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Weekly MWC Women's Soccer Release #5
Conference action begins this week.
Oct. 6, 1999 MWC Schedule Opens Oct. 6: The first week of Mountain West Conference women’s soccer action opens this week as Utah hosts New Mexico on Wednesday, October 6 at 4 p.m. (MT). On Friday, October 8, conference action contiunes as the other five institutions open league play. UNLV travels to Wyoming, San Diego State hosts Air Force and New Mexico heads south to play BYU in Provo. The first week of action ends with a Saturday match featuring Utah at BYU and Sunday matches with UNLV at Air Force and San Diego State at Wyoming. 1999 Conference Schedule/Results Player of The Week: Utah freshman forward Shauna Gurr has been selected as the Mountain West Conference Women’s Soccer Player of the Week. Gurr scored a goal in both matches over the weekend as the Utes split their two home matches, defeating Weber State 3-0 and falling 2-1 to SMU in Salt Lake City, Utah. Gurr, of Wood Cross, Utah (Wood Cross High School), has played in all 11 matches this season and has four goals. Her first goal of the weekend came against Weber State. Gurr scored in the 73rd minute to put the Utes up 2-0. Utah went on to win the match 3-0. In the SMU match, she netted a goal on an indirect penalty kick at the 53:13 mark to tie the match at one-apiece. SMU though, scored a late goal in the 88th minute to pull out the 2-1 victory. The Utes are now 7-4 overall heading into the first week of conference action. Utah hosts New Mexico on Wednesday, October 6. This is the first player of the week honor for Gurr this season and the second for Utah. Mountain West Conference Players of the Week Date Player Pos. Yr. School Sept. 7 Natalyn Lewis MF Jr. BYU Sept. 13 Kate Qually MF So. SDSU Sept. 20 Amy Kofeod MF So. Utah Sept. 27 Maren Hendershot F Sr. BYU Oct. 4 Shauna Gurr F Fr. UtahNational Rankings: BYU jumped up three spots in the latest NSCAA Coaches’ Poll from No. 12 to No. 9 after going 2-0 last week and improving its record to 11-1. The Cougars received their highest vote total this season with 201 votes this week. In the Soccer America poll, BYU moved up two positions to No. 7. Last week the Cougars were No. 9. The Soccer Buzz poll also had BYU jumping up one spot from No. 10 to No. 9 this week. San Diego State dropped out of the Soccer Buzz poll this week after a No. 24 ranking last week. Regional Rankings: BYU and San Diego State both appear in the Soccer Buzz West Regional Rankings this week. The Cougars, who were No. 4 last week, moved up to No. 3, while the Aztecs dropped from No. 6 to No. 7. BYU’s Win Streak Snapped: The Cougars were riding a five-match win streak heading into Monday’s match at Harvard. The Crimson shocked the tenth-ranked Cougars with 1-0 win. Harvard forward Beth Totman netted the game-winning goal at the 89:17 mark of the match. Rebels Drop First Home Match: UNLV’s six-match home win streak came to an end this past weekend with a 1-0 loss to No. 24 Kentucky. The Rebels are 9-2-1 all time at home since the inception of the program last year. Their only other defeat came on Oct. 2, 1998 at the feet of Sacramento State (2-1). Falcons Continue to Soar: The Air Force Academy has won five of its last seven matches after starting the season 0-4. This past weekend, the Falcons defeated Navy 2-0, but fell to Army 2-1 at the Service Academies Tournament in St. Louis. Overtime is a Good Time: Mountain West Conference teams have been involved in 13 overtime matches this season. Of those 13 matches, MWC teams have won 11. Utah and San Diego State lead the league in overtime matches with three. Utah has won all three of its contests, including two that went into double overtime. SDSU is 2-1 in overtime matches. Home Sweet Home: Mountain West Conference teams have compiled a 25-9-1 home record thus far in the 1999 season. BYU is the only team undefeated at home (5-0), UNLV has lost just once (4-1). The last time BYU lost at home was on Nov. 7, 1998 to San Diego State (2-1 in ot) in the championship match of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament. Two Lobos set sights on Record Book: Junior defender Jayme Dieringer and sophomore defender Jamie Minkler are both closing in on the New Mexico single-season total minutes mark. Dieringer is currently fourth on the list with 1,778 minutes played in 1997. This season she has played a total of 1,165 minutes. Minkler is fifth on the chart with 1,774 minutes played in 1998 and currently has 1,163 minutes thus season. The all-time single-season record is held by Melissa Liston. She recorded 1,873 minutes in 1995. Dieringer also has six assists on the season. She is five assists away from breaking Laurie Hegedorn’s single-season record of 10 set in 1997. LaCoursiere Sets Record, On Verge of Another: San Diego State senior forward Lori LaCoursiere became the Aztecs’ all-time assists leader last weekend after dishing out two assists vs. Montana. Her 36 career assists breaks the SDSU record of 35 set by All-American Catherine McGuire (1995-98). LaCoursiere also owns the career records for goals (46) and total points (128) at SDSU. LaCoursiere isn’t finished with the Aztec record book yet, as she needs just six more assists this season to break the SDSU single-season assist mark of 11. A record that