Oct. 16, 2001
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THIS WEEK
San Diego State begins a string of four conference road games with a visit to Wyoming on Friday, Oct. 19.
The Aztecs will then travel to Colorado Springs to face Air Force on Sunday, Oct. 21.
The four MWC away games, which includes games at New Mexico (Oct. 28) and UNLV (Nov. 3) will conclude SDSU's 2001 regular season and lead into the conference tournament to be played at UNLV Nov. 7-10.
SERIES RECORDS
San Diego State has won each of the previous two meetings with Wyoming. The teams first met in 1999 with the Aztecs claiming a 6-0 win in Laramie. Last season, SDSU defeated the Cowgirls 2-1 at home.
The Aztecs and Lobos have met seven times with SDSU holding a 5-1-1 advantage in the series. San Diego State has won the last five meetings including a pair of 3-0 wins last season (in San Diego and at the MWC Tournament in Las Vegas). The Lobo's lone win was a 1-0 decision in Albuquerque in 1995.
MOST RECENTLY
SDSU opened its 2001 conference season by splitting games with Utah and Brigham Young at home. The Aztecs began league play with a 2-1 overtime win over Utah on Oct. 11. Kim Castellanos broke up a scoreless contest with a goal in the 82nd minute, only to see the Utes tie the contest two minutes later. SDSU won it at the end of the first overtime period when Danielle Small placed a 25-yard free kick into the upper right side of the goal.
Two days later, SDSU dropped a 3-1 decision to BYU. Castellanos gave SDSU an early lead, converting a penalty kick in the game's third minute. However, the Cougars scored three unanswered goals to take a 3-1 lead Midway through the second half. Castellanos closed the gap with a goal in the 85th minute, but the Aztecs were unable to find the equalizer.
SENIORS SAY FAREWELL
Nine seniors made their final appearance at the SDSU Sports Deck in last Saturday's match vs. Brigham Young.
That group included Kim Blevins, Fay deLeon, Erin Haentjens, Alicia Orsini, Linnea Qui?ones, Kim Rogers, Danielle Small, Jane Specht and Lyn Splittgerber.
SENIOR FINDLAY TO REDSHIRT
Senior forward Nicole Findlay, who scored three goals in SDSU first two matches and was named MWC player of the week, will likely be redshirted in order to return for the 2002 season.
Findlay suffered an ankle injury vs. South Carolina in the third game of the season and has not played since.
CLEGG REACHES MILESTONE
Chuck Clegg is his ninth season in charge of the SDSU women's soccer program with a record of 101-61-5 (.620). His 100th career win as coach of the women's squad came in SDSU's 2-0 win at UC Riverside on Sept. 18.
He joins Clive Charles (Portland) and Anson Dorrance (North Carolina) as the only other NCAA Division I coaches to accumulate at least 100 wins as both a men's and women's collegiate head coach. Clegg compiled 194 victories as head coach of the Aztec men from 1982-99.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Wyoming begins the week with a record of 2-7-2 (0-0-1 MWC). The Cowgirls tied New Mexico, 0-0, last weekend in Albuquerque. UW is led by Sancy Florquist with three goals. She is the only Cowgirl with more than one goal as Wyoming has scored just eight times in 11 contests. UW has not won in its last six outings, compiling a mark of 0-5-1. Its last victory came on Sept. 23, a 2-0 win at Utah State.
Air Force's record stands at 5-7-1 (0-1-0 MWC) as it prepares to host UNLV on Friday before facing San Diego State on Sunday. The Falcons' leading scorer is Beth Boyer (7g, 4a), the conference's number-two scoring leader. Teammate Jennifer Rowland has also contributed four goals and three assists. Air Force's 17.1 shots a game leads the conference.
CASTELLANOS ON THE CHARTS
With two goals vs. Brigham Young last Saturday, Kim Castellanos moved into a tie for fifth with Sufia Wali (1996-98) in career goals with 19. Fourth place is held by Shawn Viloria (1992-94) with 22 goals.
Castellanos' five points last week (2 goals, 1 assist) moved her into the Aztec top 10 list for career points. She now has a total of 41 and is four away from moving into the number-nine spot currently held by Aimee Jacobs (45 points, 1993-96).
QUI?ONES BUSY IN GOAL
With 61 saves thus far in 2001, senior goalie Linnea Qui?ones has moved into the number-three spot on the SDSU career saves list with 157. Number two on the list is Katherine Judkins (1996-99) with 192 career saves.
Qui?ones' 61 saves this season represents the highest total in her four years as an Aztec. Her previous high was 32 during the 2000 campaign.
She has eight saves or more in five matches this fall.
AMONG THE LEADERS
Kim Castellanos leads the Mountain West Conference in scoring with 20 points (9g, 2a), and is tied for the lead in league games only with five points (2g, 2a). Her nine goals is also a league high. Air Force's Beth Boyer is second with seven goals.
Arinda Alvarez and Fay deLeon are among a group of seven players tied for first in the MWC with four assists.
Castellanos and Nicole Findlay remain tied with four others in game-winning goals with two apiece.
AZTEC NOTES
The win over Utah ended a five-match losing streak for the Aztecs, the second-longest in school history.
San Diego State is 2-0 in overtime matches this season with wins over Cal State Fullerton (3-2) and Utah (2-1).
With an assist vs. Utah, Fay deLeon now has 57 career points, one point out of the number-five position on the SDSU career list behind Elicia Petre (58 points, 1997-2000).
BYU's win on Saturday was the Cougar's first ever at SDSU's home field on campus. BYU was 0-2 at San Diego State prior to that victory. The Cougars did defeat San Diego State in 1999 in the final of the conference tournament hosted by the Aztecs, but that match was played at the ARCO Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista.
Kim Castellanos' nine goals this fall have come against eight different opponents.
ON THE HORIZON
Following the Air Force game on Sunday, San Diego State will conclude its regular season with a pair of conference road games over the next two weekends.
The Aztecs will visit New Mexico on Sunday, Oct. 28, followed by a trip to UNLV on Saturday, Nov. 3.