2010 Arkansas State
Soccer Notes
Anthony Reynolds • Assistant Sports Information Director • [email protected] • 870-530-4454 (cell) • 870-972-3547 (office)
Arkansas State at ULL/ULM
Oct. 8 & 10, 2010 • Lafayette, La./Monroe, La. • 12 p.m./1 p.m.
4-7-1, 0-4
Vs .
6-7, 1-3
2-10-1, 0-4
2010 Schedule
Aug.
22
27
29
Sept. 3
5
10
17
19
24
26
Oct. 1
3
8
10
15
17
21
24
29
Nov. 3-6
UT-Martin
2-2 (T)
@ Arkansas-Pine Bluff
1-0 (WOT)
@ La. Tech
1-0 (W)
Lipscomb
2-0 (W)
@ Belmont
1-3 (L)
Tulsa
1-0 (W)
Oral Roberts
2-3 (L)
SEMO
0-1 (L)
@ Fla. Atlantic*
0-1 (L)
@ Fla. International*
0-1 (L2OT)
Middle Tennessee*
0-2 (L)
Western Kentucky*
0-2 (L)
@ Louisiana-Lafayette*
12 p.m.
@ Louisiana-Monroe*
1 p.m.
South Alabama*
3:30 p.m.
Troy*
1 p.m.
Denver*
3 p.m.
@ North Texas*
1 p.m.
@ UALR*
7 p.m.
Sun Belt Conference Tournament
Hosted by Western Kentucky
Home Games in BOLD
* - Sun Belt Conference Games
Arkansas State Quick Facts
Location: Jonesboro, Arkansas
Enrollment: 12,185
Nickname: Red Wolves
Colors: Scarlet and Black
Stadium: ASU Soccer Park
Conference: Sun Belt
Head Coach: Tafadzwa Ziyenge (first year)
Overall Record: 94-101-7
Record at ASU: 4-5-1
KICKING IT OFF: Arkansas State continues its quest
through Sun Belt Conference action when they travel
to Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe this
weekend. Action begins at noon on Friday at ULL and
continues on Sunday at 1 p.m. at ULM.
THE SERIES: Arkansas State trails the series with the
Ragin Cajuns 4-6 while the Red Wolves hold a 4-1-1
advantage over the Warhawks. The only loss that ASU
has had in the ULM series came during the 2007 season.
THE OPPONENT: Louisiana-Lafayette holds a 6-7
record with a 1-3 Sun Belt Conference mark. They are
on a three-game skid after beating South Alabama in
their SBC opener (2-0) on Sept. 24. Chelsea Balestra
leads the team along with Kelli Jestes with four goals
each. Jestes leads the squad with two game-winning
goals. Amanda Moorefield has logged the bulk of the
minutes in goal for the Ragin Cajuns making 42 saves
while allowing just 14 goals and turning in three clean
sheets with a 6-7 record. ULL is a physical squad
committing 179 fouls to their opponents 129. Scot
Wieland is in his sixth season as head coach at ULL
owning a 34-61-14 record at the helm. LouisianaMonroe owns a 2-10-1 record with a 0-4 conference
mark. ULM is on a nine-game winless streak with only
one tie in that streak, a 1-1 decision at Southeastern
Louisiana. The Warhawks have lost four straight including three 0-4 decisions in their last three against
South Alabama, North Texas and No. 25 Denver.
Samantha Cashman leads ULM with three goals while
Tiffany Bombard and Alyssa Lopez each have two
goals each. Alex Holland has played every minute in
goal for the Warhawks making 72 saves with one
shutout, allowing 32 goals for a 2.32 goals against average. Stacy Lamb is in her ninth year as head coach
at ULM owning a 69-108-19 record over that time.
LAST GAME: The Arkansas State soccer team battled hard but gave up two late goals to fall to the visiting Western Kentucky Hilltoppers in Sun Belt
Conference action, 2-0 Sunday at the ASU Soccer
Complex.
ASU matched WKU's output in shots with each
squad taking 11, but were unable to get any shots into
the net.
ASU fell to 4-7-1 on the season with a 0-4 mark
in league play. WKU improved to 3-1 in the league
with a 5-4-2 overall mark.
Kara Nitti led the ASU attack taking three shots
while Mallory Outerbridge led WKU with three shots,
all of which were on goal.
