WOMEN S SOCCER 2008 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO 2008 WOMEN S SOCCER SCHEDULE

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1 2008 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO WOMEN S SOCCER 2008 WOMEN S SOCCER SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME (PST) Aug. 22 #1 USC L, 1-0 (ot) Aug. 29 UC Santa Barbara L, 1-0 Aug. 31 UC IRVINE W, 1-0 (2ot) Pepperdine Nike Challenge Sept. 5 Northwestern W, 3-2 Sept. 7 Iowa W, 1-0 Sept. 12 LA SALLE W, 3-2 Sept. 14 Cal State Bakersfi eld W, 3-0 UCLA Women s Cup Tournament Sept. 19 New Mexico T, 0-0 (2ot) Sept. 21 #19 Miami T, 0-0 (2ot) Sept. 26 UC RIVERSIDE W, 3-0 Sept. 28 IDAHO STATE W, 6-0 Oct. 5 #3 UCLA L, 3-0 Oct. 8 Long Beach State W, 1-0 Oct. 12 Santa Clara * W, 2-1 Oct. 17 SAN FRANCISCO * W, 1-0 Oct. 19 SAINT MARY S * W, 2-0 Oct. 24 Pepperdine * W, 1-0 Oct. 26 Loyola Marymount * W, 1-0 Oct. 31 Gonzaga * 11:30 AM Nov. 8 PORTLAND * 7:00 PM All home matches are in BOLD CAPS and will be played at USD s Torero Stadium. * Represents West Coast Conference Matches Women s Soccer 2008 Preseason Poll 1. Portland - 49 (7) 2. Santa Clara - 42 (1) 3. SAN DIEGO Loyola Marymount Pepperdine Gonzaga San Francisco Saint Mary s - 9 (First place votes) TORERO TO WATCH 8 ASHLEY KIRK Senior defender Ashley Kirk scored the game-winning goal in Friday s win over Pepperdine University. The goal was her first of the season, to go along with two assists for a total of four points. Kirk also helped anchored down the Toreros defense to a pair of shutouts this past week, running the team s shutout total to 12. IN A NUTSHELL: The 14th-ranked University of San Diego women s soccer team (13-3-2, WCC) will take their sixmatch winning streak on the road this week as they travel to the Pacific Northwest to take on Gonzaga University on Halloween in a 11:30 a.m. match. LAST TIME OUT: San Diego posted a perfect record this past week, claiming a pair of 1-0 wins over Pepperdine University and Loyola Marymount University. In Friday s win over Pepperdine, San Diego scored the lone goal of the match in the 24th minute of action. A Waves defender committed a foul on the left side of the field, setting up a free kick. Junior defender Natalie Vinti took the kick for the Toreros and bowed the ball into a crowded goal box, where Ashley Kirk rose above all players and headed the ball into the back of the net to give USD a 1-0 victory. USD s senior goalkeeper Brittany Cameron picked up her seventh shutout of the season in goal as she allowed no goals and recorded six saves. In Sunday s win over LMU, Jackie Zinke tallied the lone goal of the match at the 79:53 mark. Christine Mock sent a cross to Elissa Magracia, who in turn sent the ball to Zinke, and Zinke then rocketed off a laser strike with no one in front of her into the back of the net to give USD the 1-0 win. Cameron picked up the win in goal for the Toreros as she allowed no goals and recorded three saves in recording her eighth shutout of the season Alcala Park, San Diego, California / Fax: 619/ cloucks@sandiego.edu -

2 2008 SAN DIEGO WOMEN S SOCCER 2008 SAN DIEGO QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION: Location... San Diego, CA Founded Enrollment... 7, 600 Affiliation...NCAA Division I Conference...West Coast Conference Nickname... Toreros School Colors... Torero Blue, Navy, White Athletic Dept. Phone...(619) President...Mary E. Lyons, Ph.D. Executive Director of Athletics... Ky Snyder Senior Assoc. Athletic Director... Mike Matoso Associate Athletic Director/Business Affairs Dan Yourg Assoc. AD for Compliance & Student Services/SWA...Shaney Fink Assoc. AD for Development... Brian Fogarty Assoc. AD for Facilities & Operations... Andy Fee Assoc. AD for Sports Medicine...Carolyn Greer, A.T., C. Assoc. AD for Marketing and Sponsorships Steve Becvar Director of Jenny Craig Pavilion...Josh Lawrence Team Physician...Dr. Paul C. Murphy Strength & Conditioning Coach...Stephane Rochet SOCCER HISTORY: First Year of Women s Soccer Overall All-Time Record Best All-Time Record (2007) NCAA Appearances (Last)...8 (2007) NCAA Tournament All-Time Record Best Postseason Finish (Last)...NCAA Second Round (2004) TEAM INFORMATION: Head Coach... Ada Greenwood Alma Mater... Dominican College, 1997 Record at USD (Five Sea sons) Overall Record... Same Assistants...P.J. Woolridge (Cal Poly, 2000)... Karen Bardsley (Cal State Fullerton, 2006) Soccer Phone...