Change of Pace
Wyoming has started the 2000 season with a 2-1-1 record, marking the best start in the soccer program¹s history. In the 5-1 victory over Eastern Washington on Sept. 1, the Cowgirls had their highest goal total in at least three seasons. Wyoming hopes to continue its winning ways with home matches this week against Marshall and Portland State.

Record Breakers
Air Force demolished the Mountain West Conference single-match record for goals with its 14-0 win over at Youngstown State on Aug. 27. The previous record was eight goals set by BYU vs. Northwestern in 1999. Air Force junior MF Carrie Wellman also established a new MWC individual single-match record with five assists in that match.

Play Makers
Utah¹s Amy Kofoed (Jr., F/MF) and Katie Tate (So., F) have been the play makers for the Utes through the first five matches of the season. Kofoed (3) and Tate (4) have combined to score seven of the Utes nine goals this year.

San Diego State¹s Nicole Findlay has been a great addition for the Aztecs this season. The junior midfielder transfered from Santa Rosa Junior College and had scored three of SDSU¹s four goals on the season. In her first week of action at San Diego State, Findlay scored both goals in the 2-1 win over Mississippi and earned the MWC Player of the Week honor.

First Impressions
1999 National High School Player of the Year Aleisha Cramer made a great first impression at BYU scoring two goals and adding an assist in the the season opening 7-1 victory over Weber State.

Freshman MF Erika Palmer scored her first collegiate goal in Air Force¹s season opener at Pittsburgh. The Falcons dropped the match 3-2.

Century Mark
BYU head coach Jennifer Rockwood needs just four victories to reach the 100-win mark for her career. She is currently 96-23-1 in just over five seasons in Provo. Entering this season, Rockwood was ranked fifth among active coaches by winning percentage. She has averaged 18.6 wins per season over the past five years, which ranks second behind only Anson Dorrance of North Carolina for wins per season. Dorrance has won an average of 22.2 matches per season.

MWC Quick Shots
Air Force has not allowed more than two goals in its last 15 non-conference matches...BYU has scored three or more goals in 17 of its last 30 matches...New Mexico blanked Southwest Texas State 3-0 in its 2000 season opener, marking the first shutout by the Lobos in eight matches...San Diego State is in the midst of a seven-match road trip, the second longest stint of all MWC institutions this season...UNLV went 2-2 in its first four matches of the season, all of which were on the road, making a solid improvement from last season when the Rebels finished the year with a road record of 2-5-1...Utah holds the current MWC streak for consecutive matches without being shutout at six...Wyoming scored a total of 17 goals in 19 matches last season. In just four matches thus far in the 2000 season, the Cowgirls have tallied nine goals.

MWC vs. Nonconference Opponents
Big East 0-1-0 .000
Big Sky 5-1-2 .750
Big West 3-0-1 .875
Big Ten 0-1-0 .000
Big 12 0-1-0 .000
Colonial Athletic Assoc. 0-1-0 .000
Independents 2-0-0 1.000
Pac-10 1-2-0 .333
Patriot 1-1-0 .500
SEC 1-0-0 1.000
WAC 0-1-0 .000
WCC 0-3-0 .000
Total 13-12-3 .518

Current MWC Head Coaching Records
Air Force ­ Marty Buckley
Overall: 70-80-8 (9th season)
School: 70-80-8 (9th season)

BYU ­ Jennifer Rockwood
Overall: 96-23-1 (6th season)
School: 96-23-1 (6th season)

New Mexico ­ John DeWitt
Overall: 38-42-3 (5th season)
School: 38-42-3 (5th season)

San Diego State ­ Chuck Clegg
Overall: 90-42-5 (8th season)
School: 90-42-5 (8th season)

UNLV ­ Dan Abdalla
Overall: 2-2-0 (1st season)
School: 2-2-0 (1st season)

Utah ­ Amy Freeman Winslow
Overall: 68-108-8 (11 season)
School: 54-41-5 (6th season)

Wyoming ­ Anne Moore
Overall: 13-44-4 (4th season)
School: 6-15-2 (2nd season)