Women's Soccer Finally Plays at Home This Weekend
10/19/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Oct. 19, 2010
Women's Soccer Weekly Notes 
MALIBU, Calif. -- After nearly a month of road games, the Pepperdine women's soccer team returns home to host San Francisco and Saint Mary's in West Coast Conference action. Three of the Waves' final four regular-season games are at home.
MATCH #17 -- Friday (Oct. 22) at Tari Frahm Rokus Field: Pepperdine (7-5-4, 0-2-1) vs. San Francisco (4-12-0, 0-3-0) at 3 p.m.
MATCH #18 -- Sunday (Oct. 24) at Tari Frahm Rokus Field: Pepperdine vs. Saint Mary's (7-5-3, 1-2-0) at 1 p.m.
ON THE WEB -- Live internet statistics via Gametracker will be available for all home matches at www.pepperdinesports.com. A link to the opponents' live stats program will be provided for road games.
TICKETS -- Single-game prices are $8 for adults, $5 for students/seniors/children and free to all Pepperdine students, faculty and staff (and their dependents) with a valid Pepperdine ID.
PROMOTIONS -- At Friday's game, winners of the halftime "Crossbar Competition" will get certificates for free Lily's burritos ... Sunday's game is "Club Soccer Day" and clubs that sign up before Friday can attend for free.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Pepperdine is 9-8-0 all-time against San Francisco and has won three in a row. The Waves are 6-2-0 at home against the Dons. Last season, Pepperdine posted a 2-1 win at USF, and the last time the game was played in Malibu, the Waves won 3-0 in 2008.
SAINT MARY'S -- Pepperdine is 7-6-3 all-time against Saint Mary's and is unbeaten in the last eight meetings (6-0-2), including four straight wins. The Waves won at home last season, 2-1, and are 4-2-2 in Malibu. The Gaels' last victory came in 2001 in Moraga.
LAST WEEKEND -- The Waves suffered a couple of heartbreaking 1-0 losses in the Pacific Northwest. Pepperdine outshot Gonzaga, 9-6, but the Bulldogs scored on a golden goal in the second minute of overtime. The Waves then put together an outstanding defensive effort in a loss at #2 Portland on Sunday. Pepperdine held the Pilots without a shot until the 38th minute and held them to 10 shots for the match, their second-lowest total of the season. But, All-American Danielle Foxhoven scored on one of them in the 57th minute. The Waves hit the post and the crossbar on shots after that.
WCC STATS -- Among the conference's teams, Pepperdine is third in goals-against average (0.71), fifth in goals per game (1.25) and fourth in shots per game (12.75) ... The Waves are committing the fewest fouls in the league (7.94 per game) ... Laura Cole is second in game-winning goals (four), tied for third in goals (six), tied for fifth in points (13) and tied for ninth in shots (34) ... Roxanne Barker is third in goals-against average (0.66), third in save percentage (.845) and sixth in saves per game (3.75) ... Anisa Guajardo is tied for fifth in goals (five), tied for seventh in points (12) and tied for fifth in shots (38) ... Michelle Spacciapolli is tied for seventh in game-winning goals (two) and tied for ninth in shots (34).
COLE -- Pepperdine is unbeaten (6-0-1) when junior forward Laura Cole (Whittier, Calif./La Habra HS) records a point this season, and 5-0-1 when she scores a goal. Cole notched six goals as a 2008 freshman (earning All-WCC honorable mention and WCC All-Freshman honors), but was kept off the scoresheet entirely in 2009. She has bounced back in excellent form with team highs of six goals and 13 points thus far in 2010. Her tally of four game-winning goals is one shy of the school single-season record. After nine games, she had already scored more goals (six) than any Pepperdine individual in all of 2009.
GUAJARDO -- Sophomore forward Anisa Guajardo (Clovis, Calif./Buchanan HS) scored four goals in the season's first five games, quickly surpassing her freshman total of two tallies. She's the first Pepperdine player to record at least four goals and 10 points after five games since Emily Wynne in 2006. She now has five goals and 12 points, both of which rank second on the team.
2010 NOTES -- Pepperdine won on opening day (8/20 vs. Fresno State) for the second year in a row and the sixth time in the last eight years ... Pepperdine's four-goal output vs. Arizona (8/29) was the first time the Waves scored more than two goals since the end of the 2008 season ... Pepperdine had four different goal-scorers vs. Arizona (and again against Detroit), the first time that had happened since midway through the 2008 season ... Pepperdine has scored first in nine of 13 games where a goal has been scored ... Pepperdine is 7-0 when scoring a goal in the first half ... Just three players have started all 14 games: goalkeeper Roxanne Barker and central defenders Kelsea Smith and Kristin DeGrandmont ... Pepperdine matched 2009's season total of 18 goals in its 12th game (UCLA) and surpassed it in the 13th (CSU Bakersfield) ... The Waves had a shutout streak of 447 minutes between Sept. 18 and Oct. 3, and their four consecutive shutouts were their most since early in the 2004 season ... Pepperdine went 2-1-1 against the Pac-10 ... Pepperdine's 1-0 win at then-#11 UCLA snapped the Bruins' national-best 73-match home unbeaten streak and was the Waves' first win over the Bruins since 1993 (0-12-1 since) ... Pepperdine and rival LMU went to overtime for the sixth time in the last seven years, and it ended in a tie for the third time in the last five seasons.