(619) Soccer Fax...(619) Overall Record WCC Record (Place) (2nd) 2007 Home Record Road Record Neutral Field Records Post Season Starters returning/lost... 8/3 Letterwinners returning/lost... 17/10 Newcomers...14 MEDIA INFORMATION: Director of Media Relations...Ted Gosen Assist. Director (Women s Soccer)...Chris Loucks Media Relations Coordinator... Ryan McCann Loucks Office Phone...(619) Fax...(619) Press Box Phone...(619) Loucks ...cloucks@sandiego.edu SCOUTING THE ZAGS: Gonzaga University enters the week with 2008 Record an overall record of and are 7-9-2, WCC posting a mark in the WCC Series Record , USD after picking up a 4-3 overtime win over Saint Mary s College and a 1-0 win over the University of San Francisco this past week. USD holds a advantage over the Bulldogs, including claiming a 1-0 overtime win over GU in Spokane last season. The Zags offense is led by a pair of three-goal scorers in freshman forward Sarah Rhodes and sophomore midfielder Sheridan Jones. GU turns to sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Ames to anchor things down as she is bolstering a 1.29 goals-againstaverage. Gonzaga is under the direction of 10th-year head coach Shannon Stiles. During her tenure in Spokane, Stiles has posted an overall record of THE POLLS: The University of San Diego women s soccer team held steady in all three polls this week, checking in as high as No. 14 in the latest Soccerbuzz top-30 poll and No. 16 in both the Soccertimes and NSCAA top-25 polls. Gonzaga is not ranked in any of the top-25 polls. WHERE WE STAND: San Diego is currently tied for first place in the West Coast Conference standings with No. 3 University of Portland at Next Saturday Nov. 8, Portland comes to Torero Stadium in a match that will determine the WCC championship. Here are the scenarios for USD to win its first WCC Championship. If USD wins on this Friday against Gonzaga, and Portland wins as well, a tie or win against Portland next Saturday gives USD at least a share of the WCC championship. But if the Toreros lose this Friday against Gonzaga and Portland wins, the Toreros would need to beat Portland next Saturday to win a share of the WCC Championship. And finally, if both Portland and USD lose this Friday, a USD win or tie next Saturday will give the Toreros at least a share of the championship. SUDDEN IMPACT: San Diego freshman striker Stephanie Ochs has wasted no time making an impact at the collegiate level. Not only has been in the starting lineup from the start of the season, but she has emerged as one of the go-to players for USD. Thus far through her rookie campaign, Ochs has recorded three goals, two of which were game-winners, and added in two assists for eight points. GOOSE EGGS: The Toreros posted a pair of shutouts this past weekend, moving the season shutout total to 12. Senior goalkeeper Brittany Cameron picked up both shutouts in the net for the Toreros, allowing no goals and recording nine saves. On the season, Cameron has lowered her goals-against-average to HELP ME HELP YOU: Freshman forward Elissa Magracia has become one of the Toreros top play makers, as she leads the team with four assists, while also scoring a pair of goals to give her eight points on the season. Her assist in Sunday s 1-0 win over Loyola Marymount, was her second game-winning assist of the season, with her other coming in a 3-2 win over La Salle back on Sept Alcala Park, San Diego, California / Fax: 619/ cloucks@sandiego.edu -