WKU's first goal came in the 78th minute (77:08)
when Lindsay Williams sent a free kick into the box
from midfield. Sydney Sisler found the end of the kick
and sent the ball into the net across the front of the
goal to the far post.
Then, in the 83rd minute (82:44) Mallory Outerbridge sent a shot from the right side to the far post on
a feed from Torrie Lange to put the Hiltoppers up 2-0.
ASU had a balanced attack during the match
taking five shots in the first half and six in the second.
Junior goalkeeper Megan Stoltzfus made four
saves in goal for the Red Wolves playing the entire
90-minute contest. Libby Stout made three saves for
WKU.
IN GOAL: ASU has had two goalkeepers split time in
goal this season. Sophomore Susan Brown has
logged 749:12 in goal allowing eight goals and making 37 saves with three shutouts. Brown has a 3-6-0
record this season. Junior Megan Stoltzfus has also
logged significant time this season with 376:18 in goal
allowing seven goals and making 22 saves. She has
one shutout and a 1-1 record.
NONCONFERENCE: ASU has completed the nonconference portion of its schedule. Its four wins tied
the most wins in nonconference action for ASU and
was the most since the 2007 season. In nonconference action, ASU outshot opponents 119-87,
outscored opponents 10-9 and took 37 corner kicks
to opponents 22.
LEADING THE PACK: Junior Michele Clark leads the
team with five goals including two game winners for 12
total points. Kara Nitti ranks second with three goals
for the Red Wolves while Kelsey Finders leads the
way with three assists. Susan Brown has made nine
appearances in goal for the Red Wolves making 37
saves and turning in three shutouts. Brown has a 0.77
goals against average.
FINDERS FINDING FEET: ASU junior transfer Kelsey
Finders has been setting up her teammates for goals
leading the team with three assists this year. She also
ranks second with 15 shots taken.
NILES SAVES THE DAY: Against Tulsa junior defender Lizzy Niles came up big, single-handedly stopping three scoring runs by Tulsa and helping the Red
Wolves turn in a clean sheet for the game. From her
left-back position Niles has helped anchor the ASU
defense
CLEAN SHEETS: Sophomore goalkeeper Susan
Brown has turned in three clean sheets in five starts
this season which moved her to the top of the ASU
all-time shutout category.
SUSAN BROWN POW: Arkansas State sophomore
goalkeeper Susan Brown was named the Sun Belt
Conference women’s soccer player of the week for
the competition week of August 23-29.
In two starts, Brown kept a clean sheet, allowing
no goals while making nine saves and helping the Red
Wolves to their first two victories of the 2010 campaign
shutting out Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Louisiana Tech.
On the season, Brown has made 12 saves and
is yet to give up a goal. She has turned in two shutouts
which, after only three games, is half of her recordsetting total from a year ago.
During last season, Brown set school goalkeeping records in saves, wins, minutes played and
shutouts.
RECORD SETTING YEAR: Besides their appearance
in the SBC tournament for the first time since the 2004
season the Red Wolves had a record setting season
in 2010 in a number of categories. ASU has set
records in wins (8), conference wins (5), shots (330),
goals (35), assists (32) and attendance (3,551).
ASSIST RECORD: Sophomore Ashley McMurtry, during her first season with the team set a single-season
assist record for the program, recording eight. She
also ranks third on the career assist chart. She also
led the team with 16 points (4 goals, 8 assists).
COMING BACK: The Red Wolves were one of the
youngest teams in the league last year, but those
younger players all now have a year or two under their
belt. ASU has 16 letterwinners returning from last
year’s team and nine starters from their best season
in program history. With only five losses and eight
newcomers, ASU is poised to have another great season.
HIGHEST JUMP: ASU had one of the highest jumps
in the conference standings last year, moving from
11th in 2008 to 6th in 2009. FIU made a similar jump,
moving from 6th to the top of the league last season.
TOP RETURNERS: ASU has three players returning
who scored four or more goals a season ago. Junior
Kara Nitti, for the second year in a row, led ASU in
scoring with five goals and 13 total points. McMurtry
led the Red Wolves with 16 points notching four goals
and eight assists while sophomore Tory Pitts had four
goals and one assist for nine points.
