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     The No. 3 Portland Pilots will return to Merlo Field at the Clive Charles Soccer Complex for the final regular season home match of 2008 on Sunday. The Pilots will face rival Santa Clara in a West Coast Conference matchup that will be televised live nationally on ESPNU at 1:30 p.m. It will also be Senior Night as the Pilots will recognize graduating seniors Megan Rapinoe, Rachael Rapinoe and Korie Nicholson prior to kickoff.

Game Coverage

     The match will be televised live nationally on ESPNU with Beth Mowins and Cat Whitehill providing the commentary. Live stats and a free audio broadcast will be available at portlandpilots.com, but live video will not be available.

Pilots Briefly

• Portland extended its win streak to 14 with road victories over San Francisco (2-0) and Saint Mary’s (3-0) last weekend.

• Sophomore Sophie Schmidt scored three goals, including both game-winners, and was a unanimous National Team of the Week honoree. She now has seven goals in the last seven matches.

• Schmidt also became the fourth Pilot this season to earn WCC Player of the Week honors.

• Freshman F Danielle Foxhoven added her WCC-leading 14th goal on Sunday against SMC.

• Senior MF Megan Rapinoe tallied two assists on the weekend and leads the team with nine.

• Portland has 12 shutouts and has outscored opponents 50-4 this season.

• Six Pilots have at least 10 points this season, while 13 different players have scored goals.

• Michelle Enyeart, Keelin Winters and Elli Reed were officially named to the USA U-20 National Team on Monday for the upcoming U-20 World Cup and will not be with the Pilots for the playoffs.

• Enyeart (first team) and sophomore D Jessica Tsao (second team) were named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 8 Team.

• Portland ranks in the top 10 nationally in every team statistic: No. 2 in GAA (0.25) and shutout pct. (0.750), No. 3 in win pct. (0.938), No. 6 in scoring (3.13), and No. 7 in save pct. (0.886).

• Portland is No. 3 in the latest NCAA RPI public release, which was announced on October 20.

• Junior GK Kelsey Davis ranks No. 2 nationally in goals-against average (0.248) and has played every minute in goal for the Pilots this season.

• Enyeart is two assists shy of joining the 30-goal, 30-assist club.

• Senior Rachael Rapinoe was lost for the season after she tore her ACL against USC on Sept. 1. It is the second consecutive season that Rapinoe has suffered the injury.

• Five starters and 14 letterwinners return from 18-4-0 team in 2007.

Scouting Santa Clara

     The Broncos (4-11-3, 1-3-1 WCC) have had a rigorous schedule this season playing eight ranked opponents. The Broncos defeated No. 11 West Virginia but fell to No. 1 USC, No. 2 UCLA, No. 4 Notre Dame, No. 5 UNC, No. 6 Stanford, No. 20 USD and No. 22 California. Most recently, SCU traveled to the Los Angeles area to play LMU and Pepperdine, losing both matches with identical 2-1 scores. On Oct. 24 the Broncos couldn’t hold off the Lions despite outshooting them 21-11 and a 77th minute goal by sophomore Anessa Patton. On Oct. 26, the Broncos notched their lone goal on a penalty kick finished by junior Katherine Reynolds in the 48th minute. Reynolds leads the Bronco attack with three goals, four assists and 10 points, while freshman Jenny Laponte has four goals and eight points. Reynolds earned WCC Player of the Week honors earlier this season, after posting two goals and one assist in SCU’s win over USF on Oct. 19. Senior goalkeeper Meagan McCray has recorded 56 saves and counts two shutouts, good enough for a 1.54 goals-against-average. SCU has allowed 22 goals this season. Head coach Jerry Smith is in his 21st season leading the Broncos. Last fall SCU posted a 12-6-3, 4-3-0 WCC result, landing in the third spot in the conference. 12 letterwinners and six starters returned this fall. Santa Clara leads the all-time series against UP 14-11-2, but the Pilots own a 7-4-1 when playing at Merlo Field in Portland, Ore. In their last meeting in 2007, UP had the 2-0 edge in Portland.

Senior Day

    Seniors Korie Nicholson and Megan and Rachael Rapinoe will be recognized prior to kickoff on Sunday as part of Senior Day.

It’s All Academic

    Junior MF Michelle Enyeart and sophomore D Jessica Tsao have been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 8 Team. Enyeart was a first team selection and becomes eligible for Academic All-America consideration. Tsao was a second team honoree. Enyeart posts a 3.39 grade-point average as a sociology major in addition to being a member of the USA Under-20 National Team. Tsao posts a perfect 4.0 grade-point average as a biology major and two-year starter.

U-20 Duty

    Three Pilots were officially named to the USA Under-20 National Team roster that will participate in the 2008 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Chile this November-December. Michelle Enyeart and sophomores Keelin Winters and Elli Reed were the three Pilot representatives, the most of any school in the nation. Portland will finish the regular season with the three, but will not have their services throughout the playoffs.

Wholly Schmidt

    Sophomore F Sophie Schmidt was a unanimous national team of the week honoree last week in addition to picking up the WCC Player of the Week Award. Schmidt tallied three goals in Portland’s two wins, including the game-winners against San Francisco and Saint Mary’s. A member of the Canadian National Team as a holding midfielder, Schmidt has taken a liking to her role as a striker with the Pilots. She has seven goals in the last seven games and is second on the team in scoring with 19 points (8g, 3a).

UP No. 3 in Second RPI Release

    The NCAA made its second public release of the 2008 Women’s Soccer RPI on Monday, Oct. 20 and Portland dropped to No. 3 in the latest report. The Pilots were No. 1 in the initial report, posted on Oct. 6. The complete report can be viewed by visiting ncaasports.com, going to the women’s soccer link and selecting RPI. The NCAA has two more public releases scheduled: Nov. 3 and Dec. 9.