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Bulldogs Home For Matchups With Seattle and Idaho
Sept. 15, 2009
Match 7 Game Promotion
Match 8 Game Promotion
THIS WEEK: The Gonzaga University women’s soccer team welcomes a pair of northwest teams to the Gonzaga Soccer Field for two non-conference matchups this week. The Bulldogs will face off against Seattle University 3 p.m. Thursday and then will host the University of Idaho before playing their next seven matches on the road. FOLLOW THE BULLDOGS LIVE: All Gonzaga University home matches will be video streamed and available via Gametracker on the internet at http://www.gozags.com. Check the Gonzaga web site to sign up for live video streaming and view other Gametracker links. FOLLOW THE BULLDOGS ON TWITTER: Follow the team every step of Gonzaga University’s women’s soccer season at www.twitter.com/gonzagawsoccer. You can also get instant game scores and updates at the official Bulldog athletic twitter site at www.twitter.com/GonzagaBulldogs. LAST WEEK: Despite playing some of its best soccer of the season last week, Gonzaga University dropped two road matches to two perennial national title contenders. Last Friday saw the Zags fall by a 2-0 decision to the University of Southern California, the 2007 National Champions and 2008 NCAA Tournament third round participant, in Los Angeles. The Bulldogs also lost by a 2-0 margin to No. 5 ranked UCLA this past Sunday, only allowing goals to the Bruins, an NCAA College Cup semifinal participant last season, in the early minutes of each half. COMING UP: Next week Gonzaga University will play in the Uni Wyo Cowgirl Classic hosted by the University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyo. The Bulldogs will face the Cowgirls 3 p.m. Friday before matching up against Boise State University 10 a.m. Sunday. ABOUT THE SEATTLE REDHAWKS: Seattle University enters its match against Gonzaga University with a 4-4-0 overall mark. The Redhawks won the only previous meeting between the two teams, a 7-0 decision played in Seattle back in 1991. Kara Kuttler enters the week leading the team with three goals and eight points while keeper Madison Goverde has made 37 saves and owns a 0.75 GAA in the eight matches played this season. Head coach Julie Woodward is in her 13th season at SU and owns a 179-61-22 career record at the school. ABOUT THE IDAHO VANDALS: The University of Idaho comes into the week with a 4-3-0 overall mark and will face Eastern Washington University on Friday prior to sqauring off against the Bulldogs on Sunday. The Zags lead the all-time series with the Vandals 6-3-1 and have won six of the last seven meetings including a 3-1 victory in Moscow, Ida. last season. Sari Morrison enters the week pacing the club in goals (4) and in points (8). Head coach Peter Showler is in his fifth season at UI and owns a 13-64-5 career record at the school. EDWARDS RECORDS CAREER WIN NUMBER 50: Gonzaga University’s 2-0 win over Eastern Washington Sept. 6 was the Bulldogs first year head coach Amy Edwards third victory with the Zags and the 50th win of her career. Edwards came to Gonzaga with 47 career victories with all coming during her four-year stint at the University of Tulsa. SCHEDULE PROVIDING TOUGH TESTS: Gonzaga University is slated to match up with six teams that made appearances in the NCAA Tournament last season and will also play four of its seven West Coast Conference matches on the road this season. Both of the Zags opponents last week made appearances in last season’s NCAA Tournament as Southern California advanced to the third round and UCLA advanced all the way to the College Cup semifinal. CONRAD CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WAY: Gonzaga University senior midfielder Lori Conrad came into her final season at GU with three career goals and has since doubled her career total with team-highs of three goals and seven points through six matches this season. The Richland, Wash. native has found the back of the net each time via header, twice off of corner kicks from Sheridan Jones in each of the season’s first two matches and once off of a Morgan Manchester throw in the Sept. 6 win over Eastern Washington University. NOW ENTERING THE MATCH: Gonzaga University’s first year head coach Amy Edwards has implemented a new style of play this season that will see the Zags apply offensive pressure throughout the match. The new style of play requires the Zags to rely on the good amount of depth at each position in order to keep fresh legs on the field. The large amount of depth as seen the Bulldogs use at least 20 of its 26 active players in three of its six matches this season. 22 players appeared in its season-opening victory over the University of Montana, 21 made it onto the pitch in the Aug. 28 win over McNeese State University and 20 players recorded minutes in the Zags 2-0 win over Eastern Washington University Sept. 6. PERMISSION TO FIRE: Gonzaga University launched a season-high 30 shots in the Sept. 6 2-0 win at Eastern Washington University surpassing its previous season high of 29 shots which came in the 3-1 win over McNeese State University Aug. 28. The Zags had 12 players record shots against EWU and 10 players fire on net against MSU.
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