Friday, November 11
Los Angeles, CA
UC Riverside
vs
Colorado
Photo by: Phil Ellsworth
Highlanders To Face #19 Colorado In First Round Of NCAA Tournament
11/10/2005 4:55:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Los Angeles, CA—The UC Riverside women’s soccer team will make its NCAA Championships debut this Friday at 7:30 p.m. against 19th-ranked University of Colorado in a first round match at UCLA’s Drake Stadium. The Highlanders will play in the UCLA region, with the winner of Friday's match facing the winner of top-seed UCLA and Mississippi Valley State University on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Ticket prices for the game are $8 for adults and $6 for students/youth.
Friday's game is available on Gametracker through the UCLA website. Click here to be taken to the tournament homepage, which includes rosters, stats, directions to the field, and the live Gametracker link.
The 2005 UCR Women's Soccer Postseason Media Guide is available for download by clicking the link at the right.
About the 2005 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship
The 2005 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship features 64 teams with 30 earning automatic bids through winning their conference’s regular season or tournament titles. The other 34 teams received at-large bids from the selction committee. The tournament is six rounds, single-elimination with first and second round matches being held November 11 and 13 at 16 host institutions. The College Cup is scheduled for Dec. 2 and 4 at Texas A&M’s Aggie Soccer Stadium in College Station, TX.
Big West Titles Slip Away But UCR Earns Highest-Ever Placing
Cal State Fullerton’s sweep of the Big West regular season and tournament crowns enabled the Titans to gain the conference’s automatic bid. Nevertheless, the Highlanders finished a program-best second place and reached their first tournament final, surpassing the third place finish of 2003, the only other time UCR had qualified for the BWC Tournament. The second-place finish is also a nice comfort for the Highlanders after being picked to place seventh in the eight-team conference in the preseason coaches’ poll.
UCR in the Big West Conference Tournament
UCR made its second appearance in its five-year history at the Big West Conference Tournament but still have yet to gain a victory, going 0-2-1. The Highlanders previously qualified in 2003 as the third seed, losing to UC Santa Barbara in an epic 3-2 match.
UCR at Neutral Sites
The Highlanders have played three games this season on a neutral field, going 1-1-1. In addition to the Big West Tournament, UCR played in the 2005 UC Irvine Nike/Holiday Inn Invitational September 9 and 11 in Irvine. Riverside suffered its first loss of the season in that tournament’s Friday’s opener, a 1-0 decision to San Diego State. The Highlanders bounced Sunday back for its largest victory of the season, a 5-1 drubbing of Columbia. In its five-year history, UCR is 8-2-2 when playing at a neutral site.
UCR vs. the NCAA Championship Field
UCR has never faced any of the three teams in its section. The Highlanders have played two of this year’s NCAA Championship participants, Gonzaga and Cal State Fullerton, going 1-1-1 against them. The Highlanders lost to Gonzaga 2-0 on September 18 in Spokane and beat CSUF 1-0 in Riverside on October 2. The third meeting was Sunday’s Big West Tournament Final, won 4-1 by the Titans.
News and Notes
• The Highlanders are the first UC Riverside women's team to make the NCAA Championships since the school moved to Division I in 2000-01.
• Senior midfielder Renee Scachetti became UCR's second four-year all-conference player, earning First Team All-Big West honors for the second consecutive year. Scachetti set single-season UCR records with 13 goals and 31 points in 2005.
• The 11 victories in 2005 are tied with the 2003 squad for second-most in Highlander history behind last season’s 13 wins. The Highlanders have posted four consecutive 10-win seasons in their five-year history.
• Riverside needs two goals to post its fourth successive 30+ goal season. At the moment, the 28 goals scored in 2005 are the second-fewest in a single season in school history.
• UCR is one of 11 schools making its NCAA Tournament debut. The others are Florida Atlantic, Mississippi Valley, Western Carolina, Hofstra, Valparaiso, Samford, UTEP, Gonzaga, Iowa State, and Saint Louis.
• UCR is only the fourth school in the current Big West membership to earn a bid to the NCAA tournament for women’s soccer. The others are Cal Poly, Pacific, and this year’s other participant, Cal State Fullerton.
• UCR is the first Big West team to earn an at-large bid, giving the conference multiple berths for the first time in its 10-year history.
• This will be just the second time a team from the Big West will face an opponent from outside the state of California in a postseason game. Cal Poly’s 3-1 loss to Arizona State in 2003 was the other such occurrence.
• UC Riverside went 4-1-1 this season against teams not from California following the victory over North Dakota State. In the program’s existence, UCR is 23-2-1 when it takes the field against non-Golden State teams. The Highlanders have played one team from Colorado, losing 1-0 to the University of Denver in 2003.
• UCR is the quickest team in Big West history to reach the postseason after going to Division I. Pacific and Cal Poly did it in its sixth season.
• This will be the first time any Big West school will face a Big 12 opponent in the postseason. BWC teams are 11-10 all-time vs. the Big 12. No current BWC team has faced Colorado. UCR has never played a team from the Big 12.
• California is the most represented state, placing nine teams in this year’s 64-team field. The others are Stanford, Fresno State, Santa Clara, UCLA, Cal State Fullerton, USC, California and Pepperdine. Texas is the second-most represented state with six participants.
