Press Release
Overall Record: 11-6-1 (Home: 7-1, Away: 4-5-1)
Northwest Conference: 8-5-1, 4th (Home: 5-1, Away: 3-4-1)
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HIGHLIGHTS:
* Recent Games: Bruins Clinch 4th with Sweep of L&C and Pacific
* Coming Up: No. 4 Puget Sound, Linfield to End Season at Home
* McKinsey BAA Top Athlete; McKinsey, Cardwell HM in NWC
* Polls: Bruins Tied for 8th in D-III West Region Rankings
* Bruins Secure Winning Season and Best Under Hetherington
* NWC Stats: McKinsey, Stevens Move into Top 3 in Goals, Points
* Career Lists: Stevens Advances to Top 4 in Points, Goals, Assists
RECENT GAMES: Bruins Clinch 4th with Sweep of L&C and Pacific
* Oct. 27 - at George Fox 4, Lewis & Clark 1 ( Press Release / Box Score)
* Oct. 28 - at George Fox 5, Pacific 1 ( Press Release / Box Score)
COMING UP: No. 4 Puget Sound, Linfield to End Season at Home
* Fri., Nov. 2, 11:00 am - vs. University of Puget Sound, Newberg, Ore. (NWC)
* Sat., Nov. 3, 11:00 am - vs. Linfield College, Newberg, Ore. (NWC)
Puget Sound (18-0, NWC 14-0, 1st): The Loggers from Tacoma, Wash., were picked 1st in the NWC pre-season coaches' poll, the Bruins 6th ... Puget Sound is ranked 4th in the latest NSCAA/NCAA Division III national poll and 1st in the West Region ... The Loggers have clinched at least a share of their sixth straight NWC title and have already earned the NWC's automatic berth in the NCAA National Tournament ... The Loggers have won the last 17 meetings with the Bruins, including a 2-0 win in Tacoma in their first game this year on Oct. 7 ... The Bruins' last win in the series was 1-0 in Newberg on Oct. 10, 1998 ... Puget Sound is 1st in the NWC in shots (440), points (144), goals (55), goals allowed (9), goals against avg. (0.50, 19th nationally), shutouts (12), corner kicks (99), 2nd in assists (34), 8th in saves (47) ... Janece Levien is 1st in shots (107), points (44, 27th nationally in points per game at 2.44), goals (21, 10th nationally in goals per game at 1.17), game-winning goals (6) ... Last year's NWC Offensive Player of the Year, Adrienne Folsom, is 2nd in assists (8, T), 3rd in shots (78), 5th in points (24, T), game-winning goals (3, T), 7th in goals (8, T),... Fiona Gornick is 4th in points (25), 5th in assists (7, T) 6th in shots (66, T), goals (9) ... Katie Gillette is 8th in assists (5, T), 9th in shots (57), 10th in points (17, T) ... Keeper Kallie Wolfer is 1st in goals against avg. (0.52, 25th nationally), 2nd in shutouts (6), 3rd in save pct. (.833), 9th in saves (35) ... Puget Sound concludes the regular season at Pacific Saturday, Nov. 3, at 11 a.m., then will await playoff information which will be announced Sunday ...
Linfield (6-9-2, NWC 5-8-1, 6th): The Wildcats from McMinnville, Ore., were picked 7th in the NWC pre-season coaches' poll, the Bruins 6th ... The Bruins have won the last two meetings with the Wildcats, including a 3-2 overtime win in McMinnville on Oct. 6 on Kirsten Cardwell's goal in overtime ... The Wildcats' last win in the series was 1-0 in McMinnville on Oct. 8, 2006 ... Linfield is 1st in the NWC saves (118), 5th in shutouts (5, T), points (56), goals (21), assists (14, T), shots (226), 6th in goals allowed (28), goals against avg.(1.58), corner kicks (57, T) â?¦ Steph Caster leads the Wildcats in scoring (4 goals, 1 assist) ... Keeper Kelsey Hasselblad is 1st in the NWC in saves (116), 4th in shutouts (4, T), save pct. (.806), 6th in goals against avg. (1.58) ... Linfield hosts Pacific Lutheran Friday before ending the season at GFU ...
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 36-72-5 (.341) 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:
* McKinsey BAA Top Athlete; McKinsey, Cardwell HM in NWC
Sophomore forward Jenny McKinsey has been named the Bruin Athletic Association Women's Athlete of the Week for Oct. 22-28, and received honorable mention for Northwest Conference Women's Offensive Player of the Week as well. In a 4-1 win over Lewis & Clark on Oct. 27, she scored two goals on five shots, then followed it up with two goals and two assists in a 50-1 win over Pacific on Oct. 28. She had the game-winning goals in both games, giving her five on the season which is tied for 2nd in the conference. She also ranks 2nd in the NWC in points (28) and assists (8), 3rd in goals (10), and 6th in shots (66). This is her third time to be nominated for NWC honors this season.
