ARCATA – After a tie and a loss against Sonoma State last week, the Humboldt State women's soccer team (3-12-1, 3-10-1 CCAA) wraps up the 2010 season on the road this week. Friday finds the Jacks in Seaside to face the Otters of Cal State Monterey Bay. Kickoff is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Then on Sunday the San Francisco State Gators will host the Lumberjacks in a 2 p.m. start
Last Friday HSU soccer opened its new home, College Creek Soccer Field, and honored seven seniors who participated in their final home match. Humboldt State tied SSU 1-1. Carly Kolpin scored HSU's first goal on its new field. On Sunday the two sides reconvened in Santa Rosa to finish the home-and-home series. The Seawolves took that game 1-0 with a goal in the final minute of regulation.
Head-to-Head
Cal State Monterey Bay has beaten Humboldt State just once in nine total meetings. Earlier this season the Jacks took down the Otters 2-1 in Redwood Bowl. Sarah Nakamoto and Kim Carroll had the goals for Humboldt State. The lone Otter win came 2008, a 2-0 result, on their home field. … Humboldt State's record against San Francisco State is 9-8-3. The Gators came to HSU earlier this year and downed the Jacks 2-0. HSU is 3-6-2 all-time against the Gators in San Francisco, including 0-4-0 as members of the CCAA.
Johnson's Comments
“The match this Friday (against Cal State Monterey Bay) is critical for several reasons. We don't want to finish at the bottom of the table. We want to finish on a positive note and they are a team that we should beat. It is kind of funny, if you want to use that term. We have both been hit by injuries and just haven't been able to put things together this season. It is a tough place to play because of the weather, but we have to stay focused and put together 90 minutes of quality soccer. If we can get our forwards the ball and they can put it on frame we can come away with a win.” … “San Francisco (State) is going to be a very difficult game. I don't think anyone in this conference likes going to San Francisco because they play a dump and chase style and have talented and physical players. It is a difficult field to play on late in the season, especially if the weather has been bad as it has been in the last seven days. The field, which is not all-weather, will be very slow and sloppy. It might end up being a quagmire.” … “The game on Sunday (at Sonoma State) was a lot of fun to be part of. Defensively and in the midfield we played very well, but up front we just didn't generate enough shots on frame. The game could have gone either way, just like the game on Friday (against Sonoma State in Arcata).”
Lumberjack Notes
HSU is 3-12-1 overall and 3-10-1 in CCAA play - 4th in the North Division. … Three Jacks have each scored two goals this season. Arielle Kern (2 g, 2 a, 6 pts), Sarah Nakamoto (2 g, 1 a, 5pts) and Kim Carroll (2 g, 4 pts) lead the HSU attack. Carroll is in a tie for fourth place on the program's all-time list with 16 career goals … Keeper Jennie Paugh is 3-9-1 while playing 1151:33 minutes. She has made 57 saves on the 76 shots that have been on frame (.750 save percentage) and her goals-against-average (gaa) is 1.48. … Among CCAA athletes Paugh ranks eighth in saves and her 4.38 saves per game is fifth in the conference.
Opponents Notes
Cal State Monterey Bay (2-14-0, 1-13-0 CCAA – 6th place North Division) lost at Cal State Stanislaus 1-3 last Friday and 2-4 at Chico State on Monday. Marlina Massagli (3 g, 2 a, 8 pts, 1 gwg) tops the Otters attack. Graciela Holguin has played the majority of minutes in goal. She has made 71 saves on 104 shots. Her gaa is 3.00, save percentage is .683 and he has a 2-10-0 record. Artie Cairel, in his second season, leads the Otters. … The San Francisco State Gators (10-3-3, 9-3-2 CCAA – 1st place North Division), last week, split a pair of road matches, a 2-0 win at Chico State and 1-4 loss at Cal State Stanislaus. Myriah Johnson (6 g, 2 a, 14 pts, 2 gwg) leads the Gators' offense. Michelle Spinner (4 g, 1 a, 9 pts, 1 gwg) and Nicole Vanni (3 g, 2 a, 8 pts, 3 gwg) are also contributors. Annicia Jones, the SFSU keeper with the majority of minutes played, has made 75 saves on 84 shots for a gaa of 0.53, a save percentage of .893 and a record to 10-3-3. San Francisco State is led by 29th year head coach Jack Hyde.
