2009 Columbia women’s soCCer

2009 ScheduleDate Opponent Time/Result

SepTembeR

4 atWashington L,0-3

6 vs.#3Portland L,1-5

11 mANHATTAN W,4-0

15 IONA W,3-1

18 atHofstra T,1-1(2OT)

20 ST.JOHN’S L,1-2

22 CeNTRALCONN.ST. W,3-2

25 atCornell* 7p.m.

27 atColgate 1p.m.

OCTObeR

3 bROWN* 4p.m.

5 atLehigh 7p.m.

10 peNN* 7p.m.

13 atMarist 7p.m.

17 atPrinceton* 1p.m.

24 atDartmouth* 6:30p.m.

30 YALe* 7p.m.

NOvembeR

7 HARvARD* 7p.m.

14/15 NCAATournament TBA

AllhomematchesinbOLD

*DenotesIvyLeaguematch

- All Rankings from National Soccer Coaches Association of America

Media Information

Women’sSoccerContact.............DanLobacz

Office Phone..............................212-854-7141

CellPhone.................................607-237-5849

E-Mail.......................... dl2524@columbia.edu

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Columbia (3-3-1) at Cornell (1-5-1)Friday,Sept.25•Ithaca,N.Y.

CharlesF.BermanFieldAll-TimeSeries:Cornellleads,17-6-0Lastmeeting:Columbia3,Cornell1

Sept. 26, 2008; Wicks, Reiser, Mistele (COL): Goal each

THIS WEEK

Columbia (3-3-1) at Colgate (2-5-2)Sunday,Sept.27•Hamilton,N.Y.

VanDorenFieldAll-TimeSeries:Seriestied,4-4

Lastmeeting:Colgate1,Columbia0(OT)Sept. 24, 2006; Colgate’s Jessica Bitsack goal at 93:58

Columbia Opens Ivy League Play at Cornell This WeekendTheColumbiaUniversitywomen’ssoccerteamwillbeginitsIvyLeagueseasonon Friday as it travels to Ithaca, N.Y., to take on in-state rival Cornell. OnSunday,theLionswillcontinuenorthtotakeonColgateinHamilton,N.Y.,inanon-conferencematchup.

Scouting the Big Red Cornell enters the weekend with a 1-5-1 record, and will join the Lions incommencingitsIvyLeaguescheduleonFriday.TheBigRedpickedupitsonlyvictoryoftheseasonoverColgate,2-0,onSept.16,andearnedatieagainstBinghamtonintheseasonopener.CornellisledoffensivelybySidraBonner,whohasapairofgoals.KellyMurphywilllikelybethestarteringoalfortheBigRedandmaintainsa1.29GAA.

Scouting the Raiders Havingallowedonlyninegoalsinninematchesthusfarthisseason,Colgate’sdefense has led them to a pair of victories and two ties. FreshmanAshleyWalshhasstartedallninecontestsinnetandhasa0.96GAAalongwith64saves. JillianArnault and Maddie Malone each have two goals for the RedRaiders,whohavedefeatedSt.BonaventureandBuffalothisseasonandtiedwithMaristandOregon.

Series HistoryColumbiahasbattledCornell23timesinitshistory,withtheBigRedcomingoutontopin17ofthosematches.TheLionshavebuckedthetrendinrecentyears,takingeachofthelastthreematchupsbetweenthetwoschools.ColumbiaandColgatehavefacedoffeighttimesandhavesplitthegamesevenly,4-4.TheRedRaidershavewonthelastthreecontests,beginningin2003.Thelasttwomatcheshavegoneintoovertime.

NEWS & NOTES

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Five straight winning seasons,active service within the NewYork City community and an IvyLeague title in 2006. All recentaccomplishments of Columbiawomen’s soccer, led by headcoach Kevin McCarthy, whobegins his 16th season at thehelm of a Lions team that hasmade itsmarkasoneof the top

teamsintheNortheastregion.

Lastseason,Columbia recorded11victories, tyingforthird-mostinprogramhistory.TheLionsreceivedvotesintheNationalSoccerCoachesAssociationofAmericaTop25poll twiceduringtheyear,markingthe first time that the women’s soccer team had been recognizedamongstthenation’sbest.

