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(March 21, 2002) - The University
of California Riverside women's soccer team has announced
the signing of two players for the 2002 season.
Coach Veronica O'Brien announced that the Highlanders have
signed Renee Scachetti and Amber Plumlee to national letters
of intent.
Plumlee is a 5-7 forward/midfielder from Sonora High School
in La Habra, CA who played for the Claremont Stars club team.
She was a four-year starter on the varsity and earned all-league
honors in her freshman, sophomore and junior years. She was
the leading scorer for the Sonora HS squad and was named Offensive
Player of the Year in 2000-01. Other honors included being
an honor roll student and being named to the All-Area team.
"Amber will add an offensive threat to our team," O'Brien
said. "She is a natural goal scorer, possesses explosive speed
and incredible work rate."
Scachetti is a 5-8 midfielder from Bishop Montgomery High
School in Torrance, CA who played for the Fram Splash club
team. She was a four-year starter on the varsity and helped
her team to the Del Rey League Championships in 1998-99 and
1999-00. She was named a member of the 1997 District 4 Olympic
Development team and was also a scholar athlete.
"Renee will add another dominating, aggressive force in the
center of the field," O'Brien said. "Technically and tactically
she has a great ability to change the pace of a game."
(Aug. 30, 2002) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders opened the season on the wrong foot
Friday with a 5-1 loss at
San Diego State University.
Sophomore forward Jessica
Armel scored her first goal of the season in the 14th minute
to tie the match at 1-1, but the Aztecs answered with four
unanswered goals over the next 76 minutes to pull away.
Highlander goaltender Katie
Blank faced 15 shots, five on goal, and made three saves.
The Highlanders had just three shots on the afternoon.
UCR returns to action on
Monday at 1:00 PM against San Jose State at the UCR Lower
Field.
(Sept. 2, 2002) - Spartan
junior Mariko Yoshihara scored two goals and senior Emily
New added a goal and an assist as the San Jose State Spartans
earned their first victory of the season defeating UC Riverside
3-0 at the UCR Lower Fields on Monday.
The Spartans (1-1) opened
the scoring in the tenth minute when Jeane Sunseri wrestled
the ball away from Highlander forward Tracy Schuster and passed
ahead to Spartan forward Alaina Chandler. Chandler controlled
the pass and centered to a streaking New, who beat UCR goalie
Katie Blank to the left post and the Spartans opened up a
1-0 lead.
SJSU added to the lead in
the 80th minute as Yoshihara scored the first of her two goals
on a breakaway. New delivered a pass hitting Yoshihara in
perfect stride whom sped past the Scot's defense line and
easily beat Blank with a shot to the right post. Yoshihara
added a goal with less then a minute remaining, stealing the
ball from Blank and chipping it into the net.
UCR appeared to dictate
play, having out-shot the Spartans 17-10, with most of the
match taking place in Spartan territory. San Jose State goalie
Erin Lavey recorded five saves.
With the loss, the Highlanders
fell to 0-2 on the season, having been outscored 8-1 in the
two losses.
The Highlanders return to
action next Friday, September 6, against the University of
San Diego Toreros at the UCR Lower Fields at 3:00 PM.
(Sept. 6, 2002) - The University
of San Diego Toreros scored two early goals and played tough
defense to keep the lead in a 3-0 victory at the Lower Fields
at UC Riverside on Friday.
The Toreros got on the board
in the first eight minutes of the contest when midfielder
Brooke Roby took a centering pass from Katie Allen and scored
to put the Toreros on the board. Highlanders’ goal keeper
Katie Blank came out to challenge Roby who made a move to
beat her to the right post and chip it into the open net.
Twelve minutes later, the
Toreros added to their lead when forward Michelle Rowe’s
shot ricocheted out in front of the net and LeAnne Klopschinski
pushed the ball past Blank for a 2-0 advantage.
