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WHAT’S BRUIN: Women’s Soccer News & Notes 10/28
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Multimedia: Live Stats / Video / KFOX Radio
Overall Record: 4-9-3 (Home 2-6-2, Road 2-3-1)
NWC Record: 3-8-1, 6th T (Home 1-5, Road 2-3-1)
HIGHLIGHTS:
* Coming Up: Bruins to Visit NWC-Leading UPS, Host Lewis & Clark
* Recent Games: Bruins Split with ‘Whits’ on Eastern Washington Trip
* Akiu, Montero Honorable Mention for NWC Weekly Honors
* NWC Stats: Keeper Duo of Montero and Doyle Among League’s Best
* Career Lists: Cardwell, Akiu, Doyle Looking to Move Up on Lists
Coming Up :
Sat., Oct. 30, 12:00 pm - at University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Wash. (NWC)
Sun., Oct. 31, 12:00 pm - vs. Lewis & Clark College, Newberg, Ore. (NWC)
The Bruins go from one extreme to the other this weekend as they visit the Northwest Conference-leading Puget Sound Loggers on Saturday, then come home to host the last-place Lewis & Clark Pioneers Sunday at the Austin Sports Complex. Both games are set to start at 12:00 noon. The Bruins will try to play ‘spoiler’ against the Loggers, who are locked in a tight race with Linfield and Whitworth for the NWC title. The Lewis & Clark match will be part of a doubleheader, with the George Fox men hosting Pacific Lutheran at 2:30 p.m. following the women’s game.
Multimedia: There will be no multimedia presentations from the Puget Sound match on Saturday. George Fox will provide live stats of Sunday’s match with Lewis & Clark; see the link above.
Tickets: Ticket prices for George Fox soccer matches at the Austin Sports Complex, which is located at the corner of Villa Rd. and Crestview Dr. a mile north of the main campus, are $6 for adults and $3 for non-GFU students and seniors 55 and over. Children 6 and under who are not in school are free. George Fox faculty, staff, and students are admitted free with valid GFU ID; the ID covers immediate family members for George Fox employees.
This Week’s Opponents:
Puget Sound (14-1-2, NWC 11-1-1): The Loggers from Tacoma, Wash., were picked 1st unanimously in the NWC pre-season poll, the Bruins 8th ... After a 1-1 tie at Willamette on Sunday ended their 8-game winning streak, the Loggers responded with a 4-0 win at Pacific Lutheran on Wednesday ... The Loggers have won the last five meetings with the Bruins, including a 4-0 win in Newberg on Oct. 3 this year, and are 22-0-1 since the Bruins last beat them 1-0 in Newberg on Oct. 10, 1998 ... UPS in the latest NWC stats: shots (2nd, 293), points (2nd, 99), goals (2nd, 38), assists (2nd, 23), goals allowed (3rd, 13), goals against avg. (2nd, 0.73), saves (9th, 32), shutouts (1st T, 9) ... Theresa Henle is 2nd in shots (59), points (29), goals (14), game-winning goals (4) ... Kelly Andersen is 3rd in shots (48), assists (4, T) ... Christine Isabella is 4th in goals (6), 5th in points (13, T), 6th in shots (43) ... Mikaela Freeman is 3rd in game-winning goals (3, T), 7th in points (11, T), 8th in assists (3, T)... Jenny Moore is 5th in goals (5, T), 7th in points (11, T) ... Abby Goss is 1st in assists (5, T) ... Jess Yarbrough is 1st in goals against avg. (0.42), 4th in shutouts (2, T), 7th in save pct. (.786) ... Casey Thayer is 3rd in shutouts (3), 4th in goals against avg. (0.99) ... Coach Randy Hanson is 222-55-24 to date in his 14th year ... Next: Nov. 5 at Pacific, 12 pm.
Lewis & Clark (3-10-3, NWC 1-10-1): The Pioneers from Portland, Ore., were picked 9th in the NWC pre-season poll, the Bruins 8th ... The Pios ended an 11-game winless streak (one tie) with a 3-2 win over Pacific Lutheran on Sunday ... The Bruins have won the last four meetings with the Pios, including a 2-1 double-overtime win in Portland on Oct. 2 this year ... The Pios’ last win in the series was 2-0 in Portland on Sept. 19, 2008 ... L&C in the latest NWC stats: shots (8th, 150), points (9th, 29), goals (8th T, 12), assists (9th, 5), goals allowed (8th, 31), goals against avg. (8th, 1.97), saves (1st, 121), shutouts (6th T, 2) ... Elise Delgado is 1st in saves per game (7.08), 3rd in saves (85), 4th in save pct. (.810), 8th in shutouts (1, T), 10th in goals against avg. (1.92) ... Shayna Lentz is 6th in saves per game (4.71), 8th in save pct. (.750), 10th in saves (33) ... Coach Jim Tursi is 3-10-3 to date in his 1st year at Lewis & Clark, and 275-80-31 in his 19th season overall ... Lewis & Clark visits Pacific Saturday before meeting the Bruins ... Next: Nov. 5 vs. Whitman, 12 pm.
Recent Results (1-1):
Sat., Oct. 23 - L 0-1 at Whitworth
Cory Druffel scored three minutes into the game and that was just enough for the Pirates to edge the visiting Bruins. Whitworth out-shot the Bruins 23-4, but Alyssa Montero made seven saves to keep the Bruins close. Nicole Akiu had the Bruins’ only shot on goal.