SAVE RECORD: ASU sophomore Susan Brown set a
single-season record with 108 saves during her freshman campaign. She also set records wins (8),
shutouts (4), minutes (1854:58) and ranked second
on the single-season chart with a goals against average of 1.60
PRESEASON COACHES POLL: Arkansas State
was voted to finish in seventh place by the Sun Belt
Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll which was released Thursday. The poll is voted on by the 12 Sun
Belt head coaches.
ASU received 54 points in the poll. Defending
champion Denver was picked to finish first receiving
140 points and nine first place votes. Florida International, the 2009 regular-season champion was tabbed
second garnering the other three first-place votes and
127 total points.
Western Kentucky was picked third, followed by
North Texas, Middle Tennessee, UALR and Arkansas
State in fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh.
Florida Atlantic and Troy were picked to finish
tied for eighth. ULL, South Alabama and ULM were
voted to finish 10th, 11th and 12th places, respectively.
HEAD COACH TAFADZWA ZIYENGE: Tafadzwa
Ziyenge is in his first season as head coach at
Arkansas State. Ziyenge comes to ASU after reviving
both the men's and women's teams at University of
Alabama-Huntsville. Ziyenge left the UAH women with
a 96-90-6 career record, advancing to the semifinals
of the Gulf South Conference tournament on five occasions and consistently achieving top-10 regional
ranking. In his final season the women's team posted
a 9-7-0 record and a third best 4-3 conference record.
The women finished the season ranked seventh in the
south region. In his first and only season as men's
head coach Ziyenge directed the UAH men to the conference finals en route to a sixth place regional ranking. The men ended conference league play in second
place. Ziyenge who is an Olympic Development Program regional coach has also coached both boys and
girls youth teams.
“Tafadzwa is highly respected by his peers
within his profession,” said Dr. Dean Lee, ASU Director of Athletics. “He is very passionate about the game
and loves the game, which is very evident. He has a
great work ethic and tremendous character, integrity
and knowledge about the game.”
Ziyenge was a four-year letterwinner (1993-96)
on the UAH men's soccer team. He is first overall in
the UAH record books for most goals in a career, most
game winning goals in a career. He also holds the
UAH records for most goals in a season, most points
in a season, most game winning goals in a season
and tied for most shots on goal in a season. In addition, he is also second on the list for most points in a
career, most shots on goal in a career. Ziyenge is
ranked third overall in goals scored, fifth in points and
eighth in career assists. He is only one of six players
to score 100 career points at UAH.
Ziyenge who still holds the conference record
for most goals scored in a season was named Conference Player of the Week on three separate occasions in the first year the GSC sponsored soccer. He
was also Most Valuable Player in the Mayor's Cup
Classic vs Alabama A&M in 1996. Ziyenge also set
the standard for numerous conference records. During the 1996 season, Ziyenge was ranked third in the
nation in goals scored. He also led the GSC in the
same category, as well as total points. In his senior
year, he was named to the All Region first team, GSC
regular season MVP and conference finals MVP.
Ziyenge's professional soccer career began in
1997 in the Eastern Indoor Soccer League where he
played for 2 years with the Huntsville Fire. He finished
the 1998 season as the club's second leading scorer.
He continued his professional career in the USL ALeague where he spent 2 seasons playing for Tennessee Rhythm before retiring in 2001. The
Marondera, Zimbabwe native holds a degree in Business Administration.
Ziyenge holds a USSF C License.
ASSISTANT COACH LISA BERG: Beginning her
second season with the ASU Soccer program, Lisa
Berg was named assistant soccer coach at Arkansas
State University Aug. 9, 2008.
Berg comes to ASU from Minnesota, where she
served as a volunteer assistant for the last two years
with the Golden Gopher soccer program. Berg was
an Academic All-Big 10 player for the Golden Gophers
from 2003-05 and helped rebuild the Minnesota soc-
cer program during her time as a player and assistant
coach. While at Minnesota, Berg helped lift the Gopher program from the bottom of the Big 10 to a consistent qualifier for the conference tournament in a
league that annually sends multiple teams to the
NCAA Tournament.
“Lisa brings a high level of passion and energy
to the team. Her overall understanding of all facets of
the game is excellent,” said ASU head coach
Tafadzwa Ziyenge. “She is very dedicated and loyal
and has done an outstanding job this year with team
fitness.”
