Yellowjacket Archives - Women's Soccer

MSUB scored twice in the first 28 minutes and held on for a 3-1 win against Regis to improve to 3-1. The Yellowjackets found pay dirt inside of 10 minutes when Mandy Ploskonka took a quick cross in the box from Brittney Sandau and drove it past Rangers keeper Holly Redmond. It was Ploskonka’s third goal and Sandau’s first assist of the year.

The Yellowjackets controlled possession for much of the early going, but only challenged Redmond three times on the day. All three shots on goal from MSUB found the net. Kari Foreman scored her first collegiate goal at 27:12 when she headed in a ball from Samantha Sandau. Forman’s goal turned out to be the game winner.

Brittney Sandau gave the Yellowjackets an insurance goal early in the second half when she beat a Rangers defender one-on-one and scored from the left side. Sandau’s third goal of the year, coming at 58:30, gave MSUB breathing room, but Jacket keeper Brittany Knudtzon still had to work for the win. The freshman made five saves with all of them coming in the second half. A few of the saves were at the end of her reach with diving efforts knocking the shots out of play.

University of Mary scored in the first 20 minutes and again with 22 minutes remaining to defeat Montana State Billings 2-1 Wednesday. The loss dropped the Yellowjackets to 3-2-0 overall while Mary improved to 2-1-0.

The Marauders jumped on the board first when Shanda Lester scored on a direct kick from just outside the box at 17:54. Mary held the 1-0 lead until just after halftime when the Jackets’ Abby Bennett picked up a loose ball in the box and deposited it into the left corner to tie the game at 1-1. Bennett’s goal, her first of the season, came at 49:20.

Jordan Fenwick started in goal for MSU Billings and was replaced at 63:28 by Brittany Knudtzon. Mary wasted little time challenging Knudtzon, who entered the contest with a 3-0 record in goal. Megan Wilson took a feed from Danielle Mellow and beat Knudtzon with the game winner at 68:20.

“We haven’t gotten to the point where we’ve put two good halves together yet,” said Yellowjacket head coach Don Trentham. “I thought we played well at times in the first half and well at times in the second half, but we haven’t had a solid 90 minutes yet.”

Each team attempted 15 shots in the game with Mary firing eight shots on goal and the Jackets six. Brittney Sandau led all players with five shots, but just one was on goal. Fenwick finished with two saves and Knudtzon made four. Coyle Brannigan and Carly Feiler split time in goal for the Marauders and combined for five saves.

“Mary played better than we did, and we didn’t do the things we needed to do to win,” Trentham said. “When you’re on the road it’s important to get the first goal. Mary scored first and put the pressure on us right away. It’s tough to win when you give up an early goal.”

Records Watch: Brittney Sandau continued to inch up the career list for goals, points, games played, and games started. She's fourth all-time for goals and points, and second all-time for assists. Sandau and Amy Stephens each moved up to No. 11 in school history for games played at 62 each. If they stay healthy, they will pass Ally Stroup for the games played record on Oct. 19 when the Jackets play at Saint Martin's.

GNAC PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK: Shannon Oakes, Seattle Pacific (M, 5-5, Jr., Boise, ID) earned assists on the Falcons’ game-winning goals in wins over Chico State (1-0) and Notre Dame de Namur (3-0) as SPU improved to 6-0. Janae Godoy converted Oakes’ shot off the crossbar against Chico into the game’s only goal, while Oakes set up Sarah Martinez for the game-winning goal against the Argos.

HONORABLE MENTION: Katy McNutt, Northwest Nazarene (F, 5-3, Sr., Vancouver, WA - Evergreen) earned her fourth career hat trick in the Crusaders’ 3-2 win over Whitman. McNutt is NNU’s career scoring leader and ranks fifth in GNAC history with 33 career goals.

AROUND THE GNAC: McNutt’s hat trick was the 27^th in GNAC history, including four this season. No one else has had more than two, including Seattle’s Leah Wymer and SPU’s Sarah Martinez, who each earned their second earlier this season. . .Jesslyn Rahm had three saves and didn’t allow a goal in 165 minutes in Seattle Pacific’s two victories. Rahm leads the GNAC with a 0.19 GAA average, allowing just one goal while making eight saves in six contests. . .Jen Hamann scored the lone goal in Seattle’s 1-0 win over Western Washington, snapping a string of 364 scoreless minutes to start the season for the Viking defense. . .Central Washington allowed just two goals in three games - a win over San Francisco State (1-0), a tie with Northwest (1-1) and a loss to Notre Dame de Namur (1-0). CWU outshot its three opponents 64-29. Lynde Clarke figured in both of CWU’s scores, getting an assist on Kaycie Hutchins’ game-winning goal against SFSU and scoring the goal against Northwest. . .Brittney Sandau had a goal and an assist as Montana State Billings split two contests. . .Emily Frankland scored two of Western Washington’s three goals in a 3-0 win over Cal State Stanislaus. Western Oregon played to two draws, a scoreless deadlock with Linfield and a 1-1 tie with Pacific. Stephani Catt scored the Wolf goal, its first of the season.

