Mavericks Host Creighton For First Time Since 2002
Sep 6, 2012 | Women's Soccer
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Live Stats (vs. Creighton)
Live Stats (at Drake)
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The UNO women's soccer team hosts Creighton on Friday at the UNO Soccer Field at 5:30 p.m., the first regular-season meeting between the programs since 2002. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children. If a child brings a pair of soccer cleats or other piece of equipment to donate, admission is only $2. Friday's game is being sponsored by the Gretna Soccer Club and UNO's Chi Omega sorority.
The Mavs continue the weekend at Drake on Sunday at 1 p.m. The Bulldogs and Mavericks have not met since 2003, when UNO won the only matchup between the two programs. Live stats for both matches will be available at OMavs.com. A live webcast (purchase necessary) for the Drake game will also be available at OMavs.com. Fans can receive in-game updates by following @UNOWomensSoccer on Twitter.
Series History
Creighton leads the all-time series 2-1. UNO and Creighton will be meeting in the regular season for the first time since Sept. 22, 2002, when the Mavericks earned a 2-0 win over the Bluejays at the UNO Soccer Field. UNO and Creighton tied 1-1 in an exhibition match last year at Creighton. Omaha faces Drake for only the second time in program history and first since 2003, when the Mavs earned a 1-0 win over the Bulldogs on Sept. 26, 2003.
Searching for 200
Don Klosterman will take aim at a coaching milestone when he leads UNO into its 14th season in 2012. The only head coach the University of Nebraska Omaha has had, Klosterman has a 198-64-12 record, just two wins from win number 200 in his outstanding career at UNO. The two-time Division II National Coach of the Year has led the Mavericks to the national semifinals four times, culminating in the 2005 NCAA Division II National Championship. Assistant coach Ted Anderson is in his 14th season at UNO and has been with Klosterman every step of the way.
Next Up for the Mavs
UNO makes a road trip to Boise, Idaho next weekend for a pair of games. On Friday, the Mavericks play at Boise State at 7 p.m. (CT). On Sunday, UNO plays Portland State in Boise at Noon (CT).
Last Time Out
GREELEY, Colo. - The UNO women's soccer team capped its two-game road trip with a heartbreaking 2-1 loss at Northern Colorado last Sunday afternoon. Trailing 2-1 with 10 seconds left in the match, UNO's Hannah Wampler broke free behind the defense and scored on a breakaway, but was whistled offsides, ending the threat of the Mavericks tying the game in the final seconds. Danielle Archuleta scored the lone goal for the Mavs, her second in as many games, but the Bears scored in the 48th minute to take a 2-1 lead and held on for the win. Freshman Meaghan Clark made a career-high nine saves for the Mavs. Northern Colorado outshot UNO 20-4 with an 11-2 edge in shots on goal.
Scouting Creighton
The Bluejays (1-4-1) are coming off a 3-1 loss to Arizona last Sunday. The Bluejays are led in scoring by Sarah Kendall (2g) and Alyssa Jara (1g, 2a). Katie Jo Swanson has played every minute in net and has 40 saves with a 2.08 goals against average. The Bluejays have two common regular-season opponents with UNO so far. They lost their season opener to Iowa State 1-0 in overtime and tied Utah State 1-1. Creighton also beat South Dakota 3-1. UNO beat the Coyotes in exhibition play 2-1.
Scouting Drake
Drake (4-2) enters Friday's game against South Dakota on a two-game winning streak. The Bulldogs are led in scoring by Ashlie Stokes, who has a team-best four goals. No other Bulldog has more than one goal this season. Kalena Litch has played every minute in net and has 28 saves and a 0.99 goals against average. Drake is 2-0 against The Summit League this season.
Back-to-Back Dani
Danielle Archuleta has scored a goal in consecutive games for the Mavericks, the first two goals of her senior season. The last time a Maverick scored goals in back-to-back games was in 2010, when Archuleta herself and Jordyn Braun each scored on October 23 and October 28.
Welcome to The Summit League
The 2012 season marks UNO's first with a full Summit League schedule. UNO will play all eight Summit League foes once, starting with a Sept. 28 game at home against Fort Wayne. Although the Mavericks will appear in the Summit League standings, UNO cannot qualify for the Summit League Championship or the NCAA Tournament until 2015-16.
Eyeing the Summit
Although the Mavericks will be playing their first season in The Summit League, UNO has some familiarity with the league after playing four Summit League teams last season. The Mavs posted a 2-2 record against their future league foes. UNO knocked off South Dakota, 3-2, on Aug. 28 for its first win over a Division I team as a Division I program. The Mavs fell at Summit League regular-season runner-up North Dakota State, 3-1, on Sept. 18, and at UMKC, 2-1, on Sept. 24. Those two teams posted a combined 13-3-2 conference record last year. UNO closed its mini-Summit League slate with a 1-0 win at Western Illinois to get back to .500 against its future opposition.