USD added to the lead eight
minutes into the second half when Brenna Mullen stole the
ball from Blank and chipped the ball into the empty net. With
the loss, UCR fell to 0-3 on the season, while the Toreros
improved to 2-1.
The Highlanders return to
action on Sunday, as they play host to the University of Hawaii
Rainbow Wahine at 3 PM at the Lower Fields.
(Sept. 8, 2002) - Freshman
Renee Scachetti scored her first collegiate goal with less
than two minutes remaining to cap a UC Riverside comeback
as the Highlanders used three second half goals to defeat
the University of Hawaii 3-2
at the Lower Fields on Sunday.
With time winding down,
Erika Bligh fed Scachetti who drilled a 20-foot line drive
that hit the cross bar and fell into the net behind goalie
Jennifer Churchill to break a 2-2 tie. The win was the first
of the season for UCR (1-3). The Rainbow Wahine fall to 1-2-1.
Hawaii jumped out to an
early lead when Natalie Groenewoud hit a 25-foot shot that
was just out of the reach of Highlander goalie Kristen Cocks
for a 1-0 Hawaii advantage.
At the 70 minute mark, UCR
knotted the game when freshman Lisa Jensen took a cross pass
from Kelly Hurley and beat Churchill to the right post. The
goal was Jensen's first of her career, and ended a 326 minute
scoreless drought for UC Riverside.
Six minutes later, Hawaii
regained the advantage when Krystalynn Ontai's corner kick
deflected off of a UCR defenseman and into the Highlander
net, and Hawaii led 2-1.
UCR tied the game six minutes
later when Jessica Armel took a pass from Kristi Tanaka and
found herself all alone against Churchill and beat her to
the right post to tie the game at two apiece, setting up Scachetti's
heroics. UCR out-shot Hawaii 23-18.
"I am extremely proud
of the efforts of my girls today, " commented Head Coach
Veronica O'Brien, "We made an adjustment to attack on
offense. I am glad to see that we took that aggressive mentality."
The Highlanders return to
action on Friday, as they travel to Nevada for the Nevada
Tournament. Game time is at 5:30 PM.
(Sept. 13, 2002) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders defeated the University of Nevada Wolfpack
3-0 in the opening game of
the Wolf Pack Classic at Mackay Stadium on Friday.
Junior Kelli Fahres scored
with 27:50 minutes left in the half off an assist from senior
Colleen Sweeney. The match then went scoreless until the final
four mintues when freshman Renee Scachetti slipped one past
Wolfpack goalkeeper Megan Tarpenning on a pass from freshman
Tanya Decman. Freshmen Ashlee Stephens finished the scoring
with an unassisted goal with two minutes left in the game.
Senior Kristin Cocks recorded
the shutout with four saves while Tarpenning had seven saves.
The Highlanders (2-3) outshot the Wolfpack (1-4), 15-7.
The Highlanders return to
action on Sunday against Eastern Washington University at
1:00 PM.
(Sept. 15, 2002) - Senior
goalkeeper Kristin Cocks registered her second straight shutout
to lead the UC Riverside Highlanders to a 2-0
win over Eastern Washington at the Wolf Pack Classic at
Mackay Stadium on Sunday.
The Highlanders struck in
the 40th minute on an unassisted goal for Jessica Armel, her
third of the year, from the top of the box. Tracy Shuster's
first goal of the season added insurance in the 51st minute
off an assist by Tanya Noonan. UCR outshot the Eagles, 10-7
in the game.
Cocks had three saves while
Eastern Washington 'keeper Katie Grothkopp had five saves.
The Highlanders return to
action on Friday against Prarie View A&M in a tournament
in El Paso, Texas with a game time of 3:00 PM.
(Sept. 20, 2002) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders (4-3) set several school records in
an 11-0 win over Prairie
View A&M at the University of Texas, El Paso Friday.
Among the records set by
the Highlanders were goals (11), shots, (66), and assists
(6). PVAM (0-4) had 23 saves.
