Women's Soccer Set to Host #6 UCLA on Sunday
9/14/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Sept. 14, 2005
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THIS WEEK IN GAEL SOCCER
This week Saint Mary's will play one game against the No. 6 ranked UCLA Bruins on Sunday, September 18. The match between SMC and UCLA will begin at 1 p.m. in Saint Mary's Stadium. UCLA was ranked third last week, but suffered a 1-0 overtime loss to No. 4 Penn State. UCLA posted a 1-1 mark last week after defeating Colorado, 2-0, on Sunday.
WHO'S HOT
Senior midfielder Gen Hollis scored both SMC goals last week, as the Gaels posted a 1-1 record against SMU and #24 Dartmouth. After the Gaels were held scoreless by SMU, Hollis converted two of her three shots against the Big Green into goals. The Gaels would go on to defeat Dartmouth by a score of 2-0.
SCOUTING THE UCLA BRUINS
UCLA enters this week as the sixth ranked team in the nation by the NSCAA, Soccer Buzz and Soccer America. After opening the season with four straight wins and ranked third in the county, the Bruins dropped their first game of the season to No. 4 Penn State, 1-0, in double overtime on Sept. 9. Two days later, UCLA rebounded to defeat Colorado 2-0. This season, UCLA has posted wins over #25 San Diego (4-1) and #14 Princeton (1-0). Freshman forward Kara Lang, who has played in four of six games this season, is the Bruins leading scorer with four goals and one assist for a total of nine points. Sophomore midfielder Danesha Adams is second on the team with three goals and senior forward Iris Mora leads the team with three assists. As a team, UCLA has recorded four shutouts and is holding opponents to a 0.34 goals against average. Sophomore goalkeeper Valerie Henderson has played all but 62 minutes in goal for UCLA, has a 0.38 goals against average, and posted three shutouts. Before making the trip to Moraga, the Bruins will play No. 4 Santa Clara on Friday night.
SMC VERSUS UCLA; THE SERIES
When SMC and UCLA meet on Sunday, it will mark the third ever meeting between the two schools. UCLA has won both games played in the series. UCLA posted a 2-0 win in the first game played in 1995, then collected a 1-0 overtime victory in 2003. Sunday's game will mark the first game played at Saint Mary's in the series.
LOOKING BACK AT LAST WEEK
In the 2005 SMC Fall Soccer Classic, Saint Mary's posted a 1-1 record following a 1-0 overtime loss to SMU and a 2-0 victory over No. 24 Dartmouth on Sunday. SMU scored the game-winning goal late in the first overtime period, handing SMC its second loss of the young season. Two days later, the Gaels responded by beating a ranked opponent for the first time this season. Gen Hollis scored both goals for SMC, marking her second and third scores of the season. The shutout of Dartmouth marked the third of the season for Saint Mary's.
THIRD-YEAR HEAD COACH Paul Sapsford
Paul Sapsford is in his third season as head coach of the Saint Mary's women's soccer program. Sapsford holds a 20-22-3 record at SMC, following a 1-1 record last week. He led the Gaels to an 8-12 record in 2004 and an 8-8-3 mark in 2003. Following a one-year stint as the co-head coach at Stanford, his Division I career record stands at 38-23-3. In 2002 at Stanford, Soccer America named Sapsford co-Coach of the Year, after leading the Cardinal to the NCAA Quarterfinals and a 21-2 overall record, marking the best record in the program's history.
FRATTONE CLIMBING CAREER RECORDS
With her goal against Montana on Sept. 4, Katie Frattone has 16 goals in her career, which ranks 10th in the Gaels' record books. The goal against the Grizzlies was also the game-winner, marking the fifth of her career, tying teammate McKenna Belzer for eighth all time. Frattone has collected a total of 40 points in her career, three points shy of breaking into the top-10.
LEE MOVING UP SMC GOALKEEPER LIST
Following a 2-0 shutout against No. 24 Dartmouth, sophomore goalkeeper Andrea Lee now has seven shutouts and 12 wins in her career at Saint Mary's. Her seven shutouts rank seventh all time, one behind Anna Delis for sixth and two behind Sylvia Keller for fourth. Her 12 career wins are tied with Delis and Keller for fourth place all time. Additionally, Lee ranks fourth in games played in goal with 27. Lee's played in 27 of the Gaels' 28 games in her two-year career.
WORKING OVERTIME
When Saint Mary's played back-to-back overtime games to open the season it marked the first time in school history that the Gaels played extra minutes in consecutive games to open the season. On Friday against SMU, SMC played its third overtime game of the season in six games. The most overtime games in one season for a women's soccer team is six, which happened in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
GAELS IN THE WCC
Compared to the teams in the West Coast Conference, SMC ranks third in a number of statistical categories. The Gaels are third in points (26), goals (9), assists (8), and goals against average (0.78). SMC is second in shutouts (3) and fourth in goals allowed (0.83 gpg).
NEXT WEEK
Next week the Gaels will hit the road for two games in Colorado Springs, Colorado against Air Force and Colorado College. The first game of the road trip will have SMC playing the Falcons on Friday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. Two days later, the Gaels square off against Colorado College in a Sunday matinee beginning at Noon.
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