Women's Soccer Hosts Central Washington for Futbol Frenzy Saturday

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BRIEFLY
The MSUB women’s soccer team returns home after a six-game road trip to host Central Washington Saturday, Oct. 3, at 1 p.m. in the first game of a doubleheader for Futbol Frenzy.  MSUB enters the week with a 6-3-1 record and a 3-1 mark in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. 

FUTBOL FRENZY 2009 SPONSORED BY WENDY’S
The 2009 edition of Futbol Frenzy is scheduled for Oct. 3 at Yellowjacket Field. The MSUB women’s team will battle Central Washington at 1 p.m. and the men’s team will face Northwest Nazarene at 3:30 p.m.  Prior to the women’s game, there will be a BBQ which will be free for MSUB students with a U-Card.  The BBQ is $8 for non-students.

SCOUTING MONTANA STATE BILLINGS
The Yellowjackets are led by freshman Jaucelyn Richter who leads the team and the conference with nine goals and 21 points.  Fellow freshman Jennifer Larsen has six goals for 13 points.  Richter leads the team with 40 shots and 24 on goal.  Larsen is second in shots with 33 and second in shots on goal with 21.  Senior Chelsea Libby leads the team with five assists, including three against Minnesota-Crookston Sept. 13.  Kari Foreman is third in goals with three and leads the team with three game-winning goals.  Richter has two game-winners.  Samantha Sandau has two goals on the year with three assists, while three other players have one goal each.

Defensively, the Yellowjackets are led by junior Jordan Fenwick in goal.  She has a 6-3-1 record with one shutout and 46 saves.  Fenwick has played and started all 10 games, logging 958:29 minutes and carries a 1.50 goals against average.

As a team, the Yellowjackets have scored 23 goals and have 23 assists on the year for 69 points.  They have 150 shots for a .153 shot percentage.  MSUB has 85 shots on goal for a .567 clip.

RECAPPING LAST WEEK
MSUB concluded its six-game road trip with a pair of key GNAC wins at Western Oregon and at Saint Martin’s.  MSUB won for the first time in school history at WOU with a 2-1 overtime win as Kari Foreman scored the game-winner in the 102nd minute.  The Yellowjackets came from behind in the game as Jennifer Larsen tallied the equalizer in the 57th minute moments after WOU scored the first goal.  Foreman then received a touch pass from Jaucelyn Richter in front of the net for the game-winner.  The Yellowjackets followed that performance with a thrilling 3-2 win at Saint Martin’s.  The Yellowjackets jumped on the Saints early with the first of two goals by Richter in the seventh minute and then her second score in the 60th minute.  Foreman tallied what turned out to be the insurance goal and game-winner in the 67th minute, as the Saints came marching back with two goals in a span of just over five minutes to make things interesting.

RECAPPING FUTBOL FRENZY 2008
Futbol Frenzy 2008 saw the Yellowjackets win both games as the women’s team downed Western Oregon 2-1, with all three goals scored in the first half.  WOU got on the board first, followed by a Carly Valentine goal less than a minute later.  Former Yellowjacket, Mandy Ploskonka, scored the game-winner later in the half.

SCOUTING CENTRAL WASHINGTON
The Wildcats enter the week with a 3-6-1 record overall and a 0-2-1 record in conference play.  CWU is led by Monique Cornier and Serena Tomaso with three goals each.  Cornier leads the team with three assists and nine points.  Kaycie Hutchins leads the team with six assists and has a team-high 16 shots and nine on goal.  The Wildcats are 0-2-1 in their last three games and the streak started with a 3-1 loss to MSUB on Sept. 17 in Ellensburg.   

In goal, the Wildcats are led by Amber Easterbrook who has played and started all 10 games.  She carries a 1.51 goals against average with 36 saves and two shutouts into this week’s contest.  She has a 3-6-1 record in 952:43 minutes of action.

As a team, the Wildcats have scored 15 goals and have 14 assists on the year for 44 points.  They have 110 shots and an average of .136.  CWU has 46 shots on goal for a .418 clip and three game-winners.

INSIDE THE SERIES...
The Wildcats own an 8-3 record in the series.  The Yellowjackets won the previous meeting this season in Ellensburg, 3-1, snapping a two-game skid in the series as CWU won both meetings last year.  The win at CWU was the first for the Yellowjackets in Ellensburg as MSUB was 0-7 prior.

LAST MEETING WITH CENTRAL WASHINGTON
The second half goals in a span of just over 10 minutes sparked the Yellowjackets to a 3-1 come-from-behind win in both teams’ conference openers.  Freshman Jaucelyn Richter tallied two goals in the game to propel the Yellowjackets to victory.  Samantha Sandau scored the first goal as she took a cross pass from Kelly Ross for the equalizer.  Richter scored the second goal off a great pass from Sandau and then added the insurance goal on a breakaway.  Despite being outshot 16-6, the Yellowjackets made most of their opportunities with three goals. 

