Women's Soccer Travels to No. 4 Seattle Pacific and Western Washington

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BRIEFLY
The MSUB women’s soccer team returns to conference play this week with two key Great Northwest Athletic Conference road matches at No. 4 Seattle Pacific and at Western Washington.  The Yellowjackets stand at 8-5-1 overall and are 4-2 in conference play and currently are tied with Saint Martin’s for third and two games behind both Seattle Pacific and Western Washington.

WHAT’S AT STAKE
If the Yellowjackets could pull the upsets on the road, they would be the top team in the GNAC come Monday.  MSUB is two games behind both WWU and SPU in the standings, tied with Saint Martin’s for third.  SMU plays at Western Oregon on Oct. 25 and then at MSUB on Oct. 29.  MSUB won at SMU earlier this season. 

SCOUTING MONTANA STATE BILLINGS
The Yellowjackets are led by freshman Jaucelyn Richter who leads the team and the conference with nine goals and 24 points.  Fellow freshman Jennifer Larsen has eight goals (good for second in the league) for 17 points.  Richter also leads the league and team with 24 points.  She leads the team with 55 shots and 33 on goal.  Larsen is second in shots with 44 and second in shots on goal with 25.  Senior Chelsea Libby and Richter lead the team with six assists each and both are tied for second in the league in assists.  Kari Foreman is third in goals with six and leads the team and is tied for the league lead with four game-winning goals.  Richter has two game-winners.  Samantha Sandau and Carly Valentine each have two goals on the year.

Between the posts, the Yellowjacks are led by junior Jordan Fenwick who has an 8-5-1 record with two shutouts and 56 saves.  Fenwick has played and started all 14 games, logging 1318:29 minutes and carries a 1.50 goals against average which is good for fifth in the league.  She is third in the league in saves.

As a team, the Yellowjackets have scored 30 goals and have 28 assists on the year for 88 points.  They have 213 shots for a .141 shot percentage.  MSUB has 119 shots on goal for a .551 clip.

RECAPPING LAST WEEK
The Yellowjackets split two non-conference games this past week, including a makeup game at Rocky Mountain College and a home loss to Carroll College.  MSUB came out firing against Rocky, scoring three first half goals en route to a 4-0 win which is the most lopsided win for MSUB this season and the second shutout of the year.  Kari Foreman scored two goals in the game, including the game-winner which put her in a first-place tie for the league lead in game-winners.  Freshman Jaucelyn Richter added two assists and Chelsea Libby added one as both are tied for the team lead with six and are second in the league.  MSUB dominated every facet of the game, including 20-7 in shots, 10-1 in corner kicks and 13-4 in shots on goal.  The Yellowjackets returned home to face Carroll College.  However, it was Carroll who jumped out of the gates early as it scored a goal midway through the first half and then scored the second goal for a 2-0 lead at halftime late in the half on a penalty kick.  Despite the 2-0 score, the Yellowjackets would continue to fight and dominated the statistics, but noting would get through.  MSUB outshot the Fighting Saints 17-7 and 8-3 in shots on goal.  Dominated the corners 9-0 and 19-1 for the two games.  Late in the game, Carly Valentine scored her second goal of the year off a great corner kick from Jaucelyn Richter for a 2-1 score, but that would be as close as MSUB would get.  Carroll goalkeeper, Katie Beall, made six saves and the team had a crucial team save midway through the second half.

SCOUTING NO. 4 SEATTLE PACIFIC
The Falcons enter the week with a 13-1 record on the year and a 6-1 mark in the GNAC.  SPU is tied with Western Washington for the league lead, but WWU beat SPU earlier in the year.  Jocelyn Charette leads the team with eight goals and has four assists on the year for 20 points.  She leads the team with 46 shots and 19 on goal and has a team-high four game winners.  Kelsey Jenkins is second on the squad with four goals and leads the team with five assists.  Megan Lindsay also has four goals.  SPU has scored a league-best 35 goals on the year and only has allowed three.

In goal, the Falcons are led by two players who have had outstanding seasons.  Maddie Dickinson leads the team with an 8-0 record and seven shutouts with 27 saves.  She has not allowed a goal on the year and has the nation’s top goals against average, 0.00.  Jess Rahm-Kellerman is 5-1 on the year with four shutouts and has nine saves with three goals against.  The team has played 1260 minutes and has a national-best 0.21 goals against average and has tallied 13 shutouts on the year.

