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(August
29, 2003) - Junior defender Kristi Tanaka scored a goal late
in the first half to give the women's soccer team a 1-0 win
over Central Michigan Friday afternoon. The win at a four-team
tournament hosted by Northern Arizona, keeps the Highlanders
a perfect 3-0 in the universisity's first day of competition
of 2003-04 with volleyball and men's soccer winning earlier
contests.
Tanaka scored in the 44th minute
on a direct free kick for the lone goal in a close match that
had the Highlanders with a slight 7-5 advantage in shots.
Tanaka and sophomore Renee Scachetti led the team with two
shots apeice.
Junior goalkeeper Katie Blank made
two saves and earned a solo-shutout.
Central Michigan used two keepers
with both of the team's saves coming in the first period by
Kari Alexander. The defense kept the Highlanders from getting
any shots on goal in the second frame.
Both teams will play again on Sunday
with Central Michigan meeting Idaho in the early match and
UCR facing the host, Northern Arizona, at 2:00 p.m.
The Highlanders open the 2003 homestand
hosting Gonzaga on Friday, September 5 at 3:00 p.m.
(August 31, 2003) - The
UC Riverside women's soccer team were held in check by Northern
Arizona losing, 4-1, in the final match of the NAU Mountain
Classic Sunday afternoon.
The Lumberjacks took the
lead late in the first half after Shannon Moffat scored the
first goal of the game in the 42nd minute on a penalty kick.
Junior defender Kristi
Tanaka scored her second goal of the season and the lone Highlander
goal of the game, unassisted in the 60th minute to tie the
game, 1-1.
It took less than two minutes
for NAU to retake the lead on Lindsay Carey's game winner.
The Lumberjacks would add two more goals, both from, Jesyca
Roshalt, in the next seven minutes to give the Lumberjacks
the 4-1 win.
The loss drops teh Higlanders
to 1-1 on the young season, while NAU improves to 1-0-1.
Despite the lopsided score,
the Highlanders managed nine shots compared to NAU's 10. Tanaka,
Dani Geiger and Lisa Jensen each got off two shots and three
other Highlanders each had one shot.
Junior goalkeeper Katie
Blank played the entire game in net, making four saves.
The Highlanders begin a
three-game home stand on Friday, September 5 at 3:00 p.m.
against Gonzaga.
The UC Riverside women's
soccer team fought to a 1-0
win over the visiting Gonzaga Bulldogs Friday afternoon in
near 100-degree weather at the UCR Soccer Stadium.
After a tough back-and-forth
match through the first 84 minutes, sophomore midfielder Renee
Scachetti was able to corral a ball and skip it past Gonzaga
keeper Ashley Haugen at the 84:58 mark. The Highlanders were
able to beat the defense, pulling the goalie out of position,
but UCR was unable to get control to take a clean shot until
Scachetti's shot.
"I only have one thing
to say," said UC Riverside head coach Veronica O'Brien.
"Great team effort and attacking mentality."
Freshman Tawny Poggio was
outstanding in her first start in net making 13 saves, including
some tough shots from the Zags' offense.
The Highlanders had several
solid scoring opportunities earlier in the game, but were
unable to take advantage of the situations.
The win improves UC Riverside's
record to 2-1 while Gonzaga drops to 1-1 on the season.
The Highlanders continue
their three-game home stand with a Monday afternoon match
against the Wahine of Hawaii at the UCR Soccer Stadium beginning
at 3:00 p.m.
Trailing 2-0 after the
first 30 minutes of play to the University of Hawaii, the
UC Riverside women's soccer team managed to add goals in the
first and second periods to tie the game and send it to overtime
where it ended,
2-2, after double-overtime Monday afternoon at the UCR
Soccer Stadium.
The Rainbow Wahine (3-1-1)
took just over 11 minutes to get on board after sophomore
Natasha Kai sped by the UCR defense and powered the ball past
the keeper to take a 1-0 lead in the 12th minute. Kai's goal
was set up by Natalie Groenwoud and Arlene Devitt who were
both credited with assists.
In the 27th minute, Arlene
Devitt was able to drill the ball to the upper right corner,
just over the reach of UCR goalkeeper Tawny Poggio to take
a 2-0 lead.