She graduated from the University of Minnesota
in 2006 after majoring in Kinesiology/Pre Physical
Therapy, with minors in Chemistry and Spanish. Berg
currently holds a USSF National C Coaching License
and while in Minnesota worked with the St. Croix Soccer Club, the North Suburban Soccer Club and the
East Select Soccer Club. She also worked with the
Minnesota Olympic Development Program.
“My experience with helping to rebuild the
program at Minnesota and seeing the processes involved with that will really fit well with Arkansas State,”
said Berg. “There is so much potential here with the
facilities, staff and community support. The players
have bought into wanting to build a really solid program as well.”
HELP BUILD A WINNING TRADITION: ASU soccer
fans have the opportunity to help the Red Wolves
build a winning soccer tradition by joining the Red
Wolves Goal Club. Level 1 ($50) members receive a
quarterly newsletter and an autographed 2009 ASU
Soccer poster. Level 2 members($100) receive the
benefits of Level 1, plus a ticket to the ASU soccer
banquet and an ASU T-shirt. For more information or
to join the Red Wolves Goal Club, contact assistant
coach Lisa Berg at 870-972-8193 or
[email protected].
RED WOLVES KIDS’ CLUB: Youth ages 9-13 are invited to join the Red Wolves Kids’ Club and be a ball
kid at any of ASU’s home soccer game. Kids’ Club
members also have the opportunity to participate in
team introductions and pregame ceremonies. To join
the Red Wolves Kids’ Club, contact assistant coach
Lisa Berg at 870-972-8193 or [email protected].
FOLLOW THE RED WOLVES ON FACEBOOK: To
become a fan of our Facebook Page, go to www.facebook.com and search for "Arkansas State University
Soccer". We currently have 212 fans and we are aiming to get 500 Facebook Fans by our Sun Belt Conference opener next Friday, September 25th at 4:30
PM against South Alabama. On our the "Arkansas
State University Soccer" Facebook Page you can find
events that the soccer team will be participating in and
hosting, game results, and interesting stories and photos of all your favorite Red Wolves Soccer players.
We encourage all fans, alumni, and family members of
the Red Wolves Soccer Program to become a fan
today!
ASU SOCCER IS TWEETING: The Arkansas State
soccer team is on twitter! You can follow all the action
via ASU Soccer “Tweets”. To follow ASU Soccer on
Twitter visit twitter.com/redwolvessoccer. Twitter is a
great way to follow anyone via microblogs and get the
most up-to-date information on your favorite people
and groups. GO RED WOLVES!
2010 Arkansas State Roster
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Susan Brown
Megan Stoltzfus
Lizzy Niles
Meredith Molge
Alex Furr
Ashley Jackson
Jill Fuerman
Lyndsey Patterson
Anna Kaloghirou
Kara Nitti
Becca Wheeler
Stasha Siers
Mallory McGilvray
Christine Giles
Kelsey Finders
Ashley McMurtry
Meghan Mace
Miranda Wiley
Chelsea Fricke
Karly Kuranda
Tory Pitts
Michele Clark
Bethany Kremer
Michelle Nichols
Tafadzwa Ziyenge
Lisa Berg
TBA
John Arce
Tim Reilly
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Hometown (Prev. School)
Calgary, Alb (William Aberhart)
Tijeras, NM (Sandia)
Elgin, IL (Elgin)
Plano, TX (Plano West)
Midiothian, TX (Midiothian)
Plano, TX (Plano West)
McKinney, TX (McKinney Boyd)
Des Peres, MO (Parkway South)
Jonesboro, AR (Jonesboro)
St. Charles, IL (St. Charles East)
Arlington, TX (Lamar)
High Ridge, MO (Northwest)
Haslet, TX (Northwest)
Cape Coral, FL (Ida S Baker)
St. Charles, MO (Missouri State)
Plano, TX (Plano Senior)
Franklin, TN (Franklin)
Maryville, IL (Loyola-Chicago)
Dallas, TX (Plano West)
St. Charles, IL (Dominican Univ.)