Columbiastrungtogetheraneight-matchunbeatenstreak in the middle portion of its 2009 campaign,whichincludedsevenwinsandatie.Itmarkedthesecond time in three seasons that the squad hadaccomplished the feat, with the first coming in 2006 astheLionswonsevenstraightgamestocloseoutthe regular season in a memorable run to the IvyLeaguetitle.

McCarthyalsosawhisplayersgarnerunprecedentedindividual accolades in 2008, as Sophie Reiser‘10CC became the first player in program history tobenamedanAll-American.Reiserwasafourth-teamselectionbySoccerBuzzmagazine,andalsobecame the first player to be named a first team NSCAA Academic All-American. The standoutearned the Ivy League Player of the Year award,becomingthesecondplayerMcCarthyhascoachedtothehonor(ShannonMunozin2007).

After winning Ivy League championships as aplayer and an assistant coach with the Columbiamen’ssoccerprogram,KevinMcCarthybroughtanIvyLeague title to thewomen’s soccerprogram in2006.

Record-setting is nothing new for McCarthy, whowasamemberof the1983Columbiasoccer teamwhich reached the national championship game.With experience on the field as a player and on the sidelines as an assistant coach for former men’shead coach Dieter Ficken, McCarthy possessestheabilitytocreateandmotivatewinners.Heisanartfulcombinationofstrategistandeducator,andhisplayersrespondpositivelytohisguidance.

With A Little Help From Her Friends, Reiser Ties Assists Mark Withapairofassists ina3-2victoryoverCentralConnecticutState,seniorSophie Reiser moved into a tie with Columbia University Athletics Hall ofFamerToshForde’99fortheColumbiacareerrecordinassists.ReiserpickedupassistsonbothsecondhalfgoalsbysophomoreMarissaSchultz.Thetwopointsalsoputherinsolepossessionofsecondplaceonthecareerpointslist,14pointsawayfromFordeatthetopspot.

Love Me Two TimesSophomore Marissa Schultz played in all 17 games last season as a first-year, and all six contests to begin the season. She had recorded six assists butneverfoundthebackofthenetuntilthegameagainstCCSU.Schultzrecordedgoalsjust2:35aparttobeginthesecondhalfandbrokea1-1deadlock.TheMinnesotanativeistiedforthirdontheteamingoalsandpoints.

Host-ile TakeoverJuniorKellyHostetlerhasbeenthefree-kickandcorner-kickspecialistfortheLions this season, and has flourished in the role. After taking over at left back lastseason,Hostetlerhasestablishedherselfasaweaponfromanywhereonthepitch.AgainstCentralConnecticutState,herdirectkickfrom20yardsoutwashitwithsuchvelocitythatitbouncedoffthegoalkeeper’schestandpastthe goal line to knot the contest at 1-1 late in the first half. For the season, Hostetler has registered the first two goals of her career and a pair of assists totiefortheteamlead.

Yahr’s Brace Leads Lions to Win, Player of the Week HonorsForthethirdtimeinheryoungcareer,sophomoreAshlinYahrtalliedtwogoalsandhelpedtheLionstoavictory.Yahrtwicerecordedabracelastseason,ina5-0winoverAmericananda4-0victoryoverLongIsland,andturnedthetrickagaininthefourthmatchoftheseasonagainstIona.Yahrscoredgoalsfour minutes apart in the second half, with the first helping to break a scoreless deadlockinthe60thminute.TheCalifornianalsotalliedgoalsagainstHofstraandSt.John’senroutetoIvyLeagueCo-PlayeroftheWeekaccolades.

Reiser Rises to the TopSeniorSophieReiserpickedupsomeprettyimpressivehardwareaftersettingcareerhighswith12goalsand11assistslastseason.TheSeattlenativewasnamedtheIvyLeaguePlayeroftheYear,theSoccerBuzzNortheastRegionPlayeroftheYear,andaSoccerBuzzAll-American.Reiseralsowasnamedto theNationalSoccerCoachesAssociationofAmericaScholarAll-Americafirst team, and was selected as a candidate for the 2009 Lowe’s Senior CLASS AwardinAugust.Here’showReiserranksamongColumbia’sbestall-time:

