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Bulldogs Host #14 Santa Clara In Saturday's Season Finale
Nov. 5, 2009
Match 20 #14 Santa Clara vs. Gonzaga Gonzaga Soccer Field Saturday, Nov. 7, 1 p.m. Gametracker and Videostreaming Available THIS WEEK: Gonzaga University will look to send off its seniors and close out the regular season on a winning note, hosting No. 14 ranked Santa Clara University 1 p.m. Saturday. The Bulldogs are currently riding a four-match home winning streak while SCU enters the week winners of four out of their last five following a 1-0 defeat to No. 2 University of Portland last Sunday. 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/zagswsoccer. You can also get instant game scores and updates at the official Bulldog athletic twitter site at www.twitter.com/GonzagaBulldogs. LAST WEEK: Last weekend saw Gonzaga University drop a pair of road contests, falling 5-1 at West Coast Conference foe University of San Diego last Friday and later dropping a 2-0 non-conference decision at UC Irvine this past Sunday. Emma Dolcetti recorded the Zags goal against USD. COMING UP: This weekend will be the final game for Gonzaga University in 2009. Prior to the match on Saturday the Zags will honor its seven seniors, Jessie Sorenson, Jessie Thalman, Taylor Hall, Lori Conrad, Christi D’Agostino, Amy Danielson and Kat Taylor. SCHEDULE PROVIDING TOUGH TESTS: The 2009 schedule has provided its far share of tough tests for Gonzaga University and first year head coach Amy Edwards. So far this year the Bulldogs have faced five teams that made appearances in last season’s NCAA Tournament, four of the five contests were played on the road. Earlier this season the Zags went through a streak that saw them play seven consecutive matches on the road, five of the matches were decided by one goal as the Bulldogs went 1-6 during that stretch. ABOUT SANTA CLARA: Santa Clara University enters the final week of the regular season with a 12-6-1 overall record including a 4-2 mark in West Coast Conference play and ranked as high as No. 14 in this week’s NSCAA national poll. Gonzaga University has gone unbeaten in its last two matchups with the Broncos, winning a 2-1 decision in Spokane in 2007 and playing SCU to a scoreless draw in Santa Clara last season. SCU continues to lead the all-time series 13-2-2. Jordan Angeli paces the Broncos with six goals and 15 points while Bianca Henniger owns a 0.88 GAA in goal. Head coach Jerry Smith owns a 354-108-35 career mark now in his 23rd year at SCU. HOME SWEET HOME: Gonzaga University opened the season by taking two of its first three home matches and has since gone on to produce a four-match home winning streak. After playing their previous seven matches all on the road the Bulldogs returned home to post a perfect home weekend, posting West Coast Conference victories over the University of San Francisco and Saint Mary’s College to improve its home record to 6-1. The Zags are set to close out the season at home against a tough No. 14 ranked Santa Clara University team 1 p.m. Saturday. CONRAD CONTINUING CAREER YEAR: Lori Conrad came into her final season at Gonzaga University with three career goals and has since doubled her career total with three goals to go along with her seven points. 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 win over Eastern Washington University. JONES CLIMBING THE CHARTS: 2009 preseason All-West Coast Conference selection Sheridan Jones is once again producing another solid season for Gonzaga University. The Hillsboro, Ore. native and All-WCC first team honoree from a year ago is also putting together a very impressive Gonzaga career. Jones has scored twice this season and enters this weekend with eight total points. Her team-leading four assists give her nine for her career which puts her in a tie for the third on the Zags Top-10 career assists chart. With her eight points this season she now has 23 career total points, putting her tenth in the school’s Top-10 career points list and with her 29 shots registered this season she is now in sole possession of fourth place on Gonzaga’s all-time list with 114 shots taken in her career. MAKING THEM COUNT: Sarah Rhodes is once again tied for the team-lead in goals (4) after posting her third match-winner of the season Oct. 25 against Saint Mary’s. With the scored tied at 1-1 in the match against SMC, Rhodes spun away from a Gael defender and rocketed a shot into the top left corner from 25 yards out for the eventual match-winner. The Victoria, B.C. native has also posted match-winners against Seattle University and the University of Idaho earlier this season. Rhodes finished last season with a team-high three goals and is just two goals away from breaking into the school’s top-10 list for career goals in just her sophomore season. THE FINISHER: Jessie Sorenson comes into the week tied for the team-lead with a career-high four goals this season with each of the goals coming in a Gonzaga University win. Her first goal came in the season-opening 3-0 win over the University of Montana and her other three goals each came in the final minutes to seal up GU victories. The Salt Lake City native’s goal in the 89th minute sealed the 2-0 win over Eastern Washington University while her third score came in 86th minute of the Zags 2-0 win over University of Wyoming and her latest score sealed up the Zags 3-1 conference win over the University of San Francisco Oct. 23. 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 and currently owns a 55-36-6 career coaching record. 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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