This Week for the Redhawks: The Seattle University women's soccer team, who currently is sporting a NSCAA West Region No. 10 ranking, will kick off a five game road swing with a pair of contests this weekend. After over a week break, the Redhawks (9-4) will head out on their toughest road trip of the season, beginning in Waco, Texas with the Baylor Bears (9-5-1 overall, 2-4 Big 12) on Friday, Oct. 15, at 5 p.m. PT. Two days later they will travel back to the West Coast to square off with Cal Poly (6-7-1 overall, 1-2-1 Big West) in a contest at noon.
Last Time Out: The No. 10 Redhawks in the NSCAA West Region, enjoyed a 12 day break from play. Prior to their playing hiatus, Seattle U posted back-to-back victories to extend their win streak to five. They defeated Utah Valley 2-1 on Sept. 29. They followed that with a 2-0 shutout over Portland State on Oct. 3. Both games were played at Championship Field.
What Woodward Says: "After having over a week off to rest and work on things we are looking forward to getting back into action. This weekend will prove to be a challenge with us traveling to Texas to take on Baylor, then having a quick turnaround and traveling to California to take on Cal Poly in a two day span. We were successful at home the last few weeks, so now we hope to carry that momentum onto the road," said head coach Julie Woodward.
Follow the Game: Fans can follow all the Redhawk women's soccer action this weekend by logging onto www.GoSeattleU.com. Live stats will be available for all action this weekend at Baylor and Cal Poly. Live Twitter and Facebook updates will also be available.
The Kuttler Counter: Senior captain Kara Kuttler continues to rise on the all-time Seattle U goal scorers list. She currently is ninth all-time with 24 career goals. Kuttler has scored in SU's last two contests, bringing her season total to four goals. She also has two assists on the year.
The Right Ames: Freshman striker Ava Ames has proven to be a solid force up top for the Redhawks. This season she has scored four goals, including a pair of game-winners. She scored her fourth career goal versus Portland State on Oct. 3, in the 89th minute.
No. 10 in the West: This week the Redhawks were ranked at No. 10 in the NSCAA West Region poll. This season SU has been ranked in the poll for four weeks, seeing their ranking go as high as No. 8. They are in solid soccer company with six West Coast Conference institutions holding spots in the poll.
Five Game Road Swing: The Redhawks are kicking off a five game road swing, beginning in Waco, Texas. The contest at Baylor will be the furthest distance Seattle U will travel this season. The remaining four road games will all be in California.
Looking to Extend Win Streak: Seattle U is currently riding a five game win streak. During that span they outscored opponents 12-4, seeing a pair of shutouts and a double-overtime victory.
Goverde Posts Fourth Shutout: Junior goalkeeper Madison Goverde posted her fourth shutout of the season versus Portland State on Oct. 3. This season she has played every minute of all 13 games, posting 35 shutouts and a 1.05 goals against average.
Redhawk Invite Champs!: Behind a pair of victories and being the only team to go perfect at the Redhawk Invitational, the Seattle U women's soccer team earned their first NCAA DI tournament title since reclassifying back. Ava Ames was named tournament MVP, and Julia Besango, Monique Escalera and Emma Levy were named to the all-tournament team.
Scouting Baylor: The Baylor Bears (9-5-1 overall, 2-4 Big 12) are coming off two consecutive losses to Texas and then-No. 10 Texas A&M. BU has not scored a goal since they defeated then-No. 22 Colorado in double overtime on Oct. 3.
The Bears are lead by three sophomores: Lisa Sliwinski, Dana Larsen and Hanna Gilmore. Defender Sliwinski has tallied seven goals and five assists, for a team high nineteen points on the year. At striker, Larsen has tallied six goals and two assists, for fourteen points. Also at forward Gilmore has five goals, including two game-winners, three assists and thirteen points on the season.
Defensively, Courtney Seelhorst has seen the majority of time as goalkeeper for the Bears. Seelhorst has tallied 50 saves and a 0.84 goals against average in fifteen games.
The Last Time Seattle U Faced Baylor: This will be the first meeting between the Baylor Bears and the Seattle U Redhawks in program history.
Scouting Cal Poly: The Cal Poly Mustangs (6-7-1 overall, 1-2-1 Big West) are coming off two straight loses to then-No. 19 UC Irvine and Cal State Northridge. CP was shutout in both matches and the Mustangs have not scored a goal since their match against UC Riverside Oct. 3.
Leading Cal Poly offense are senior Whitney Sisler and sophomore Bianca Burright. At starting forward, Sisler has scored six goals for a total of twelve points on the year. Joining her at striker, Burright has scored four goals and connected three assists for eleven points.
Cal Poly has played two goalkeepers this season. Brooke Gauvin has played the majority of the minutes between the posts, tallying 952 minutes in eleven games. She has a 5-5-1 record, a 1.42 goals against average and 58 saves on the year. Johanna Pfeiffer has seen 334 minutes in five games in the goal, with a 2.42 goals against average and 24 saves on the season.
The Last Time Seattle U Faced Cal Poly: In their last meeting on Sept. 4, 2009 in San Luis Obispo, Calif. the Redhawks got out to an early 1-0 lead off a Kara Kuttler goal, but two second half goals by the Mustangs dropped SU 2-1.