Brentwood, TN (Franklin RA)
St. Peters, MO (Ft. Zumwalt South)
Southlake, TX (Keller)
Parker, CO (Ponderosa)
The Automated ScoreBook For Soccer
ASU Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 03, 2010)
All games
RECORD:
ALL GAMES
CONFERENCE
NON-CONFERENCE
Date
*
*
*
*
Aug 22
Aug 27
Aug 29
Sep 03
Sep 05
Sep 10
Sep 17
Sep 19
Sep 24
Sep 26
Oct 01
Oct 03
Opponent
UTM
at UAPB
at Louisiana Tech
LIP
at Belmont
TLSW
ORU
SEMO
at FAU
at FIU
MT
WKU
TEAM STATISTICS
SHOT STATISTICS
Goals-Shot attempts
Goals scored per game
Shot pct.
Shots on goal-Attempts
SOG pct.
Shots/Game
CORNER KICKS
PENALTY KICKS
PENALTIES
Yellow cards
Red cards
ATTENDANCE
Total
Dates/Avg Per Date
Neutral Site #/Avg
OVERALL
4-7-1
0-4
4-3-1
T o2
Wot
W
W
L
W
L
L
L
Lo2
L
L
Score
2-2
1-0
1-0
2-0
1-3
1-0
2-3
0-1
0-1
0-1
0-2
0-2
Att.
319
62
220
309
256
274
386
232
207
195
283
227
ASU
OPP
10-154
0.83
. 065
77-154
. 500
12.8
52
0-0
15-132
1.25
. 114
77-132
. 583
11.0
35
0-0
6
0
1
0
2030
7/290
0/0
940
5/188
HOME
2-4-1
0-2
2-2-1
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8
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Clark, Michele
Nitti, Kara
Finders, Kelsey
Pitts, Tory
Siers, Stasha
Fuerman, Jill
Giles, Christine
Wiley, Miranda
Mace, Meghan
Kuranda, Karly
Patterson, Lyndsey
Fricke, Chelsea
Molge, Meredith
Kaloghirou, Anna
McMurtry, Ashley
Jackson, Ashley
McGilvray, Mallory
Furr, Alex
Niles, Lizzy
Wheeler, Becca
Stoltzfus, Megan
Brown, Susan
Total
Opponents
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Goalie
0
1
Brown, Susan
Stoltzfus, Megan
Total
Opponents
AWAY
2-3
0-2
2-1
NEUTRAL
0-0
0-0
0-0
gp g a
12 5 2
12 3 0
10 0 3
3 1 0
11 1 0
6 0 2
12 0 1
12 0 1
9 0 1
12 0 1
12 0 0
12 0 0
8 0 0
10 0 0
7 0 0
12 0 0
9 0 0
12 0 0
12 0 0
12 0 0
6 0 0
10 0 0
12 10 11
12 15 10
GP
10
6
12
12
Min.
749:12
376:18
1125:30
1125:30
pts
sh sh% sog sog% gw pk-att
12 24 .208
6 20 .150
3 15 .000
2
7 .143
2
6 .167
2
4 .000
1 10 .000
1
7 .000
1
2 .000
1
1 .000
0 11 .000
0
9 .000
0
8 .000
0
7 .000
0
6 .000
0
6 .000
0
4 .000
0
4 .000
0
2 .000
0
1 .000
0
0 .000
0
0 .000
31 154 .065
40 132 .114
GA
8
7
15
10
15 .625
10 .500
4 .267
5 .714
4 .667
1 .250
3 .300
4 .571
1 .500
0 .000
5 .455
3 .333
4 .500
3 .429
5 .833
3 .500
3 .750
2 .500
2 1.000
0 .000
0 .000
0 .000
77 .500
77 .583
GAAvg Saves
0.96
1.67
1.20
0.80
Goals by Period
ASU
Opponents
1st
2nd
OT
OT2
4
6
5
8
1
0
0
1
Shots by Period
ASU
Opponents
1st
2nd
OT
OT2
57
59
89
67
6
4
2
2
Saves by Period
ASU
Opponents
1st
2nd
OT
OT2
31
21
29
43
1
3
1
0
Corners by Period
ASU
Opponents
1st
2nd
OT
OT2
22
13
27
19
2
1
1
2
Fouls by Period
ASU
Opponents
1st
2nd
OT
OT2
40
31
45
44
1
0
1
2
37
22
62
67
Total
10
15
Total
154
132
Total
62
67
Total
52
35
Total
87
77
2
1
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0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
7
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
Pct
W-L-T
Sho
.822
.759
.805
.870
3-6-0
1-1-1
4-7-1
7-4-1
3
1
4
5