2009 Soccer Recruiting & Media Guide

1 * 2008 Big Ten Champions

Media InformationThe 2009 Minnesota Soccer Yearbook is intended to answer questions aboutthe upcoming season and to assist the media in coverage of the team. Re-quests for additional information should be made to the Athletic Communi-cations Office at 612-625-4090.

Credentials: Requests for press, radio, television and photo credentials forhome matches at the Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium should be made at least24 hours in advance to the Athletic Communications Office. Credentials willbe left at the media pass gate located at the southeast corner of the sta-dium. Media parking is limited and reservations should be made 72 hours inadvance.

Press Services: Pre-match notes, statistics and match programs will beavailable prior to the start of each match in the press box. Final statistics willbe faxed to all media outlets at the conclusion of the match. Post-match in-terviews will be conducted following a 10-minute cooling off period. An Ath-letic Communications representative will collect interview requests.

In-Season Interviews: All requests for interviews with players or coachesshould be directed to the Athletic Communications Office. Please allow atleast 24 hours prior notice for interviews.

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Quick FactsLocation..................................................................................................................Minneapolis, Minn.Founded .......................................................................................................................................1851Enrollment.................................................................................................................................51,140Nickname.....................................................................................................................Golden GophersColors ........................................................................................................................Maroon and GoldConference ...............................................................................................................................Big TenUniversity President ..............................................................................................Robert H. BruininksAthletics Director................................................................................................................Joel Maturi

2008 Overall Record .................................................................................................................22-4-02008 Big Ten Record .......................................................................................................8-2-0 (1st-T)Letterwinners Returning/Lost.......................................................................................................12/8Starters Returning/Lost ..................................................................................................................5/6

Head Coach........................................................................................Mikki Denney Wright (sixth year)Overall Record (Record at Minnesota) .......................................................................56-39-6 (same)Big Ten Record ........................................................................................................................22-27-2Assistant/Goalkeeper Coach ...............................................................................................Jerrod RohAssistant Coach ...........................................................................................................Krystle KallmanVolunteer Assistant Coach ................................................................................................Kelsey HoodSoccer Office Phone .....................................................................................................612-624-4331

Athletic Communications/Soccer Contact .......................................................................Pat McCabeOffice Phone .................................................................................................................612-624-4345Cell Phone .....................................................................................................................612-203-3028E-mail .................................................................................................................mcca0512@umn.eduFax Number ...................................................................................................................612-625-0359

Mailing Address:.....................................................................................................244 Bierman Field Athletic Building............................................................................................................................516 15th Avenue S.E.........................................................................................................................Minneapolis, MN 55455Website ............................................................................................................www.gophersports.com...................................................................Follow the Gophers on Twitter at twitter.com/gophersoccer

Table of ContentsQuick Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Building Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3The University of Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-7Twin Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-11Athletics Achievement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-13Athletics Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-15Academics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-17Life Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-192009 Season Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-212009 Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22Meet the 2009 Golden Gophers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23-39Head Coach Mikki Denney Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42-44Assistant Coach Jerrod Roh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45Assistant Coach Krystle Kallman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46Volunteer Assistant Kelsey Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47Soccer Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50-51Deborah Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52Scholarship Recipients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .522008 Season Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54-55Final 2008 Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56Match-by-Match Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57-59Final 2008 Big Ten Standings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60Big Ten Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60Gopher History in the Big Ten Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .612009 Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62-64Awards and Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66-67All-Time Letterwinners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67Golden Gopher Jersey Number History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68Team Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69Individual Career Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70Individual Season Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71Records By Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72Year-by-Year Statistical Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73Year-by-Year Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74-77Coaching History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78All-Time Record vs. Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78-80

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CREDITSThe 2009 Minnesota Soccer Yearbook was written and compiled by Pat McCabe with contributions fromDoug Vose and Ryan Maus. Layout, design and covers by Jeff Keiser.Photography: Eric Miller, Christopher Mitchell, Jerry Lee, Patrick O’LearyPrinting: University of Minnesota Printing ServicesSpecial thanks to Bob Swoverland and the staff at University of Minnesota Printing Services.

Minnesota Soccer 2009

Katie Bethke

Sara Clancy

2 * Minnesota Soccer

BuildingCHAMPIONS

Minnesota was granted an NCAA First/Second Round site for the 2008 NCAA Soccer Championships at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium.

NCAA Sweet 16

Lindsey Dare set school records for goals against aver-age, shutouts, wins and win percentage in 2008.

Lindsey Schwartz led the Gophers with eight goals, six ofwhich were game-winners.

Minnesota celebrates after its 2-1 win over Marquette to advance to the NCAA Second Round.


Minnesota claimed its first Big Ten title since 1997 and its third overall by tying for the conference regular season championship.

Victories in 2008, setting a new school record.

Minnesota advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time inprogram history.

Minnesota went undefeated at home, including two NCAA Tour-nament victories.

Minnesota’s final ranking in the NSCAA/Adidas poll, the pro-gram’s highest ranking since 1997.

Minnesota allowed just 12 goals on the year, a new schoolrecord. The Gophers also scored 43, the most in a decade.

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Big Ten Champions

Minnesota advanced to the NCAA Second Round with a win over Marquette in the firstround of the NCAA Tournament. The Gophers later beat South Dakota State to advance totheir first NCAA Sweet 16.

Kelsey Hood was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and a Second Team All-American in 2008.


About The ‘U’• Founded in 1851, the University of Minnesota is one of the most comprehensivepublic universities in the United States and ranks among the most prestigious.It is both the state land-grant university and the state's only major research uni-versity.

• The Twin Cities campus has an enrollment of more than 51,000 ranking as thefourth-largest in the nation.

• The University's Twin Cities campus consistently ranks among the top six publicresearch universities in the nation.

• More than 160 bachelor’s degrees, 150 master’s degrees and 100 doctoral de-grees are offered.

• As one of the largest urban universities in the United States, the University ofMinnesota, Twin Cities provides many opportunities for students, faculty and staffto participate in the thriving business, social and artistic communities of themetropolitan area.

• The University’s mission of teaching, research and service is felt throughout thestate, the nation and the world. To ensure that this legacy continues, the Univer-sity has embarked on an aggressive strategic plan to make this great Universityeven greater.


A world-class university — known globally as aleader in teaching, research and public service,the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities consis-tently ranks among the top six public research uni-versities in the nation. More than 160 bachelor’sdegrees, 150 master’s degrees and 100 doctoraldegrees make the University one of the most com-prehensive institutions in the country. Many of theprograms are recognized as national and interna-tional leaders.

Also a thriving center for culture and the arts,The “U” features outstanding galleries, museums,concerts, theater productions and public lectures.Add in the excitement of Big Ten Athletics, and theUniversity of Minnesota has something for every-one. The University community is a broad mix ofethnic backgrounds, interests and cultures. Stu-dents come from all 50 states and more than 100countries. Many small communities of students,faculty and staff help to create a welcoming feel-ing on campus.

The campus in Minneapolis is located just afew minutes east of downtown. Nestled along thebluffs of the Mississippi River, buildings in Min-neapolis range from the ultramodern Weisman ArtMuseum to the classic and stately Northrop Me-morial Auditorium. A few miles to the east in St.Paul, rolling hills and quiet lawns create a morerural setting. The Minneapolis and St. Paul parts ofthe campus are connected by a convenient cam-pus shuttle system.

The University of Minnesota also provides a lifebeyond the campus like few other Big Ten univer-sities can. The dynamic communities of Min-neapolis and St. Paul offer something foreveryone—a nationally-recognized arts and the-ater community, a thriving entertainment industry,a host of Fortune 500 companies, four gloriousseasons of outdoor recreation, exciting profes-sional sports, shopping and restaurants for everytaste, all located close to campus.

Founded in 1851, seven years before the ter-ritory of Minnesota became a state, the Universityis the largest in the state and touches the lives ofthousands of people every day through its teach-ing, research and service.

University ofMINNESOTA


CAMPUS


The views of the Minneapolis skyline and the Mississippi River are plentiful from the East Bank and West Bank campuses.


The Twin Cities are blessed with many lakes including Lake Calhoun (above) which is located just a few miles from downtown Minneapolis.

