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Rising
senior Tessa Lennala was named 2007 Big West Offensive
Player of the Year after leading the conference in goals
scored (8). |
(June. 24, 2008) – UC Riverside Head Women's
Soccer Coach Veronica O'Brien announced today that the Highlanders
2008 schedule will feature five matches against 2007 NCAA
Tournament participants in addition to a full slate of Big
West Conference games. The team also hosts its first-ever
night match on Friday, September 5 against 2007 Big Sky champion
Sacramento State.
The season begins on the road at Southern Utah
on Friday, August 22, with the team's home opener coming two
days later on Sunday, August 24 against Cal State Bakersfield.
The Highlanders slate of matches against 2007 NCAA Tournament
participants begins on Sunday, August 31 at Creighton (Missouri
Valley Conference champion) followed by the first home night
against Sacramento State. UCR travels to San Diego (West Coast
Conference) on Friday, September 26 before hosting UNLV (Mountain
West Conference champion) on Sunday, September 28
The Highlanders' Big West season gets underway
with a home match on Friday, October 3 vs. UC Santa Barbara,
with an October 26 road match scheduled against 2007 Big West
champion Cal State Fullerton.
The schedule also features a home match against
Pac-10 foe Oregon (Sept. 12 at 5 p.m.) and road matches against
Big 12 opponents Nebraska (Aug. 29 at 3:30 p.m.) and San Diego
(Sept. 26 at 7 p.m.)
The top four teams in the Big West advance
to conference tournament slated for November 7 and 9. Sites
and times for the tournament are determined based on final
2008 standings.
UC Riverside will be led once again this season by senior
forward Tessa Lennala who was named Big West Offensive Player
of the Year in 2007 after leading the conference in goals
scored (8) and tying for second in points (18). She led the
Highlanders with 30 shots-on-goal and kicked two game winners
as UCR finished the year 8-9-1 overall and 2-5-1 in the Big
West.
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