• If UCR beats Colorado or Cal State Fullerton beats UNLV, it will be the first NCAA win by a Big West team since Cal Poly beat Fresno State 2-1 in 1999.
• The Big West is 2-7 all-time in the NCAA Tournament as a conference and have lost in the first round 5 straight years.
Ticket prices for the game are $8 for adults and $6 for students/youth.
Friday's game is available on Gametracker through the UCLA website. Click here to be taken to the tournament homepage, which includes rosters, stats, directions to the field, and the live Gametracker link.
The 2005 UCR Women's Soccer Postseason Media Guide is available for download by clicking the link at the right.
About the 2005 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship
The 2005 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship features 64 teams with 30 earning automatic bids through winning their conference’s regular season or tournament titles. The other 34 teams received at-large bids from the selction committee. The tournament is six rounds, single-elimination with first and second round matches being held November 11 and 13 at 16 host institutions. The College Cup is scheduled for Dec. 2 and 4 at Texas A&M’s Aggie Soccer Stadium in College Station, TX.
Big West Titles Slip Away But UCR Earns Highest-Ever Placing
Cal State Fullerton’s sweep of the Big West regular season and tournament crowns enabled the Titans to gain the conference’s automatic bid. Nevertheless, the Highlanders finished a program-best second place and reached their first tournament final, surpassing the third place finish of 2003, the only other time UCR had qualified for the BWC Tournament. The second-place finish is also a nice comfort for the Highlanders after being picked to place seventh in the eight-team conference in the preseason coaches’ poll.
UCR in the Big West Conference Tournament
UCR made its second appearance in its five-year history at the Big West Conference Tournament but still have yet to gain a victory, going 0-2-1. The Highlanders previously qualified in 2003 as the third seed, losing to UC Santa Barbara in an epic 3-2 match.
UCR at Neutral Sites
The Highlanders have played three games this season on a neutral field, going 1-1-1. In addition to the Big West Tournament, UCR played in the 2005 UC Irvine Nike/Holiday Inn Invitational September 9 and 11 in Irvine. Riverside suffered its first loss of the season in that tournament’s Friday’s opener, a 1-0 decision to San Diego State. The Highlanders bounced Sunday back for its largest victory of the season, a 5-1 drubbing of Columbia. In its five-year history, UCR is 8-2-2 when playing at a neutral site.
UCR vs. the NCAA Championship Field
UCR has never faced any of the three teams in its section. The Highlanders have played two of this year’s NCAA Championship participants, Gonzaga and Cal State Fullerton, going 1-1-1 against them. The Highlanders lost to Gonzaga 2-0 on September 18 in Spokane and beat CSUF 1-0 in Riverside on October 2. The third meeting was Sunday’s Big West Tournament Final, won 4-1 by the Titans.
News and Notes
• The Highlanders are the first UC Riverside women's team to make the NCAA Championships since the school moved to Division I in 2000-01.
• Senior midfielder Renee Scachetti became UCR's second four-year all-conference player, earning First Team All-Big West honors for the second consecutive year. Scachetti set single-season UCR records with 13 goals and 31 points in 2005.
• The 11 victories in 2005 are tied with the 2003 squad for second-most in Highlander history behind last season’s 13 wins. The Highlanders have posted four consecutive 10-win seasons in their five-year history.
• Riverside needs two goals to post its fourth successive 30+ goal season. At the moment, the 28 goals scored in 2005 are the second-fewest in a single season in school history.
• UCR is one of 11 schools making its NCAA Tournament debut. The others are Florida Atlantic, Mississippi Valley, Western Carolina, Hofstra, Valparaiso, Samford, UTEP, Gonzaga, Iowa State, and Saint Louis.
• UCR is only the fourth school in the current Big West membership to earn a bid to the NCAA tournament for women’s soccer. The others are Cal Poly, Pacific, and this year’s other participant, Cal State Fullerton.
• UCR is the first Big West team to earn an at-large bid, giving the conference multiple berths for the first time in its 10-year history.
• This will be just the second time a team from the Big West will face an opponent from outside the state of California in a postseason game. Cal Poly’s 3-1 loss to Arizona State in 2003 was the other such occurrence.
• UC Riverside went 4-1-1 this season against teams not from California following the victory over North Dakota State. In the program’s existence, UCR is 23-2-1 when it takes the field against non-Golden State teams. The Highlanders have played one team from Colorado, losing 1-0 to the University of Denver in 2003.
• UCR is the quickest team in Big West history to reach the postseason after going to Division I. Pacific and Cal Poly did it in its sixth season.
• This will be the first time any Big West school will face a Big 12 opponent in the postseason. BWC teams are 11-10 all-time vs. the Big 12. No current BWC team has faced Colorado. UCR has never played a team from the Big 12.
• California is the most represented state, placing nine teams in this year’s 64-team field. The others are Stanford, Fresno State, Santa Clara, UCLA, Cal State Fullerton, USC, California and Pepperdine. Texas is the second-most represented state with six participants.
• If UCR beats Colorado or Cal State Fullerton beats UNLV, it will be the first NCAA win by a Big West team since Cal Poly beat Fresno State 2-1 in 1999.
• The Big West is 2-7 all-time in the NCAA Tournament as a conference and have lost in the first round 5 straight years.
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