Sunday, September 6
Irvine, CA
10:30 am
UC Riverside
vs
Fresno State
Photo by: Highlander Staff
Women's Soccer Looks To Move Above .500 With Sunday Tilt Vs Fresno State
9/4/2009 10:50:58 AM | Women's Soccer
The UC Riverside Women's Soccer Team (2-2-0), riding a two-game winning streak, looks to make it three in a row on Sunday as they take on Fresno State at 10:30 a.m. It is the second and final game at the UC Irvine Tournament for the Highlanders who beat Southern Utah, 1-0, on Friday evening. Ashley Parks (pictured) scored the game-winner against the Thunderbirds and now leads the team with three points in four matches.
Fresno State (0-4-0) won the WAC championship along with the conference's automatic NCAA Tournament berth a year ago where they ran into No. 2 UCLA in the first round where they lost 5-0. This season, the Bulldigs are still searching for their first win as well as their first goal, as they were shutout in each of their first four matches of the year.
The Highlanders and Fresno State last met on September 21 ,2007 in a 5-1 UC Riverside home win. Current members of the team Ashley Parks and Nicole Yumori both scored goals for UCR in the game.
GAME NOTES
SEARCHING FOR A NEW SET OF GOALS
The Highlanders scored 32 goals a year ago, but the feet responsible for just 16 of them return for the 2009 season. The biggest loss is all-conference performer Tessa Lennala who paced UCR and the Big West in 2008 with 11 goals and 27 points.
Heidi Gassaway (nee Garrett), who finished fourth in the conference in scoring a year ago with nine goals and 21 points, is the top returning scorer for UCR, however Ashley Parks, Denise Thomas and Sally Yunker are the three members of the Highlanders to have dented the net so far this year. Yunker's first goal as a collegian was the game-winner in UC Riverside's 1-0 overtime win over Texas State on August 30. Thomas scored her fourth career goal in the Highlanders' 2-1 loss to Oregon State on August 28.
WHITE OUT
Jessica White, who served as Brittany Goetz's backup in goal a year ago seeing action in four matches, is the Highlanders starting keeper in 2009, and she currently boasts a goals against average of 0.99. She picked up the first shutout of her collegiate career in a 1-0 overtime win over Texas State on August 30 and notched her second straight blanking on September 4 in a 1-0 win over Southern Utah..
SIDELINE ASSISTANCE
Former San Diego goalkeeper Tommy Tate became a member of the Highlanders coaching staff this summer joining Head Coach Veronica O'Brien and Assistant Coach Kerri Patterson. The UCR coaching family will grow again at the end of the season as Patterson and her husband, Michael, are expecting their first child in December.
OFF THE CHARTS
Heidi Gassaway enters her junior season ranked fifth on the Highlanders career points and goals scored charts and sixth in assists.
Fresno State (0-4-0) won the WAC championship along with the conference's automatic NCAA Tournament berth a year ago where they ran into No. 2 UCLA in the first round where they lost 5-0. This season, the Bulldigs are still searching for their first win as well as their first goal, as they were shutout in each of their first four matches of the year.
The Highlanders and Fresno State last met on September 21 ,2007 in a 5-1 UC Riverside home win. Current members of the team Ashley Parks and Nicole Yumori both scored goals for UCR in the game.