Twin Cities Facts• The Twin Cities metro area has a population of over 2.5 million and is the nation’s 14th-largestmedia market

• Minneapolis was named the “Most Fun City in America” by Money Magazine’s “Best Places to Live”• Men’s Fitness ranked Minneapolis as the “Most Athletic City” in 2006. The magazine annuallyranks Minneapolis as one of the “Fittest” cities, including a No. 4 ranking in 2007.

• The Twin Cities boast all four major sports franchises (NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB)• The Twin Cities are home to 130 art galleries and 35 museums• 20 Fortune 500 companies are located in the Twin Cities• Cooking Light named Minneapolis the fourth-best American city that best fit a philosophy to eatsmart, be fit, and live well.

• A 2004 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater study revealed Minneapolis as the “Most Literate City”in America

• Entrepreneur ranked the Twin Cities as the No. 1 large city for entrepreneurs• Population Connection ranked Minneapolis as the fifth-best “kid friendly” large city• Kiplinger’s rated Minneapolis No. 2 on its “50 Smart Places To Live” list• Minnesota has been ranked as the healthiest state by United Health Foundation for three straightyears

• Men’s Journal rated the Twin Cities as one of the “50 Best Places To Live” in 2006• Five Minnesota hospitals, led by Mayo Clinic, made U.S. News & World Report's 2005 lists of thenation's top hospitals.

Only In The Twin Cities• The largest enclosed mall in the country, the Mall of America• Second-most theater seats per capita behind New York City• More golfers per capita than any city in the country• Over 52 blocks of downtown Minneapolis are connected by skyway

The Minneapolis skyline in the evening

The famous scultpure gardens inMinneapolis

Skyways throughout downtownMinneapolis make foot travel convenient

The Minneapolis skyline from the Northeast with the Mississppi River

St. Anthony Falls in downtown Minneapolis


Minneapolis & St. PaulTWIN CITIES

Minnehaha Falls is located in Minneapolis

The State Capitol building in downtown St. Paul

The St. Croix River runs adjacent todowntown St. Paul

The Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul

Fortune 500companies arelocated in theTwin Cities

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Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings

Pro Sports, Concerts, Outdoors• Target Center (downtown Minneapolis) and Xcel Energy Center (downtown St. Paul) bothseat over 19,000 spectators and host hundreds of sporting events and concerts eachyear.

• The Twin Cities are home to the Timberwolves (NBA), Vikings (NFL), Twins (MLB) andWild (NHL).

• Virtually every major sporting event including Super Bowls, NCAA Final Fours, playoffsfor the NBA, MLB, NHL and NFL and PGA Tour major golf tournaments.

• The Twin Cities also play host to professional soccer, women’s basketball, lacrosse andminor league baseball.

• Minnesota has over 15,000 lakes that boast some of the country’s finest fishing andboating.

• The Twin Cities’ thousands of recreational areas and trails make it one of the top out-door destinations. Top

Concerts

Kenny Chesney, Green Day,Beyonce and Dave MatthewsBand are just a few of thehundreds of top shows that

visited the Twin Cities recently.

OutdoorOptions

The Twin Cities offer endlessoutdoor sporting activitiesincluding fishing, boating,

camping, skiing, golfing andbiking to name a few. The

Cities are covered with trailsand thousands of lakes to

entertain any outdoorenthusiast.


Twin CitiesENTERTAINMENT

Mikko Koivu, Minnesota Wild

Al Jefferson, Minnesota Timberwolves

Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins

Seimone Augustus, Minnesota Lymx

Xcel Energy Center

Target Center

The Gopher men’s track and field team swept the Big Ten indoor and outdoor championships during 2009.

Student-Athletes earned All-America honors in 2008-09.

Straight top 30 finishes in the Learfield Director’s Cupmeasuring overall athletics prowess.

Student-athletes held GPAs of 3.0 or better during the 2009spring semester.

Academic All-Big Ten selections during the 2008-09 season.

Academic All-Americans over the last six years.

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Jillian Tyler was the NCAA runner-up in the 100 breaststroke and was a three-time All-American in 2009.

Hassan Mead was a five-time BigTen champion in 2008-09 inindoor and outdoor track andcross country and earned All-America honors in all threesports.



National Championships won by Minnesota overall.

National Championships won since 2001.

Big Ten or WCHA regular season or tournament titles won inthe last eight years.

Big Ten or WCHA conference titles won in the last three years.

All-Time Regular Season Big Ten/WCHA Championships

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AthleticEXCELLENCE

Derek McCallum was named a first teamAll-American and led Minnesota into theNCAA Baseball Tournament.

Lauren Gibbemeyer wasone of three Gophers toearn volleyball All-Amer-ica honors.

Zach Sanders earned All-Amer-ica honors as a freshman for thewrestling team in 2009.

Jillian Tyler was the NCAA run-ner-up in the 100 breaststrokeand was a three-time All-Ameri-can in 2009.

Ryan Stoa was a first team men’shockey All-American in 2008-09.

The soccer, women’s hockey and women’s indoor track and field andcross country teams all claimed conference Championships in 2008-09.


AthleticsFACILITIES

Jane Sage Cowles Stadium Sports Pavilion U of M Boathouse

Siebert Field Les Bolstad/University Golf Course Baseline Tennis Center

Mariucci Arena


The University of Minnesota owns a full compliment of on-campus athletics facilities including the brand-new TCF Bank Stadium.

Bierman Track and Field Stadium University Aquatics Center Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium

Ridder Arena

Williams Arena

On average, nearly one millionfans attend Gopher athletic events

annually.

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Our mission at Minnesota Soccer is to representexcellence in everything we do. Our team iscommitted to being positive human life forcesand servant leaders in the community. We arededicating to giving back.

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”— Head Coach Mikki Denney Wright


LifeSKILLSGophers In The CommunityThe Gopher soccer program believes it is important to returnthe outstanding support given by its fans by returning some oftheir time through volunteer and charitable activities. The Go-phers are actively involved in the Twin Cities and Universitycommunities.

Additionally, the CHAMPS/Life Skills program will:• Promote student-athletes’ ownership of their academic,athletic, career, personal and community responsibilities.

• Meet the changing needs for student-athletes.• Promote respect for diversity and inclusion among student-athletes.

• Assist student-athletes in identifying and applying transfer-able skills.

• Enhance partnerships between the NCAA, member institu-tions and their communities for the purpose of education.

• Foster an environment that encourages student-athletes toeffectivelly access campus resources.

Champs/Life SkillsProgram HistoryIn 1991, the NCAA Foundation initiated efforts to create a total development program for student-athletes.Through the collaborative efforts of the NCAA Foundation and the Division I-A Athletic Director's Associ-ation, the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program (Challenging Athletes Minds for Personal Success) was created.Today, the NCAA Education Outreach staff oversees the development of the program, offering services, sup-port and programs to participating institutions throughout the year. The CHAMPS/Life Skills Program issupported through the promotional and financial efforts of the NCAA Foundation and the NCAA national of-fice.

University of MinnesotaLife Skills ProgramThe Life Skills Program at the University Of Minnesota includes many programs all designed to help makethe student-athlete's experience a positive one. The CHAMPS/Life Skills program is an NCAA sponsoredprogram designed to focus on the total development of the student-athlete. Part of the mission of the Ath-letic Department is to encourage student-athletes to achieve excellence in their academic and athletic pur-suits.

In an effort to assist our student-athletes further, the program is designed to give a comprehensive ap-proach to providing educational experiences and services which focus on the individual. We presently uti-lize: a freshman orientation course, personal development programs, Golden Career Opportunities, variouscommunity outreach efforts, and our Student Athlete Advisory Committee (S.A.A.C.) to impact the lives ofour young men and women.

Gopher involvement in the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program helps student-athletes enhance the quality oftheir experience here within the university setting. We are also supplied with instructional materials and sup-plemental resources which support our student-athletes' development within the CHAMPS/Life Skills Com-mitment Statements’ five key areas: academic excellence, athletic excellence, personal development, careerdevelopment, and community service.

ANISSA LIGHTNERAsst. Director

PEYTON OWENSAssociate Director

Director of CHAMPS/Life Skills

RACHEL MCKESSOCKCoordinator


Academic counselor Erin Swanson helps student-athletes select coursework and a major.Their academic planning will help each student stay on track for graduation.

U of MAcademic Facts• The University of Minnesota is ranked among the top six pub-lic research universities in the nation, according to a recentstudy by the University of Florida.

• The University’s Twin Cities campus offers more than 160majors for undergraduates. The University has 17 differentcolleges.

