Utes Host UA and ASU This Weekend

Thursday, October 19

Salt Lake City, Utah

7:00 PM

University of Utah

Arizona

Tickets

10/17/2017 11:07 AM | Soccer

Weekly Notes

Ute Blackout, Halloween festivities and Team IMPACT recognition during Hall of Fame Weekend

Utah vs. Arizona
Date: Thursday, October 19
Location: Ute Field
Kickoff: 7 p.m. MT
Special Events: Ute Blackout
Crimson Council Trunk or Treat - 6 p.m.

Utah vs. Arizona State
Date: Sunday, October 22
Location: Ute Field
Kickoff: 2 p.m. MT
Special Events: Soccer Alumnae and Team IMPACT recognition

KICKOFF
Utah Soccer is home for Hall of Fame Weekend in Salt Lake City. The Utes host Arizona on Thursday at 7 p.m. for the annual Blackout and then welcome Arizona State on Sunday at 2 p.m. as Utah Soccer celebrates Alumni Day. Both contests will be live streamed through UtahUtes.com and Pac-12.com

QUICK KICKS
- Utah ranks fourth in the Pac-12 with 22 goals (1.57 per contest)
- Hailey Skolmoski paces the team with seven goals, ranking fourth in the Pac-12, and is tied for sixth in scoring with teammate Paola van der Veen (15 points).
- Van der Veen ranks fifth in the conference with six goals to her credit
- Skolmoski scored four goals and accrued nine points vs. North Dakota State to match Amy Kofoed's program marks set in 2001
- Skolmoski notched the 11th hat trick in Utah history and first since Lauren Field vs. Baylor in 2003.
- Utah matched the school record for goals in a match during its 9-0 victory over NDSU (Illinois State, 1996).
- The 11 assists and 29 points for the squad also surpassed the previous marks set during a 2001 contest vs. Wyoming.
- Haylee Cacciacarne leads Utah with five assists, which ranks ninth in the Pac-12. She also scored Utah's first Pac-12 goal during the loss to No. 2 UCLA

SKOLMOSKI SELECTED TO HERMANN WATCH LIST
Utah junior forward Hailey Skolmoski has been named to the 2017 MAC Hermann Watch List.

Last season, she was named to the NSCAA All-Pacific Region First Team and also became the first Ute to ever earn First Team All Pac-12 honors. Her 13 goals were the most for any Ute since 2007 and she also netted seven game-winners.

An excellent student that earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors, Skolmoski was also invited to play for the U-23 Women's National Team this summer. The Riverton native started all 14 games during her freshman year as a defender until suffering a season-ending injury.

The Hermann Trophy is awarded annually by the Missouri Athletic Club to the United States' top male and female college soccer players.

BURT HEADS TO UTAH HALL OF FAME
The University of Utah will enshrine former soccer player Staci Burt into the Crimson Club Hall of Fame on Friday evening. She will be just the second soccer player to be inducted, joining Amy Kofoed (2014).

Burt ranks second all-time at Utah in goals and third in assists. She was a three-time first-team all-conference selection before playing three seasons with the Carolina Courage of the WUSA professional league. Her highest scoring season was 13 goals—including four game winners—as a junior.

Her senior year, Burt earned NSCAA All-Region second team honors as she led the Utes to a share of their first Mountain West Conference title and a 13-7-1 overall record. Burt also represented the United States in international play, including a call-up to the U.S. National team for the 2001 Nike U.S. Women's Cup.

UTAH SOCCER PARTNERS WITH TEAM IMPACT
Utah Soccer, in coordination with Team IMPACT, added Ariauna Christensen from West Valley to last season's team. Team IMPACT is an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for children facing life-threatening and chronic illnesses through the power of team,

Christensen, who has been diagnosed with Fanconi Anemia, a disease that affects the bone marrow and results in decreased production of blood cells, signed with the Utes last year and has been a vital part of the team over the past two seasons

SERIES HISTORY
Utah is 7-8-0 vs. Arizona, 3-4-0 at Ute Field. Last season, the Utes turned it around in Tucson with Hailey Skolmoski scoring twice, including the winner with 20 minutes remaining in regulation. The last game here saw No. 21 UA get an early second-half goal to win 1-0. Utah's last win at Ute Field vs/ the 'Cats was 2011, its first season in the Pac-12, 3-1.

Utah is 4-5-1 vs. Arizona State, with all the wins coming in Salt Lake City (4-1-0). Last season, ASU tied it in the final 10 minutes en route to a 1-1 draw in Tempe. The last match here, in 2015, Natalie Vukic scored an equalizer with five minutes remaining and Megan Trabert tallied an overtime winner for the Utes.

UTES SNAG NATIONAL ACADEMIC AWARD
Utah Soccer was honored with a Team Academic Award by the United Soccer Coaches. This award is for the 2016-17 academic year where the Utes posted the best GPA in the Pac-12 and ranked 19th nationally among Division 1 programs (3.62).

Last season, Katie Rogers was named an All-Region Scholar by the NSCAA (now the United Soccer Coaches) and Hailey Skolmoski was named Academic All-District by CoSIDA. Skolmoski joined July Mathias and Max Flom on the Pac-12 All-Academic First Team and nine other Utes were honored with accolades by the conference.

Utah has now earned 16 United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Awards, tied with Washington for the most of any Pac-12 school. The Utes have been honored every season since 2009, the third-longest streak of any Pac-12 team, trailing Arizona State and Washington State.

NELSON NAMED PAC-12 KEEPER OF WEEK
Utah's Carly Nelson was named the Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week for the first time on Sept. 26. The sophomore made a career-high 10 saves in a shutout of No. 10 USC

The highlight of Nelson's afternoon occurred in the 88th minute when she stopped a Trojan penalty kick to preserve the point for Utah. It was her second shutout of the season and fifth of her career. She is now fourth in the Pac-12 with about five saves per contest (4.83).

This was the 13th weekly honor for Utah since joining the conference in 2011.

PRESEASON PAC-12 POLL
Utah Soccer was picked to finish fifth by the Pac-12 Conference this season, according to a preseason poll of the league's coaches.

The Utes returned NSCAA All-Region and US Youth Team members Hailey Skolmoski and Tavia Leachman from last season's squad that made history by reaching the Third Round of the NCAA Tournament.

Eight of the starting 11 players from 2016 returned along with almost 80 percent of the team's scoring. The Utes also retained their entire starting back line as well as both goalkeepers.

SEASON TICKET SCARVES
Season tickets are $5 and come with a Utah Soccer Scarf. Your scarf serves as your season ticket and will get you admission to all home games. All seating is general admission. To get your 2017 season ticket scarf, visit http://utahtickets.com/soccer/#single-games or call 801-581-UTIX.