St. Mary's & San Francisco

how great was it to see halley score her first hat trick?!! an all on headers!! i personally think she is our most improved player. i saw her potential last year, but this year she's brought it. to my eye she's lost weight, but just as strong an fast as ever. an i always loved the chemstry she an soph had with each other. did you see who was first to congratulate halley after the game? soph.

really good win regardless of the level of competition. i really liked seeing the improvement of our 2nd unit, particularly in no certain order, emma, molly and elinor. did anyone notice how 'heavy' elinor's shot's are? next year, she will be, in my opinion, this years halley. leaner but just as strong an fast. but i have to say, after our 'marquee' frosh, my favorite is molly klier. she reminds me of brooke o'hanley very much.

I'm looking forward to seeing more of Molly. She loioks to have potential.

It seems like Danielle is now tied with Morgan Marlboro of Nebraska with 21 goals, but leads her with 8 assists to 5. I suspect the Pilots are still the highest-scoring team in the nation.

You know what was really cool? At the end of the game, Sophie was the first one off the bench and ran straight to Hallie with the rest of the team close behind.

Taylor Brooke seemed to handle herself really well out there, and so did Molly Klier. I like the way the rookies can get lots of minutes in games like these.

Pilots have 69 goals. Nebraska is second with 60, followed by Stanford with 59. (On the other end, Alabama St. has 129 goals against.)

harryb wrote:Pilots have 69 goals. Nebraska is second with 60, followed by Stanford with 59. (On the other end, Alabama St. has 129 goals against.)

Is there any way can wangle Alabama State as a first-round playoff opponent?

harryb wrote:Pilots have 69 goals. Nebraska is second with 60, followed by Stanford with 59. (On the other end, Alabama St. has 129 goals against.)

as significant:

UP has given up 7 goals, Stanford 10, and Nebraska 29. (Alabama State is a leader here, too. They have scored 2 goals)

The Oregonian story about the USF game said that the Pilots were aiming for 8 goals. Wow, I'd never heard of a team trying to get a particular number (let alone such a high number). Kreminski was awesome -- living up to the potential she showed way back as a freshman in the preseason scrimmage for season ticket holders when she just soared for a powerful header.
USF simply never had a chance even playing 10 in the box.
Pilots have had their shooting practice. Now come the deciding games.

Friday I was impressed with Jessica Menzhuber, #16 for St. Marys. She is big (5’10”), fast (outran our defenders several times, including Jessica), and a good ball-handler. Several times she showed deft footwork on the ball, both in and out of traffic. Unfortunately for her, there usually was no place to go with the ball & no teammate to pass to. She had 10 goals prior to Friday. I would not be surprised to see her name on the all-conference team.

They apparently couldn't fit all the highlights on one reel, so here's part 1



And I guess you could call this one the out-takes, including the high-five greeting Kendra got from ms. O'Brien.

Part 1 looks like "The Dani and Halley Show" - I'd watch that series every weekend!

Great soccer & Great Drumming! What a great Day!

I would say that it is generally not a good thing for our opponents when the highlights dont fit on one reel...

Mark Carr, head coach of the USF women's team discusses last week's northwest trip at http://www.youtube.com/user/USFDonsAthletics#p/u/3/kuLuUeOCQLw. Among his quotes about the Pilots:

That is the most impressive and well-balanced team I've seen in a long time.

Those were some very complimentary words from the USF coach. Very classy.