The Highlanders opened the
scoring in the seventh minute on a header by Renee Scachetti,
the first of seven first period goals. The Highlanders added
four in the second half.
Allison Stone led the Highlanders
with five points, scoring two goals and adding an assist.
Vanessa Chanez, Tracy Schuster and Erin Fahres also scored
twice each. Kelly Hurley and Jessica Armel also scored goals
for UCR, with Hurley adding two assists.
Fahres also set an individual
school record with 12 shots in the contest, seven on goal.
The Highlanders posted their
third straight shutout, a combined effort of Kristin Cocks
and Katie Blank, who split time in net.
The Highlanders play Stephan
F. Austin on Sunday.
11-0
win over Eastern Washington at the Wolf Pack Classic at
Mackay Stadium on Sunday.
The Highlanders struck in
the 40th minute on an unassisted goal for Jessica Armel, her
third of the year, from the top of the box. Tracy Shuster's
first goal of the season added insurance in the 51st minute
off an assist by Tanya Noonan. UCR outshot the Eagles, 10-7
in the game.
Cocks had three saves while
Eastern Washington 'keeper Katie Grothkopp had five saves.
The Highlanders return to
action on Friday against Prarie View A&M in a tournament
in El Paso, Texas with a game time of 3:00 PM.
(Sept. 22, 2002) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders shutout, 6-0,
Stephen F. Austin at the University of Texas, El Paso Tournament.
The win was the Highlanders' (5-3) fifth in a row and their
fourth straight shutout.
The Highlanders opened the
scoring in the second minute on a goal by Lisa Jensen but
were held scoreless the rest of the first half.
The Highlanders blew the
game open with five goals in the second half, as Renee Scachetti
opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Jensen scored her second
goal of the game in 62nd minute, starting a flood that saw
the Highlanders tally three more goals in the next 14 minutes,
two by Erin Fahres and one by Kelly Hurley.
The Highlanders allowed
just six shots on the game. Kristin Cocks started in goal,
playing 67 minutes and making one save. She was relieved by
Katie Blank, who recorded two saves in the match. Lindsay
Hellman had a pair of assists for the Highlanders.
(Sept. 27, 2002) - Kerri
Fahres’ second half goal provided UCR with all the offense
it would need as goal keeper Kristin Cocks and the Highlander
defense posted their fifth straight shutout in defeating Sacramento
State 1-0 at the Lower Fields
on Friday.
In the opening minute of
the second half of a scoreless match, forward Tracey Schuster
lined up for a corner kick from the left corner. Schuster
centered a pass that midfielder Kelly Hurley allowed to travel
through her legs to a wide-open Fahres. Fahres controlled
the pass and blasted a 12-foot shot past Sacramento State
goalkeeper Michelle Balzouman, and UCR held a 1-0 advantage.
UCR had another scoring
opportunity in the 72nd minute, when Jessica Armel found herself
open in front of the Sacramento net, but her shot missed wide.
UCR out shot the Hornets (1-6-1) 19-5. Cocks recorded two
saves.
With the win, the Highlanders extend their winning streak
to six, (6-3), and the UCR defense has not allowed a goal
in 466 minutes.
The Highlanders will return
to action playing host to the University of San Francisco
in a non-conference match on Sunday, September 29 at 1:00
PM.
(Sept. 27, 2002) - USF forward
Jodie Tanga’s goal in the 62nd minute put a halt to
UCR’s shutout streak, and proved to be the winning goal
in UC Riverside’s 1-0
loss to the University of San Francisco Dons at the Lower
Fields on Sunday.
USF forward Meghan Daly
centered from the left corner and Highlander goalie Kristin
Cocks tried to intercept and missed, allowing the ball to
travel to Tanga who scored for a 1-0 USF advantage. The goal
was the first that UCR had surrendered in 525 minutes, ending
the Highlanders’ five game shutout streak.
