Press Release
Overall Record: 7-3 (Home: 4-1, Away: 3-2)
Northwest Conference: 4-2, 3rd (Home: 2-1, Away: 2-1)
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HIGHLIGHTS:
* Recent Games: Bruins Split Pair of NWC Games, Swamp Simpson
* Coming Up: NWC Road Games at Linfield and #5 Puget Sound
* Stevens, Alway HM for NWC Offensive, Defensive Honors
* Polls: Bruins Ranked 7th in NSCAA/NCAA D-III West Region
* Bruins' Offensive Outburst vs. Simpson Biggest in Four Years
* NWC Stats: Four Bruins Listed Among Offensive League Leaders
* Career Lists: Cardwell Ties Bruins' Record with 16th Shutout
RECENT GAMES: Bruins Split Pair of NWC Games, Swamp Simpson
* Sept. 26 - George Fox 2, at Lewis & Clark 1, 2 ot ( Press Release / Box Score)
* Sept. 29 - at Pacific 1, George Fox 0, ot ( Press Release / Box Score)
* Oct. 1 - at George Fox 7, Simpson 0 ( Press Release / Box Score)
COMING UP: NWC Road Games at Linfield and #5 Puget Sound
* Sat., Oct. 6, 12:00 pm - at Linfield College, McMinnville, Ore. (NWC)
* Sun., Oct. 7, 12:00 pm - at University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Wash. (NWC)
Linfield (4-4-1, NWC 3-3, 4th): The Wildcats from McMinnville, Ore., were picked 7th in the NWC pre-season coaches' poll, the Bruins 6th ... The teams split last year, the Wildcats winning 1-0 in McMinnville before the Bruins took a 3-1 win in Newberg ... Linfield is 2nd in the NWC saves (60), shutouts (4, T), 4th in points (36), goals (14), assists (8, T), 5th in shots (133), 7th in goals allowed (14, T), goals against avg.(1.52), 8th in corner kicks (30) â?¦ Amber Calcagno is 4th in game-winning goals (2, T) ... Keeper Kelsey Hasselblad is 2nd in saves (59), 3rd in shutouts (3, T), 6th in save pct. (.808), 8th in goals against avg. (1.52) ... Linfield next visits Pacific Lutheran Sunday, Oct. 7, at 12 noon ...
Puget Sound (10-0, NWC 6-0, 1st): The five-time defending conference champion Loggers from Tacoma, Wash., were picked 1st in the NWC pre-season coaches' poll, the Bruins 6th ... The Loggers have won the last 16 meetings, including a pair of 1-0 wins last year ... The Bruins' last win in the series was 1-0 in Newberg on Oct. 10, 1998 ... Puget Sound is ranked 5th in the latest NSCAA / NCAA Division III national poll and 1st in the West Region ... Puget Sound is 1st in the NWC in shots (218), points (89), goals (33), goals allowed (3), shutouts (8), 2nd in assists (23), 3rd in corner kicks (39), 8th in saves (30) ... Janece Levien is 1st in shots (52), goals (9), 2nd in points (18) ... Last year's NWC Offensive Player of the Year, Adrienne Folsom, is 1st in points (23), game-winning goals (3, T), 2nd in goals (8), assists (7), 4th in shots (39, T) ... Fiona Gornick is 6th in shots (32, T), points (13, T), goals (5, T), 7th in assists (3, T) ... Katie Gillette is 4th in assists (4, T), 8th in points (12, T), goals (4, T), 9th in shots (28, T) ... Kandace Logan is 7th in assists (3, T) ... Keeper Kallie Wolfer is 1st in goals against avg. (0.27), save pct. (.923), shutouts (4, T), 8th in saves (24) ... Puget Sound hosts Pacific Saturday before meeting the Bruins, then visits Willamette Saturday, Oct. 13, at 12 noon ...
Visit the Northwest Conference web site for the latest NWC Women's Soccer Standings.
COACH ANDY HETHERINGTON
Andy Hetherington (St. John's, U.K., '76) is 32-69-4 (.324) in his 6th season as the women's soccer coach at George Fox. He was 123-20-5 in 10 seasons as a high school coach in the Portland, Ore., area before taking the position at George Fox. Click here for the complete bio on Coach Hetherington.
