Sept. 12, 2000 THIS WEEK: The Washington men's soccer team (2-2-0) makes its first home appearance this weekend when it hosts the Nike Northwest Soccer Challenge Sept. 14 and 16. Action begins at 5 p.m. Thursday with a game between Oregon State (3-1-0) and Santa Clara (2-1-0) followed by Washington and UC-Irvine (4-0-0) at 7:30 p.m. Second round games are at 12 noon and 2:15 p.m. Saturday. Washington enters the tournament aiming to extend a two-game win streak. The Huskies are coming off a pair of shutouts, over San Diego State and Akron, that led to the adidas Portland Invitational Tournament title. The victories evened the Huskies' record and ended a scoring drought after they blanked both teams, 3-0. This weekend also marks the first showing of nighttime action at Husky Soccer Stadium. Phase Two of Husky Soccer Stadium is now complete with the addition of lights at the campus venue, bringing nighttime soccer on grass to Washington for the first time ever. Games 5-6
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Sat., Sept. 16
Husky Soccer Stadium (1,500) In the Polls NSCAA: UW, received votes Soccer America: not ranked Irvine, Santa Clara, OSU -- not ranked IT'S A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME: Washington, coming off back-to-back Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championships, enters new territory this season. The Huskies have broken away from the MPSF and will compete in the Pacific-10 Conference in a home-and-away series this year against California, Oregon State, Stanford and UCLA. SERIES HISTORY: Washington owns a 2-0-0 record versus first round opponent Irvine ... the teams last met in 1998, with UW posting a 3-2 victory in Seattle ... in its series against Santa Clara, the Broncos lead the Huskies, 4-7-1 ... this will be the first meeting since 1997, when UW won 3-0, in California. Santa Clara is on a two-game win streak, with victories over Alabama A&M and Cal Poly SLO ... OSU defeated Sacramento State, 3-0, last Sunday ... UCI won its own tournament last weekend. DAWG BITE: Husky coach Dean Wurzberger, Washington's first-ever full-time head men's soccer coach, came to Seattle after serving as an assistant coach at Santa Clara. In his only season at SCU, the Broncos posted a 20-1-2 record, held the No. 1 ranking for much of the season, and finished the year losing in the NCAA Championship match on penalty shots to Virginia. Wurzberger enters his ninth year at UW and 10th season as a head coach. He has directed the Huskies to five straight NCAA Tournament appearances in his tenure while leading his team to back-to-back MPSF Championships ('98, '99). HUSKY HIGHLIGHTS: The Huskies have outshot opponents, 87-25, in their four games to date ... Trevor Frobose (Akron) and Ben Somoza (SDSU) have each scored a pair of goals in one game this season ... Somoza's two goals are number five and six for his career ... senior Kai Carroll, who posted the first goal of the season against SDSU, is the lead returning scorer for UW ... he now has 15 goals scored as he enters his final campaign ... senior Mike Casale (Redmond, Wash./Eastlake) is team captain this season ... UW has two transfers on its roster this season, Frobose, from the Air Force Academy, and Adam Reeves, from Cal State Fullerton. Frobose has played in all four games, and has the pair of goals to his credit ... Reeves has played in two contests. IT'S EARLY, BUT: UW enters the 2000 season with a string of five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. The Huskies seek to make it six straight, a goal only nine other programs in the country can match. THIS WEEK: The Washington men's soccer team (2-2-0) makes its first home appearance this weekend when it hosts the Nike Northwest Soccer Challenge Sept. 14 and 16. Action begins at 5 p.m. Thursday with a game between Oregon State (3-1-0) and Santa Clara (2-1-0) followed by Washington and UC-Irvine (4-0-0) at 7:30 p.m. Second round games are at 12 noon and 2:15 p.m. Saturday. Washington enters the tournament aiming to extend a two-game win streak. The Huskies are coming off a pair of shutouts, over San Diego State and Akron, that led to the adidas Portland Invitational Tournament title. The victories evened the Huskies' record and ended a scoring drought after they blanked both teams, 3-0. This weekend also marks the first showing of nighttime action at Husky Soccer Stadium. Phase Two of Husky Soccer Stadium is now complete with the addition of lights at the campus venue, bringing nighttime soccer on grass to Washington for the first time ever. IT'S A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME: Washington, coming off back-to-back Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championships, enters new territory this season. The Huskies have broken away from the MPSF and will compete in the Pacific-10 Conference in a home-and-away series this year against California, Oregon State, Stanford and UCLA. SERIES HISTORY: Washington owns a 2-0-0 record versus first round