The Highlanders (2-1-1)
looked as if Hawaii would race away with the win, but the
team's fortune changed in the 37th minute when freshman Kelly
Ferguson was able to beat the Wahine defense and find the
net minutes after entering the game as a substitute, cutting
Hawaii's lead in half, 2-1.
UCR was able to tie the
game up, 2-2, on junior Kristi Tanaka's team-leading third
goal of the season in the 64th minute. Tanaka was able to
deflect the ball off the goalkeeper's hands and she drove
the ball to the lower-left side of the goal on a free kick.
Neither team would score
through the end of regulation and through two overtime periods.
UCR led Hawaii, 30-21, in
the shot department, but were able to get just 10 on goal.
Poggio allowed two goals
and made nine saves compared to Hawaii's Mahie Atay who allowed
two goals and made eight saves.
The Highlanders look to
wrap up this three game home stand and remain undefeated at
home on Friday when they host Long Island University at the
UCR Soccer Stadium. The match is set to begin at 3:00 p.m.
(September 12, 2003) ––The
UC Riverside women’s soccer team shut out visiting Long
Island University, 4-0, Friday afternoon at the UCR Soccer
Stadium. The Highlanders were credited with two goals in each
half.
The Highlanders (3-1-1) were put on the board early when the
Blackbirds’ (1-3) defense knocked the ball in their
own net and were charged with an own goal giving UCR a 1-0
lead in the eighth minute.
It wasn’t until late in the first period when UCR’s
Lindsay Hellman scored the first goal for the Highlanders’
offense on a shot that deflected off the keepers’ hands
in the 42nd minute to put UCR up 2-0 heading into the break.
In the second half, Vanessa Chanez was able to take a header
from Danica Pomerenck and head it herself past LIU’s
goalkeeper in the 76th minute to give the Highlanders a 3-0
lead.
Kim Furnald added the final goal of the game heading a bullet
into the lower-right corner of the net off a cross from the
left side from Linda Allen.
UCR out shot the Blackbirds, 15-4, with Stephanie Kansky making
four saves for the Blackbirds and Tawny Poggio, who played
just the first half, making three saves for UCR.
The Highlanders hit the road for two games, heading to San
Jose State on Monday, September 15, and Fresno State on Wednesday,
September 17. UCR returns home to host Portland State on Sunday,
September 21 at 1:00 p.m. at the UCR Soccer Stadium.
(September 15, 2003) ––Freshman
Kelly Ferguson scores twice as the UCR women's soccer team
beat San Jose State University, 3-1, at Spartan Soccer Field
Monday afternoon.
Ferguson was able to notch
her first goal of the game in the 66th minute, taking a pass
from Kerri Fahres and skipping it past the Spartans (1-5)
netminder to give the Highlanders (4-1-1) a 2-0 lead. Ashlee
Steven was credited also credited with an assist on the play.
Finding herself in the right
spot three minutes later, Ferguson was able to rebound a header
shot from Renee Scachetti that deflected off the Spartans'
goalkeeper and set up Ferguson for a chip shot to give UCR
a 3-0 lead.
"We have been playing well
as a team, but today we asked for consistent play from individuals,"
said coach Veronica O'Brien. "We were able to get that today
and it showed."
The Highlanders got on the
board in the 30th minute when Vanessa Chanez scored from the
left front of the goal on a takeway. UCR was unable to complete
the shutout, when SJSU's Molly Flanagan took a shot from the
back right that trickled past the Highlanders' goalkeeper.
The Highlanders outshot
the Spartans 19-6 and Tawny Poggio earned the win in goal,
allowing one goal and making three saves. Erin Lavey allowed
three goals and made nine saves.
"Our focus was to do a
better job with pressure up top and contain the defense,"
added O'Brien. "We were had the pressure and didn't let them
out of it."
The Highlanders will head
to Fresno State and face the Bulldogs on Wednesday, September
17 at 7:00 p.m. and will return home on September 21 against
Portland State at the UCR Soccer Stadium. The game will begin
at 1:00 p.m.
(September, 17, 2003) -
The UC Riverside women's soccer team scored late in the second
half to tie the game, 1-1, and send it to overtime where is
ended in a tie after two extra periods against Fresno State
Wednesday night at Bulldog Stadium.
In the first overtime period,
both teams managed just one shot apiece, but neither was on
goal. In the second overtime the Bulldogs (3-2-2) were able
come on strong getting off five shots and getting three on
goal. The Highlanders (4-1-2) managed just one shot on goal.