2010 HONORS -- Michelle Manning was named WCC Player of the Week and was picked to CollegeSoccer360.com's Primetime Performers of the Week list on Oct. 4 after recording the game-winning goal in Pepperdine's upset win at UCLA ... Anisa Guajardo was named the Player of the Week by L.A. Soccer News on Sept. 7 (which includes all area college and pro teams, men and women) following a two-goal, two-assist weekend vs. Cal State Northridge and Detroit ... Manning, Gunny Jonsdottir and Michelle Spacciapolli made the all-tournament team in San Diego ... Spacciapolli, Katie Gallanes, Michelle Pao and Ana Pontes made the all-tournament team in Hawaii ... Spacciapolli, an All-WCC second team selection in 2009, was named to the preseason All-WCC squad ... Cole is ranked #56 on Top Drawer Soccer's list of the nation's top players (non-freshmen) ... Jonsdottir is ranked #56 on Top Drawer Soccer's list of the country's top freshmen.
BIO HIGHLIGHTS -- Gunny Jonsdottir is a member of the Iceland National Team ... Four Waves played in the U-23 club national championship match this summer: Rebecca Klamser and Kelsea Smith for the winning Camarillo Eagles team and Anisa Guajardo and Myriah Stockman on the second-place Arizona Rush side ... Katie Gallanes also won a club national championship this summer with the U-17 So Cal Blues.
2010 ROSTER -- The Waves bring back 14 of 24 letterwinners (including eight of 11 starters) as well as two redshirts, while eight newcomers complete the roster. Returning players account for 11 of the 18 goals (61%) and seven of the 11 assists (64%). The roster consists of just two seniors (Haleigh Guertin, now in her fourth year as a starting defender; and Michaela Carrera, a sixth-year senior), six juniors, eight sophomores, one redshirt freshman and seven true freshmen.
WARD -- Part of the program from nearly the beginning, Tim Ward is in his 13th season as the Waves' head coach. He entered the 2010 season with a 135-75-30 (.583) record with eight seasons of double-digit victories. His teams have posted nine winning seasons and five NCAA Tournament berths, including the Sweet 16 in 2002 and 2005. Ward has been with the women's soccer program for 17 of its 18 seasons, as he was an assistant coach from 1994-97 before being elevated to head coach.
SCHEDULE -- Twelve of Pepperdine's 20 matches come against teams that posted a .500 record or better in 2009, and six advanced to the NCAA Tournament. The Waves faced nearly half the Pac-10 (Arizona, Arizona State, UCLA and Washington State) and played in tournaments hosted by San Diego and Hawaii.
WCC PRESEASON POLL -- The Waves were picked to finish fourth in the conference in a preseason vote of the league's coaches. The predicted order went as follows: Portland, Santa Clara, San Diego, Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount, Saint Mary's, Gonzaga and San Francisco.
2009 IN REVIEW -- The Waves went 11-7-1 last season, good for their 11th double-digit win season and first since 2006. Pepperdine narrowly missed out on an NCAA Tournament berth after finishing 3-3-1 in the WCC, good for a tie for fourth place. Kelly Reilly and Michelle Spacciapolli made the NSCAA All-West Region second team, while Sophia Medina was on the third team. All-WCC honors saw Medina on the first team, Roxanne Barker, Reilly and Spacciapolli on the second team and Cammie Burke and Kelsea Smith on honorable mention.
WOMEN'S SOCCER HISTORY -- One of Pepperdine's youngest programs (it was established in 1993), the women's soccer team has also been one of its most successful over the last decade with five NCAA Tournament appearances, including Sweet Sixteen berths in 2002 and 2005. The Waves have posted winning seasons in 12 of their 17 seasons, including 11 years with double-digit victories.
ABOUT PEPPERDINE -- Pepperdine boasts a one-of-a-kind athletic department with unprecedented success for a school of its size. The Waves have won a total of nine NCAA championships in five different men's sports -- one of just 14 schools to have accomplished this feat. Of the 14, Pepperdine is the only non-BCS school and has by far the smallest enrollment. The majority of Pepperdine's teams are ranked nationally year after year and compete for conference and national titles.
