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Live Audio Live Stats #22 PORTLAND PILOTS (1-2-0, 0-0-0 WCC) vs. DARTMOUTH BIG GREEN (0-0-0, 0-0-0 IVY)Date: Friday, September 5, 2014
Location: Seattle, Wash.
Kick-off: 3:00 p.m.
Pitch: Husky Soccer Stadium (2,200)
Online Coverage: Audio Stats POR vs. DARTOverall Series: 0-0-0
Here: 0-0-0
There: 0-0-0
Neutral: 0-0-0
Last: First Meeting
#22 PORTLAND PILOTS (1-2-0, 0-0-0 WCC) vs. #15 WISCONSIN BADGERS (4-0-0, 0-0-0 B1G)Date: Sunday, September 7, 2014
Location: Seattle, Wash.
Kick-off: 10:30 a.m.
Pitch: Husky Soccer Stadium (2,200)
Online Coverage: Audio Stats POR vs. WISCOverall Series: 3-0-1
Here: 2-0-1
There: 0-0-0
Neutral: 1-0-0
Last: POR 2, WISC 0 - Sept. 3, 2010 (@Seattle)
THIS WEEK • The Pilots head north to Seattle, Wash., this week to face the Dartmouth Big Green and the #15 Wisconsin Badgers at the Husky Invitational at the University of Washington.
• Dartmouth and Portland are set to play on Friday at 3 p.m. at Husky Soccer Stadium, while Sunday's match with the Badgers will begin at 10:30 a.m.
• This is the first game of the season for Dartmouth and it's the first meeting ever between the Pilots and Big Green.
• Portland is 3-0-1 all-time against Wisconsin and claimed the most recent meeting 2-0 in Seattle in 2010.
LAST WEEK • The No. 5 Stanford Cardinal held off the Pilots 1-0 in front of 4,847 fans and a record 2,503 students at Merlo Field last Saturday night.
• Stanford's Chioma Ubogagu scored the game's only goal in the 30th minute and the Cardinal claimed a 13-5 advantage in shots.
• Danica Evans had Portland's best chance in the 13th minute when she intercepted a back pass and tried to hit a shot between the legs of Stanford goalkeeper Jane Campbell; the shot took a slight deflection off of Campbell before a defender cleared it.
• Stanford was the second top-five opponent for the Pilots this season.
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• The Pilots have faced two top-five opponents this season, traveling to No. 2 Florida State on Aug. 22 and hosting then-No. 5 Stanford last Saturday.
• 4,847 fans attended Saturday's match vs. Stanford, and a record 2,503 students were in attendance; 2,503 students represents a remarkable 63% of the entire University of Portland student body.
• Portland is ranked 22nd in the NSCAA Poll, sits at No. 14 in the Top Drawer Soccer rankings and is No. 19 in the Soccer America poll.
• Sophomore forward Danica Evans has scored both Portland goals this season, while Parkes Kendrick, Rebekah Kurle, Ariel Viera and Kaycie Young each have an assist.
• 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 returned 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.
• 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 194-40-17 (.807) and a remarkable 65-9-7 (.846) record in the WCC.
