Utah Soccer Holds Senior Night vs. Colorado

Thursday, November 7

Salt Lake City, Utah

7:00 PM

University of Utah

Colorado

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Photo by: Steve C. Wilson

11/5/2019 1:48 PM | Soccer

2019 Soccer Game Notes

Utes and Buffaloes close regular season on Thursday night

Utah vs. Colorado
Date: Thursday, November 7
Location: Ute Field
Kickoff: 7 p.m.
TV: Pac-12 Network
Live Stream: Pac-12.com
Live Stats: UtahUtes.com
Promotion: Senior Day
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KICKOFF
Utah caps the regular season on Thursday evening with its annual rivalry game vs. Colorado. The two teams joined the Pac-12 prior to the 2011 season and have met each other in the season finale every year since.

The Utes will also acknowledge the achievements of eight senior student-athletes; Haylee Cacciacarne, Holly Daugirda, Ireland Dunn, Jamie Goodwin, Aleea Gwerder, Natalie Kump, Tavia Leachman and Carly Nelson. This octet has played in a combined 452 games for Utah over the last four years.

WEEK IN REVIEW
Utah bounced back from a defeat at Washington State to win 1-0 at No. 21 Washington on Sunday. Ireland Dunn, who scored against the Cougars, got the winner against the Huskies. Carly Nelson and the Utah defense turned in great performance to earn their ninth shutout of the season in Seattle.

SERIES HISTORY
Utah is 5-8-2 all-time against the Buffaloes and are 4-2 at home. Last season, the Utes earned their first win ever in Boulder as Hailey Stodden scored the only goal in a 1-0 result. Utah lost here on Senior Day in 2017, 2-0, its only setback in four meetings on the final day since joining the Pac-12 in 2011

NELSON NEXT LEVEL IN NET
Carly Nelson leads the Pac-12 with 100 saves (22nd nationally) and 1805:43 minutes played (eighth nationally). She also sits second with nine shutouts (18th nationally) and an .806 save percentage

With Sunday's performance, the senior from Lindon became the first Ute in almost two decades to top 100 saves in a single season. She ranks fifth all-time with 268 career stops.

It was also the 22nd shutout of her career, third all-time, and she matched the single-season mark set by Lindsey Luke in 2013.

Nelson was named the Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week on Sep. 24 after a pair of shutouts against Butler and San Diego.This was the 16th Pac-12 weekly award for Utah Soccer and fourth for Nelson

The Ute stopper combined with Utah's defense to blank its last four opponents in non-conference play. This was the longest shutout streak for a Ute defense since the 2006 season (9 games)

DUNN DOING WORK
After one point in her first two seasons (40 games), Ireland Dunn broke out during her junior campaign with 16 points, second most on the team. In Pac-12 play, she led the league with six helpers and ranked ninth in points. This year, she leads the team in goals and points after scoring twice last weekend, including the winner vs. UW

In 2018, Dunn became the first Utah player with at least five assists in conference play since Kelly Isleib in 2008 and her seven assists were the most by a Ute since Isleib's school record 13 in 2007.