McCarthy FileYr. Overall pct. Ivy pct.1994 6-8-1 .433 1-5-1 .2141995 6-10-1 .382 1-6-0 .1431996 12-5-1 .694 2-4-1 .3571997 8-9-0 .471 1-6-0 .1431998 12-2-5 .763 3-2-2 .5711999 8-7-2 .529 0-6-1 .0712000 5-10-2 .353 1-6-0 .1432001 10-7-1 .538 2-4-1 .3572002 5-10-2 .353 0-5-2 .1432003 6-8-3 .441 1-4-2 .2862004 11-8-0 .579 1-6-0 .1432005 9-7-1 .559 3-4-0 .4292006 10-5-3 .639 6-0-1 .9292007 8-5-4 .588 3-3-1 .5002008 11-4-2 .706 4-2-1 .6432009 3-3-1 .500 0-0-0 .000Total 130-108-29(.541)29-63-13(.338)

Points

1. ToshForde(1995-98)....................................86

2. SophieReiser(2006-present).....................72

3. KerryMartin(1996-99)..................................70

4. ShannonMunoz(2003-06)............................63

5. DanaCassara(1994-96)...............................56

Assists

1. ToshForde(1995-98)....................................26

SophieReiser(2006-present).....................26

3. KriszenWilliams(1996-99)...........................24

4. RachelToomey(1996-99).............................23

5. ShannonMunoz(2003-06)............................19

Goals

1. ToshForde(1995-98)....................................30

2. KerryMartin(1996-99)..................................27

3. KristinFriedholm(1986-89)...........................23

SophieReiser(2006-present).....................23

5. DanaCassara(1994-96)...............................22

ShannonMunoz(2003-06)............................22

7. MollySellner(1989-92).................................21

MeredithCorkery(1999-02)..........................21

New York, New YorkTheLionswillfacetwomoreopponentsfromthestateofNewYorkthis week in Cornell and Colgate, after having played Manhattan,Hofstra,St.John’sandIonainpreviouscontests.Columbiawent2-1-1inthefourmatches,andis10-2-6againstEmpireStateschoolsoverthepasttwo-plusyears.Alltold,theLionswillbattleseventeamsfromNewYorkin2009.

Eck of a Good GoalSenior Christina Eckhardt did something no other person in thecountryhadbeenabletodotothatpoint:scoreagoalagainstNo.3 Portland. The midfielder scored the first goal of her career against the Pilots, a 30-yard blast that found the upper-right corner of thegoal.Enteringthematch,Portlandhadoutscoreditsopponents11-0throughfourgames.

Soph-isticated PerformancesSeniorSophieReiserbustedoutofa two-gamescorelessdroughtinabigwayagainstManhattanandIona.Theco-captainrecordedhersecondcareerhattrickina4-0winovertheLadyJaspers,thenscored the first goal of the contest against the Gaels. For her efforts against Manhattan, she was named the Ivy League Co-Player oftheWeek,theBigAppleSoccer.comCollegePlayeroftheWeekandtheEasternCollegiateAthleticConferenceOffensivePlayerof theWeek.

Attacking the MAAC Initshistory,theColumbiawomen’ssoccerprogramhasputupsomeastonishingnumbersagainstschoolsfromtheMetroAtlanticAthleticConference,andcontinuedthattrendthisyear.TheLionsare33-5-2(.850)intheirhistoryagainstMAACopponentsandhavenotlostamatch to theMAACsince1995.ThisseasonColumbiawas2-0againsttheleague,includingwinsoverManhattanandIona,andwillfaceMaristnOct.13.

California Dreamin’AlthoughColumbiaUniversitywomen’ssoccercallstheCityofNewYork home, many of the Lions spend their offseason many milesawayfromtheBigApple.TenmembersofthesquadthisseasonareCalifornia natives, including five from the first-year class.

Go to the Head of the Class TheseniorclassofChristinaEckhardt,MeggieFord,AshleyMisteleandSophieReiserhasetchedtheirplaceinColumbia’srecordbooks.The foursome has finished .500 or better in the Ivy League play in threestraightseasons,aprogramrecord,andiseightvictoriesshortoftheall-timerecordforwinsinafour-yearspan(40,setfrom1996-99).

