Aug. 30, 2010
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SEATTLE - With a 2-1 record all on the road to begin the 2010 season, the UW women's soccer team will play its home opener in the Husky/Nike Invitational this weekend at Husky Soccer Stadium and welcome Syracuse, Wisconsin and Portland to Seattle. The Dawgs will face Syracuse at 7 p.m. on Friday, followed by a match with No. 20 Wisconsin on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. The tournament kicks off on Friday at 4:30 p.m. as No. 5 Portland takes on Wisconsin. The fourth game is Sunday at 11 a.m., featuring Portland and Syracuse.
Scouting Syracuse
The Syracuse Orange enter the tournament with a 1-1-2 record. On opening weekend, the dropped a tight 1-0 match to William and Mary and earned a draw in double OT with Old Dominion. Last weekend, they tied Lehigh 1-1 and picked up their first win of the season, 2-1, over Colgate. Brielle Heitman leads the team with two goals and four points. TIna Romagnulo had a team-high 18 shots. Two goalkeepers have split time for the Orange this season as Brittany Anghel has six saves and one shutout and Erin Quinlan has seven saves and allowed just two goals. Phil Wheddon is the head coach in his second season. This will be the first-ever meeting between UW and Syracuse.
Scouting Wisconsin
Wisconsin is ranked No. 20 in both the Soccer Times and NSCAA polls for the second-straight week. The polls come out every Tuesday and the Badgers are likely to drop from the top 25 after going 0-2 last week. Wisconsin last a hard-fought battle, 1-0, vs. No. 3 UCLA then dropped another 1-0 match to Cincinnati. Alev Kelter leads the team with five shots and Kodee Williams has two shots on goal. Michelle Dalton is the goalie and she has nine saves. Paula Wilkins enters her third season as head coach. Washington and Wisconsin have met just once in soccer, with the Badgers taking the game 2-1 back on Sept. 11, 2005 in Portland, Ore.
Scouting Portland
The Portland Pilots will be the only team in this tournament field that the Huskies won't face this weekend. These two will face off though later in the season at Portland on Oct. 3. Portland is ranked No. 5 in both top polls as the Pilots boast a 4-0 record which includes a 1-0 win over No. 21 Oklahoma State. Portland is led by Micaela Capelle with two goals and five points. Erin Dees has allowed just one goal in 360 minutes and has six saves. Garrett Smith is in his eighth season as the Associate Director for Soccer.
Team Effort Gives Dawgs Victory at UMass
The Huskies improved to 2-0 on the year for the third-straight season in impressive fashion at UMass. The Dawgs shutout the Minutewomen 3-0 with three goals and three assists from six different players. Kellye Joswick, McKenna Waitley and Kelsea Brajkovich each had goals while the assists came from Jane Mitchell, Lindsay Elston and Annie Sittauer. UW took 15 total shots that came 11 different players. Junior Jorde LaFontaine-Kussmann earned her first career start as a Husky and picked up her first win and shutout. She also recorded five saves in the match.
Joswick Returns With a Bang
Redshirt senior Kellye Joswick couldn't have scripted her return to the field any better. She scored the lone goal in the 78th minute as the Huskies defeated Seattle University, 1-0 to open the season. Joswick missed all of 2009 after a season-ending ACL tear in the fourth minute of the season-opener vs. Seattle. After working hard in the offseason to get back to the field, she got the start and took a ball from Sarah Martinez to the far post for the goal.
Mighty Keeper
Junior goalkeeper Kari Davidson recorded the shutout and one save vs. Seattle U in the season opener. It was her eighth career shutout in goal and 20th victory. After just two seasons, Davidson ranks amongst the top keepers in school history. She is fourth all-time in GAA (1.22), sixth in saves (98) and sixth in shutouts (eight).
Freshmen Experience
Three freshmen got the start in their first collegiate game at Seattle U on Aug. 20. Lindsey Bos, Brianna Sweeney and Lindsay Elston were the starters and freshmen Allie Beahan and Annie Sittauer came off the bench. Beahan recorded a shot on goal.
Huskies Receiving Votes in Polls
The 2010 NSCAA and Soccer Times top 25 polls feature the Huskies receiving votes. Several UW opponents are also ranked in the poll including: Stanford, UCLA, Wisconsin, Rutgers, Portland, Penn State, Cal, USC, Washington State, USC and Oregon State.
Follow the Huskies Live
Live stats from for all of this week's matches will be available via Gametracker on UW's official website, www.GoHuskies.com. Fans can also watch live streaming and listen to live audio for all UW matches via the Dawg Channel.
Gallimore Among the Best
Husky head coach Lesle Gallimore enters her 17th season at the helm of UW, the longest tenure of any Pac-10 coach. Gallimore ranks second on the Pac-10 coaching charts in all-time victories (171) and in conference wins (64), trailing only UCLA's Jillian Ellis (80). She picked up her 200th career victory with a 3-1 win over Oregon on Oct. 30, 2009.
Associate head coach Amy Griffin also returns for her 15th season and assistant Jim Thomas for his third. The new volunteer assistant in her first season is Missy Strasburg.
Washington Picked Seventh by Coaches
The Pac-10 women's soccer coaches voted on the preseason poll and ranked the Huskies seventh in arguably the toughest conference in the country.
Head coach Lesle Gallimore's team received 37 votes, just four shy of sixth place. Stanford was picked to finish first with nine first place votes and 81 total points. UCLA was picked second, followed by USC, Cal, Oregon State, Washington State, Washington, Arizona State, Oregon and Arizona.
The top seven teams ranked in the Pac-10 preseason poll are either ranked or receiving votes in the NSCAA poll.
Huskies to Appear on FSN
The Pac-10 Conference announced that two regular season women's soccer matches will air on the Fox Soccer Channel and selected Fox Sports Net RSNs.
The Huskies will be one of the first teams featured in their match at UCLA on Oct. 29. Because of the television deal, the game time has changed to 8 p.m.
Get Your Tickets Now
Single game and season tickets are available for the 2010 men's and women's soccer season's.
Fans looking for season tickets can purchase the Husky Gold Card which grants general admission access to all men's and women's soccer, volleyball, gymnastics, baseball and softball games.