3 2008 SAN DIEGO WOMEN S SOCCER ABOUT THE RECORD: San Diego has the third best record through the first 18 matches in program history at (.778) overall, trailing only the 1999 squad who began the season (.833) through the first 18 matches and last season s team, who was (.810). GOING STREAKING: San Diego is currently in the midst of a six-match winning streak, dating back to their 1-0 win over Long Beach State University on Oct. 8. The Toreros will look to improve upon that streak this week with Friday s match against Gonzaga University 2008 GAMETRACKER AVAILABLE: All San Diego women s soccer home matches can be followed via Gametracker on the Toreros athletic web site at Gametracker is a service of Online College Sports, the official web provider for San Diego athletics, and is a real time update of the action. Selected San Diego road matches are also available via Gametracker. THE GREENWOOD FILE: Since taking over the San Diego women s soccer program in 2003, Ada Greenwood has upheld the rich soccer tradition that San Diego is known for and continues to build a successful and nationally recognized program. Just the third coach in USD s storied 15 year history, Greenwood has compiled an overall record of in his five seasons at the helm. As San Diego s top assistant from , Greenwood helped USD to a record and four NCAA College Cup appearances. In his second year as a head coach in 2004, he guided USD to a overall record, a mark in the difficult West Coast Conference, and a second round appearance in the NCAA College Cup, maintaining USD s streak of six consecutive postseason appearances. For his efforts, Greenwood was honored as both the 2004 West Coast Conference Coach of the Year and the 2004 San Diego Union Tribune Coach of the Year. TOREROS TABBED THIRD IN WCC PRESEASON POLL: The University of San Diego women s soccer team has been tabbed to finish third in the West Coast Conference, according to a preseason WCC coaches poll released by the conference office. Coming off of its fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament quarterfinal appearance, the University of Portland was selected as the preseason favorite to take home the 2008 WCC regular season title. The Pilots, who return five starters from last year s squad, received seven first place votes to tally 49 overall points. This marks the fourth straight year that the Pilots have been selected as the WCC preseason favorite. Santa Clara University was selected second with 42 total points, and received one first place vote, and USD checks in at third with 37 votes. Loyola Marymount was picked to finish fourth, with Pepperdine predicted to finish fifth and Gonzaga coming in at sixth. Rounding off the final two spots are San Francisco and Saint Mary s picked to finish seventh and eighth respectively West Coast Conference Standings WCC OVERALL Team W L T Pts. W L T #3 Portland #15 SAN DIEGO Loyola Marymount Pepperdine Gonzaga Saint Mary s Santa Clara San Francisco NSCAA Top 25 as of Oct. 28, 2008 School 2008 Record 1. Notre Dame North Carolina Portland UCLA Stanford Florida State Florida Virginia Oklahoma State USC Duke Texas Boston College Texas A&M Colorado SAN DIEGO West Virginia Wisconsin-Milwaukee Wake Forest Missouri Penn State Washington State Georgetown Rutgers Minnesota Soccerbuzz Top 25 as of Oct. 27, 2008 School Record 1. Notre Dame Stanford UCLA North Carolina Portland Florida State Florida Virginia Duke Oklahoma State Texas A&M USC Colorado SAN DIEGO West Virginia Boston College Texas UW-Milwaukee Minnesota Penn State Washington UCF Princeton Wake Forest Georgetown Rutgers Missouri California LSU James Madison Alcala Park, San Diego, California / Fax: 619/ cloucks@sandiego.edu -

4 2008 NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME HT. POS YEAR HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL) 0 Brittany Cameron 5-8 GK SR Dublin, CA (Dublin HS) 1 Maggie Maguire 5-6 MF FR Anchorage, AK (West Anchorage HS) 2 Jackie Zinke 5-7 MF SO Newport Beach, CA (University of Arizona) 3 Lexi Deol 5-9 MF FR Ladera Ranch, CA (Alisa Niguel HS) 4 Erika Wesley 5-8 D SO Oakland, CA (Acalanes HS) 5 Hallie Huston 5-5 MF JR Leucadia, CA (La Jolla Country Day School) 6 Natalie Garcia 5-7 D FR Valley Center, CA (San Pasqual HS) 7 Dani Russell 5-8 D FR Long Beach, CA (Wilson HS) 8 Allison Wolters 5-5 MF/D RS-SR Upland, CA (Upland HS) 9 Jen Mello 5-5 F SR Pleasanton, Calif. (San Diego State) 10 Amy Epsten 5-6 F RS-SR San Diego, CA (Acad. of Our Lady Peace) 12 Akaylah Fisher 5-4 MF SO Pleasanton, Calif. (Arizona State University) 13 Christine Mock 5-8 F/MF RS-JR Phoenix, AZ (Xavier College Prep) 14 Katie Bavasi 6-0 MF/D RS-FR Mission Viejo, CA (Mission Viejo HS) 15 Megan Detrick 5-6 MF RS-FR Newport Beach, CA (Mater Dei HS) 16 Elissa Magracia 5-1 MF FR Chula Vista, CA (Bonita Vista HS) 17 Natalie Vinti 5-7 D/MF JR San Diego, CA (Cathedral Catholic HS) 18 Jackie Garcia 5-6 D/MF SR Hemet, CA (West Valley HS) 19 Allison Thompson 5-6 MF FR Lake Forest, CA (El Toro HS) 20 Mimi Roukoz 5-5 MF FR Arcadia, CA (Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy) 21 Katie Gordon 5-3 MF/F SO Los Gatos, CA (Archbishop Mitty HS) 22 Stephanie Ochs 5-9 F FR San Diego, CA (Patrick Henry HS) 23 Brooke Hickerson 5-3 MF/D RS-FR Littleton, CO (University of Colorado) 24 Courtney Parsons 5-7 GK FR Santa Rosa, CA (Ursuline HS) 25 Ashley Kirk 5-7 D/MF SR Windsor, CA (Ursuline HS) 26 Heather Burke 5-10 D SO Tucson, AZ (University HS) 27 Alex Dinan 5-8 GK FR Santa Rosa, CA (Maria Carrillo HS) 28 Melissa Maruca 5-5 MF/D RS-FR Bonita, CA (Horizon HS) 29 Karen Roberts 5-9 MF JR Gronton, MA (Gronton-Dunstable HS) 33 Addie Cartan 5-8 D SO Santa Rosa, CA (Ursuline HS) HEAD COACH: Ada Greenwood (Fourth Season - Dominican, 1997) ASSISTANTS: PJ Woolridge (First Season Cal Poly, 2000) Karen Bardsley (First Season Cal State Fullerton, 2006)

5 2008 USD Women's Soccer USD Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 27, 2008) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Date Opponent Score Att. Aug 22 USC L Aug 29 at UC Santa Barbara L Aug 31 UC IRVINE W Sep 5 vs Northwestern W Sep 07 vs Iowa W Sep 12 LA SALLE W Sep 14 at CSU Bakersfield W Sep 19 vs New Mexico T Sep 21 vs Miami T Sep 26 UC RIVERSIDE W Sep 28 IDAHO STATE W Oct 05 at UCLA L Oct 08 at Long Beach State W * Oct 12 at Santa Clara W * Oct 17 SAN FRANCISCO W * Oct 19 SAINT MARY'S W * Oct 24 at Pepperdine W * Oct 26 at LMU W TEAM STATISTICS USD OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Goals scored per game Shot pct Shots on goal-attempts SOG pct Shots/Game CORNER KICKS PENALTY KICKS PENALTIES Yellow cards 1 4 Red cards 0 1 ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 7/611 7/303 Neutral Site #/Avg 4/279 ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw pk-att 9 MELLO, Jen EPSTEN, Amy ZINKE, Jackie OCHS, Stephanie MAGRACIA, Elissa GARCIA, Jackie KIRK, Ashley HUSTON, Hallie MOCK, Christine MAGUIRE, Maggie VINTI, Natalie CARTAN, Addie GARCIA, Natalie WOLTERS, Allison V V ROBERTS, Karen BAVASI, Katie RUSSELL, Dani THOMPSON, Allison BURKE, Heather HICKERSON, Brooke GORDON, Katie WESLEY, Erika Total Opponents ## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Saves Pct W-L-T Sho 27 DINAN, Alex 1 27: CAMERON, Brittany : PARSONS, Courtney 6 325: Total : Opponents : Goals by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total USD Opponents Shots by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total USD Opponents Saves by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total USD Opponents Corners by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total USD Opponents Fouls by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total USD Opponents

6 2008 USD Women's Soccer USD Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 27, 2008) Conference games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Date Opponent Score Att. * Oct 12 at Santa Clara W * Oct 17 SAN FRANCISCO W * Oct 19 SAINT MARY'S W * Oct 24 at Pepperdine W * Oct 26 at LMU W TEAM STATISTICS USD OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Goals scored per game Shot pct Shots on goal-attempts SOG pct Shots/Game CORNER KICKS PENALTY KICKS PENALTIES Yellow cards 0 1 Red cards 0 0 ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 2/651 3/410 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw pk-att 2 ZINKE, Jackie EPSTEN, Amy MELLO, Jen MAGRACIA, Elissa OCHS, Stephanie KIRK, Ashley MOCK, Christine GARCIA, Natalie VINTI, Natalie GARCIA, Jackie HUSTON, Hallie WOLTERS, Allison ROBERTS, Karen BAVASI, Katie RUSSELL, Dani CARTAN, Addie BURKE, Heather HICKERSON, Brooke GORDON, Katie THOMPSON, Allison WESLEY, Erika Total Opponents ## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Saves Pct W-L-T Sho 0 CAMERON, Brittany 5 450: Total 5 450: Opponents 5 450: Goals by Period 1st 2nd Total USD Opponents Shots by Period 1st 2nd Total USD Opponents Saves by Period 1st 2nd Total USD Opponents Corners by Period 1st 2nd Total USD Opponents Fouls by Period 1st 2nd Total USD Opponents