McGuire currently owns. Sophomore midfielder Fay deLeon may beat LaCoursiere to the punch in the single-season assists category as she leads the Aztecs in 1999 with seven assists. Lobos Take Both Offense and Defense of the Week: New Mexico had two solid performances this past weekend from both its offense and defense as it shutout both Mississippi (2-0) and Georgia State (3-0) at its own Lobo Soccer Classic. The Lobo offense was led by senior midfielder Lana Melendres, who scored a goal in each match. The defense was headed by sophomore goalie Shelly Hammock and senior goalkeeper Dawn Trevino. Hammock recorded six saves in the Mississippi match, while Trevino stopped three shots on goal by Georgia State. Conference Scoring: Mountain West Conference teams extended their scoring advantage over their opponents from 25 to 27 goals this week. League teams have 148 goals to the opponents’ 121. BYU leads the way in scoring for the fourth week in a row with a 3.15 goals per match average. San Diego State remains second with a 2.27 average followed by Utah (1.91), New Mexico (1.60), UNLV (1.56), Air Force (1.18) and Wyoming (1.00). MWC vs. Nonconference Opponents: Mountain West Conference teams have a combined 42-34-3 (.564) record against nonconference opponents in 1999. The .564 win percentage is the highest of the year against nonconference opponents. San Diego State Registers First MWC Win: On the first official day of competition as a member of the Mountain West Conference, the San Diego State women’s soccer team captured the first victory by any team in any sport for the conference. The Aztces played UCSB in the first-ever sporting event in the Mountain West Conference on August 27, 1999 and won in style with a 5-1 win over the Gauchos. Mountain West Conference Tournament: The inaugural Mountain West Conference Women’s Soccer Championships will take place Wednesday-Saturday, November 3-6 in San Diego, Calif. All seven teams will qualify for the tournament with the No. 1 seed receiving a first round bye. Mountain West Conference Women’s Soccer on the Web: John Romo of the MWC communications staff will maintain the official MWC website in-house. Player of the Week awards will be posted Monday afternoons and the weekly news release and statistics will be posted Tuesday afternoons. Fax-on-Demand: For up-to-date information that can also be found on the web or via fax, call 1-800-300-2050. Enter your personal identification number (PIN). The passcode for the MWC is (692). If you do not have an account call Pivotal Communications at 770-399-0096. MWC Main Directory 1000 MWC Women’s Soccer Release 1093 MWC Women’s Soccer Statistics 1095 MWC Women’s Soccer Standings 1094 MWC Comp. Soccer Schedule 1096MediaTeamLink is another easy way to get updated information and is an Internet product that Media can use to automatically receive documents via email and/or fax – as soon as they are updated by the media relations department or conference. Documents retrieved via email are in original format (including color and photos), have a searchable text option, and the ability to cut and paste to any other document. Media can select numerous documents from different schools and conferences at one time, and then have them automatically delivered as the document is posted by the SID. Media interested in establishing an account should call Javan Hedlund at (719) 533-9511 or sign up at www.media teamlink.com. MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE WOMEN’S SOCCER FIRSTS First Match Played: UC Santa Barbara at San Diego State, August 27, 1999, at ARCO Olympic Training Center in San Diego, Calif. First goal scored: Megan Mattes (Sr., MF) of San Diego State (10th minute) vs. UC Santa Barbara on August 27, 1999, in San Diego, Calif. First goal allowed: April Loveland of UC Santa Barbara (89th minute) vs. San Diego State on August 27, 1999, in San Diego, Calif. First win: San Diego State over UC Santa Barbara, 5-1, on August 27, 1999, in San Diego, Calfi. First road win: BYU over Arizona State, 3-2 in overtime, on August 27, 1999, in Tempe, Ariz. First win over a ranked opponent: Brigham Young, 8-1, over No. 20 Northwestern on September 4, 1999, in Missoula, Mont. , at the Montana Soccer Showdown Tournament. First loss to a ranked opponent: No. 23 Wake Forest over Air Force, 2-1, on September 5, 1999, in Colorado Springs, Colo., at the Falcon Invitational. First shutout by an MWC team: UNLV over Weber State, 3-0, on September 1, 1999, in Las Vegas, Nev. First shutout of an MWC team: Colorado College over New Mexico, 1-0 (ot) on August 27, 1999 in Colorado Spring, Colo. First overtime match: New Mexico at Colorado College on August 27, 1999, in Colorado Springs, Colo. First overtime win: Brigham Young over Arizona State, 3-2, on August 27, 1999, in Tempe, Ariz. First overtime Loss: Colorado College over New Mexico, 1-0, on August 27, 1999, in Colorado Springs, Colo. First Tie: Wyoming vs. Denver (1-1) on September 1, 1999, in Laramie, Wyo. First win in a tournament match: San Diego State over George Washington, 2-0, on September 4, 1999, in Berkeley, Calif., at the Cal Tournament. First loss in a tournament match: Loyola Marymount over Air Force, 1-0, on September 4, 1999, in Colorado Springs, Colo., at the Falcon Invitational.
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