Upcoming Opponents

Western Oregon has been outshot 75-49 in the five games. Goalkeeper Kelsie Blachley has 20 saves and a 1.50 goals against average in 299 minutes. Ally Meyer has a 0.47 gaa in 190 minutes.

All-time Series: WOU leads series 1-0
Last Meeting: WOU def. MSUB 2-0 on Sept. 11, 2000.

Trisha Halvorson has scored two of the team's five goals including the game winner against Notre Dame de Namur. Goalkeeper Breanna Klasen has a 3.14 goals against average in four games.

All-time Series: First Meeting

The Stats

The Standings

2007 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Standings
(Through games of Sept. 10, 2007)

The Stats Leaders

The NCAA Stats Leaders

Team: Scoring - 15. Seattle Pacific 3.33; 19. Seattle 3.17. Goals Against - 3. Western Washington 0.20; 5. Seattle and Seattle Pacific 0.33. Shutout Percentage - 3. Western Washington .800; 7. Seattle and Seattle Pacific .667; 50. Northwest Nazarene .400; Save Percentage - 5. Western Washington .944; 24. Seattle .867; 46. Seattle Pacific .833.

The Polls

National Coaches Association Far West Region (through games of 9/9/07)
	1.	UC San Diego
	2.	Seattle Pacific
	3.	Seattle University
	4.	Chico State
	5.	Western Washington
	6.	Cal Poly Pomona
	7.	Cal State Los Angeles
	8.	Cal State Dominguez Hills
	9.	San Francisco State
	10.	Montana State Billings

The Players

#0 Kaily Hoffman (Fr. GK, Fort Collins, CO)	#1 Jordan Fenwick (Fr. GK, Boise, ID)
#2 Mandy Ploskonka (Jr. MF, Federal Way, WA)	#3 Amy Stephens (Sr. MF/D, Colorado Springs, CO)
#4 Caitlyn Marrer (Fr. D, Glendale, AZ)	#5 Abby Bennett (Sr. D, Livingston, MT)
#6 Whitney Prescott (So. D, Colorado Springs, CO)	#7 Brittney Sandau (Sr. MF/F, Billings, MT)
#8 Janica Larsen (Sr. D, Salt Lake City)	#9 Chelsea Libby (So. F, Puyallup, WA)
#10 Jelisa Guy (So. MF/F, Kalispell, MT)	#11 Megan Carlson (Fr. D, Sheridan, WY)
#12 Micah Merrill-Johnson (Jr. D, Salt Lake City)	#14 Samantha Sandau (Fr. MF/F, Billings, MT)
#15 Danielle Ritter (So. D, Great Falls, MT)	#16 Melissa Carlson (Jr. MF, Renton, WA)
#17 Sara Gress (Jr. D, Boise, ID)	#18 Kari Foreman (Fr. MF/F, Lakewood, CO)
#19 Lauren Anderson (Fr. D, Ridgefield, WA)	#20 Jen Joern (Fr. F/MF, Whitefish, MT)
#21 Emily English (So. GK, Whitefish, MT)	#22 Ali Gamberg (Fr. MF, Lakewood, CO)
#23 Carly Valentine (Fr. MF, Vancouver, WA)	#24 Brittany Knudtzon (Fr. GK, Kent, WA)
RS Caitlin Differding (So. F, Sammamish, WA)	RS Samantha Boehm (So. D, Wilsonville, OR)

The Last Time in Yellowjacket Women's Soccer

A player had 5 or more points in a game — Sept. 16, 2006 (Jelisa Guy (14), Ally Stroup (8), Mandy Ploskonka (7), Britney Sandau (5) vs. Texas A&M-Int'l)

A player had 3 or more assists in a game — Sept. 16, 2006 (Jelisa Guy (4), Mandy Ploskonka (3) vs. Texas A&M-Int'l)

A player had 3 or more goals in a game — Sept. 16, 2006 (Jelisa Guy (5), Ally Stroup (3) vs. Texas A&M-Int'l)

A player had 15 or more saves in a game — Oct. 29, 1999 (Gretchen Kaus, 20 vs. Humboldt)

A player scored a goal in the first 5 minutes — Aug. 23, 2007 (Mandy Ploskonka, 4:18 vs. Adams St.)