Are You a Friend of Jaclyn? TheColumbiaUniversitywomen’ssoccerteambeganapartnershipwiththeFriendsofJaclynFoundationinthespringof2008.TheteamadoptedAshleyGankiewicz,ayounggirlwhowasdiagnosedwithneurofibromatosis type 1, a genetic condition marked by rapid and unpredictabletumorgrowth.TheyoungestmemberoftheLionshasbeentoColumbiaSoccerStadiumonnumerousoccasionsoverthepastyear,andhasbecomeoneofthewomen’ssoccerteam’sbiggestsupporters.TheFriendsofJaclynFoundationmatchesachild thathasbeendiagnosedwithpediatricbraintumorswithacollegeorhighschoolsports teambasedongeographic location, tohelp improvethequalityoftheirlife.

Probable StartersPos. Name Cl. G-A-P F SophieReiser Sr. 4-2-10F MarissaSchultz So. 2-2-6F AshlinYahr So. 4-1-9MF AshleyMistele Sr. 0-0-0MF NoraDooley So. 0-2-2F/D LindsayMushett So. 0-0-0D MeggieFord Sr. 0-1-1D LaurenCooke Jr. 0-2-2D KellyHostetler Jr. 2-2-6F/D LizWicks So. 0-0-0GK LillianKlein So. 1.70GAA

Off the BenchF KeriNobil Jr. 0-0-0F ChrissyButler Jr. 0-1-1MF LexiNichols Fr. 0-0-0MF ChristinaEckhardt Sr. 1-0-2MF CatRawls Fr. 0-0-0MF LizCrowe Fr. 0-0-0D MeganGallivan So. 0-0-0D IsabelKing Fr. 0-0-0

NSCAA/adidas Coaches PollRk School W-L-T Votes 1 NorthCarolina(17) 7-0-1 8092 Stanford(16) 9-0-0 8083 UCLA 6-1-1 7324 Portland 8-1-0 7295 FloridaState 7-1-0 7026 BostonCollege 8-0-0 6497 WakeForest 8-1-0 5758 California 6-1-0 5629 SantaClara 7-2-0 50210 Florida 6-3-0 50111 Virginia 5-1-2 46312 SouthCarolina 8-0-0 43813 TexasA&M 5-3-0 42514 NotreDame 5-3-0 40415 Purdue 5-2-1 34716 Georgia 7-0-1 33817 Rutgers 7-1-1 32918 Maryland 8-0-0 30519 Indiana 8-1-0 22020 Kansas 7-1-1 17121 OhioState 7-1-1 14722 CentralFlorida 5-2-1 13623 St.John’s 7-1-0 11124 SanDiego 6-3-1 3925 UConn 6-2-0 35

Also Receiving votes: Oklahoma State 28,Michigan State 28, Washington State 25,Georgetown 24, Illinois 23, Arizona State 23,Marquette18,BYU16,Washington14,Denver4, West Virginia 4, Pepperdine 4, Charlotte 4,William & Mary 3, Oregon State 3, Villanova 2,Nebraska1,UNC-Greensboro1.BoldItalicsindicate 2009 Columbia opponent.

2009 Columbia Women’s Soccer Roster

No. Name pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown/HighSchool00 TaraTemplin GK Fr.-CC 5-8 Danville,Calif./MonteVista0 LindsayDanielson GK Jr.-CC 5-7 Bellair,Fla./ClearwaterCentralCatholic1 LillianKlein GK So.-CC 5-9 MillValley,Calif./UrbanSchool2 Liz Crowe MF/D Fr.-CC 5-5 Bakersfield, Calif./Bakersfield3 CatRawls MF/F Fr.-CC 5-9 OklahomaCity,Okla./HeritageHall4 KellyHostetler F Jr.-CC 5-7 Richland,Wash./Hanford5 ChrissyButler F Jr.-CC 5-8 ShakerHeights,Ohio/HathawayBrown6 LexiNichols D/MF Fr.-CC 5-8 AlisoViejo,Calif./AlisoNiguel7 AshleyMistele-Captain MF Sr.-CC 5-10 Ross,Calif./SanFranciscoUniv.HS8 IsabelKing D Fr.-CC 5-8 SanFrancisco,Calif./SanFranciscoUniv.HS9 SophieReiser-Captain MF/F Sr.-CC 5-4 Seattle,Wash./NathanHale10 LizWicks MF/F So.-CC 5-2 Hungerford,England/OaklandsCollege11 MeganGallivan D So.-CC 5-7 Edina,Minn./BlakeSchool12 AshlinYahr F So.-CC 5-9 RanchoSantaFe,Calif./TorreyPines13 LaurenCooke D Jr.-SEAS 5-11 SanRafael,Calif./TerraLinda14 MeggieFord-Captain D Sr.-CC 5-10 St.Petersburg,Fla./St.Petersburg15 ChristinaEckhardt D/MF Sr.-CC 5-8 Durham,N.C./Riverside16 LindsayMushett D/MF So.-BC 5-1 Snellville,Ga./Brookwood17 MarissaSchultz F So.-CC 5-7 Plymouth,Minn./Wayzata18 Keri Nobil F Jr.-CC 5-7 Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield19 AlisonRaybould MF Jr.-CC 5-10 Leawood,Kansas/St.Teresa’sAcademy20 NicoleLocantore MF/F Jr.-CC 5-3 Wayne,N.J./WayneHills21 MonicaJean D/MF Fr.-CC 5-8 LosAngeles,Calif./Marlborough24 NoraDooley MF So.-CC 5-6 Needham,Mass./Needham