Junior Achievements
The Mavs will lean heavily on their six-player junior class in their first Summit League season. The six juniors have a combined 146 career starts among them. Last year, Jordyn Braun and Kerry Pivovar started every game on the Maverick back line, while Melanie McCormick started every game in the central midfield. Monica Bosiljevac started the first six games before her season ended due to injury, and Sarah Nordstrom and Logen Watts started eight and seven games, respectively, while appearing in every game.
Youth Movement
The Mavericks had a young team in their first Division I season in 2011 with 14 underclassmen (six freshmen and eight sophomores) on the 22-player roster, but they will be equally young in 2012. Among the 18 players on the roster this year, 11 are underclassmen (seven freshmen and four sophomores). The lone senior on this year's squad is Danielle Archuleta.
New in Net
Last year's starting goalkeeper, Katelyn Tschida, decided to hang up the cleats in the offseason after two years with the Mavericks, temporarily leaving sophomore Sarah Warren, who has played 24 career minutes, as the only goalkeeper on the Mavs' roster. The Mavs were able to sign Boise, Idaho native Meaghan Clark in the summer, giving the Mavs two young goalies for the 2012 season.
Fresh Faces
Clark is one of seven freshmen in the 2012 signing class, which comprises three Nebraska talents and four out-of-state players. Lincoln Southeast teammates Hannah Wampler and Morgan Westenburg, as well as Omaha Burke's Alex Wichman, make up the three in-state newcomers. Clark, Haley Shelton (Kansas City, Mo.), Layla Ashouri (Parker, Colo.) and Katlyn Nimtz (Allen, Texas) round out the rest of the freshman class. Shelton is out indefinitely after an offseason injury.
Mavs Picked to Tie For Eighth in Summit League Preseason Poll
UNO was picked to tie for eighth in The Summit League Women's Soccer Preseason Poll, voted on by the league's nine head coaches. Oakland, after becoming the first fourth-seeded team to win The Summit League Championship last season, was selected as the preseason favorite to repeat for the title. The Golden Grizzlies landed five first-place votes, while last season's regular-season champion South Dakota State collected the remaining four first-place tallies and finished second in the poll. Kansas City edged out North Dakota State by one point for third place, followed by Fort Wayne in the fifth slot. IUPUI and Western Illinois tied for sixth, while the Mavericks and South Dakota tied for eighth place to round out the poll. The top four teams in the regular-season standings (excluding UNO) will compete for The Summit League Women's Soccer Championship at Fishback Soccer Park in Brookings, S.D., Nov. 2 and 4. The tournament champion will earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's College Cup. The Mavericks are not eligible for the conference tournament or postseason play until 2015.
Live Stats (vs. Creighton)
Live Stats (at Drake)
Live Video (at Drake)
The UNO women's soccer team hosts Creighton on Friday at the UNO Soccer Field at 5:30 p.m., the first regular-season meeting between the programs since 2002. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children. If a child brings a pair of soccer cleats or other piece of equipment to donate, admission is only $2. Friday's game is being sponsored by the Gretna Soccer Club and UNO's Chi Omega sorority.
The Mavs continue the weekend at Drake on Sunday at 1 p.m. The Bulldogs and Mavericks have not met since 2003, when UNO won the only matchup between the two programs. Live stats for both matches will be available at OMavs.com. A live webcast (purchase necessary) for the Drake game will also be available at OMavs.com. Fans can receive in-game updates by following @UNOWomensSoccer on Twitter.
Series History
Creighton leads the all-time series 2-1. UNO and Creighton will be meeting in the regular season for the first time since Sept. 22, 2002, when the Mavericks earned a 2-0 win over the Bluejays at the UNO Soccer Field. UNO and Creighton tied 1-1 in an exhibition match last year at Creighton. Omaha faces Drake for only the second time in program history and first since 2003, when the Mavs earned a 1-0 win over the Bulldogs on Sept. 26, 2003.
Searching for 200
Don Klosterman will take aim at a coaching milestone when he leads UNO into its 14th season in 2012. The only head coach the University of Nebraska Omaha has had, Klosterman has a 198-64-12 record, just two wins from win number 200 in his outstanding career at UNO. The two-time Division II National Coach of the Year has led the Mavericks to the national semifinals four times, culminating in the 2005 NCAA Division II National Championship. Assistant coach Ted Anderson is in his 14th season at UNO and has been with Klosterman every step of the way.
Next Up for the Mavs
UNO makes a road trip to Boise, Idaho next weekend for a pair of games. On Friday, the Mavericks play at Boise State at 7 p.m. (CT). On Sunday, UNO plays Portland State in Boise at Noon (CT).
Last Time Out
GREELEY, Colo. - The UNO women's soccer team capped its two-game road trip with a heartbreaking 2-1 loss at Northern Colorado last Sunday afternoon. Trailing 2-1 with 10 seconds left in the match, UNO's Hannah Wampler broke free behind the defense and scored on a breakaway, but was whistled offsides, ending the threat of the Mavericks tying the game in the final seconds. Danielle Archuleta scored the lone goal for the Mavs, her second in as many games, but the Bears scored in the 48th minute to take a 2-1 lead and held on for the win. Freshman Meaghan Clark made a career-high nine saves for the Mavs. Northern Colorado outshot UNO 20-4 with an 11-2 edge in shots on goal.