UCR's Kelly Ferguson scored
her third goal in the last two matches in the 75th minute
to tie the game, 1-1. Ferguson deked the Bulldogs' netminder
with a quick shot to the lower-right corner that went in after
the keeper dove to the left.
Vanessa Chanez was able
to get the ball and drill a hard shot as time expired in the
second half, but the Bulldogs' goal keeper Jeannette Paine
was able to grab the ball for the save and force overtime.
The Bulldogs struck first
after Kortney Lewis was able to work through the Highlander
defense and nail a shot to the upper-left corner of the net
to take a 1-0 lead in the 19th minute.
Paine finished with six
saves on 13 shots faced, while UCR's Tawny Poggio made five
saves on 23 shots.
The Highlanders will return
home on September 21 to host Portland State at the UCR Soccer
Stadium at 1:00 p.m.
(Sept. 21, 2003) --The UC
Riverside women’s soccer team saw visiting Portland
State score three goals in the last 30 minutes of the match
to end the team’s five-game unbeaten streak with a
6-3 loss to the Vikings Sunday afternoon at the UCR Soccer
Stadium.
The Vikings’ (2-5-0)
three-goal win was helped by Jamie Blakesley who had a hat
trick with three-goals and also had an assist in the match.
Blakesley scored a goal and an assist in the first half and
added back-to-back goals to put the match out of reach for
UCR later in the second half.
The Highlanders (4-2-2)
took and early lead on freshman Linda Allen’s first
goal of the season in the 3rd minute of the game, but Portland
State evened the match with a goal in 9th minute that sailed
over the reach of UCR goalkeeper Katie Blank.
UCR took the lead back after
Linda Allen found sophomore Lisa Jensen open, who was able
to find the back of the net on a breakaway to give the Highlanders
a 2-1 lead in the 13th minute.
The Vikings notched two
goals in just over 10 minutes to take a 3-2 lead and chase
Blank out of the net in favor of freshman Tawny Poggio.
Trailing, 3-2, after the
intermission, the Highlanders came out with another quick
goal. Kim Furnald scored her first goal of the season off
a rebounded shot to tie the game, 3-3, in the 47th minute.
Portland State took the
lead back with Blakesley’s second goal of the game in
the 62nd minute and held it for the remainder of the match.
UCR’s chances to win
or force overtime dwindled when Blakesley scored her hat-trick
goal in the 83rd minute and Jessica Shadle added another five
minutes later.
Portland State out shot
UC Riverside, 25-16, and had a narrow lead, 13-12, with shots
on goal.
Blank allowed three goals
and made two saves in 15 minutes in goal for UCR. Poggio made
five saves, but allowed three goals. Niki Brooks played the
entire game in net, making nine saves and allowing three goals.
The Highlanders wrap up
their non-conference road schedule with games at Wyoming and
Denver next weekend and return home to host San Diego State
on Wednesday, October 1 at 3:00 p.m. before beginning the
Big West schedule against Cal State Fullerton on Sunday, October
5 at 1:00 p.m.
(Sept. 26, 2003)-Vanessa
Chanez scored twice as the UC Riverside women's soccer team
shutout Wyoming, 2-0, in Laramie Friday afternoon. Chanez
opened the scoring for the Highlanders (5-2-2) in the fourth
minute off a feed from Kristi Tanaka to give UCR a 1-0.
Later in the second half,
Chanez took a pass from Linda Allen to give the Highlanders
a comfortable 2-0 lead at the 74:46 mark.
Chanez now leads the team
with 11 points on four goals and three assists.
Freshman keeper Tawny Poggio
made four saves and earned her third win and second shutout
of the season.
UCR out shot the Cowgirls
(4-5), 12-7, and managed nine shots on goal.
The Highlanders continue
this two-game raod series on Sunday when they face the Denver
Pioneers Sunday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. MST. UCR returns home
on Oct. 1 to face San Diego State in the team's last non-conference
game of the season. Kickoff is set for 3:00 p.m. PST at the
UCR Soccer Stadium.
(Oct. 1, 2003) –For
the fifth time this season, the UC Riverside women’s
soccer team shut out an opponent with a 2-0 win over visiting
San Diego State University and ending the Aztecs three-game
winning streak Wednesday afternoon at the UCR Soccer Stadium.