Tanga’s goal proved
to be the difference as UCR (6-4), could not take advantage
of countless scoring opportunities. In the eighth minute,
Kerri Fahres fed a wide-open Lisa Jensen on a breakaway. Jensen,
in a one-on-one situation with the USF goalkeeper, hit the
post.
In the 44th minute, Renee
Scachetti kicked an 18-footer that hit off the crossbar. USF
(6-1-1) goalie Stephanie Beall knocked down a centering pass
in the 55th minute that landed right on the foot of Ashlee
Stevens whose open look missed right. Stevens later fed Tracey
Schuster with a great pass right in front of the net that
Schuster struck high late in the second half.
Beall finished with four
saves and Cocks finished with six.
The Highlanders will return
to action on the road at the University of the Pacific in
a Big West Conference match on Friday, October 4 at 7:00 PM.
(Oct. 4, 2002) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders and the University of the Pacific Tigers
battled to a 1-1 tie at Stagg Memorial Stadium inStockton
on Friday night.
The Highlanders got on the
board first with an unassisted goal from freshman Renee Scachetti
in the 33th minute. The Tigers answered in the second half
with a goal by Jaimi Corona-Flowers in the 69th minute.
Scachetti had an opportunity
to score in overtime with a one-on-one with the UOP 'keeper
Megan Pickering but was denied and the game ended in a 1-1
tie
In her first start since
September 6 against San Diego, Highlander 'keeper Katie Blank
recorded a season-high 10 saves while her counterpart had
11 saves. UOP outsot UCR, 25-16.
The Highlanders will return
to action on the road at the Cal State Northridge in a Big
West Conference match on Sunday, October 6 at 2:30 PM.
(Oct. 6, 2002) - Renee Scachetti's
goal in the 10th minute was the only tally in the Highlanders'
1-0 win over Cal State Northridge on the road Sunday. With
the win the Highlanders move to 7-4-1 overall and 1-0-1 in
the Big West. Northridge fell to 1-10 overall and 0-2 in the
Big West.
Scachetti scored when her
shot deflected off goalkeeper Jen Jasper and into the net.
Goalkeeper Katie Blank got
the win for the Highlanders, facing 20 shots and recording
nine saves, including a missed penalty shot by Matador Melissa
Cleal. Jasper had four saves.
The Highlanders had 10 shots,
five on goal.
(Oct. 8, 2002) - UC Riverside's
Renee Scachetti (Torrance, CA) was selected as the Big West
Player of the Week. Scachetti scored both Highlanders goals
this past weekend in a win and a tie. The freshman midfielder
opened the scoring against Pacific in the 34th minute. She
scored the only goal of the game against Cal State Northridge
just ten minutes into the contest.
(Oct. 11, 2002) - Lisa Jensen’s
second goal of the game broke a 2-2 tie in sudden death overtime,
as the UC Riverside Highlanders remained undefeated in Big
West play with an exciting 3-2
win over the Utah State Aggies at the UCR Soccer Stadium on
Friday.
Seven minutes into the first
overtime period, freshman Tanya Noonan launched an acrobatic
flip throw right in front of the Utah net, that reigning Big
West Player of the Week Renee Scachetti headed to an open
Jensen for the game winner.
With the win, the Highlanders
improve to 8-4-1, 2-0-1 in the Big West, while Utah State
falls to 6-6-2, 0-3.
Jensen’s goal sent
the game into overtime, knotting the score at two in the 59th
minute with her first goal of the evening. Ashley Stevens
launched a shot that Utah State goalie Megan Mills knocked
down, Jensen collect the deflection and blasted the ball into
the net.
Utah State jumped on the
board first, with Brigid Turner dribbling through two UC Riverside
defenders and beating UCR goalie Katie Blank to the right
post for a 1-0 lead.
UCR tied the score ten minutes
later, on a penalty shot from Scachetti. Jessica Armel’s
shot from ten yards out hit off the post and Vannessa Chanez
was fouled trying to put a leg on the rebound, setting up
Scachetti’s goal.