| Highlanders vs. Bulldogs Match Capsule | ||
| UC Riverside | Fresno State | |
| 2008 Record & stats |
8-10-2, 2-5-1 BW | 11-9-2 |
| 2009 Record & stats |
2-2-0 |
0-4-0 |
| 2009 Schedule | 2009 Schedule | |
| 2009 Roster | 2009 Roster | |
| Conference | Big West | WAC |
| Current Streak | W2 |
L5 |
| Most Recent Box Score |
W, 1-0 vs. Southern Utah |
L, 3-0 at UC Irvine |
| Next Opponent | 9/11 vs. San Francisco |
9/13 vs. CSU Bakersfield |
| Leading Scorer |  Senior 1 gl, 1 asts, 3 pts |
N/A |
| Leading Keeper |
 Sophomore 3mp, 0.75gaa, 18svs |
 Junior 4mp, 2.00gaa, 31svs |
| All-Time Record Against | 3-0-1 | 0-3-1 |
| Current Streak Against | W3 | L3 |
| Highlanders vs. Bulldogs All-Time Results | ||
| September 17, 2003 at Fresno, CA |
T, 2-2, 2OT | T, 2-2, 2OT |
| August 27, 2004 at Riverside, CA |
W, 4-0 | L, 4-0 |
| September 22, 2006 at Fresno, CA |
W, 1-0, 2OT | L, 1-0, 2OT |
| September 21, 2007 at Riverside, CA |
W, 5-1 | L, 5-1 |
GAME NOTES
SEARCHING FOR A NEW SET OF GOALS
The Highlanders scored 32 goals a year ago, but the feet responsible for just 16 of them return for the 2009 season. The biggest loss is all-conference performer Tessa Lennala who paced UCR and the Big West in 2008 with 11 goals and 27 points.
Heidi Gassaway (nee Garrett), who finished fourth in the conference in scoring a year ago with nine goals and 21 points, is the top returning scorer for UCR, however Ashley Parks, Denise Thomas and Sally Yunker are the three members of the Highlanders to have dented the net so far this year. Yunker's first goal as a collegian was the game-winner in UC Riverside's 1-0 overtime win over Texas State on August 30. Thomas scored her fourth career goal in the Highlanders' 2-1 loss to Oregon State on August 28.
WHITE OUT
Jessica White, who served as Brittany Goetz's backup in goal a year ago seeing action in four matches, is the Highlanders starting keeper in 2009, and she currently boasts a goals against average of 0.99. She picked up the first shutout of her collegiate career in a 1-0 overtime win over Texas State on August 30 and notched her second straight blanking on September 4 in a 1-0 win over Southern Utah..
SIDELINE ASSISTANCE
Former San Diego goalkeeper Tommy Tate became a member of the Highlanders coaching staff this summer joining Head Coach Veronica O'Brien and Assistant Coach Kerri Patterson. The UCR coaching family will grow again at the end of the season as Patterson and her husband, Michael, are expecting their first child in December.
OFF THE CHARTS
Heidi Gassaway enters her junior season ranked fifth on the Highlanders career points and goals scored charts and sixth in assists.
| Career Points Leaders | |||
| Player | Years | Points | |
| 1 | Renee Scachetti (29g, 13a) | 2002-05 | 71 |
| 2 | Tessa Lennala (24g, 9a) | 2006-08 | 57 |
| 3 | Jenna Leonti (16g, 11a) | 2004-07 | 43 |
| 4 | Vanessa Chanez (14g, 11a) | 2002-05 | 39 |
| 5 | Heidi Gassaway (13g, 8a) | 2006, 2008 | 34 |
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Career Goals Leaders
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| Player | Years | Goals | |
| 1 | Renee Scachetti | 2002-05 | 29 |
| 2 | Tessa Lennala | 2006-08 | 24 |
| 3 | Jenna Leonti | 2004-07 | 16 |
| 4 | Vanessa Chanez | 2002-05 | 14 |
| 5 | Heidi Gassaway | 2006, 2008 | 13 |
| Career Assists Leaders | |||
| Player | Years | Assists | |
| 1 | Renee Scachetti | 2002-05 | 13 |
| 2 | Vanessa Chanez | 2002-05 | 11 |
| Jenna Leonti | 2004-07 | 11 | |
| 4 | Amber Plumlee | 2002-06 | 10 |
| 5 | Tessa Lennala | 2006-08 | 9 |
| 6T | Heidi Gassaway | 2006, 2008 | 8 |
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