• University departments, such as geography, psychology,chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, managementinformation systems, and economics rank among the top 10in the nation, according to the National Research Council.

• A record 258 Minnesota student-athletes were named Aca-demic All-Big Ten during the 2008-09 academic year.

• 447 U of M student-athletes maintained a 3.0 cumulativegrade point average or better during the spring semester ofthe 2008-09 academic year.

Gophers earned aschool record 12

Academic All-Big Tenhonors during the2008 season.

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Academic All-Big Tenselections in five

seasons under headcoach Mikki Denney

Wright.

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GopherACADEMICSMcNamara Academic Center• Computer lab with more than 40 computers• A quiet study area• The Learning Center with four computers, tutor rooms andLearning Specialists

• The Gopher Getaway lounge which includes:• 50-inch flat screen TV• Six computers available for e-mail, Facebook, MySpaceor general web surfing

• Tables and chairs for eating and socializing• 10 tutor rooms or classrooms

LearningSupport

Tutors• Tutors are available for many different subjects Sunday through Thursdayevenings.

• You can also make an individual appointment with a tutor.

Learning SupportStructured Study7-10 p.m., Sunday-Thursday: Focuses on needs of the first-year student-athlete. Individual writing assistance and group tutoring in the most com-mon math and science courses are scheduled nightly.Learning Groups-Focus Groups each semester address particular needs,i.e. transition, probation, international student issues, math anxiety, or as-sist with a particular class, often a self-paced course. A Learning Specialistfacilitates the weekly or biweekly meeting.

1995 Gretchen Brandt1997 Jennifer McElmury

1995 Gretchen Brandt1996 Erin Hussey, Jennifer McElmury1997 Jennifer McElmury2002 Rachael Roth2004 Kaitlin Neary2005 Hailey McCarthy, Molly Schneider2008 Kylie Kallman

AcademicAll-Americans


AcademicAll-District


season preview

Now the task at hand for sixth year head coach Mikki Denney Wrightis to, not only repeat as Big Ten champions and qualify for the NCAATournament, but improve on a record 22 wins and the most successfulseason in the 16-year history of Golden Gopher soccer. The task will notbe easy, though, with the loss of eight seniors and one of the most dec-orated classes in Minnesota soccer history. In 2009, Minnesota’s cham-pionship goals will lean heavily on the leadership of theirupperclassmen, seniors Sara Clancy and Dana Tripp, as well as a verytalented, experienced and deep junior class.

Changes in the coaching staff in 2009 welcome some familiarfaces to the sidelines. Along with Denney Wright and assistant JerrodRoh – who returns for his third season – new coaches include assistantKrystle Kallman and volunteer assistant Kelsey Hood. Although new tothe sidelines, fans should certainly remember Kallman and Hood fromtheir exploits on the Veld last season. The additions truly give Minnesotaan all-star staff, led by the 2008 Big Ten Coach of the Year in DenneyWright. Following last season, Roh now holds the unique distinction ofbeing the only coach in college soccer history – men or women – to leadtwo separate goalkeepers to the single season conference shutout recordin two major conferences (Big Ten & SEC). Now add in Kallman, who hasbeen part of a championship team every season from high schoolthrough college, and Hood, an All-American and last season’s Big TenDefensive MVP, and the accomplishments of the staff speak for them-selves.

DDeeffeennddeerrssAs they did in 2008, the Golden Gophers will rely heavily on their de-

fense in 2009. They must replace Krystle Kallman who made the moveto the sidelines following graduation, but with two starters returning,Minnesota will be deep with experience. Led by returning All-Americanand All-Big Ten performer Jennie Clark (Norwalk, Iowa) and fellow jun-ior Kylie Kallman (Woodbury, Minn.), the vaunted Minnesota backlinewill be tasked with replicating the impressive numbers from a seasonago. The pair was integral in Minnesota’s Big Ten shutout record (17)last season, as well as league best marks in goals allowed (12) andgoals against average (0.45).

Individually, Clark had a breakout season in her sophomore cam-paign, scoring a pair of goals on offense in addition to her prowess onthe defensive end. “Jennie is the leader in the back three and the or-ganizer in the back,” Denney Wright said. “She can dictate the opposi-tion with her tremendous pace and athleticism.”

A one-on-one defender who is as good as they come and who isequally as skilled in the air, Clark will be at the forefront of the GoldenGophers defensive success this season. With Kylie Kallman (youngersister of Krystle Kallman) joining her in the back, the Golden Gophersmay have the best 1-2 defensive punch in the Big Ten. A 5-foot-10 jun-ior who has started every match the past two seasons, Kallman will alsobe a dangerous weapon on set pieces. She will be asked to be anotherimportant leader for the Golden Gophers and build on her 2009 cam-paign where she earned Second Team Academic All-District honors fromESPN and CoSIDA. In addition to the spot on defense, Kallman may beasked to contribute as a defensive midVelder as a junior, where she willuse her immense soccer intelligence and defensive presence to dictate

the opponent. “Kylie is a combative and courageous competitor who lays the

wood on defense,” said Denney Wright. “She is versatile enough to playin the back or as a defensive mid, is the best one-on-one defender onthe team, and clearly one of the best defenders in the Big Ten.”

Looking to Vll the void in the open outside back spot will be soph-omore Josie Solie (Mahtomedi, Minn.), who appeared in 20 matches asa freshman last season. Among those 20 matches included valuable ex-perience in both the Big Ten and NCAA Tournaments, which Solie can useto become the player the coaches expect. “We look for her to use herstrong one-on-one defensive skills and great ball winning ability to pro-vide another presence in the back, as she becomes an important partof the renowned Minnesota back three,” said Denney Wright.

GGooaallkkeeeeppeerrssQuite possibly the biggest hole to Vll this season will be the one left

by All-Big Ten and All-Region netminder Lindsey Dare. A senior last sea-son, Dare took with her the Big Ten’s best marks for save percentage(.859) and goals against average (0.45), as well as her league record17 shutouts. However, Cat Parkhill (Apple Valley, Minn.) comes off a red-shirt season ready to take charge between the pipes for the Golden Go-phers. “She is one of the top goalkeepers in the county and an incrediblyskilled player,” said Denney Wright. “She has incredible athleticism, ex-cellent hands and is very quick, but what makes her special is her bril-liant soccer mind.”

Despite her youth, Parkhill will bring valuable experience the Go-pher nets this season. As a redshirt last year, she became the VrstGolden Gopher ever to be member of the U-20 National Team, where shewon the gold medal at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile last December.

Returning and backing-up Parkhill will be sophomore Katie Roberts(Apple Valley, Minn.). Roberts served as the top backup to Dare last sea-son and in doing so returns in 2009 with improved ball-handling skills,greater knowledge and an overall improvement to her game.

MMiidd??eellddeerrssAs maybe the most experienced group on the Veld, the Golden Go-

pher midVeld will be in good hands in 2009. Molly Rouse (Cambridge,Minn.) was a starter in every match last season while Katie Bethke (EauClaire, Wis.) started 21 matches while appearing in 23. Rouse has beenin the line-up in every match she has played in her career, and Bethkehas appeared in 42 matches the last two seasons. Add in Shari Eck-strom (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) and Angie Olson (Eagan, Minn.) who sawtime in 21 and 17 matches respectively – including the postseason –and you have four returners with a multitude of experience.

At the head of the class, Rouse will lead the group coming off herrecord setting sophomore campaign. With seven assists, Rouse set theMinnesota sophomore record for helpers in a season, while also tying forthe team lead. In addition to her assist total she knocked in four goals,with the last coming as the game winner against South Dakota State inthe NCAA Tournament. “She may be the best Wank player in the Big Ten,”said Denney Wright. “An absolutely Verce competitor and a penetratinggenius by the way she slices through the defense. With an eye for thegoal and the ability to create her own opportunity, we expect big things

from her this fall.”Another member of the deep junior class, Bethke has 30 career

points and 40 career starts to her credit. The Golden Gophers were 4-0when Bethke scored last season and 5-0 when she tallied a point. Nowas an upperclassman, the goal scoring ability she displayed in her Vrsttwo seasons will be called upon even more to lead the Golden Gophers.“She’s a very astute goal scorer and the central playmaker for the team,”said Denney Wright. “She is very calm and composed with the ball, mak-ing her an excellent possession player.”