Senior goalkeeper Jessica Cardwell received honorable mention for Northwest Conference Women's Defensive Player of the Week for Oct. 22-28. In a 4-1 win over Lewis & Clark on Oct. 27, she had 4 saves and allowed no goals in 65 minutes, then made 6 saves in a 5-1 win over Pacific on Oct. 8, boosting her season record to 8-6-1. She ranks 4th in the NWC in shutouts (4), 5th in goals against avg. (1.32) and save pct. (.802), and 6th in saves (85). A six-time nominee for NWC honors this season, she is the Bruins' all-time record-holder in shutouts (17).
* 2007 Honors
Jenny McKinsey
- Bruin Athletic Association Women's Athlete of the Week (Oct. 22-28)
- NWC Offensive Player of the Week (HM, Aug. 27-Sept. 2; HM, Sept. 17-23; HM, Oct. 22-28)
Jessica Cardwell
- Bruin Athletic Association Women's Athlete of the Week (Oct. 8-14)
- NWC Defensive Player of the Week (HM, Aug. 27-Sept. 2; HM, Sept. 10-16; HM, Sept. 17-23; HM, Oct. 1-7; HM-Oct. 8-14; HM, Oct. 22-28)
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; Oct. 1-7)
- NWC Offensive Player of the Week (HM, Sept. 10-16; HM-Sept. 24-30; Oct. 1-7)
Molly Schaefer
- NWC Offensive Player of the Week (HM, Oct. 8-14)
* Polls: Bruins Tied for 8th in D-III West Region Rankings
After a one-week absence, the George Fox Bruins have returned to the top 10 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas NCAA Division III West Region rankings of Oct. 30, climbing into a tie for 8th after a 2-0 week that included wins over Lewis & Clark and Pacific. The Bruins have been ranked as high as 6th in the West Region this season. The West top 10 include Puget Sound (18-0, 4th nationally), Whitworth (15-2), Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (13-4), California-Santa Cruz (11-2-2), Occidental (9-5), Whitman (9-6-3), Redlands (8-5-3), George Fox (11-6-1), Pomona-Pitzer (8-6-2), and Chapman (8-7-2).
Click here for the complete national and regional NSCAA/adidas D-III Rankings.
* Bruins Secure Winning Season and Best Under Hetherington
Perseverance has paid off for the Bruins and coach Andy Hetherington. After five years of rebuilding a foundation for the women's program, Hetherington picked up his first winning season when the Bruins swept Lewis & Clark and Pacific Oct. 27-28. Now 11-6-1 overall, the Bruins have their first winning record since the 2000 team went 13-5, the next-to-last season under the first coach in Bruin women's history, Byron Shenk. It is the most wins for a Bruin team under Hetherington (the 2004 team went 9-11). With an 8-5-1 Northwest Conference record, the Bruins also have their best season in the league since the 2000 team went 11-3 and finished 2nd. This year's team is guaranteed no worse than a 4th-place finish, and could vault into 3rd with a strong finish and a slip by 3rd-place Whitman.
* NWC Stats: McKinsey, Stevens Move into Top 3 in Goals, Points
In Northwest Conference offensive stats through Oct. 30, George Fox is 3rd in shots (294), shots per game (16.33), points (108), points per game (6.00), goals (40), goals per game (2.22), assists (28), assists per game (1.56), 5th in corner kicks (66) ... Defensively, the Bruins are 4th in goals against avg. (1.24), 5th in shutouts (5, T), goals allowed (23), 7th in saves (98), saves per game (5.44) ...
- Jessica Cardwell is 4th in shutouts (4, T), 5th in save pct. (.802), goals against avg. (1.32), 6th in saves (85), saves per game (5.00) â?¦
- Jenny McKinsey is 2nd in game-winning goals (5, T), points (28), points per game (1.56), assists (8, T), 3rd in assists per game (0.44, T), goals (10, T), 4th in goals per game (0.56, T), 6th in shots (66, T), shots per game (3.67, T) ...
- Amber Stevens is 3rd in goals (10, T), points (27), points per game (1.50), 4th in goals per game (0.56, T), 5th in assists (7, T), assists per game (0.39, T), shots (71), shots per game (3.94) ...
- Nicole Akiu is 8th in assists (5, T), 8th in assists per game (0.29, T) ...
- Kirsten Cardwell is 10th in goals (7, T) ...
Visit the Northwest Conference web site for the latest NWC Women's Soccer Statistics.
* Career Lists: Stevens Advances to Top 4 in Points, Goals, Assists
- Jessica Cardwell set the George Fox career record for goalkeeper shutouts when she posted her 17th in the Bruins' 0-0 double-overtime tie at Willamette on Oct. 11. She had been tied at 16 with Meghan Gibson, who had that many in a two-year career (1997-98).
- Amber Stevens had two goals and two assists on the week, bringing her career totals to 24 goals, 14 assists, and 62 points. She is 4th all-time at George Fox in goals, 3rd in assists, and 4th in total points. Ahead in each category are Brooke Erickson (65 points, 29 goals, 2002-03) and Gegi Bonera (15 assists, 1992-95). Karli Holub is the all-time leader in all three stats (102 points, 42 goals, 18 assists, 1998-2000) ...