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The University of Utah Athletics
Utah Women's Soccer 2005 Season Preview
6/15/2005 12:00 AM | Soccer
June 15, 2005
2005 Utah Women's Soccer Prospectus in PDF Format
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The Utah women's soccer team welcomes back 10 starters and 15 letterwinners from last year's team that went 13-6-3 overall, won the Mountain West Conference Tournament for the second straight year, and advanced to their third consecutive NCAA Tournament in 2004. The Utes placed fourth in the MWC during the regular season with a 3-2-1 record.
During the 2005 season, the Utes will face four NCAA Tournament teams from last year in Arizona, California, Pepperdine and UNLV. Four of Utah's nine home games will be played at night with lights being powered-up at Ute Field for the first time in 2005. After opening the season with road games at San Francisco on Aug. 26 and Boise State on Aug. 28, Utah opens its home schedule against UVSC on Sept. 3 at 1 p.m. The first night game at Ute Field is against Purdue on Sept. 9 at 7 p.m.
Notables on the Utes enterting the 2005 season...
? Utah's 13 wins in 2004 equaled the second-best mark in the 10-year history of the program. The Utes also got 13 wins in 2002 (13-4-3), 2000 (13-7-1) and 1999 (13-7-0). Utah set the school single-season wins record with 16 victories in 2004.
? In the postseason in 2004, Utah won the Mountain West Conference Championship in Provo, Utah, earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Entering the championship as the No. 4 seed, Utah defeated Wyoming (1-0) in the quarterfinals and got past No. 1 seed UNLV (2-0) in the second round. Utah and San Diego battled to a 1-1 tie after two overtimes in the championship game. The Utes prevailed 4-3 in the shootout. Utah fell to Colorado (3-0) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Nov. 12 in Portland, Ore.
? In the final 2004 NCAA statistics, Utah ranked 59th in goals against average (.919), tied for 95th in shutout percentage (0.36) and tied for 139th in scoring offense (1.50 goals per game). Utah ranked 37th in the nation in attendance during its first season of charging admission to home games. The Utes drew 6,090 fans for an average of 609 fans over 10 games.
? In the final 2004 MWC team rankings, Utah was third in shots (278), first in points (101), first in goals per game (1.50), first in assists per game (1.59), third in goals against average (0.92), fourth in saves (91), third in shutouts (8), first in corners (130).
? Head coach Rich Manning is 42-12-8 (.742) in three years at Utah. Last season he guided Utah to its third straight NCAA Tournament appearance, its second consecutive MWC Tournament title and a 13-6-3 overall record. In 2003, the NSCAA/adidas and Soccer Buzz named Manning the 2003 West Region Coach of the Year. He was also named the U.'s 2003-04 Don Reddish Coach of the Year. The Utes went 16-2-2, won the MWC regular-season (6-0-0) and tournament titles, and went to the NCAA Tournament. In 2002, Manning led Utah to a 13-4-3 mark, including a 4-1-1 record in Mountain West play, and the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Before joining the Utah program, Manning was an assistant and associate head coach at Santa Clara (1998-2001).
? Senior forward Kim Lloyd earned second team all-Mountain West Conference in 2004. Lloyd was fifth in the MWC in shots per game (2.19), fifth in points per game (0.75) and first in assists per game (0.50).
? Junior forward Amanda Feigt was named first team all-Mountain West Conference in 2004. Feigt was sixth in the MWC shots per game (2.14), fourth in points per game (0.77), tied for fifth in goals per game (0.27) and tied for fifth in assists per game (0.23).
? Junior goalkeeper Ashley Mason had six shutouts last season. She ranked fourth in the MWC in goals against average (0.91) and sixth in saves per game (3.89) in 2004. In two seasons at Utah, she ranks third in career saves (132) and third in shutouts (14.2).
? Sophomore forward Kiley Jones made the Soccer Buzz all-West Region freshman team and second team all-Mountain West Conference last season. Jones was 10th in the Mountain West in assists per game (0.18).
? Utah's 2005 roster includes five newcomers and four redshirts from last season. Soccer Buzz magazine has rated the Utes' 2005 recruiting class as the 37th-best in the nation. This is the third consecutive year Utah's recruiting class has been rated in the top 50 in the nation. Soccer Buzz magazine has also named signees Lynzee Lee (GK, Kalispell, Mont.) and Katy Reineke (M, Salt Lake City) to its list of Top 100 high school recruits in the nation. Lee and Reineke, along with Jen Christoffers (F, Phoenix, Ariz.), have experience on the West Region Olympic Development Program team.
? Utah is 5-2 against NSCAA/adidas Top 25 teams in three seasons under Rich Manning. In the Utes' only game against a ranked team in 2004, they defeated No. 7 UCLA (2-1) on Oct. 1. Utah was 2-1 against NSCAA/adidas Top 25 teams in 2003. The Utes defeated No. 5 Florida (1-0) on Sept. 28 and No. 17 Michigan (4-1) on Aug. 31 at Ute Field. They lost at No. 6 Texas A&M (1-0) on Sept. 5.
? Utah's all-time postseason record is 10-7-3, including a 1-2-1 mark in the NCAA Championships. The Utes have made three appearances in the NCAA Tournament, all coming under Rich Manning. The Utes are 9-5-2 in conference tournaments, including an 8-4-2 mark in Mountain West Conference Tournament play. The Utes have never lost in the quarterfinals and won the tournament title in 2003 and 2004.
? Fourteen Utes were named to the 2004-05 Academic All-Mountain West team. Making the team were Emily Campbell, Chelsea Card, Whitney Dorsey, Amanda Feigt, Julie Herdic, Kiley Jones, Kim Lloyd, Hailey Marsh, Ashley Mason, Erin Pruitt, Amanda Sanchez, Tracy Stratton Garner, Melissa Wayman, and Carisse Winegar.
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