The Aggies regained the
lead early in the second half, when Turner scored her second
goal of the game off of a great feed from Chanel Blaquiere.
The Highlanders will return
to action on Sunday in a Big West Conference match-up, playing
host to the University of Idaho on Sunday, October 13 at 1:00
PM.
(Oct.
13, 2002) - Kelly Hurley and Tracy Schuster each scored a
goal as the Highlanders moved to 3-0-1 in the Big West with
a 2-0 win over visiting
Idaho.
The Highlanders took a 1-0
lead in the 55th minute when Hurley converted from about eight
yards out. Following a foul, Kristi Tanaka served a kick into
the box, which Hurley took and put on net. Goalkeeper Janell
Miller stopped the initial shot, but Hurley got the rebound
and put it in.
The Highlanders added to the lead in
the 65th minute when Tracy Schuster picked up the ball at
midfield and beat the defense, putting it far post for the
score.
The game was scoreless at halftime. The
Highlanders outshot the Vandals 6-4 and had several good scoring
opportunities, including a shot by Hurley that hit the cross
bar and bounced in front of the net, but was cleared. On the
afternoon Hurley had a game-high eight shots, four on goal.
Idaho peppered UCR goalie Kristin Cocks
with long shots in the second half but never really tested
her. Jennifer Kiebel's header in the final minute was the
only difficult test for the senior, who made six saves and
moved to 7-1 on the season with her third shutout of the season.
The Highlanders outshot the Vandals (2-8-1, 0-3-1) 21-15.
The Highlanders (9-4-1, 3-0-1) return
to action on Friday, November 18 as they face UC Irvine on
the road.
(Oct.
19, 2002) - The UC Riverside Highlanders dropped their first
Big West match of the season,falling to UC Irvine 1-0 on the
road Friday.
The
game's only goal came at 67:24 of the second half when freshman
Tiffany Scheibley scored the first goal of her UCI career
of a header inside the box.
UCR
goalkeeper Kristin Cocks had nine saves for the Highlanders,
facing 18 shots. The Highlanders managed six shots against
Anteater goalkeeper Chelsea McCarthy, who earned her second
shutout of the season..
(Oct.
20, 2002) - Diana Sanguinetti s penalty kick in the 83rd minute
was the deciding goal as Long Beach State handed the Highlanders
their second Big West loss of the season, 2-1 at Long Beach
Sunday.
Allison Reeves scored first for the 49ers, tallying in the
26th minute off of assists by Sanguinetti and Kristin Travis.
Kristi Tanaka tied it in
the 80th minute, firing from 35 yards out. The HIghlanders
had several scoring opportunities, but goalkeeper Hannah Cochrun
was up to the task, recording seven saves on 10 UCR shots.
The 49ers had 20 shots on UCR 'keeper Katie Blank, who made
four saves.
The winning score came after
Abie Curry was knocked down in the box by a Highlander defender.
Sanguinetti then took the penalty kick and scored at 82:11.
The Highlanders are off
until November 1, when they will host UC Santa Barbara in
their final homestand of the season.
(Nov.
2, 2002) -The Highlanders could not stop the highest
scoring tandem in the Big West Conference, as the UC Santa
Barbara Gauchos defeated the UC Riverside Highlanders 2-0
behind goals from Jen Borcich and Kriystal Stanza at the UCR
soccer stadium on Friday.
Santa Barbara remained undefeated
in Big West play, improving to 6-0-1, 13-3-2 on the season,
and UCR falls to 3-3-1, 9-7-1 on the season.
Borcich got the ball deep
in UCR territory on a cross from Stanza in the 19th minute.
Borcich juked a Highlander defender and put the ball to the
right post past a diving Katie Blank and the Gauchos opened
up a 1-0 advantage.
Santa Barbara added to the
lead with five minutes remaining in the first half when Sandza
made contact on a cross in front of the Highlander net and
somehow managed to get the ball through a crowd of UCR defenders
for a two goal advantage. Sandza leads the Big West with 23
goals.