BRUIN BITS:
* Stevens, Alway HM for NWC Offensive, Defensive Honors
Senior forward Amber Stevens and sophomore goalkeeper Sally Alway received honorable mention for Northwest Conference Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week respectively for Sept. 24-30 as the Bruins went 1-1 in conference play.
Stevens scored both goals in the Bruins' 2-1 double-overtime win at Lewis & Clark on Sept. 26, taking 3 shots, 2 on goal, and had 1 shot on goal in an overtime 1-0 loss at Pacific on Sept. 29. She is 2nd in the NWC in shots (45), 3rd in points (15) and goals (6), and 7th in assists (3).
Alway improved her record to 3-0 by going 101 minutes in the 2-1 double-overtime win at Lewis & Clark on Sept. 26, making 3 saves while facing 11 shots, 4 on goal. She did not play in the Bruins' other game of the week at Pacific on Sept. 29.
* 2007 Honors
- Jenny McKinsey
NWC Offensive Player of the Week (HM, Aug. 27-Sept. 2; HM, Sept. 17-23)
Jessica Cardwell
- NWC Defensive Player of the Week (HM, Aug. 27-Sept. 2; HM, Sept. 10-16; HM, Sept. 17-23)
Nicole Akiu
- NWC Offensive Player of the Week (HM, Sept. 3-9)
Sally Alway
NWC Defensive Player of the Week (HM, Sept. 3-9; HM-Sept. 24-30)
Amber Stevens
- Bruin Athletic Association Women's Athlete of the Week (Sept. 10-16)
- NWC Offensive Player of the Week (HM, Sept. 10-16; HM-Sept. 24-30)
* Polls: Bruins Ranked 7th in NSCAA/NCAA D-III West Region
After a pair of overtime games in which they defeated Lewis & Clark 2-1 before bowing 1-0 at Pacific, the George Fox Bruins slipped one spot to 7th in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas NCAA Division III West Region rankings of Oct. 2. Puget Sound (10-0) is the No. 1 in the region, followed by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (8-3), Whitworth (8-1), Occidental (5-2), California-Santa Cruz (5-2-1), Redlands (3-2-3), George Fox (6-3), Pomona-Pitzer (4-3-2), Chapman (5-4-2), and California State-East Bay (5-3-1).
Click here for the complete national and regional NSCAA/adidas D-III Rankings.
* Bruins' Offensive Outburst vs. Simpson Biggest in Four Years
When the Bruins scored seven goals in their win over the Simpson (Calif.) Lady Red Hawks on Oct. 1, it was their largest offensive output in four years. The last time the Bruins scored as many goals in a game was on Sept. 9, 2003, when they rolled to an 11-0 win at Cascade College in Portland, Ore. The Bruins had scored as many as six goals in a game three times since the Cascade outburst. Contributing to the explosion of goals vs. Simpson were Amber Stevens and Nicole Akiu with two apiece, and Jenny McKinsey, Molly Schaefer, and Jessica McMorran with one each.
* Career Lists: Cardwell Ties Bruins' Record with 16th Shutout
- Jessica Cardwell tied the George Fox career record for goalkeeper shutouts when she posted her 16th in the Bruins' 7-0 win over Simpson (Calif.) on Oct. 1. She is tied with Meghan Gibson (16, 1997-98).
- Amber Stevens had two goals in the Bruins' 2-1 win at Lewis & Clark on Sept. 26, then added two goals and an assist in a 7-0 win over Simpson on Oct. 1, bringing her career points total to 52 (21 goals, 10 assists). She passed Julie Jensen (46, 1991-94) and Katrina Crabb (49, 1995-97) for 5th on the all-time GFU points list. Ahead is Staci Morris (54, 1994-97) ... With 21 career goals, she passed Jensen (18) and is now tied for 4th all-time with Morris and Crabb ... With 10 assists, she is tied for 8th with Jensen and Noelle Miller (1998-99) ...