The Highlanders (6-3-2)
took advantage of a deflected shot in front of the net, with
sophomore Vanessa Chanez containing it and finding the back
of the net to give UCR a 1-0 lead in the 25th minute.
Nearly 10 minutes later
Amber Plumlee scored from about 12 yards out on a pass from
Kelly Hurley in the 40th minute to take a 2-0 lead into the
half.
Although the Aztecs (4-5-0)
outshot the Highlanders, 19-9, it was UCR being able to take
advantage of the scoring opportunities with two goals on three
shots on goal.
The Highlanders wrap up
this year’s non-conference schedule with a 6-3-2 record
and begins the Big West schedule against Cal State Fullerton
on Sunday, October 5 at 1:00 p.m.
(Oct. 5, 2003) –The
UC Riverside women’s soccer team opened its 2003 Big
West Conference schedule with a
2-0 shutout over visiting Cal State Fullerton Sunday afternoon.
It is the sixth shutout of the season for the Highlanders.
Both teams played a tough,
hard-fought match and it wasn’t until early in the second
half that the Highlanders (7-3-2, 1-0-0 Big West) were able
to score the first goal.
On a throw in deep in the
UCR territory, Angela Reling was able to control a rebound
off a header, then feeding it to Ashley Stephens just to the
left side of the goal. Stephens was able to power it past
the keeper on a left-to-right shot into the back corner of
the net to give UCR a 1-0 lead in the 56th minute.
Stephens helped put the
second goal on the board in the 72nd minute, driving the ball
into the penalty box where Dani Geiger was able to head it
right over the hands of the leaping keeper to give the Highlanders
a 2-0 lead.
The Titans (6-5-0, 0-2-0
Big West) had plenty of chances to score and kept the pressure
on the Highlander defense the entire game. Tawny Poggio made
10 saves in the match for UC Riverside, on 13 shots faced.
Fullerton had a slight 13-10
advantage on shots taken with Kandace Wilson and Vanessa Valentine
each taking four shots, all on goal, in the game.
Seven Highlanders had a
shot in the game, with Jessica Armel leading the way with
three. Renee Scachetti and Lisa Jensen each had a pair of
shots.
The Highlanders will travel
to Cal Poly on Friday, Oct. 10, and then head to UC Santa
Barbara on Sunday, Oct. 12, and return home on Friday, Oct.
17, to host Cal State Northridge at the UCR Soccer Stadium.
(Oct. 10, 2003) –Cal
Poly's Heidi Spink's one timer of a loose ball into the left
corner of the net in the 89th minute gave the Cal Poly Mustangs
a 1-0 win over the visiting UC Riverside Highlanders in San
Luis Obispo Friday.
The No. 19 ranked Mustangs
moved to 12-1-0 and 3-0 in the Big West, while UCR fell to
7-4-2, 1-1.
The goal was the only mistake
by freshman goalkeeper Tawny Poggio, who recorded nine saves
while facing 26 shots. The Highlanders had seven shots, but
made them count, putting six on the frame. Goalkeeper Liz
Hill was up to the task however, saving all six attempts to
record the shutout.
The Highlanders head to
UC Santa Barbara on Sunday, Oct. 12, and return home on Friday,
Oct. 17, to host Cal State Northridge at the UCR Soccer Stadium.
(Oct. 12, 2003) - Kelly
Hurley scored an unassisted goal in the 38th-minute, and Danica
Pommerenck added an insurance goal in the 89th minute, to
lead UC Riverside to a 2-0 shutout win over UC Santa Barbara
on Sunday night.
Hurley's goal, her first
of the season, came from long distance. At 37:37, she took
the ball above the left corner of the penalty box and lofted
a shot towards the upper right hand corner of the goal. UCSB
goalkeeper Jamie Considine made a leaping attempt to poke
the ball over the crossbar, but it was beyond her reach and
the Highlanders took a 1-0 lead into halftime.
The score remained 1-0 until
88:38 when the Highlanders (8-4-2, 2-1-0 Big West) caught
the Gauchos (6-5-3, 1-2-1 Big West) pressing forward. Vanessa
Chanez drove into the box and found Pommerenck on the left-hand
side of the box.
Chanez slid pass over to
the streaking Pommerrenck who went one-on-one with Considine
and shoved it past the UCSB keeper, giving the Highlanders
the 2-0 win.