FOREMAN NAMED GNAC CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Kari Foreman was named GNAC Co-Player of the Week for her efforts this past week in scoring both game-winning goals in a pair of GNAC road contests. Foreman tallied the game-winner in double overtime at Western Oregon for a 2-1 come-from-behind victory.  It was the first win at WOU for MSUB in school history.  Foreman then followed that performance with an assist and the game-winner at Saint Martin’s helping the ‘Jackets to a 3-1 record in league play. Foreman leads the league in game-winners with three.  Foreman is the second Yellowjacket to earn POW honors this season as Samantha Boehm was named league best earlier this season.

WOMEN’S SOCCER RANKED REGIONALLY
For the first time since the end of the 2006 season, the MSUB women’s soccer team is ranked regionally in the latest NSCAA/adidas West Region Poll.  The Yellowjackets are ninth this week.  Seattle Pacific is still the top-ranked team in the region and the nation at a perfect 9-0.  Western Washington is seventh in the region.

OFFENSIVE MINDED ‘JACKETS
The MSUB women’s soccer team leads the league in a number of offensive areas.  The ‘Jackets are tops in the league in points (69), goals (23), goals per game (2.30), assists (23) and assists per game (2.30).

IMPACT FRESHMEN
Freshmen Jennifer Larsen and Jaucelyn Richter lead the team in goals, points, shots and shots on goal.  They both have had outstanding starts to their MSUB careers.  MSUB has nine freshmen in 2009 and a number of them have seen significant minutes.  Through 10 games, 16 of 23 goals, 8 of 23 assists, 91 of 150 shots and 51 of 85 shots have come from freshmen.

SOCCER BUZZ
For the first time in school history, the Montana State Billings men’s and women’s soccer teams are ranked in the region top 10 together.  The women’s team is ninth this week and the men’s team is sixth.

RICHTER SCALE
Montana State Billings freshman, Jaucelyn Richter, leads the league in a number of areas.  She is tops in the league in shots (40), shots per game (4.44), points (21), points per game (2.33), goals (9) and goals per game (1.00).  

NATIONALLY SPEAKING
The Montana State Billings women’s soccer team currently is ranked 57th nationally in scoring offense at a 2.3 clip.  Individually, Jaucelyn Richter is 17th in points per game (2.33) and 14th in goals per game (1.0).  Chelsea Libby is 45th in assists per game at a 0.5 clip.

LIBBY SECOND IN ASSISTS
Senior Chelsea Libby is second in the league in assists with five.  Kaycie Hutchins of Central Washington leads the way with six.

BOEHM NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior Samantha Boehm was named GNAC Player of the Week as she helped lead the Yellowjackets to a 1-0-1 record at Mary and versus Minnesota Crookston.  Boehm anchored the Yellowjacket defense which allowed just four shots on goal. Boehm helped lead MSUB to its first shutout of the season - a 4-0 win over Minnesota-Crookston.  The Yellowjackets outshot their opponents 30-17 and 18-4 in shots on goal for the week.  This is Boehm’s first Player of the Week honor and first of the season for the Yellowjackets.

FENWICK SECOND IN SAVES & SAVES PER GAME
Junior Jordan Fenwick is second in the league in saves with 46.  She also is second in saves per game at a 4.60 clip.

GETTIN’ TO THE CORNER
The Yellowjackets own a 43-21 advantage in corner kicks this season over their opponents.  In addition, MSUB has gotten to the corner 21 times in the first half alone to just six for the opposition.  The 43 corners is good for fourth in the league. 

GETTIN’ SHOTS
MSUB also has dominated its opponents in shots this season to the tune of 150-117.  The 150 shots is good for second in the league.     

JACKETS FIFTH IN PRESEASON POLL
Montana State Billings was picked fifth in the annual GNAC Coaches Poll.  The Yellowjackets received 22 ½ points, behind conference favorite Seattle Pacific with 47 points.  Defending conference champion, Western Washington, was selected second (43 points) and one first place vote, followed by Central Washington (34), Saint Martin’s (25 ½), the Yellowjackets, Western Oregon (14) and Northwest Nazarene (8) was seventh to round out the league.  Points are awarded on a 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.

YOUTHFUL JACKETS
The Montana State Billings women’s soccer team has just one senior on the team this year in Chelsea Libby.  The ‘Jackets have 11 juniors, three sophomores and nine freshmen.

LIVE ON THE WEB
This season ALL MSUB home women’s soccer games will be FREE on the internet with live video and audio as the voice of the Yellowjackets, Ken Adelblue, will have the call.