2010 Schedule

When will UP announce the fall schedule?

If they hold true to form, after all the teams they play have announced their schedules.

It seems like season ticket renewals have usually been done in early May and they usually send out a schedule with the renewal solicitation.

I haven't received anything yet. Has anyone else gotten a renewal? Does anyone know when they will be sent?

Sounds like the biggest question going into the fall season is going to be the health and fitness of Cloee and Michelle O?

They have the potential to be the best defensive pair in D1 but both appear to be less than 100%. Sad.

Plus, of course, we hope for Kendra to be able to finish her career in style, of which she has plenty.

I talked with Kendra's dad today and he said she had ACL surgery three months ago. She can't run yet but her spirits are good and she hopes to be back by at least mid-season. Let's hope for a recovery like Shannon had a few years ago before playing well in the World Cup so she can play the entire season.

SoreKnees wrote:It seems like season ticket renewals have usually been done in early May and they usually send out a schedule with the renewal solicitation.

I haven't received anything yet. Has anyone else gotten a renewal? Does anyone know when they will be sent?

I also haven't seen anything yet. I was cleaning the house over the weekend and stumbled across last year's renewal letter. It came in early April and the due date for payment was the start of May. For whatever reason they're running later this year.

Sorry for the cut and paste job but here is what I have

August

20 Fri Portland State Portland, Ore. Merlo Field
23 Sun Cal State Northridge Northridge, CA

27 Fri SMU Portland, Ore. Merlo Field
29 Sun Oklahoma State Portland, Ore Merlo Field
September

3-5 Fri-Sun UW Tournament Seattle, Wash. UW
Wisconsin
Syracuse

10-12 Fri-Sun Nike Invitational Portland, Ore. Merlo Field
10 Fri Penn State
12 Sun Rutgers

17 Fri Texas A&M Univ. Portland, OR Merlo Field

23 Fri Cal-Berkley Berkley, Ca.
25 Sun Stanford Pasadena, Ca.

OCTOBER
1 Fri Univ. of Oregon Portland, Ore. Merlo Field
4 Sun U. of Washington Portland, Ore. Merlo Field

10 Sun *Gonzaga Spokane, Wash.

15 Fri * LMU Portland, Ore. Merlo Field
17 Sun * Pepperdine Portland, Ore. Merlo Field

22 Fri *USD San Diego, CA
24 Sun *SCU San Jose, CA

31 Sun *USF Portland, Ore. Merlo Field

NOVEMBER
6 Sat *SMC Moraga, CA

If the nonconference schedule is true I like it. Especially the Bay Area weekend.

I flew to the Santa Clara match in SANTA CLARA last year......are you sure we travel two years in a row......?

We're going to play Stanford in the Rose Bowl? Home Depot Center would be a little more intimate if they want to play in the LA area.

Sounds like the biggest question going into the fall season is going to be the health and fitness of Cloee and Michelle O?

Michelle O is okay. She's been playing GK for all the spring games...covering for Hailee who has been sitting out. Cloee played against OSU....and then sat out the rest of the spring games.

Kassie and Molly haven't played in any spring games. Unknown what injuries everyone is nursing or rehabing...except for Kendra (ACL). Time is on our side. Hope each of the gals are healthy and fit by Fall. The latter half of the non-conference matches is gonna be brutal!

GO PILOTS!!!

estplnr wrote:I flew to the Santa Clara match in SANTA CLARA last year......are you sure we travel two years in a row......?

Yeah, they came here the previous two years. it all averages out. That's what happens when you have an odd number of conference games.

I'm also pretty sure we will travel to Palo Alto to play Stanford. At least the folks there think so..

I'm guessing the final game will be on the Friday before selection Monday also - it has been for the last couple of years.

Looks like we should benefit a little more from strength of schedule this year, not just in the RPI but also in reality. Playing Stanford, for example, during the regular season should help when it comes to the playoffs. Too bad OSU and WSU are not on it for 2010 -- they gave us good matches last year -- but all in all this schedule seems to be a definite upgrade. The period from September 10 through 25 should tell us a lot about our post-season prospects.

jc wrote:Looks like we should benefit a little more from strength of schedule this year, not just in the RPI but also in reality. Playing Stanford, for example, during the regular season should help when it comes to the playoffs. Too bad OSU and WSU are not on it for 2010 -- they gave us good matches last year -- but all in all this schedule seems to be a definite upgrade. The period from September 10 through 25 should tell us a lot about our post-season prospects.

I might start the period with August 29 when the Pilots play Oklahoma State. OSU is the defending Big 12 Champion (won the tournament, not the regular season, defeating the regular season winner and Texas A&M along the way). Also, the next weekend, the Pilots play Wisconsin, which was the #3 team in the Big 10 and tied #2 Ohio State and #1 Penn State at the end of the season.

I just figured out that we may be able to see 15 of the games (one of our nieces and her hub are profs at Stanford and have a house on campus; and her sister and hub have a house on Queen Anne Hill in Seattle and come with us to the UW games most years). Wow, would that be great!