Santa Barbara outshot Riverside
by a 28-8 count, but the Gauchos had just a few dangerous
chances. The most dangerous came about 20 minutes into the
match when junior forward Jennifer Borcich struck a hard shot
from 15-yards out. The shot hit the cross bar and caromed
straight down. UCR goalkeeper Tawny Poggio quickly pounced
on the rebound and preserved the shutout. On the night, Poggio
had ten saves.
The loss extends UCSB's
winless streak to five matches in a row and the Highlanders
get their seventh shutout of the season.
The Highlanders return home
for a pair of Big West home games next weekend. UCR hosts
Cal State Northridge on Friday, Oct. 17, at 3:00 p.m. and
finish the week against Pacific on Sunday, Oct. 19., at 1:00
p.m. Both games will be at the UCR Soccer Stadium.
(Oct. 13, 2003) – UC Riverside’s freshman goalkeeper
Tawny Poggio was named the Big West Conference Women’s
Soccer Player of the Week as announced by the conference offices
on Monday.
Poggio, from Santa Ana,
CA, (Mater Dei High School), helped the Highlanders to a 1-1
record this past weekend with a tough 1-0 loss to No. 19 ranked
Cal Poly on Friday and a 2-0 shutout over UC Santa Barbara
on Sunday. She posted 10 saves on 28 shots in the shutout.
For the week she made 19 saves and faced 54 shots.
Sunday’s 2-0 win
over UCSB was the Highlanders seventh shutout of the season.
Poggio has recorded five of those shutouts and combined for
one other, setting a new school record for shutouts in a single
season.
The Big West Conference
Player of the Week Award is voted upon by the conference offices.
Each school can nominate a player for consideration. It is
the first player of the week award for the women’s soccer
team this season.
(RIVERSIDE, Calif.) –
The UC Riverside women’s soccer team used a pair of
unassisted goals to top
Cal State Northridge, 2-1, for their ninth win of the
season. The Highlanders are one win away from consecutive
back-to-back 10-win seasons.
Kelly Hurley chipped the
ball in from 20 yards out for the first score of the game
in the 11th minute to take a quick 1-0 lead, it was her second
goal in as many games.
The Highlanders (9-4-2,
3-1-0 Big West) missed a few opportunities to build a larger
lead, but the Matadors (3-8-3, 1-4-0 Big West) answered to
tie the match, 1-1, in the 42nd minute.
CSN’s Patti Mitchell
drove the ball into the box and found Wendee Lensing open
who was able to slide the ball past UCR’s Tawny Poggio
for the score.
The Matadors’ elation
did not last long as the Highlanders’ Amber Plumlee
found the back of the net less than a minute later, giving
UCR a 2-1 lead heading into the half.
Cal State Northridge was
able to get just two shots on goal in the second half, and
was held to just three the entire game.
Poggio made two saves and
allowed her first goal in over 135 minutes. UCR outshot the
Matadors, 21-11, and managed 11 shots on goal.
The Highlanders will look
for their 10th win of the season and third win in a row when
they host Pacific in a Big West contest Sunday, Oct. 19, at
the UCR Soccer Stadium beginning at 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 24, 2003) –
The third-year UC Riverside women’s soccer program reached
a major milestone, with back-to-back 10-win seasons after
shutting out Idaho, 2-0, in Moscow, Idaho, Friday afternoon.
With an earlier win over Fullerton by Utah State, the Highlanders
and Aggies join Cal Poly as the only Big West teams over the
10-win mark.
Conversely, the losing
streak has hit five games for Idaho, losing it’s fifth
straight match. In the last 10 games, the Vandals are 0-8-2.
The Vandals (2-10-4, 0-6-0)
held the visiting Highlanders (10-5-1, 4-2-0) close for much
of the game, locking into a defensive battle that went into
the half tied 0-0.
It wasn’t until the
73:35 mark that Riverside was able to break the scoreless
tie when Angela Reling had a ricochet off the post land right
at her feet that she was able to tap in for a 1-0 lead.
Just over six minutes later
at the 80:03 mark, Riverside scored again when Amber Plumlee
connected with Jessica Armel on a through pass that Armel
was able to put into the back of the net.
Freshman goalkeeper Tawny
Poggio earned her sixth shutout of the season and notched
three saves.
