its last six games. The T-Birds have been out shot 17-67 by their opponents with Charlene Lui, So., MF/D (3 G, 1 A, 7 pts.) only five shots on goal in two games. Freshman Ashley Smith leads the Lydia Ojuka, Sr., F/MF (5 G, 4 A, 14 pts.) team with five shots on goal and five shots total. Jamie Rendich, So., F/MF (3 G, 3 A, 9 pts.) LAST GAME: NO. 17 MICHIGAN AND COLGATE Aleisha Rose, Sr., D/MF (6 G, 12 A, 24 pts.; AA) Last weekend the Cougars opened the 2003 season with a win and a tie, defeating Colgate 2-0 and playing to a 0-0 double overtime finish against No. 17 Michigan. STARTERS LOST (3) Against the Wolverines, lightning delayed the game 90 minutes with action being sus- Jeni Willardson-Viernes, Sr, F (7 G, 7 A, 21 pts.) pended with 21:01 left in the second period. When the game finished the teams had tied but BYU out shot Michigan 13-5. The next day, Saturday, Aug. 30 the Cougars faced off Farrah Olmstead, Jr.,D/MF (0 G, 0 A, 0 pts. - lost for against Colgate and earned their second shutout of the season. Sophomore Jaime Rendich scored both of the Cougars’ goals in the game with senior Terra Bigelow and medical reasons) sophomore Charlene Lui getting the assists.