BYU Coming to the WCC

[pms275]

Looks like everything but football is joining the WCC next year. It will be interesting to have another good women's soccer program in the conference.

[A_Fan]

What's going to happen to their softball, swimming (M + W) and track 9 (M+W) programs?

[pms275]

Baseball, Volleyball, M/W Basketball, M/W CC, M/W Golf, W Soccer and M/W Tennis are all making the transition to WCC. Don't know about the sports you mentioned, but there is a press conference tomorrow that will probably answer that question.

[UPSoccerFanatic]

Wow, at least at first glance, it seems like that would be a very good thing for women's soccer.

PS -- It's not near April 1, is it?

[DaTruRochin]

Hahaha nope, and you won't find a website in Portuguese this time either...

We have another thread going in the WCC section as well...

https://www.pilotnation.net/west-coast-conference-f2/byu-to-wcc-in-2010-11-t3429.htm

[GUPhantom]

BYU Soccer in the WCC? Yes! I think the conference will benefit. They're huge! How many students larger are they than the average WCC school? Double the # of student in most cases, right?

It'll be very interesting to see Lindsi Lisonbee play at Merlo. She was a very highly rated recruit that changed her commitment from UP to BYU. In fact, I think she was supposed to be in the same incoming class as Cloee...who also is from Utah.

She's a 5'10" defender and has a very credentialed resume...

Defender
5-10, So.
Park City, UT - Park City HS

At BYU
FRESHMAN - (2009): Started and played in 24 games for the Cougars ... took seven shots on the season as a defender ... netter one goal in BYU's shutout win over Air Force ... named to the 2009 MWC All-Tournament Team and 2009 All-Conference Second Team ... 2009 NCAA Division I All-Pacific Region Third Team ... 2009 TDS Freshman Second Team of the season ... played on the U-20 National Team during spring of 2010.

Before BYU
Parade All-American 2008 ... NSCAA Youth All-American 2006, 2007 ... Top Drawer Soccer top 15 recruit 2009 ...U18 National Team Player Pool 2008... U17 National Team Player Pool 2007...U16 National Team Nike Friendlies, Holland Trip 2006 ... Adidas ESP camp All-Star 2007 ... 1st Team All-State 3X Defender/Midfielder/Forward 2005, 2006, 2008... High School State Champion 2005 ... ... Team Captain, Black Diamond Soccer club Team (Ranked top 25 Nationally) ... Score at the Shore Champions 2006 ... US Club Region G Champions 2006 ... US Club National Cup Semi-Finalists 2006 ... San Diego Surf Thanksgiving Cup Champions 2008 ... ... High Honor Roll Park City High School 2008(Less)


GO PILOTS!!!

[Geezaldinho]

BYU Soccer in the WCC? Yes! I think the conference will benefit. They're huge! How many students larger are they than the average WCC school? Double the # of student in most cases, right?


GO PILOTS!!!

Umm... 10 times larger than UP

[GUPhantom]

Just don't "pull my hair" Geez....I have none anyway!

BYU vs New Mexico

[Geezaldinho]

from wikipedia for BYU

Undergraduates 26,928 full-time, 3,314 part-time

From wikipedia for UP

Undergraduates 2,997[2]

[eProf]

I'm pretty sure that BYU does not play on games on Sundays. Does that mean that we'll have a Thursday-Saturday weekend when they come to town?

[PurplePrideTrumpet]

I'm pretty sure that BYU does not play on games on Sundays. Does that mean that we'll have a Thursday-Saturday weekend when they come to town?

Zaninovich said he had a mockup of a 9-team schedule ready to show BYU. It might have been for basketball but the principles would be the same for soccer, so this has probably been worked out. If BYU is the only team coming that weekend it could be just Friday or Saturday.

If you were wondering, BYU men's soccer is a club sport and they compete in the PDL (the level the Timbers U-23s played).

[Stonehouse]

Nice article about how the move to the WCC affects BYU women's soccer:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700062128/Move-to-WCC-has-BYU-coaches-cautiously-optimistic.html?s_cid=rss-28

The coach is saying all the right things, at least.

[Geezaldinho]

Interesting that the coach said they are scheduled to play UP in 2012.

Not 2011?