Olson is yet another member of this year’s junior class and is com-ing off a career season as a sophomore. After starting in three matcheslast year, she will challenge for a starting role out wide in the Wank thisseason. The improvements she made in the offseason coupled with thetremendous engine she brings to every match leave the coaching staffexcited for her third season. “She is a very explosive player,” said Den-ney Wright, “and has the ability to beat her opponents with not only hergreat athleticism, but also the high pace with which she plays thegame.”

After a stellar freshman campaign, that began with a goal in theseason opener and saw her add another goal against Penn State in theBig Ten Tournament Championship match, big things are expected fromEckstrom in 2009. The gifted center-mid playmaker is a “set pieceartist” as described by her coach, making her the primary handler ofthe Golden Gophers free kicks in her sophomore season. More than that,though, she will be asked to call upon her gift for scoring and gift for Vn-ishing that became evident in her freshman year.

Newcomers Olivia Bagnall (Lakeville, Minn.), Allie Phillips (Vad-nais Heights, Minn.) and Marissa Price (Apple Valley, Minn.) will try toVll the void left from the departure of Claire Grimwood, Kelsey Hood andKaitlin Wagner. Bagnall is a versatile player who will see time in themiddle as a defensive midVelder, but could also appear in the backthree. A Verce competitor who is known for her competitive mentality,Denney Wright describes Bagnall as a “defensive warrior.” A regionalteam player, Phillips could make an immediate impact in her freshmancampaign. With, as her coach describes, “a great soccer mind and play-making ability,” Phillips should make a smooth transition to the collegegame.

Finally, Price is another dangerous player that should challenge fora spot this fall. “A dynamic and fast player who is skilled one-on-one,she could develop into one of the most dangerous Wank players in the BigTen,” said Denney Wright.

FFoorrwwaarrddssUp front, the Golden Gophers must replace their leading scorer from

a year ago in Lindsey Schwartz, who last season scored 23 points oneight goals and seven assists. Filling the void and stepping to the fore-front this season will be junior Julie Rezac (Eden Prairie, Minn.), an all-around player who split time at both midVeld and forward last season.After starting 19 matches as a freshman in 2007, she started in 22 lastyear which included all six matches in the postseason. Rezac doubledher point total from her freshman year, and her last goal provided thegame-winner in the NCAA tournament opener against Marquette. HerWexibility will be key again this season, as Rezac could play in the backas well as outside mid, utilizing her skills as both a defender and at-tacker. “She’s a very complete player with great mobility and technicalskill,” said Denney Wright. “We’ll utilize her versatility, but expect her totake on more of an attacking role this season.”

Denney Wright then shifted to her two seniors, Sara Clancy (CedarRapids, Iowa) and Dana Tripp (White Bear Lake, Minn), who will provideexperience and depth up top this fall. Clancy, whom she calls “Ice” forher composure under pressure, has played in 54 career matches andthe experience gained will be valuable for the Golden Gophers. A multi-talented player with great Veld vision and technical ability, she could seetime at midVeld as well as up top in her senior campaign.

Clancy’s fellow senior, Tripp, will make the move from the defensiveend to offense as a senior. She is a versatile athlete who has playedmany spots, and her adaptable nature will be called upon again. Tripp’sphysical and hardworking nature is another asset to the Minnesotafrontline.

After a rookie-of-the-year freshman campaign which saw her Vn-ish with 13 points (5G/3A) – including a Minnesota freshman record, Vvegame-winning goals – Tamara Strahota (Burnsville, Minn.) looks to pickup where she left off last season. Already one of the most importantpieces of the Golden Gopher attack, Strahota could become one of thebest players in the Big Ten as a sophomore after earning Freshman All-

2009 Season Preview

Molly Rouse celebrates the game-winner in the 2-0 NCAA Tournament win over South Dakota State.

Dreams came true for Golden Gopher Soccer in 2008, with their Vrst Big Ten title in over adecade and the program’s deepest run into the NCAA Tournament.


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America and All-Big Ten Freshman team honors in 2008. “Shemay be our most dangerous player, she is so exciting and ex-plosive, like a bull in a china shop,” noted Denney Wright.

Yet another veteran on the front line for the Golden Go-phers will be Katie Shelander (Roseville, Minn.) who enters herjunior campaign with 31 career appearances. Shelander ap-peared in 16 matches last season, including experience in thepostseason. A high press forward, “she is always looking totake the ball to the goal,” said Denney Wright. “Katie will bringan attacking mindset to the offense this season.”

The lone freshman up front this season will be StephBrandt (Rochester, Minn.), a gifted athlete who was namedMs. Soccer in Minnesota as a senior in 2008. A two-time All-State performer, Brandt could make an early impact in her Vrstseason. “She is very mobile and dangerous and just a naturalgoal scorer, she should be very competitive up top in her Vrstseason,” noted Denney Wright.

SScchheedduulleeDue to a move-up in the start date by the NCAA, this sea-

son’s schedule will begin earlier than any other season inGolden Gopher soccer history. When the schedule begins it willinclude among it’s 20 contests, eight matches against teamsthat played in last season’s NCAA Tournament. There will beno easing into the schedule either, as the Golden Gophers playVve 2008 NCAA Tournament teams in their Vrst seven matches.

On Aug. 21, Minnesota hosts South Dakota State at Eliz-abeth Lyle Robbie Stadium at 6:00 p.m. The season opener forboth teams, it will be a rematch of last season’s second roundNCAA tournament match that the Golden Gophers won 2-0,ending the Jackrabbits season.

From there, Minnesota heads south to take on Georgiaand Kennesaw State on Aug. 28 and 30 respectively, in whatwill be the Golden Gophers initial meeting with both schools.Both the Bulldogs and Owls placed second in their respectiveconferences last season, and Georgia was a tournament team.Minnesota returns home on Sept. 4 to host Tennessee, followedby North Dakota State on Sept. 6. Tennessee also made theNCAA tournament last season, falling in the Vrst round. OnSept. 11 and 13 Minnesota heads to Milwaukee for a pair ofmatches with UW-Milwaukee and Marquette, in what may bethe toughest road stretch of the season. Each team was in theNCAA Tournament a year ago, with Marquette falling to Min-nesota in the Vrst round.

Montana, Nevada and North Dakota visit the Twin CitiesSept. 18 & 20 for the Minnesota Gold Classic, with Minnesotataking on Nevada and Montana respectively. From there, it isanother grueling season of Big Ten play, which the Golden Go-phers begin at home with a Sept. 24 date against Iowa. Min-nesota has lost just once to their neighbors to the south in thelast six meetings, which includes a 1-0 Golden Gopher win lastseason.

The Vrst road action in the conference happens on Sept.27 when Minnesota travels to fellow Sweet Sixteen team Illi-nois, whom Minnesota beat 1-0 last season. On Oct. 1, Min-nesota travels to take on Wisconsin, as the Golden Gophers tryto extend their current two-match winning streak against theBadgers. A nonconference home date with the University ofSouth Dakota on Oct. 4 breaks up the conference season, buton Oct. 11 Minnesota jumps right back into Big Ten play whenthey travel to Purdue. The Golden Gophers ended the Boiler-makers run last year with a 1-0 victory in the semiVnals of theBig Ten tournament, Vnishing 2-0 against them for the season.

Then on Oct. 16, Minnesota returns home for what maybe the marquee match of the season. With revenge on theirmind and the home Veld advantage, they host their Big Tenco-champion, Penn State. The Nittany Lions posted an identi-cal 8-2-0 league record last year and got the better of theGolden Gophers, 2-0 in a match played in State College, Pa.Penn State won the Big Ten Tournament last season, earninga bid into the NCAA Tournament, but they were dumped in theVrst round. Following Penn State, Minnesota remains at Eliz-abeth Lyle Robbie Stadium to host Ohio State on Oct. 18. TheGolden Gophers downed the Buckeyes 2-0 last season inColumbus, Ohio.

Minnesota then heads east for a weekend road trip wherethey take on Michigan on Oct. 23, and Michigan State on Oct.25. The Golden Gophers will look for revenge against the Spar-tans as they gave Minnesota one of their two Big Ten losseslast season. Michigan State is the Vnal team on the schedulethat played in the NCAA Tournament last season. Minnesotathen ends the regular with a two match homestand, hostingNorthwestern on Oct. 30 and Indiana on Nov. 6 in the regularseason Vnale. The Golden Gophers have won three straightagainst the Wildcats, while their win last season against theHoosiers snapped a two-match losing streak to Indiana.

