Friday and Sunday, September 4 & 6, 2009
Sept. 4: Nevada at Oregon State, 8 p.m. PT
Sept 6: Nevada at Portland State, 1 p.m. PT
Corvallis, Ore. & Portland, Ore.
Nevada (0-3) at Oregon State (2-1)
Nevada (0-3) at Portland State (1-2)
Follow the Pack
All of Nevada's home games and select road games will have live stats and can be accessed at the link below. Games will not become active until a few minutes before kickoff.
www.nevadawolfpack.com/liveStats/liveStats.dbml.
About Nevada
Nevada will travel to Oregon this season taking on Oregon State and Portland State. The Pack fell in its two matches over the weekend, falling at home to UC Santa Barbara 1-0 and UC Irvine 3-0. The Pack returns seven starters and 14 letterwinners from last season's team that finished 3-14-3 overall (2-4-1/6th/WAC) and made the program's fourth consecutive appearance in the WAC Tournament. Nevada is coached by second-year head coach Jaime Frias.
Scouting the Oregon State Beavers
All-Time Series: This will be the first meeting between the two schools.
Last Meeting: This will be the first meeting between the two schools.
A Look at Oregon State: Oregon State is 2-1 on the season and is coming off a 2-0 weekend in which the Beavers beat both UC Riverside 2-1 and CS Northridge 3-1. As a team the Beavers have scored five goals to their opponents three. Chelsea Buckland and Courtney Wetzel lead the team with four points each. Keeper Colleen Boyd had allowed three goals and has made 13 saves.
Scouting the Portland State Vikings
All-Time Series: The all-time series is tied at 2-2.
Last Meeting: Portland State beat Nevada 2-1 in 2008.
A Look at Portland State: Portland State is 1-2 overall and is coming off a 5-0 loss on the road to the University of the Pacific. The Vikings have scored two goals to their opponents eight. Kala Renard and Dolly Enneking lead the team with two points each. Keeper Cris Lewis has allowed eight goals this season and has a 2.67 GAA. She had recorded 20 saves during the season.
Cove Moves into Second All-Time in Career Saves
Junior Marie Cove moved into second all-time in career saves. Cove, who has recorded 15 saves this season, is second all-time with 95 career saves. Cove trails Megan Tarpenning (2002-05) who recorded 403 career saves for Nevada.
Nevada's Recruiting Class Top in the WAC
Nevada soccer team's 11-member incoming class was ranked first in the Western Athletic Conference by topdrawersoccer.com. Nevada was picked first followed by Idaho, Hawai'i, New Mexico State, Utah State, San Jose State, Boise State and Fresno State. This is the first honor in program history for Nevada from topdrawersoccer.com. The Pack's recruiting classes were ranked first in the conference by Soccer Buzz Magazine in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Rice Scores First Career Goal at Cal
Freshman Emma Rice recorded her first career goal at Cal on August 21. She leads the team in goals (1) and points (2).
First Career Starts
Three returning student-athletes have made their first career start for Nevada to date this season. Sophomore Sarah Voss made her first career start against Cal while sophomore Joanne Terranova recorded her first career start at home against UC Santa Barbara. Junior Alyx Sacks made her first career start at home UC Irvine.
2009 Roster is the Largest Roster in Program History
Nevada's 25-player roster is the largest roster in school history passing the 2004 squad which had 22 players. This season's team consists of three seniors, seven juniors, six sophomores and nine freshmen.
Drummond Named to Preseason All-WAC Team
Junior forward Cristen Drummond was named to the 2009 Preseason All-WAC Team. Drummond, who led the team in scoring last season with four goals, was named to the 2008 All-WAC First Team and the WAC All-Tournament Team. Her selection marks the 10th time a Nevada player has earned Preseason All-WAC honors.
Nevada Picked Fifth in WAC Preseason Poll
As a team, the Pack was picked to finish fifth (39 points) in the nine-team league by the WAC head coaches. Utah State was picked first followed by Hawai'i, Fresno State and Boise State.
Drummond Cracks Career Top-10 in Points, Goals
Junior Cristen Drummond is ranked in the top-10 in both career points (10th - 21 points) and goals (T6 - nine goals). She is the only current player to be ranked in those categories. In 2008 she scored a team-leading four goals and leads the team in points with eight. As a freshman in 2007, Drummond recorded five goals and three assists during the year and finished second on the team in points with 13.
Smith and Allen Win Second Consecutive National Championship
Junior defender Erin Smith and sophomore midfielder Annabelle Allen helped lead their U19 club team Colorado Rush to its second consecutive U.S. Youth Soccer National Championship. The Rush beat Eclipse Select of Chicago 4-2 in overtime of the championship game on July 26. With the back-to-back national championships the Rush became the first club in U.S. Youth Soccer history to have two different teams repeat as champions. The Rush was also awarded with the U.S. Youth Soccer Fair Play Award within their division. Smith and Allen also played on the Rush's 2008 National Championship team in which their U18 Colorado Rush team beat Sting 90 (North Texas) 3-0 for the title in Little Rock, Ark.
2009 Soccer Game-Day Promotions
August 28 - Camp Day/All 2009 campers get into the game for free by wearing their camp T-shirt.
August 30 - Sparks AYSO Day/Sparks AYSO players get into the game for free by wearing their Sparks AYSO jersey.
September 11 - Blue Crew/ASUN Night.
September 13 - $1 day/ All tickets for the game are just $1 each.
October 4 - UNLV football ticket/Entrance to the soccer game is free with a ticket from the UNLV football game on October 3.
October 16 - Big Brothers, Big Sisters Night/BBBS matches will bring their BBBS ID and get into the game for free.
October 18 - Pub Club Day/Pub Club Members will line up with the team for starting lineups.
November 1 - Senior Day & High School Day/TBA.
Upcoming Schedule
Nevada will host Fordham on Friday, September 11 at 7 p.m. and will take on Sacramento State in Reno on Sunday, September 13 at 2 p.m. Also on Sunday, Fordham will play the University of the Pacific at Mackay Stadium at 10 a.m.
