Oct. 24, 2007
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Due to the wildfires throughout San Diego County, the Aztec women's soccer team will hit the road for both of its matches this weekend. On Thursday, SDSU will face New Mexico in Provo, Utah, at 6 p.m. PT. The game was originally scheduled to be played at the SDSU Sports Deck. The Aztecs then travel to Salt Lake City, Utah, to wrap up the road portion of its schedule against Utah. The game will be televised live on The Mtn.-The Mountain West Sports Network beginning at noon PT.
SDSU is looking to continue its stellar play against conference foes. Last week's wins over BYU and Wyoming moved the Aztecs into second place in the conference standings with a 3-1-0 MWC record and gave SDSU its most wins to start league play since 2002.
SCOUTING THE LOBOS
The Lobos enter the game with a 7-4-3 overall record but have gotten off to a rough start in conference action with a 1-2-1 mark.
The tie came in the team's last contest when the Lobos played No. 27 Utah to a scoreless draw. New Mexico's lone MWC win came against Wyoming in its conference opener.
New Mexico is led on offense by freshman Alexis Ball and junior Hannah Hand. Ball leads the Lobos with six goals, four-game winning tallies, and Hand is tops on the team with seven assists.
In the nets, the Lobos are led by junior Shannon Adragna who has recorded four of the team's seven victories. Adragna has made 40 saves and recorded five shutouts.
SCOUTING THE UTES
Utah enters the weekend once again near the top of the conference standings with a 2-0-2 record, 10-2-4 overall. The Utes are unbeaten in their last 13 contests and haven't lost since their third game of the season at Colorado (4-2).
The Utes enter the weekend as the highest scoring team in the Mountain West Conference. Utah is tops in the league in points (105), goals (35) and assists (35).
On offense, Utah is led by the reigning MWC Offensive Player of the Year junior Adele Letro. The Utes' first-ever All-American leads the conference with 16 goals scored, while also chipping in a pair of assists.
Utah also has the league's top playmaker in sophomore Kelly Isleib. Isleib has set her teammates up 11 times, almost tripling the number of assists she had a year ago.
The other offensive threat SDSU will have to contain is junior Katy Reineke who has nine goals and five assists.
The net is guarded by sophomore Lynzee Lee who has registered 10 wins and has made 58 stops.