Sun., Oct. 24 - W 2-0 at Whitman
Esther Harder broke a scoreless tie 90 seconds into the second half with her first goal of the season,and Nicole Akiu added her first four minutes later as the Bruins earned a split on their eastern Washington trip with a win over the Missionaries. Whitman had an 18-12 advantage in shots, but Alyssa Montero set a career high with 12 saves to earn her first shutout of the season.
BRUIN BITS ---
* Akiu, Montero Honorable Mention for NWC Weekly Honors
Nicole Akiu scored a critical insurance goal in the Bruins’ 2-0 win at Whitman and Alyssa Montero had 19 saves in two games, earning the pair honorable mention for Northwest Conference Women’s Soccer Offensive and Defensive Student-Athlete of the Week respectively for Oct. 12-18.
Akiu, a senior from Honolulu, Hawai’i, was the Bruins’ biggest offensive threat of the week. In a 1-0 loss at Whitworth on Oct. 23, she had half of the Bruins’ four shots and the only one on goal. In the win at Whitman on Oct. 24, she tied Melanie Gaither for the team lead with three shots apiece, and notched her first goal of the season four-and-a-half minutes into the second half to boost the George Fox lead to a more comfortable 2-0.
Montero had seven saves to keep the Bruins close in a 1-0 loss at Whitworth on Oct. 23, then set a career high with 12 saves and earned her first career shutout in a 2-0 win at Whitman on Oct. 24. In Northwest Conference stats, the freshman from Hermosa Beach, Calif.,ranks 3rd in save pct. (.816), 4th in saves (71) and saves per game (5.46), 6th in goals against avg. (1.44), and 8th in shutouts (1, T). She was the Bruin Athletic Association Women’s Athlete of the Week and the NWC Defensive Student-Athlete of the Week for Aug. 30-Sept. 5.
* 2010 Honors
Alyssa Montero ---
- Bruin Athletic Association Women’s Athlete of the Week - (Aug. 30-Sept. 5)
- Northwest Conference Women’s Soccer Defensive Student-Athlete of the Week - (Aug. 30-Sept. 5; HM, Oct. 18-24)
Kirsten Cardwell ---
- Northwest Conference Women’s Soccer Offensive Student-Athlete of the Week - (HM, Sept. 6-12; HM, Oct. 4-10; HM, Oct. 11-17)
Melanie Gaither ---
- Northwest Conference Women’s Soccer Offensive Student-Athlete of the Week - (HM, Sept. 20-26)
Cori Jo Young ---
- Bruin Athletic Association Women’s Athlete of the Week - (Sept. 27-Oct. 3)
- Northwest Conference Women’s Soccer Offensive Student-Athlete of the Week - (HM, Sept. 27-Oct. 3)
Nicole Akiu ---
- Northwest Conference Women’s Soccer Offensive Student-Athlete of the Week - (HM, Oct. 18-24)
* NWC Stats: Keeper Duo of Montero and Doyle Among League’s Best
George Fox in the latest Northwest Conference statistics (thru Oct. 27): shots (5th, 168), points (8th, 31), goals (8th T, 12), assists (8th, 7), goals allowed (4th, 23), goals against avg. (4th, 1.38), saves (2nd, 114), shutouts (4th, 4) ...
Becka Doyle: save pct. (1st, .854), goals against avg. (5th, 1.27), saves per game (5th, 5.12), shutouts (8th T, 1), saves (9th, 41)...
Alyssa Montero: save pct. (3rd, .816), saves (4th, 71), saves per game (4th, 5.46), goals against avg. (6th, 1.44), shutouts (8th T, 1) ...
* Career Lists: Cardwell, Akiu, Doyle Looking to Move Up on Lists
- Kirsten Cardwell: With 4 goals this season, Cardwell has 26 goals in her career and has moved into a tie for 5th on the all-time list with Amber Stevens (26, 2004-07). Ahead is Brooke (Pitner) Erickson (29, 2000-03 ... She has 9 points this season (4 goals, 1 assists) and 62 points in her career, 6th on the all-time list. Ahead are Brooke (Pitner) Erickson (65, 2000-03) and Amber Stevens (66, 2004-07) ... With one assist this season, she has 10 assists in her career and is tied for 12th on the all-time list with Julie Jensen (1991-94) and Noelle Miller (1998-99). Ahead with 11 assists are Nicole Akiu (2007-), Julie Alexander (2004-06) and Ashleigh Hughes (1997-2000) ...
- Nicole Akiu: With one assist this season, Akiu has 11 assists in her career and is tied for 9th all-time with Julie Alexander (11, 2004-06) and Ashleigh Hughes (11, 1997-2000). Ahead are Staci Morris (12, 1994-97), Beth Kahut (12, 1994, 96-98), Sarah Bowder (12, 1995-98), and Kiersten Luginbill 12, 2003-04) ...
- Becka Doyle: With one shutout this season, Doyle has 5 shutouts in her career and is 6th on the all-time list. Ahead is Sally (Page) Alway (7, 2007-08) ... With 41 saves thids season, she has 106 in her career, 7th on the all-time list. Ahead is Sally (Page) Alway (110, 2007-08) ...
* Coach Andy Hetherington:
Andy Hetherington (St. John's, U.K., '76) is 60-101-9 (.379) in his 9th season as the women's soccer coach at George Fox. He was 123-20-5 in 10 seasons as a high school coach in the Portland, Ore., area before taking the position at George Fox. Eight of his teams made state tournaments, and his 1991 and 1992 Catlin Gabel men’s teams won state championships. Click here for the complete bio on Coach Hetherington.