As a team, the Falcons have 35 goals, 33 assists for 103 points.  They have 251 shots for a .139 average and 117 shots on goal for a .466 clip.  Their opponents have scored just three goals on them the entire season with just four assists.  Opponents are shooting just .030 on the year and .396 in shots on goal.

INSIDE THE SERIES...
The Falcons lead the all-time series 6-0 and won both meetings last year, 3-0.  MSUB has never scored a goal on the Falcons and have been outscored 17-0 in six games.

SCOUTING WESTERN WASHINGTON
The Vikings enter the week with a 9-4-2 record and a 6-1-1 mark in league play.  WWU has won three straight and nine of 12 (9-2-1) since a 2-0 loss to Humboldt State Sept. 5 to give the Vikings a 0-2-1 record to start the year.  Leading the way for the Vikings this season is Emily Frankland who leads the team with six goals and is tied for the team lead with 13 points.  She leads the team with three game-winners.  Molly Shannon is second in goals with five and also has 13 points.  Kelly Irving leads the team with seven assists and 50 shots.  Nine different Vikings have scored goals this season.

In goal, the Vikings are led by Kylie Broadbent who leads the team with an 0.81 goals against average which is good for second in the league.  She has an 8-2-1 record with seven shutouts in 11 goals and 29 saves.  Jamie Arthurs has played in five games with a 2.05 goals against average and 11 saves.  She is 1-2-1 with one shutout.

As a team, the Vikings have 22 goals on the year compared to 18 for their opponents.  WWU has 23 assists for 67 points.  The Vikings have 237 shots for an .093 clip and nine game winners.  The opponents are shooting .121 against WWU.

INSIDE THE SERIES...
WWU leads the all-time series 6-0-1 and have won three straight in the series, including both games last season, 2-0 and 2-1.  MSUB tied WWU in Bellingham on Sept. 20, 2007 with a 2-2 score.  MSUB had a 2-0 first half lead, but two second half goals by WWU sent the game to overtime, including the game-tying goal in the 90th minute.

WOMEN’S SOCCER RANKED REGIONALLY
MSUB moved up to ninth in the latest NCAA Division II West Region Poll.  The Yellowjackets were 10th in the initial poll which was the first time MSUB has been ranked in the region since the end of the 2006 season.  The newest poll had not been released for the week of Oct. 21 when this was written.

NOT SO HOME SWEET HOME
This season, the MSUB women’s soccer team has found more success on the road than at home.  The Yellowjackets are 6-2-1 overall away from Billings, including 5-1-1 in away games and are just 2-3 in home games.  In games away from Billings, the Yellowjackets have scored 24 goals and have 22 assists.  MSUB has 122 shots (.197) and 73 (.598) shots on goal away from home.  The have 43-16 advantage in corner kicks as well.  MSUB has scored just six goals in five home games.

FOREMAN NAMED YELLOWJACKET OF THE WEEK
Junior Kari Foreman was this week’s Yellowjacket of the week for the week of Oct. 19. The Lakewood, Colo., native had two of the Yellowjackets four goals in a 4-0 victory over rival, Rocky Mountain College this past Wednesday. Foreman led the way with two goals and tallied her fourth game-winner of the year tying the school record for game-winners in a season with Ally Stroup (2005 and 2006) and Margot-Merrill-Johnson (2001). She had four shots and three on goal. For the season, Foreman has tallied eight goals and 17 points for MSUB.

THE J & J SHOW
Montana State Billings freshmen Jaucelyn Richter and Jennifer Larsen lead the the team and the conference in a number of areas.   Richter and Larsen are numbers one and two on the team in goals, nine and eight respectively.  They also lead the team in shots, shots on goal and points.  In addition, Richter leads the league in goals with nine and goals per game (0.69), as well as shots per game (55, 4.23) and points and points per game (24, 1.85).  Larsen is tied for second in goals with eight and second in goals per game at an 0.57 clip.  She is tied for third in points (17) and third in points per game (1.21).

WITHIN THE RANKS
The Montana State Billings women’s soccer team currently is ranked 62nd nationally in scoring offense at a 2.14 clip.  Individually, Jaucelyn Richter is 47th in points per game (1.85) and 65th in goals per game (0.692).  Richter is 51st in assists per game (0.46) and Chelsea Libby is 66th in assists at a 0.43 clip.

LISTEN TO COACH TRENHAM
Fans can listen to head coach Don Trentham’s weekly coaches show with Ken Adelblue by logging on to www.msubillings.edu/athletics and clicking on women’s soccer and listen to Coaches Show. 

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.