There will be no Big Ten Tournament this season, so theregular season jumps right into the NCAA tournament with theVrst and second rounds held Nov. 13-15. The Sweet Sixteenround is the following weekend with matches played Nov. 20-22 while the Elite Eight round will be held Nov. 27-29. Finallythe NCAA College Cup wraps up the season Dec. 4-6.

Defending one title, while running to another, are justsome of the storylines to watch in 2009 as Minnesota GoldenGopher soccer continues on their quest of Building Champions.

2009 GoldenGopher ScheduleDate Opponent Time

Aug. 21 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 6:00 p.m.

Aug. 28 at Georgia 7:00 p.m.

Aug. 30 at Kennesaw State 1:00 p.m.

Sept. 4 TENNESSEE 7:00 p.m.

Sept. 6 NORTH DAKOTA STATE 2:00 p.m.

Sept. 11 at Wisconsin-Milwaukee 7:00 p.m.

Sept. 13 at Marquette 2:15 p.m.

Minnesota Gold Classic

Sept. 18 Montana vs. North Dakota 4:30 p.m.

Sept. 18 NEVADA 7:00 p.m.

Sept. 20 Nevada vs. North Dakota 10:30 a.m.

Sept. 20 MONTANA 1:00 p.m.

Sept. 24 IOWA * 7:00 p.m.

Sept. 27 at Illinois * BTN 1:00 p.m.

Oct. 1 WISCONSIN * 7:00 p.m.

Oct. 4 SOUTH DAKOTA 1:00 p.m.

Oct. 11 at Purdue * 1:00 p.m.

Oct. 16 PENN STATE * 7:00 p.m.

Oct. 18 OHIO STATE * 1:00 p.m.

Oct. 23 at Michigan * 7:00 p.m.

Oct. 25 at Michigan State * BTN 12:00 p.m.

Oct. 30 NORTHWESTERN * 7:00 p.m.

Nov. 6 INDIANA * 7:00 p.m.

NCAA Tournament

Nov. 13-15 NCAA 1st/2nd Rounds TBA

Nov. 20-22 NCAA Sweet Sixteen TBA

Nov. 27-29 NCAA Elite Eight TBA

Dec. 4-6 NCAA College Cup TBA

BTN – Match broadcast on Big Ten Network

Home matches in ALL CAPS

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All times central

Times subject to change

Katie Bethke (3) and Tamara Strahota (18) celebrate after Strahota scored the game-winner to beat Purdue 1-0 in overtime


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2009 Minnesota Numerical RosterNo. Name Pos. Height Year Exp. Hometown (Previous School)

1 Cat Parkhill GK 5-7 RFr. RS Apple Valley, Minn. (Eastview HS)3 Katie Bethke F/M 5-7 Jr. 2V Eau Claire, Wis. (Eau Claire Memorial HS)5 Dana Tripp D 5-6 Sr. 3V White Bear Lake, Minn. (White Bear Lake HS)6 Molly Rouse F/M 5-6 Jr. 2V Cambridge, Minn. (Cambridge-Isanti HS)7 Allie Phillips M 5-7 Fr. HS Vadnais Heights, Minn. (Mounds View HS)8 Shari Eckstrom M 5-6 So. 1V Brooklyn Park, Minn. (Champlin Park HS)9 Katie Shelander F/M 5-5 Jr. 2V Roseville, Minn. (Roseville Area HS)10 Marissa Price M 5-5 Fr. HS Apple Valley, Minn. (Eastview HS)11 Josie Solie D 5-7 So. 1V Mahtomedi, Minn. (Mahtomedi HS)12 Sara Clancy F 6-0 Sr. 3V Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Xavier HS)13 Steph Brandt F 5-5 Fr. HS Rochester, Minn.(Century HS)14 Olivia Bagnall M 5-6 Fr. HS Laveville, Minn. (South HS)16 Angie Olson F/M 5-6 Jr. 2V Eagan, Minn. (Eagan HS)19 Tamara Strahota F 5-6 So. 1V Burnsville, Minn. (Burnsville HS)20 Julie Rezac F/M 5-4 Jr. 2V Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie HS)21 Kylie Kallman D 5-10 Jr. 2V Woodbury, Minn. (Woodbury HS)28 Katie Roberts GK 5-8 R-So. 1V Apple Valley, Minn. (Apple Valley HS)41 Jennie Clark D 5-7 Jr. 1V Norwalk, Iowa (Norwalk HS)

Alphabetical RosterNo. Name Pos.

14 Bagnall, Olivia M3 Bethke, Katie F/M13 Brandt, Steph F12 Clancy, Sara F41 Clark, Jennie D8 Eckstrom, Shari M21 Kallman, Kylie D16 Olson, Angie F/M1 Parkhill, Cat GK7 Phillips, Allie M10 Price, Marissa M20 Rezac, Julie F/M28 Roberts, Katie GK6 Rouse, Molly F/M9 Shelander, Katie F/M11 Solie, Josie D19 Strahota, Tamara F5 Tripp, Dana D

Returning LetterwinnersForwards (4): Sara Clancy, Julie Rezac, Katie Shelander, TamaraStrahotaMidfielders (4): Katie Bethke, Shari Eckstrom, Angie Olson, MollyRouseDefenders (3): Jennie Clark, Kylie Kallman, Josie SolieGoalkeepers (1): Katie Roberts

Letterwinners LostForwards (3): Carlie Edwards, Elena Fruci, Lindsey SchwartzMidfielders (3): Clare Grimwood, Kelsey Hood, Kaitlin WagnerDefenders (1): Krystle KallmanGoalkeepers (1): Lindsey Dare

Roster By ClassSeniors (2): Sara Clancy, Dana TrippJuniors (7): Katie Bethke, Jennie Clark, Kylie Kallman, Angie Olson,Julie Rezac, Molly Rouse, Katie ShelanderSophomores (4): Shari Eckstrom, Josie Solie, Tamara Strahota, KatieRobertsFreshmen (5): Steph Brandt, Olivia Bagnall, Cat Parkhill, MarissaPrice, Allie Phillips

Roster By PositionGoalkeepers (2): Cat Parkhill, Katie RobertsForwards (6): Steph Brandt, Julie Rezac, Sara Clancy, Katie She-lander, Tamara Strahota, Dana TrippMidfielders (7): Katie Bethke, Olivia Bagnall, Shari Eckstrom, AngieOlson, Allie Phillips, Marissa Price, Molly RouseDefenders (3): Jennie Clark, Kylie Kallman, Josie Solie

Roster By StateMinnesota (15): Olivia Bagnall, Steph Brandt, Shari Eckstrom, KylieKallman, Angie Olson, Cat Parkhill, Allie Phillips, Marissa Price, JulieRezac, Katie Roberts, Molly Rouse, Katie Shelander, Josie Solie,Tamara Strahota, Dana TrippIowa (2): Sara Clancy, Jennie ClarkWisconsin (1): Katie Bethke

Pronunciation GuideOlivia BAGNALL BAG-nallKatie BETHKE beth-KEYJulie REZAC REE-zakMolly ROUSE RausKatie SHELANDER SHE-landerJosie SOLIE SOE-leeTAMARA STRAHOTA Tam-ra stra-HOE-tah

2009 GophersFront row (L to R): Tony Jakubiak, Jennie Clark, Olivia Bagnall, Tamara Strahota, Shari Eckstrom, Josie Solie, Marissa Price, Steph Brandt,Katie Shelander, Allie Phillips.Second row: Head coach Mikki Denney Wright, Krystle Kallman, Jen Chelton, Katie Roberts, Sara Clancy, Dana Tripp, Kylie Kallman, KatieBethke, Molly Rouse, Angie Olson, Julie Rezac, Cat Parkhill, John Blackshear, Kelsey Hood, Jerrod Roh.

2009 Minnesota Roster

Player Profiles2008 Big Ten Champions


Entering her junior campaign with 30 ca-reer points, Bethke begins the season asthe highest scoring member of the 2009Golden Gophers. A starter in 21 matcheslast season, she was in the starting line-upfor all three of the Golden Gophers NCAATournament games. A forward/midfielderwho makes the most of her chances land-ing over 50% of her shots on goal. Her 39career starts entering the season make heramong Minnesota’s most experienced play-ers. She is an excellent possession playerand great goal scorer who is the centralplaymaker for the team.

