ARCATA – After taking two of three matches over the weekend, the Humboldt State women's soccer team (3-1-0) opens California Collegiate Athletic Association action this week with a pair of matches in Redwood Bowl.
This Week
Fri. 9/11 Chico State Arcata, Calif. 7 p.m.
Sun. 9/13 CSU Stanislaus Arcata, Calif. 2 p.m.
Head-to-Head
HSU is 6-8-4 all-time against the Chico State Wildcats and last year the two sides played to a pair of 0-0 ties. The Jacks are 2-3-3 against Chico when the matches are played in Arcata. This will be the second straight year that HSU and Chico State will open their conference schedule against each other. …The all-time record between HSU and Cal State Stanislaus two is 4-4-0. They last met in the 2008 regular season finale, a 3-2 Lumberjack victory. The win snapped a two-match losing streak for the Jacks against CSUS.
Johnson's Comments
“I'm real proud of the effort we put out last weekend. We performed better than most would have expected. We played our possession game and were patient. When we had opportunities we converted them and took two out of three.” …“Chico has a tradition of good play and will probably be the more difficult of our two opponents. They are bigger and more physical than most CCAA teams. They come right at you and are physical, but we have played well against those types of teams.” …“Stanislaus is kind of a mystery to us. They have played a couple of teams that we are not familiar with, so we will just have to play our game and try to impose our will in the match.”
Lumberjack Notes
In conference openers, the Jacks are 7-6-1 all-time and when they open conference play at home they are 3-4-0. … Freshman Carly Kolpin, a product of South Eugene HS in Eugene, Ore., scored the first two goals, both game-winners, of her collegiate career over the weekend. … Before Monday's result, Arielle Kern's three goals on the season were tied for the CCAA lead. Sarah Nakamoto and Kim Carroll each had two assists, which ranks sixth in the conference. … Keeper Kelly Sandberg ranked second in the conference in saves and fourth in shutouts. … The Jacks went 2-1-0 on the three-game trip. Their lone loss was 3-0 defeat at the hands of defending national champion and No. 1 ranked Seattle Pacific. They followed that with a 2-0 win over Western Washington and a dramatic 1-0 double-overtime victory at Saint Martin's. The weekend marked the first time HSU has posted a winning record on a three-or-more game road trip since the 2006 season.
Record Watch
In just two seasons, Kim Carroll slots into 12th place on the HSU career goals list with 10. She is two goals from joining a group of four athletes in a tie for 7th place with 12 goals. … Allison Lawrence is also knocking on the door of the career top-10 goals list with nine to date. Her eight assists are just one shy of four athletes tied for 8th place … Entering the 2009 season, Kelly Sandberg's career goals against average of 1.16 ranks 3rd on the all-time list, and her six shutouts last season were good for a 5th place tie on the school's single-season list … With Sandberg's shutouts of WWU and SMU, she now has nine for her career and is one shy of 3rd place on the school's career list.
Chico State Notes
The Wildcats return six starters off a team that went 7-10-3 overall and 3-8-3 in conference which was good for fifth place in the CCAA North. … Chico enters the contest with a 2-1-0 overall record, having won its only match last week, 1-0 over Western Oregon on Friday. … Chico State is led by Ali Sward and Ashley Perlman, each with two goals. …In net, Natalie Bensky has a 2-1-0 record with one shutout. … The Wildcats are led by ninth-year head coach Kim Sutton, whose career records are 140-94-39 overall and 85-52-25 at CSUC. … Chico State and HSU have two common opponents so far this year – Western Washington and Western Oregon. Both sides went 2-0-0 against these opponents. The Wildcats host No. 1 ranked Seattle Pacific on Tuesday before they travel to Arcata.
CSU Stanislaus Notes
The Warriors start the week with a 4-0-0 record. … Last Thursday they defeated Central Washington, 1-0 in double overtime and on Sunday they downed Northwest Nazarene 4-0. … They are led by junior Lisa Garcia's four goals, two of which have been game –winners, and Shelby Cargile, who has tallied two scores. … CSUS has split time among two keepers, Millie Brown, a sophomore, and freshman Jessica Sitarz. Each has made two starts and recorded two shutout wins. … The Warriors are led by fourth-year head coach Gabriel Bolton. … Bolton's teams have had an overall record of 33-33-9. … Before facing the Jacks, the Warriors play at Sonoma State on Friday.