A player scored back to back goals < 5:00 — Sept. 2, 2006 (Ally Stroup (:35), Jelisa Guy (:52), Jelisa Guy (1:28) vs. Texas A&M-Int'l)

Two players scored back to back goals < 2:00 — Aug. 23, 2007 (Brittney Sandau/Mandy Ploskonka (1:42) vs. Eastern New Mexico)

A player scored goals in 3+ cons. games — Sep. 10-Sep. 20, 2006 (Ally Stroup (4), Amy Stephens (4))

A player posted 200+ consecutive shutout min — Aug. 27-Sep. 16 (Megan Plank, 525:53)

The team had 15 or more points in a game — Sept. 16, 2006 (50 vs. Texas A&M-International)

The team had 5 or more goals in a game — Aug. 25, 2007 (5 vs. Eastern New Mexico)

The team had 5 or more assists in a game — Sept. 16, 2006 (14 vs. Texas A&M-International)

The team had 15 or more saves in a game — Oct. 29, 1999 (20 vs. Humboldt)

The School Records (records that include 2007-2008 in bold)

Points
Game – 1. Jelisa Guy (14); 2. Brittney Sandau (9); 5. Mandy Ploskonka (7)
Season – 1. Ally Stroup (39); 3. Brittney Sandau/Jelisa Guy (26)
Career – 1. Ally Stroup (109); 4. Brittney Sandau (64); 6. Jelisa Guy (28); 6. Mandy Ploskonka (28)

Goals
Game – 1. Jelisa Guy (5); 3. Brittney Sandua (3)
Season – 1. Ally Stroup (16)
Career – 1. Ally Stroup (40); 4. Brittney Sandau (23)

Game Winning Goals
Season – 1. Ally Stroup/Margot Merrill-Johnson (4); 4. Brittney Sandau/Melissa Carlson (3)
Career – 1. Ally Stroup (12); 3. Brittney Sandau (7)

Assists
Game – 1. Jelisa Guy (4); 3. Mandy Ploskonka/Brittney Sandau (3)
Season – 1. Brittney Sandau (10); 2. Jelisa Guy (8); 8. Mandy Ploskonka (6)
Career – 1. Ally Stroup (29); 2. Brittney Sandau (18); 6. Mandy Ploskonka (10); 7. Jelisa Guy (8)

GK Wins
Season – 1. Megan Plank (13)
Career – 1. Megan Plank (41)

Saves
Game – 1. Jenny Bunnell (23)
Season – 1. Jenny Bunnell (151)
Career – 1. Megan Plank (336)

Shutouts
Season – 1. Megan Plank (10)
Career – 1. Megan Plank (23)

Goals Against Average
Season – 1. Megan Plank (0.77)
Career – 1. Megan Plank (0.95)

Minutes in Goal
Season – 1. Megan Plank (1868:15)
Career – 1. Megan Plank (6376:53)

Fastest Goal from Start of Game
1. Kelly Bryn – 0:27

Games Played
1. Ally Stroup (74); 11. Brittney Sandau (62); 11. Amy Stephens (62)

Games Started
1. Ally Stroup (74); 7. Brittney Sandau (61)

Schedule & Results

Day	Date	Opponent	Time	Location	Results
Thu.	8/23	at Adams State	1:00 p.m.	Alamosa, CO	W, 3-1
Sat.	8/25	vs. Eastern New Mexico	12:00 p.m.	Durango, CO	W, 5-0
Sun.	8/26	at Fort Lewis	12:00 p.m.	Durango, CO	L, 1-0 OT
Mon.	9/3	Regis	11:00 a.m.	Billings, MT	W, 3-1
Wed.	9/5	at Mary	4:00 p.m.	Bismarck, ND	L, 2-1
Thu.	9/13	Western Oregon *	4:00 p.m.	Billings, MT
Sun.	9/16	*St. Martin's $**	11:00 a.m.	Billings, MT
Thu.	9/20	at Western Washington *	7:00 p.m.	Bellingham, WA
Sat.	9/22	at Central Washington *	1:00 p.m.	Ellensburg, WA
Thu.	9/27	at Seattle Pacific *	7:00 p.m.	Seattle, WA
Sat.	9/29	at Northwest Nazarene *	12:00 p.m.	Nampa, ID
Wed.	10/3	Rocky Mountain College #	7:00 p.m.	Billings, MT (Daylis Stadium)
Sat.	10/6	Seattle University *	1:00 p.m.	Billings, MT
Fri.	10/12	Central Washington *	4:00 p.m.	Billings, MT
Sun.	10/14	Western Washington *	1:00 p.m.	Billings, MT
Fri.	10/19	at St. Martin's *	3:00 p.m.	Lacey, WA
Sun.	10/21	at Western Oregon *	12:00 p.m.	Monmouth, OR
Thu.	10/25	Northwest Nazarene *	2:00 p.m.	Billings, MT
Sat.	10/27	Seattle Pacific *! (Senior Day)	1:00 p.m.	Billings, MT
Sat.	11/3	at Seattle University *	1:00 p.m.	Seattle, WA

