University of San Francisco Athletics

Follow San Francisco Women's Soccer: FACEBOOK | TWITTER
 
2014 SCHEDULE | 2014 ROSTER | GAME NOTES
 
Match No. 11
San Francisco Dons (4-4-2) at Cal Poly Mustangs (4-5-0)
Sunday, September 28, 2014 • 12 p.m.
Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, Calif.
All-time record vs. Cal Poly: 1-1-0
Last Meeting: USF 1-0 (Sept. 15, 1995)
Live Stream: Cal Poly
 
SAN FRANCISCO—The Dons faced some unfortunate bounces and dropped both its contests last week but will aim to rebound in their only match of the weekend at Cal Poly on Sunday afternoon.
 
San Francisco has a seven-day break between matches, the longest such stretch this season, after losing consecutive matches for the first time this year. It is also the team's last match before the beginning of West Coast Conference play.
 
OVER THE WEEKEND
San Francisco allowed goals in the opening minutes of both halves at Colorado and fell to the Buffaloes 3-0 on Sunday. It was the second match of a Mile High swing after facing Denver on Friday night, where the Dons dropped the match 1-0. In the Denver match, the Dons had one shot from Jessica Nakae go off the crossbar and another from Alex Alugas ricochet off the inside of the post but neither finding its way past the goal line. It was the first time the Dons had dropped consecutive contests this season.
 
ROAD WARRIORS
The match against Cal Poly will mark the Dons' third straight away from home and is the middle portion of a five-game road trip. Dating back to Sept. 5, the Dons will have played eight of nine matches away from Negoesco Stadium. With road trips that include Boston, Colorado and Reno, the Dons have traveled nearly 10,000 miles during their preseason schedule.  
 
CONFERENCE UP NEXT
The Dons' match against Cal Poly is their final match before the beginning of West Coast Conference play. In the opening weekend, San Francisco will be on the road for Loyola Marymount and No. 11 Pepperdine and will play its first home conference match against Santa Clara.
 
EIGHTH IN NSCAA WEST REGION
For the third straight week, the Dons found themselves in the NSCAA West Region Top 10 poll, this time coming in in eighth. This comes a week after San Francisco received five votes in the NSCAA Top 25 poll. USF is in the NSCAA West Region poll with four other West Coast Conference teams.
 
TORRES' RETURN
Junior defender Leticia Torres left the team following its match at Harvard on Sept. 5 to join the Chilean National Team as they competed in Brazil in the CONMEBOL two-round FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. Despite wins over Argentina and Bolivia, Chile was unable to get out of group play and into the final round. She missed five matches and the Dons went 2-2-1 in her absence.
 
[LETICIA TORRES ON VERGE OF WORLD CUP BERTH]
 
@THEMACKATTACK15 IS BACK
Mackenzie Krieser played for the first time this season on Sept. 12 after battling an injury early and quickly found the back of the net when in the first half against San Jose State, she slid near the far post to meet the ball and punch in into the net for her first goal of the season.
 
SIGNATURE WIN AT BOSTON
The Dons picked up what might be their most impressive win under Jim Millinder when they traveled to Massachusetts and beat Boston University 1-0 on Sunday afternoon. After a Jessica Nakae goal in the ninth minute of action, USF held the Terriers to five total shots with only two being on goal. Boston is the defending Patriot League champion.
 
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED GOALIE
Madalyn Schiffel, who was named to the All-WCC honorable mention team last season, participated in the Team USA U-20 camp in April with some of the best college players in the country. She recorded six shutouts last season and had 10 other matches where she only allowed one goal.
 
RETURNING ALL-LEAGUE PLAYERS
The Dons have five returning players who have earned All-WCC honors and among those are three who earned honors last season. Madalyn Schiffel and Halle Bissin earned honorable mention honors and Jessica Nakae was selected to the All-Freshman Team. Jaciara Mello (2011 All-Freshman Team) and Mackenzie Krieser (2012 All-WCC Second Team) also return for the Dons.
 
ABOUT CAL POLY
The Mustangs have been explosive in spurts this season. They have scored two or more goals in four matches this season, including a season-best six against Fresno State on Friday. Elise Krieghoff, who was named the NSCAA Player of the Week, has scored eight goals this season with five of them coming in the rout of Fresno State. The match against the Dons will be Cal Poly's second of the weekend, beginning with Saint Mary's on Friday.