HeadCoach:KevinMcCarthy(16thseason)AssistantCoaches:KateGalante,ChrisLyn

2009 Columbia Women's SoccerColumbia Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 24, 2009)

All games

Overall: 3-3-1 Conf: 0-0-0 Home: 3-1-0 Away: 0-1-1 Neut: 0-1-0

## Player gp-gs min g a pts sh sh% gwg pk-att9 Reiser, Sophie 7-7 614 4 2 10 24 . 1 6 7 0 0-012 Yahr, Ashlin 7-7 552 4 1 9 20 . 2 0 0 1 0-017 Schultz, Marissa 7-2 266 2 2 6 9 . 2 2 2 1 0-04 Hostetler, Kelly 7-6 563 2 2 6 8 . 2 5 0 1 0-015 Eckhardt, Christina 6-0 136 1 0 2 1 1.000 0 0-024 Dooley, Nora 7-7 585 0 2 2 7 . 0 0 0 0 0-013 Cooke, Lauren 7-7 645 0 2 2 1 . 0 0 0 0 0-05 Butler, Chrissy 6-4 230 0 1 1 3 . 0 0 0 0 0-014 Ford, Meggie 6-6 401 0 1 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0-07 Mistele, Ashley 7-7 576 0 0 0 11 . 0 0 0 0 0-011 Gallivan, Megan 6-2 225 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 0-010 Wicks, Liz 7-6 489 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 0-03 Rawls, Cat 5-1 67 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 0-02 Crowe, Liz 7-3 353 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 0-025 Gaines, Piersten 2-1 22 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0-019 Raybould, Alison 2-0 9 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0-018 Nobil, Keri 7-0 184 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0-016 Mushett, Lindsay 7-1 129 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0-08 King, Isabel 7-2 329 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0-06 Nichols, Lexi 6-1 134 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0-01 Klein, Lillian 7-7 582 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0-00 Danielson, Lindsay 1-0 68 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0-0

Total 7 - 13 13 39 88 . 1 4 8 3 0-0Opponents 7 - 14 8 36 73 . 1 9 2 3 0-0

Goal Average Saves Record# Goalie gp-gs min ga gaavg saves pct w l t sho1 Klein, Lillian 7-7 582:35 11 1.70 25 . 6 9 4 3 3 1 10 Danielson, Lindsay 1-0 67:25 3 4.00 5 . 6 2 5 0 0 0 0

Total 7 650:00 14 1.94 30 . 6 8 2 3 3 1 1Opponents 7 650:00 13 1.80 26 . 6 6 7 3 3 1 1

Team saves: 0

Goals by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalColumbia 5 8 0 0 13Opponents 7 7 0 0 14

Shots by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalColumbia 39 45 0 4 88Opponents 36 35 1 1 73

Saves by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalColumbia 16 12 1 1 30Opponents 12 14 0 0 26

Corners by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalColumbia 14 12 0 1 27Opponents 8 10 1 0 19

Fouls by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalColumbia 43 54 2 0 99Opponents 35 39 0 2 76

Attendance Summary COL OpponentTotal 626 1250Dates/Avg Per Date 4/156 2/625Neutral Site #/Avg 1/0

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