The Highlanders will head
to Logan, Utah, to face the Aggies in what could determine
second place in the conference. The teams will meet at 12:00
p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 26. The Highlanders return home to close
out the regular season with games against UC Irvine on Friday,
Oct. 31 and Long Beach State on Sunday, Nov. 2.
(LOGAN, Utah) – The
UC Riverside women’s soccer team battled to a 0-0 tie
with Utah State in a key Big West Conference matchup Sunday
afternoon in Logan, Utah. Heading into the match Utah State
was second and UC Riverside was third in the BWC standings.
After playing to a 2-0
win against the University of Idaho in Moscow on Friday, the
Highlanders had to bus back to Spokane, Wash., catch a flight
to Salt Lake City and then travel by bus again to Logan and
then play an early 12:00 p.m. game on Sunday.
Tired as they were, the
Highlanders (10-5-3, 4-2-1 Big West) were able to play a close
match with the Aggies (10-5-2, 4-1-2 Big West).
Both teams came out firing
in the first half with Utah State having a slight 8-7 lead
in first half shots with UCR getting one shot on goal and
Utah State managing two.
USU's best scoring chances
came off shots from Amber Tracy and Charlsie Harris. Each
had shots that went just wide of the goal. Riverside's best
scoring opportunity came in the first half when Vanessa Chanez
headed a cross that bounced off the crossbar.
Each goalkeeper recorded
five saves. UCR Tawny Poggio recorded her second shutout of
the weekend and seventh solo-shutout of the season. The Aggies’
Megan Mills also recorded her second shutout of the weekend
and 10th of the season.
With a point apiece with
the tie, Utah State ties Cal Poly with 14 points and UCR remains
in third with 13 points. Cal Poly was scheduled to play at
12:00 p.m. at fifth place Pacific, but was rescheduled to
6:30 p.m. due to lack of officials at game time.
Fourth place Long Beach
State and sixth place UC Irvine postponed their matches due
to safety concerns with high levels of smoke in the air due
to three major fires burning in the Los Angeles area. That
match is rescheduled for Tuesday night.
(RIVERSIDE, Calif.) –
The UC Riverside women’s soccer team played visiting
UC Irvine tough through regulation, but lost
in the first overtime period, 1-0, on a goal that just
found its way into the net Friday afternoon at the UCR Soccer
Stadium.
The Anteaters (10-3-5,
4-1-3 Big West) got their goal from Lindsay Duke five minutes
into the overtime period that was set up off a free kick.
The ball was fed to Duke from Britney Webster who managed
to get a bit of control on the ball around the UCR goal box
and then got it to Duke who headed it just past the reach
of netminder Tawny Poggio.
Both teams had a few prime
opportunities to break the scoreless tie and most likely the
momentum of the match.
The Highlanders (10-6-3, 4-3-1 Big West) missed the opportunity
to take the lead in the 69th minute on a header by Kelly Ferguson
that sailed just wide of the net.
UCI had a shot that nailed
the crossbar on the 79th minute on a shot from Hayley McNallan.
After a corner kick and a save by Poggio, McNallan’s
sent what looked like a sure-goal shot at the net, only to
find metal.
Riverside may have had
its best shot at a goal with just over six minutes remaining
in the second half. Allison Stone drove the ball down the
right side of the penalty box and sent a sweet slide pass
to a charging Linda Allen who looked as if she had the keeper
beat, but her shot went just wide across the mouth of the
goal.
With time running out in
regulation, UC Irvine attacked the Highlanders’ net,
but had two quick shots blocked.
UC Riverside had a slight 15-12 advantage in shots and both
teams had five shots on goal in the match.
The Anteaters were able to get five corner kicks compared
to the Highlanders one.
With Big West Tournament
implications with the match, the winner of this game would
most likely be one of the four top teams in the conference
and earn a berth in the tournament with hopes of advancing
to the NCAA Championship Tournament.
The win gives UC Irvine
sole possession of third place in the conference and drops
UC Riverside to fourth place. The top two teams, Cal Poly
and Utah State square off Friday at 5:00 p.m. and fifth place
Long Beach State faces Cal State Fullerton at 7:00 p.m.
The Highlanders close out
the 2003 season schedule in a must-win game at home on Sunday
against Long Beach to still have a chance to make the tournament.
Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m.
(RIVERSIDE, Calif.) –
In a must-win situation, the UC Riverside women’s soccer
team answered the challenge beating
visiting Long Beach State, 1-0, Sunday afternoon at the
UCR Soccer Stadium to give the team one of four berths into
the Big West Conference Tournament next weekend in Fullerton.