opponent Irvine ... the teams last met in 1998, with UW posting a 3-2 victory in Seattle ... in its series against Santa Clara, the Broncos lead the Huskies, 4-7-1 ... this will be the first meeting since 1997, when UW won 3-0, in California. Santa Clara is on a two-game win streak, with victories over Alabama A&M and Cal Poly SLO ... OSU defeated Sacramento State, 3-0, last Sunday ... UCI won its own tournament last weekend. DAWG BITE: Husky coach Dean Wurzberger, Washington's first-ever full-time head men's soccer coach, came to Seattle after serving as an assistant coach at Santa Clara. In his only season at SCU, the Broncos posted a 20-1-2 record, held the No. 1 ranking for much of the season, and finished the year losing in the NCAA Championship match on penalty shots to Virginia. Wurzberger enters his ninth year at UW and 10th season as a head coach. He has directed the Huskies to five straight NCAA Tournament appearances in his tenure while leading his team to back-to-back MPSF Championships ('98, '99). HUSKY HIGHLIGHTS: The Huskies have outshot opponents, 87-25, in their four games to date ... Trevor Frobose (Akron) and Ben Somoza (SDSU) have each scored a pair of goals in one game this season ... Somoza's two goals are number five and six for his career ... senior Kai Carroll, who posted the first goal of the season against SDSU, is the lead returning scorer for UW ... he now has 15 goals scored as he enters his final campaign ... senior Mike Casale (Redmond, Wash./Eastlake) is team captain this season ... UW has two transfers on its roster this season, Frobose, from the Air Force Academy, and Adam Reeves, from Cal State Fullerton. Frobose has played in all four games, and has the pair of goals to his credit ... Reeves has played in two contests. IT'S EARLY, BUT: UW enters the 2000 season with a string of five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. The Huskies seek to make it six straight, a goal only nine other programs in the country can match. LAST WEEK: UW posted a pair of decisive victories en route to winning its fifth adidas Invitational, defeating both San Diego State and Akron, 3-0. The effort ending a UW scoring drought that had seen the Huskies go scoreless in its first two games. Against SDSU, Kai Carroll scored early in the second half and Ben Somoza followed with a pair of goals to lead the Huskies, 3-0, over the Aztecs. Carroll, who came off the bench, put UW on the board at 52:03 off a feed from Aaron Heinzen. Somoza scored his first goal less than four minutes later, taking a pass from Greg Foisie at 56:06. Somoza completed the scoring at 69:52 when he converted a penalty kick after being pulled down in the box. UW peppered SDSU for 30 shots. Keeper Chad Olsen went the distance, recording three saves along with his fifth career shutout. Against Akron, Trevor Frobose had a pair of goals. He capitalized on a combination of passes from Billy Sleeth and Foisie, to put the Huskies on the board at 19:57. Less than four minutes into the second half, he pounced on a bouncing ball in the box to give UW a 2-0 lead. Zac Tallman's centering pass was deflected several times before Frobose slotted the ball past the Akron keeper. UW completed its scoring at 78:49 when Bryn Ritchie headed in a corner kick by Carroll. The Huskies outshot Akron, 21-3. Olsen had two saves in the contest. TV SCHEDULE: Washington's schedule features two televised games on Fox Sports Net Northwest. The Huskies' games against Gonzaga (Oct. 27) and at Oregon State (Nov. 5) will be carried on a delayed basis by the regional network. A GLANCE at the HUSKIES: An experienced defense, aggressive midfield and explosive front line define the 2000 Huskies, who will be shooting for a goal only nine other programs in the nation can match - a sixth straight berth in the NCAA Tournament. Despite the loss of three full-time starters- all-American Wes Hart, Rees Bettinger, eighth all-time in UW goals, and first-team all-MPSF defender Morgan McCoy-18 players return from a 1999 season in which Washington won 10 of its final 11 games and bowed out of the NCAA Tournament in the second round to eventual champion Indiana. Four seniors and six juniors, seven of whom started at least half of last year's games, provide ample experience and leadership for the 16 underclassmen. RECAPPING 1999: The Huskies are coming off an outstanding season in which they defended their second Mountain Pacific Sports Federation title, winning 10 of their final 11 games and earning a fifth straight NCAA Tournament bid. They advanced to the second round before falling to eventual champion Indiana, at Indiana.
LOCALLY BORN AND BRED: The state of Washington is turning out stellar soccer players, and UW coach Dean Wurzberger is doing his part to keep them at home. No less than 20 players, two more than last season, on this year's 26-player roster are from the Evergreen State, the highest total in Wurzberger's history with the Dawgs.
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