The Coaches

Don Trentham, Head Coach
Don Trentham enters his sixth year as head women’s soccer coach at MSU Billings in 2007. Under Trentham’s direction the program has gone 44-39-7. He is the winningest coach in the history of the program in terms of both total wins and winning percentage, and his teams have posted the only three winning season in team history.

Trentham attended Columbia College (Missouri) and played for head coach Dan Hogan, who is now head coach at University of Southern Indiana. At Columbia he was part of an NAIA program that was consistently ranked in the top-20, won two conference tournament championships and twice advanced to the regional tournament. In his senior year, the team finished 17-5 and was ranked ninth in the nation.

It was during his playing days at Columbia when Trentham began coaching. He was head coach of two teams for the Columbia Pride Soccer Club and was assistant camp director for Columbia College Soccer Camps during the summer. In 1998 the Missouri Youth Soccer Association honored Trentham as the Boys’ Coach of the Year.

Trentham began his collegiate coaching career as an assistant at Embry-Riddle University in Daytona Beach, Florida where he had the chance to work two seasons with one of the finest soccer tacticians in the country – David Gregson. At Embry-Riddle he assisted in guiding the team to a #16 NAIA National Ranking in the final poll of 1999 season, two NAIA Regional Tournament appearances and a Florida Sun Conference regular season championship.

"I've been very fortunate to have played for and coached with two great people," says Trentham. "Much of what I learned about the game came from Coach Hogan and David Gregson. Had it not been for those guys, I don't know if I'd be coaching today."

Aside from his head coaching duties with the team at MSU Billings, Trentham also plays an active role in developing players throughout the state and the region. Over the past two years he has served as the u13 and u14 girls head coach for the Magic City Soccer Club, guiding each team he has coached to Montana State Championships. In the past he has also coached in the Olympic Development Program serving as the ODP girl's head coach for Montana, as well as an ODP staff coach for Region IV. Furthermore, he holds many camps, clinics, tournaments, and leagues during the course of the year for both adult and youth players throughout the state.

Trentham earned his bachelor of arts in education from Columbia College and a master's of education in sport management from East Stroudsburg University. He holds an "A" license from the United States Soccer Federation, as well as an Advanced National license from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Ally Stroup, Assistant Coach

The 2007 season will be Stroup’s first as the Yellowjackets’ women’s assistant soccer coach. She is a 2007 graduate from MSU Billings, earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in psychology with a minor in coaching and graduating cum laude.

“Ally is a great addition to the coaching staff here at MSUB,” said Director of Soccer and Head Women’s Coach Don Trentham. “She had a terrific career and a major impact here as a player, and I am confident she will have as big an impact, if not bigger, on our program as a coach. She knows the game very well and has a tremendous passion for MSUB soccer, and it will be exciting to see her pass on her knowledge and passion to the players in the program.”

As a player, Stroup was a four year starter and two-time captain for the Yellowjackets. Her freshmen season she was named to the NSCAA/adidas All-West Region Second Team. As a junior, she received the following honors: MSU Billings Most Valuable Student-Athlete, Heartland All-Conference Team, Scholar-Athlete by her teammates, and ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII Second Team. For her senior season, she received the following honors: ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII Second Team, Dakrtonics All-Midwest Region Team, Scholar-Athlete and MVP by her teammates, NSCAA/adidas College Scholar All-West Region Team, NSCAA/adidas Women’s Soccer Scholar All-America College Division First Team.

At one point during her senior season, the team was ranked No. 1 in the Midwest Region and ranked nationally in the top 10. Stroup finished her MSU Billings career as the school record holder for career goals, assists, points, game winning goals, and games started.

Stroup plans to begin her Masters of Science in Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling at MSU Billings in the spring of 2008. She is married to Garret Stroup, a 2006 graduate of MSU Billings.

2007-2008 Weekly Release #4 (September 11)

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