The Highlanders (11-6-3,
5-3-1 Big West) recorded their record-setting 11th win of
the year on a goal just under three minutes into the match.
Ashlee Stephens drove the ball down the right side of the
field, eluding the defender and chipping the ball to Vanessa
Chanez who headed the ball past the diving keeper.
The 49ers (9-9-0, 5-4-0
Big West) had their best opportunity to tie the game in the
59th minute, as Amber Oliveira blasted a shot that drilled
the crossbar to save a sure goal.
UCR had a slight 14-12
lead in the shot department and had seven shots on goal compared
to Long Beach State’s four.
In just their third year
of competition, the Highlanders have continued to set a standard
of excellence, posting back-to-back 10-win seasons and setting
a new mark of 11 wins in 2003.
The team also set a new
mark with 10 shutouts in the season, eclipsing last year’s
total of nine. Freshman goalkeeper Tawny Poggio posted eight
solo shutouts and one combined shutout.
With UC Santa Barbara topping
Utah State, 4-1, and Cal State Fullerton topping UC Irvine,
3-1, the Highlanders finish third place in the conference
and will face UC Santa Barbara at 7:30 p.m. on Friday in Fullerton.
(IRVINE, Calif.) –The
UC Riverside women's soccer team fought to the last minute,
but ended its incredible season with a 3-2
loss to UC Santa Barbara in the Big West Conference Tournament
Friday Night at Anteater Stadium.
With just five minutes left
in the match and trailing, 3-1, UCR's Jessica Armel found
UCSB's goalkeeper out of position, taking a pass from Amber
Plumlee and notching an uncontested goal.
In the 88th minute, Plumlee
found herself one-on-one with the goalkeeper, but her shot
to the left was just snagged by Jamie Considine to keep the
score at 3-2.
The Highlanders continued
to fight to the last seconds of the match, but were unable
to find the game-tying goal to force overtime.
The Gauchos (11-5-4, 5-2-2
Big West) scored two first-half goals on two corner kick plays
to take a 2-0 lead into the break.
Down, 2-0, in the second
half, the Highlanders (11-7-3, 5-3-1 Big West) cut the lead
in half on a breakaway goal from sophomore Vanessa Chanez
in the 69th minute.
Just under a minute later,
UCSB scored to make it a two-goal game. Jennifer Borcich took
a cross from Randi Johns finding the back of the net for her
second goal of the night at the 69:35 mark.
UCR led, 17-31, in the shot
department, but had four of the team's six shots on goals
saved by Considine. Freshman Tawny Poggio made four saves
on seven shots on goal for the Highlanders.
For the second straight
season in just their third year of existence, the Highlanders
have posted 10-win seasons.
With the win and Cal Poly's
earlier 2-0 victory over UC Irvine, the Gauchos will face
the Mustangs in the championship match on Sunday with the
winner representing the Big West in the NCAA tournament.
(Nov. 11, 2003) —
Junior defender Kristi Tanaka was named first team All-Big
West, sophomore midfielder Renee Scachetti and freshman goalkeeper
Tawny Poggio were named to the second team and sophomore forward
Vanessa Chanez earned honorable mention honors on the 2003
All-Big West Women’s Soccer Team as announced by the
conference on Tuesday.
Kristi Tanaka (Torrance,
CA/West Torrance HS), the third highest scorer on the team
this season, is the first Highlander ever to earn first team
honors in the three year’s the program has existed.
Tanaka earned second team honors the past two seasons.
It is the second time Renee
Scachetti (Torrance, CA/Bishop Montgomery HS) earned second
team honors after being named to the squad as a freshman and
sophomore.
Freshman ‘keeper
Tawny Poggio (Santa Ana, CA/Mater Dei HS) is rewriting the
UCR record book, posting eight solo shutouts, 119 saves, 10
wins and an 0.88 goals against average in just one season.
She finished just behind the conference’s Goalkeeper
of the Year and first team member Greta Shirdon of Cal Poly.
Vanessa Chanez (Placentia,
CA/El Dorado HS) was UCR’s leading scorer with seven
goals and four assists, finishing 10 points ahead of the second-leading
scorer on the squad.
The Highlanders just completed
consecutive 10-win seasons, posting an 11-7-3 record in 2003.
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