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Video Preview #11 PORTLAND PILOTS (0-0-0, 0-0-0 WCC) at #2 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (0-0-0, 0-0-0 ACC)Date: Friday, Aug. 22, 2014
Location: Tallahassee, Fla.
Kick-off: 4:00 p.m. (Pacific)
Pitch: Seminole Soccer Complex
Live Video: N/A
Live Audio: PortlandPilots.comLive Stats: Seminoles.com POR vs. FSUOverall Series: 3-2-0
Here: 2-0-0
There: 0-1-0
Neutral: 1-1-0
Last: FSU 3, POR 1 (NCAA 2nd Rd) - Nov. 18, 2011 @Memphis, Tenn.
#11 PORTLAND PILOTS (0-0-0, 0-0-0 WCC) at NC STATE WOLFPACK (0-0-0, 0-0-0 ACC)Date: Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014
Location: Raleigh, N.C.
Kick-off: 9:00 a.m.
Pitch: Dail Soccer Field
Live Video: N/A
Live Audio: PortlandPilots.comLive Stats: GoPack.com POR vs. NC StateOverall Series: 2-0-0
Here: 1-0-0
There: 1-0-0
Neutral: 0-0-0
Last: @POR 4, NC State 0 - Sept. 15, 1996
THIS WEEK • The No. 11 Portland Pilots open the 2014 season this week with a trip east to face the No. 2 Florida State Seminoles and the North Carolina State Wolfpack.
• Friday's season opener against the Seminoles is set for 4 p.m. (Pacific) at the Seminole Soccer Complex in Tallahassee, Fla.
• Portland will then head to Raleigh, N.C., on Sunday for a 9 a.m. match against the Wolfpack at Dail Soccer Field.
• Portland is 3-2 all-time against Florida State and this is the first meeting between the two sides since the 2011 NCAA playoffs, which was a second-round game won by FSU.
• The Pilots have claimed the only two previous meetings with NC State, most recently in Portland in 1996.
ABOUT THE PILOTS • The Pilots are 25-5-3 all-time in season openers and have won seven straight to open the season; Portland's last season-opening loss came against BYU in 2002 and the Pilots defeated No. 14 Marquette 1-0 at Merlo Field to open the 2013 campaign.
• Portland is ranked 11th in the NSCAA Preseason Poll and sits at No. 13 in the Top Drawer Soccer rankings.
• The Pilots received three first-place votes and just missed being picked as the favorite to win the always challenging West Coast Conference.
??? Portland, BYU and Santa Clara each received three first-place votes in this year's poll; BYU totaled 73 points to edge the Pilots (72) by just a single point, while third-place Santa Clara was three back of the Pilots with 69 points.
• The Pilots also placed a league-high three players on the All-WCC Preseason Team as sophomores Ellie Boon, Danica Evans and Allison Wetherington were each selected.
• Portland claimed the program's 13th WCC title last season after sharing the league crown with BYU and Santa Clara.
• The Pilots return 12 letterwinners and seven starters from a team that reached the second round of the NCAA playoffs for the 14th straight year.
• Portland's roster features a heralded sophomore class that was ranked fifth in the nation entering UP as freshmen last fall; sophomore midfielder Allison Wetherington was named the 2013 WCC Freshman of the Year, while fellow sophomores Ellie Boon (All-WCC Honorable Mention), Danica Evans (All-WCC Honorable Mention) and Ariel Viera (WCC All-Freshman Team) also garnered all-league recognition.
• Evans is Portland's top returning goal scorer after registering five goals during her freshman campaign, and she also tied for the team-high with seven assists.
• Portland's roster also features a trio of seniors in defender Lorielle McCluskie and midfielders Rebekah Kurle and Emily Sippel; Kurle and McCluskie have combined to make 96 starts and 107 appearances during their three years together on The Bluff, while Sippel scored three goals and had five assists as a junior last fall.
• The Pilots have led the nation in attendance for nine straight years; UP owns the NCAA record for attendance in a season when 47,082 fans attended Portland women's soccer games in 2008.
• The Pilots have advanced to at least the second round of the NCAA playoffs for 14 straight seasons and have reached the playoffs during 21 of the last 22 years.
• Portland won the NCAA National Championship in 2002 and in 2005.
• Reigning WCC Coach of the Year Garrett Smith has been named the league's top coach six times.
• Smith is in his 12th year at the helm of the Pilots and has compiled an overall career mark of 193-38-17 (.813) and a remarkable 65-9-7 (.846) record in the WCC.