2008 • SOPHOMORE SEASON:Appeared in 23 matches with 21 starts,each career highs • scored four goals withtwo assists for 10 points • point total wassixth on the team while goal tally was tiedfor the Golden Gophers fourth best mark •one of six players with double digit points• registered 32 shots with 17 landing ongoal • her .531 SOG% led the team, amongplayers with 10 or more attempts •notched a season high three points (1-1-3) on Aug. 31 against North Dakota State,assisting on the game-winner beforeadding an unassisted goal to cap the day’sscoring • scored a goal in four straightmatches from Aug. 24 to Sept. 5, helpingthe Golden Gophers to a 4-0 mark in thatstretch on their way to a 10-0 start to theseason • earned second letter.

2007 • FRESHMAN SEASON: Started all 19 games during the season •named to All-Big Ten Freshman Team •lone Gopher to earn Soccer Buzz Great LakeAll-Region Freshman Team honors • ledBig Ten with 10 assists during regular sea-son • assist total was the second-highestever for a Gopher freshman • led Big Tenwith 0.53 assists per game, finishing 14thnationally in that statistic • tied for leaguelead with four assists during Big Ten play(four) • scored 20 points total (10 assists,five goals), joining teammate LindsaySchwartz (22 points) as the only pair of Go-phers to score 20+ points in the same sea-son since 1999 • ninth in the Big Ten with1.04 points per game • tallied three points

(goal, assist) against Providence (9/7) andDayton (9/14) • had a career-high fourpoints (goal, two assists) in 3-0 win atNortheastern (9/23) • scored goals in BigTen play against Michigan (9/28) and Pur-due (10/14) • assisted on Schwartz’ game-winning goal in big 1-0 win at Wisconsin(19/28) • also recorded an assist duringteam’s Big Ten Tournament game with Illi-nois (11/8) • spent summer 2008 playingon W-League Boston Renegades with Go-pher teammate Kelsey Hood • earned firstletter.

HIGH SCHOOL:A 2007 graduate of Eau Claire MemorialHigh School • member of the Region II ODPTeam from 2005-06 and Wisconsin ODPTeam from 2004-06 • won the State Cupin 2004 and ’05 with Bangu Tsunami andwas a state finalist in 2006 with St. Croix• led her high school team to the 2004 re-gional championship and a runner-up fin-ish at the 2005 State Tournament •two-time all-state selection and three-timeall-conference honoree • two-time Aca-demic All-State honoree • captain of herhigh school soccer and basketball teams •earned multiple letters in cross country andbasketball • three-time all-conference, all-metro and all-state honoree in cross coun-try • earned all-conference and all-metrohonors in basketball in 2006 • high schoolcoach was Kit Schiefelbein.

PERSONAL: Born September 3, 1988 • daughter of Billand Jan Bethke • Bill played tennis at Mar-quette • majoring in chemistry.

BETHKE’S CAREER STATISTICSYear GP/GS Goals Assists Points Shots SOG GWG2007 19/19 5 10 20 40 24 02008 23/21 4 2 10 32 17 0Totals 42/40 9 12 30 72 41 0

BETHKE’S CAREER HIGHSGoals ..............................1 ......9x, last vs. Ohio ..............................................09/05/08Assists ............................2 ......at Northeastern ..............................................09/23/07Points ............................4 ......at Northeastern ..............................................09/23/07Shots ..............................5 ......2x, last vs. Creighton ......................................09/07/08SOG ................................4 ......at Northeastern ..............................................09/23/07

Favorite food: Sushi.Favorite class at Minnesota: Chemistry.Best soccer memory: Winning the Big Ten.Why you chose your number: It was given to me.Any superstitions: Maybe...Favorite kids joke: Q. Why can’t cinderella play soccer? A. She always runs away from the ball.After college I want to...: Play soccer and become a dermatologist.I cannot live without my: Friends, food, and soccer.Favorite thing about Minneapolis-St.Paul: Great sushi restaurants.

Best birthday present you ever received: Money.Ultimate soccer dream: Play after college.

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CLANCY’S CAREER STATISTICSYear GP/GS Goals Assists Points Shots SOG GWG2006 19/15 1 0 2 6 3 12007 15/5 0 0 0 9 3 02008 21/0 2 1 5 11 5 0Totals 55/20 3 1 7 26 11 1

CLANCY’S CAREER HIGHSGoals ..............................2 ......vs. Northern Iowa ............................................08/22/08Assists ............................1 ......vs. Creighton ..................................................09/07/08Points ............................4 ......vs. Northern Iowa ............................................08/22/08Shots ..............................5 ......vs. Central Florida (at Knoxville, Tenn.) ..........08/31/07SOG ................................2 ......3x, last Ohio ....................................................09/05/08

Favorite food: Dana Tripp’s mom’s Oreo dessert.Favorite professor: Cassie (technology for teaching).Favorite class at Minnesota: Technology for teaching. Best soccer memory: Beating 8th ranked Penn State when I wasa sophomore on senior day.Biggest celebrity from yourhometown/highschool: Zach Johnson(2007 Master’s champ) & Ashton KutcherWhy you chose your number: It was one of the only one’s left and Iwanted a new number for college.Toughest player you’ve ever faced:Kelsey Hood in 1v1’sAny superstitions: I take a nap before each game.

Favorite kids joke: Q. What do you call cheese that’s notyours? A. Nacho Cheese!After college I want to...: Travel and not run fitness.I cannot live without my: Family and Friends.Favorite thing about Minneapolis-St.Paul: You have the big city life and also a smalltown feel.Best birthday present you ever received:A new car.Ultimate soccer dream: Score the winning goal in a game in over-time.

Clancy appeared in a career high 21matches last season, knocking in two goalsand five points. As one of just two seniorson the roster, her leadership ability willcalled upon heavily to lead the Golden Go-phers in her final season and she can drawon 55 career matches of experience to do so.In her junior year she opened the seasonwith a career match, netted a pair of goalsin the season opening 5-0 win over North-ern Iowa. Calm, cool, and collected, she isknown as “Ice” for her composure underpressure. With great field vision and astrong technical ability, she has the versa-tility to play multiple positions. As a seniorshe may be asked to play up top, or in themiddle as the Golden Gophers defend theBig Ten title.

2008 • JUNIOR SEASON:Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team •appeared in a career high 21 matches •scored two goals to go along with one assistto finish with five points • took 11 totalshots on the season, and landed five on thenet • had a career match in the seasonopener, scoring the final two goals of the 5-0 blowout win over Northern Iowa on Aug. 22• netted first career assist on Sept. 7 in theGolden Gophers’ 3-0 win over Creighton •earned third letter.

2007 • SOPHOMORE SEASON: Appeared in 15 of 19 games, starting fivecontests • had nine shots on the year, in-cluding three on goal • started first threegames against Central Florida (8/31), Ten-nessee (9/2) and Providence (9/7) • had acareer-high five shots against CentralFlorida in Gophers’ 30-shot effort • alsorecorded a shot on goal against Dartmouth(9/9) • started matches at Wisconsin(10/28) and regular season finale vs. Iowa(11/2) • Academic All-Big Ten honoree • re-cieved team’s “Spark Award” for outstand-ing contribution off the bench • earnedsecond letter.

2006 • FRESHMAN SEASON: Had an instant impact as one of the BigTen’s up-and-coming young midfielders •the only true freshman on the squad to ap-pear in all 19 matches • earned 15 starts,which ranked second on the team amongtrue freshman, and was in the Golden Go-phers’ starting lineup for seven of 10 BigTen contests • directed three of her six shotson the year on goal • scored lone goal of theseason in 1-0 overtime win at Iowa (10/8) •earned her first letter

HIGH SCHOOL:A 2006 graduate of Xavier High School •coached by Raven Blackwell • top-100 re-cruit in the nation by Soccer Buzz • two-timeGatorade Player of the Year in the state ofIowa • all-state first team selection in 2004and '05 • member of the 2005 Iowa EliteHigh School Team • member of the IowaODP Team from 1998-05 • played with theODP Region II Team from 2000-04 • four-time National Camp participant • named tothe 2004 Top Drawer Soccer Player to Watchlist and 2004 studentsports.com Player toWatch list • played with the Ankeny Premierclub team that was the two-time USYS IowaState Cup Champions and advanced to theregional semifinals in 2005 • was a clubteammate of former Golden Gophers KelseyHood and Lindsey Schwartz • won a statetitle in soccer, basketball and cross country• honor roll student all four years • memberof the National Honor Society from 2004-06and was an officer in 2005-06 • member ofthe National Council of Youth Leadership.