Scouting Creighton
The Bluejays (1-4-1) are coming off a 3-1 loss to Arizona last Sunday. The Bluejays are led in scoring by Sarah Kendall (2g) and Alyssa Jara (1g, 2a). Katie Jo Swanson has played every minute in net and has 40 saves with a 2.08 goals against average. The Bluejays have two common regular-season opponents with UNO so far. They lost their season opener to Iowa State 1-0 in overtime and tied Utah State 1-1. Creighton also beat South Dakota 3-1. UNO beat the Coyotes in exhibition play 2-1.
Scouting Drake
Drake (4-2) enters Friday's game against South Dakota on a two-game winning streak. The Bulldogs are led in scoring by Ashlie Stokes, who has a team-best four goals. No other Bulldog has more than one goal this season. Kalena Litch has played every minute in net and has 28 saves and a 0.99 goals against average. Drake is 2-0 against The Summit League this season.
Back-to-Back Dani
Danielle Archuleta has scored a goal in consecutive games for the Mavericks, the first two goals of her senior season. The last time a Maverick scored goals in back-to-back games was in 2010, when Archuleta herself and Jordyn Braun each scored on October 23 and October 28.
Welcome to The Summit League
The 2012 season marks UNO's first with a full Summit League schedule. UNO will play all eight Summit League foes once, starting with a Sept. 28 game at home against Fort Wayne. Although the Mavericks will appear in the Summit League standings, UNO cannot qualify for the Summit League Championship or the NCAA Tournament until 2015-16.
Eyeing the Summit
Although the Mavericks will be playing their first season in The Summit League, UNO has some familiarity with the league after playing four Summit League teams last season. The Mavs posted a 2-2 record against their future league foes. UNO knocked off South Dakota, 3-2, on Aug. 28 for its first win over a Division I team as a Division I program. The Mavs fell at Summit League regular-season runner-up North Dakota State, 3-1, on Sept. 18, and at UMKC, 2-1, on Sept. 24. Those two teams posted a combined 13-3-2 conference record last year. UNO closed its mini-Summit League slate with a 1-0 win at Western Illinois to get back to .500 against its future opposition.
Junior Achievements
The Mavs will lean heavily on their six-player junior class in their first Summit League season. The six juniors have a combined 146 career starts among them. Last year, Jordyn Braun and Kerry Pivovar started every game on the Maverick back line, while Melanie McCormick started every game in the central midfield. Monica Bosiljevac started the first six games before her season ended due to injury, and Sarah Nordstrom and Logen Watts started eight and seven games, respectively, while appearing in every game.
Youth Movement
The Mavericks had a young team in their first Division I season in 2011 with 14 underclassmen (six freshmen and eight sophomores) on the 22-player roster, but they will be equally young in 2012. Among the 18 players on the roster this year, 11 are underclassmen (seven freshmen and four sophomores). The lone senior on this year's squad is Danielle Archuleta.
New in Net
Last year's starting goalkeeper, Katelyn Tschida, decided to hang up the cleats in the offseason after two years with the Mavericks, temporarily leaving sophomore Sarah Warren, who has played 24 career minutes, as the only goalkeeper on the Mavs' roster. The Mavs were able to sign Boise, Idaho native Meaghan Clark in the summer, giving the Mavs two young goalies for the 2012 season.
Fresh Faces
Clark is one of seven freshmen in the 2012 signing class, which comprises three Nebraska talents and four out-of-state players. Lincoln Southeast teammates Hannah Wampler and Morgan Westenburg, as well as Omaha Burke's Alex Wichman, make up the three in-state newcomers. Clark, Haley Shelton (Kansas City, Mo.), Layla Ashouri (Parker, Colo.) and Katlyn Nimtz (Allen, Texas) round out the rest of the freshman class. Shelton is out indefinitely after an offseason injury.
Mavs Picked to Tie For Eighth in Summit League Preseason Poll
UNO was picked to tie for eighth in The Summit League Women's Soccer Preseason Poll, voted on by the league's nine head coaches. Oakland, after becoming the first fourth-seeded team to win The Summit League Championship last season, was selected as the preseason favorite to repeat for the title. The Golden Grizzlies landed five first-place votes, while last season's regular-season champion South Dakota State collected the remaining four first-place tallies and finished second in the poll. Kansas City edged out North Dakota State by one point for third place, followed by Fort Wayne in the fifth slot. IUPUI and Western Illinois tied for sixth, while the Mavericks and South Dakota tied for eighth place to round out the poll. The top four teams in the regular-season standings (excluding UNO) will compete for The Summit League Women's Soccer Championship at Fishback Soccer Park in Brookings, S.D., Nov. 2 and 4. The tournament champion will earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's College Cup. The Mavericks are not eligible for the conference tournament or postseason play until 2015.
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