The Highlanders had many
chances on the evening putting 11 shots on the Gaucho net,
but UCSB goalkeeper Jamie Cosidine recorded six saves. Blank
tallied eight saves in taking the loss.
The Highlanders will return
to action on Sunday in a Big West Conference match-up, playing
host to Cal Poly in the last home game of the season on Sunday,
November 3 at 1:00 PM. Seniors Colleen Sweeney, Kristin Cocks
and Katie Small will be playing their last collegiate games.
(Nov.
3, 2002) - Megan Shlegel and Alexa Jontulovich scored
a goal each as Cal Poly held on to a 2-0 win over UC Riverside,
in the Highlander’s home finale on Sunday at the UCR
Soccer Stadium.
With two minutes remaining
in the first half, Cal Poly finally broke a scoreless tie
as Shlegel scored for a 1-0 Mustang lead. Erin Martin received
a pass at the top of the bow and fell to the ground under
intense pressure from Highlander defenseman Kristi Tanka.
Martin somehow managed to pass the ball to her left and hit
a streaking Shlegel who beat Kristin Cocks to the right post.
In the 65th minute, Cal
Poly padded the lead as Brooke Flamson dribbled through the
Highlander defense and centered to Jontulovich who put the
ball into the net.
With the win, Cal Poly improves
to (7-1 Big West, 12-6) while UCR falls to 3-3-1, 9-8-1.
Cocks recorded ten saves
in taking the loss. Mustang goalie Greta Shirdon tallied three
saves in posting the shut out. The Mustangs out shot UCR 22-14.
The Highlanders will return
to action on Friday, November 8, in a Big West Conference
match-up, to play Cal State Fullerton on the road in their
season finale at 1:00 PM.
(Nov.
8, 2002) -A free kick from about 50 yards out by UC Riverside's
Kristi Tanaka found the back of the net after deflecting off
the heads of Renee Scachetti and a Titan defender to give
the Highlanders a 1-0 win in their season finale at Fullerton
Friday.
"The team stuck to
the game plan for 90 minutes, and we didn't abandon it,"
Head Coach Veronica O'Brien said. "I have never been
so proud of a group of women."
The goal was initially declared
an "own goal" but will be reviewed.
The Highlander win doused
the Titans' playoff hopes, dropping
them to 12-5-1 overall and 6-3 in conference. The Highlanders
move to 10-8-1 overall and a 4-4-1 in the Big West. The win
gave the Highlanders their first winning season in just their
second year of existance.
Riverside goalkeeper Katie
Blank had 11 saves on the evening as the Titans outshot UCR
22-10. The match was extremely physical with 23 fouls on the
Titans and 14 for UCR.
(Nov.
13, 2002) -The UC Riverside Highlanders put a cap on the best
season in their short history by having three players named
to the All Big West Conference Teams Tuesday.
Sophomore defender Kristi
Tanaka and freshman midfielder Renee Scachetti were named
to the second team and sophomore midfielder Kelly Hurley was
named to the honorable mention squad.
Scachetti led the Highlanders
in scoring with seven goals and four assists, good for 18
points. Her 69 shots also lead the team. Tanaka had two goals
and three assists on the season from her defense position.
Hurley had three goals and
three assists on the season and provided a feisty presence
in the UCR midfield.
UCR finished sixth in the
conference with a 4-4-1 record overall and a 10-8-1 record
overall.
Last season Tanaka was named
to the second team and Hurley received honorable mention.
The teams are selected by conference head coaches.
(Feb.
1, 2003) -The UC Riverside women' soccer team has received
the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)
Team Academic Award for the 2002 school year, Coach Veronica
O'Brien announced.
The
award, sponsored by adidas, is given to teams who earn and
maintain above a 3.0 team GPA.
"We
are proud of our team," O'Brien said. "They took
care of business on the field and in the classroom this year."
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Scachetti
Named Big West Player of the Week