PERSONAL: Born June 27, 1988daughter of Jim andBrenda Clancy • majoring in elementary ed-ucation.

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Coming off an All-America season, theleader in the back three is poised to pacethe defense again. Paired with Kylie Kall-man as maybe the best pair of defenders inthe Big Ten, the renowned Golden Gopherback line will be the anchor of the teamonce again. With 42 starts in her career, in-cluding all 26 last season, Clark is one ofthe most experienced players on team. Inaddition to her prowess on defense, shefound the back of the net in back-to-backmatches in wins over Creighton and Ne-vada.

A tough one-on-one defender who is equallyas skilled in the air, Clark and the defenselook to carry the success of last season into2009

2008 • SOPHOMORE SEASON: Earned Fourth Team All-America accoladesfrom SoccerBuzz and First Team All-GreatLakes Region honors • named First TeamAll-Big Ten • earned Academic All-Big Tenhonors • named Big Ten Defensive Player ofthe Week on Sept. 8 after leading the GoldenGopher defense to back-to-back shutoutwins and holding their opponents to justseven combined shots, while also adding agoal in the 3-0 win over Creighton • co-re-cipient (Lindsey Dare) of the Golden GophersDefensive Most Valuable Player award, aschosen by her teammates • appeared inand started all 26 matches, both careerhighs • scored first career goal on Sept. 7 inthe 3-0 win over Creighton • scored her sec-ond career goal in the following match asMinnesota beat Nevada 2-1 • was the cat-alyst for the Golden Gophers record settingdefense that set a school record with just12 goals allowed and 17 shutouts • Clarkand the defense led the Big Ten in each cat-

egory as well as goals against average(0.45) • earned second letter.

2007 • FRESHMAN SEASON: Appeared in 17 matches, including 16starts • helped Gopher defense to the BigTen’s fourth-best goals per game average(1.16) and record seven shutouts • notchedher first career shot and shot on goal in 4-0 win over Montana (9/16) • also recordeda shot in 3-0 victory against Northeastern(9/23) • earned first letter • spend summerof 2008 playing on W-League MinnesotaLightning.

HIGH SCHOOL:A 2007 graduate of Norwalk High School •2006 Iowa All-State First Team selection •2007 Iowa state high school long jumpchampion • 2007 Iowa state high schoolrunner-up in 400 meters and 200 meters •named to the Iowa All-Elite Team • All-Con-ference First Team selection • member ofthe Iowa ODP Team from 1999-2006 • re-gional pool player • helped her club teamto five consecutive state titles • team cap-tain of her high school team • also letteredin basketball and track • state runner-upin the 400 meters in 2005 and ’06 and 200-meter runner-up in ’06 • also placed thirdin the long jump in ’06.

PERSONAL: Born October 31, 1988 • daughter of Jerryand Sherri Clark • majoring in communica-tions.

CLARK’S CAREER STATISTICSYear GP/GS Goals Assists Points Shots SOG GWG2007 17/16 0 0 0 2 1 02008 26/26 2 0 4 4 3 0Totals 43/42 2 0 4 6 4 0

CLARK’S CAREER HIGHSGoals ..............................1 ......2x, last at Nevada ..........................................09/12/08Assists..........................NAPoints ............................2 ......2x, last at Nevada ..........................................09/12/08Shots ..............................2 ......vs. Creighton ..................................................09/07/08SOG ................................1 ......4x, last vs. Wisconsin ....................................10/24/08

Favorite food: Peanut butter sandwiches.Favorite blog: Don't blog.Favorite Twitter page to follow: Don't tweet.Favorite professor: Emily Berg (Comm teacher)Best soccer memory: Winning the Big Ten Conference titleagainst Iowa on my birthday!!Biggest celebrity from yourhometown/high school: Superman!Why you chose your number:I played a car racing math game on mycomputer when I was litte and picked thenumber 14. Then I switched the numbers.Toughest player you ever faced: Kallmans.Any superstitions: Nope.

Favorite kids joke: Q. What goes up but never comes down?A. Your age!I cannot live without my...: Blanket.Favorite thing about Minneapolis/St. Paul:Always something to do.Ultimate soccer dream: Winning a National Championship & tocontinue to playing after college.

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Another valuable part of the Golden Gophermidfield who is a playmaker at center mid. Inher first season, her gift for scoring and fin-ishing became evident as she found the net inher first career match in last season’s opener.Then against Boston University she managedto sneak the game-winner under the crossbarjust before the first half came to a close. Alsoa set piece artist, her value broadens evenmore with her ability on free kicks.

2008 • FRESHMAN SEASON:Appeared in a career high 21 matches •scored three goals to finish with six points •tallied her first career goal in her first careermatch on Aug. 22 (Northern Iowa) • talliedfirst career game-winner on Sept. 21 as theGolden Gophers beat Boston University 1-0 •scored Minnesota’s lone goal in a 1-2 loss toPenn State on Nov. 9 • Golden Gophers sec-ond-leading freshman scorer.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2008 graduate of Champlin Park HighSchool where she played for coaches MeganGreen and Bridget Decko • 2007 ChamplinPark team captain • 2007 Puma Senior Clas-sic MVP • 2007 NW Suburban ConferencePlayer of the Year • 2006 and 2007 NorthwestSuburban Conference Champions • 2005 and2007 all-state • 2006 All-State honorablemention • 2005, 2006, 2007 All-SuburbanConference • 2005, 2006, 2007 all-metro •2005 and 2007 Champlin Park HS Team MVP• member of Bangu Tsunami 89/90 club teamfrom 2005-2008 with fellow Gophers Josie

Solie and Tamara Strahota • 2006, 2007 and2008 Minnesota state champions • 2007Midwest Regional League runners-up • 2008Region II Olympic Development Program(ODP) Team – 2008 European tour • 2007 Re-gion II ODP Team – Interregional Event, Stock-ton, CA • 2006 Region II ODP Team –Interregional Event, Boca Raton, FL • Mem-ber of Region II ODP Team from 2006-2008 •Member of Minnesota 1990 State ODP Teamfrom 2003-2007 • Champlin Park HS HonorRoll 2004-2007 • Also lettered in basketball(twice) and track (twice) at Champlin Park HS• spent summer of 2007 and 2008 playing onW-League Minnesota Lightning.

PERSONAL: Born March 12, 1990 • daughter of Robin andRusty Eckstrom • Has three brothers, Ryan(23), Jonathan (21) and Austin (15) • major-ing in business market education with aminor in communications.

Favorite food: Pizza - Mesa.Favorite professor: Ptim Beihm.Favorite class at Minnesota: Rock History.Best soccer memory: Regionals to advance to the semifinalswith about one minute left, Tami crossesa ball and I made a 60 yard run slidingto toe it in right after the whistle blew.Biggest celebrity from your home-town/high school: Sam Maresh (Golden Gopher footballplayer).Why you chose your number: I’ve always had different numbers, and Idon’t think one number fits me.Toughest player you’ve ever faced:Kelsey Hood (air balls)Any superstitions: No.

After college I want to...: Continue to player soccer, coach, andtravel. I cannot live without my: Cell phone.Favorite thing about Minneapolis-St.Paul: Close enough to go home, but farenough away to meet new people. Alsoplaying soccer for the U of M. Best birthday present you ever re-ceived: My license.Ultimate soccer dream: Play in Europe and coach at the collegelevel.

ECKSTROM’S CAREER STATISTICSYear GP/GS Goals Assists Points Shots SOG GWG2008 21/0 3 0 6 13 5 1Totals 21/0 3 0 6 13 5 1

ECKSTROM’S CAREER HIGHSGoals ..............................1 ......3x, last vs. Penn State....................................11/09/08Assists ..........................................................................................................................XPoints ............................2 ......3x, last vs. Penn State....................................11/09/08Shots ..............................3 ......2x, last vs. Penn State....................................11/09/08SOG ................................2 ......vs. Penn State ................................................11/09/08

midfieldersophomore

5.6

Brooklyn Park, Minn.Champlin ParkHigh School

MF

Shari Eckstrom

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Getting to Know SHARI


Favorite food: Mesa Pizza.Favorite blog: World of Warcraft Blog.Favorite Twitter page to follow: @gophersoccerFavorite professor: Kent Kirby.Favorite class at Minnesota: Marketing 3001.Best soccer memory: Overtime win against Penn State freshmanyear.Why you chose your number: 22 was already taken, and 21 has stuck.Toughest player you’ve ever faced: Brent Kallman.Any superstitions: Nope.

After college I want to...: Work for the Minnesota Twins. I cannot live without my: Family Guy seasons DVDs.Favorite thing about Minneapolis-St. Paul:Great shopping spots and restaurants.Best birthday present you ever received:Ugg Boots.Ultimate soccer dream: Be a three-time Big Ten Champ.

KALLMAN’S CAREER STATISTICSYear GP/GS Goals Assists Points Shots SOG GWG2007 19/19 1 2 4 8 4 02008 26/26 1 1 3 14 4 0Totals 45/45 2 3 7 22 8 0

KALLMAN’S CAREER HIGHSGoals ..............................1 ......2x, last vs. Northwestern ................................11/06/08Assists ............................1 ......3x, last at Ohio State......................................10/19/08Points ............................2 ......2x, last vs. Northwestern ................................11/06/08Shots ..............................3 ......vs. Providence (at Hanover, N.H.)....................09/09/07SOG ................................1 ......8x, last vs. Penn State....................................11/09/08

Teamed with Jennie Clark, Kallman gives theGolden Gophers what may be the best pairof defenders in the Big Ten. An importantleader on the team, Kallman has been in thestarting line-up for every match the last twoseasons. Patrolling the Golden Gopher back-line, she is an outstanding defensive pres-ence as good as any in the league. Anathletic and courageous player, she couldcontribute as a defensive mid in addition toher role with the back three. Also identifiedfor her hard tackling, Kallman has beenknown to “lay the wood” on defense.

2008 • SOPHOMORE SEASON:Named Second Team Academic All-District5 by ESPN the Magazine and CoSIDA •earned Academic All-Big Ten honors • co-winner of the Ironwoman Award (KaitlinWagner) as chosen by her teammates •played in a started all 26 matches, each ca-reer highs • notched one goal and one as-sist for three points • fired off 14 shots andlanded four on goal • lone goal came onNov. 6 as part of the 3-1 win over North-western it the quarterfinals of the Big TenTournament • patrolled the Golden Gopherdefense that led the Big Ten in shutouts(17), goals against average (0.454), andfewest goals allowed (12) • the Gopher Dalso ranked fifth nationally in shutouts andGAA • earned second letter.

2007 • FRESHMAN SEASON: Started all 19 matches as a defender •earned Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of theWeek honors Oct. 21 following 1-0 shutoutwin over No. 8 Penn State • received na-tional recognition on Oct. 30 when she wasnamed to the Soccer Buzz Elite Team of theWeek along with sister Krystle • pair becamejust the second pair of sisters to be namedto the team during the same week and thefirst in over five years • the first Gopher tobe named to the SoccerBuzz weekly teamsince Rachel Roth on Sept. 17, 2002 • alsoreceived team’s defensive MVP award •made collegiate debut against CentralFlorida (8/31) • had season-high threeshots against Providence (9/7) • assisted

on Lindsey Schwartz’s goal against BostonUniversity (9/21) • scored lone goal of theseason at Indiana (10/14) • picked up anassist on a Katie Bethke goal against Pur-due (10/14) • helped Gophers record threestraight 1-0 shutouts in Big Ten playagainst Penn State (10/21), Northwestern(10/26) and Wisconsin (10/28), first timesince 2005 the team had accomplishedsuch a feat • earned first letter • spentsummer of 2008 playing on W-League Min-nesota Lightning.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2007 graduate of Woodbuury High Schoolwhere she played for coach Pat Malicki •2006 NSCAA All-Region selection • earnedall-conference, all-metro and all-state hon-ors in 2006 • member of the Minnesota ODPTeam from 2002-06 • regional pool playerfrom 2004-06 • led Woodbury High Schoolto three state championships #2003-04,’06# and a runner-up finish in 2005 •helped her club team to a runner-up finishat the State Cup in 2005 and ’06 • alsoearned three letters in basketball • two yearcaptain in soccer and basketball • aca-demic letterwinner.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Rich and Laura Kallman • hasfive siblings • younger sister of currentGolden Gopher assistant and for player Krys-tle Kallman • older brother Brian playedsoccer at Jacksonville and Creighton •younger brother Brent will begin collegiatesoccer career at Creighton in 2009 • ma-joring in marketing and operations man-agement.

21defenderjunior5.10

Woodbury, Minn.WoodburyHigh School

D

Kylie Kallmanplayer biographies

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OLSON’S CAREER STATISTICSYear GP/GS Goals Assists Points Shots SOG GWG2007 18/0 0 1 1 12 2 02008 17/3 0 3 3 1 0 0Totals 35/3 0 4 4 13 2 0

OLSON’S CAREER HIGHSGoals................................. ............................................................................................XAssists ............................2 ......vs. Northern Iowa ............................................08/22/08Points .............................2 ......vs. Northern Iowa ............................................08/22/08Shots...............................3 ......at Tennessee ..................................................09/02/07SOG .................................1 ......2x, last vs. Ohio State ....................................10/19/07

With 17 matches played last season, Olsonnow has 35 appearances in her career. Olsonhas continually improved since her freshmanyear, earning her first career start last sea-son. Now, even more improved, she shouldchallenge for a staring sport on the outsideflank as a junior. An opportunistic player, shegarnered three assists in the first twomatches last season, including both gamewinners. Known for her tremendous engine,she has the ability to beat opponents all dayon the flank with her pace and athleticism.

2008 • SOPHOMORE SEASON:Garnered Academic All-Big Ten accolades •appeared in a 17 matches • tabbed a careerhigh three assists and finished with threepoints • recorded one shot on the season •assisted on both of the game-winners fromeach of the Golden Gophers first two wins •on Aug. 22 against Northern Iowa, collecteda career high two assists • three points onthe season is a career high • earned secondletter.

2007 • FRESHMAN SEASON: Appeared in 18 of 19 games, seeing signifi-cant minutes off the bench • fired six shots infirst three games of the season after makingcollege debut against Central Florida (8/31) •had two shots in 2-1 loss vs. Ohio State(10/19) • notched lone point of the season atNorthwestern, assisting on Lindsey Schwartz’sgame-wining goal (10/26) • earned first let-ter.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2006 graduate of Eagan High School whereshe played for coach Mark Obarski • 2006NSCAA/adidas High School All-American •named Ms. Soccer in the state of Minnesota in2006 • NSCAA High School Player of the Yearin Minnesota • two-time all-state and all-conference selection • earned all-metro hon-ors in 2006 • team captain • A-Honor Rollstudent • also earned five letters in track •high school teammate of former Golden Go-pher teammate Clare Grimwood.

PERSONAL: Born December 10, 1988 • daughter of Toddand Heather Olson • majoring in kinesiology.

Favorite food: PastaFavorite professor: Professor Biesbor.Favorite class at Minnesota: Foundations of Sport Management.Best soccer memory: Winning the Big Ten.Biggest celebrity from your home-town/highschool: Natalie Darwitz (former Golden Gopherhockey player and Olympian). Any superstitions: Listen to music with Molly.After college I want to...: Travel.I cannot live without my:

Friends.Favorite thing about Minneapolis-St.Paul: There is always something to do.Ultimate soccer dream: To play in the world cup.

forward/midfielderjunior5.6

Eagan, Minn.Eagan

High School

F/MF

Angie Olson

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Getting to Know ANGIE


A highly decorated prep player who comes offa redshirt season ready to step into the lead-ing role between the pipes. As a member ofthe U-20 National Team that won the goldmedal at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Decem-ber 2008, Parkhill will look to fill the void inthe net vacated by senior Lindsey Dare. Theonly National Team player in the history ofMinnesota soccer, she could develop into oneof the top goalkeepers in the country.

2008:Redshirted

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2008 graduate of Eastview High Schoolwhere she played for coach Len Bierlein •2006 and 2007 NSCAA/adidas All-American• 2007 All-Conference as a midfielder •2007 Lake Conference runners-up • 2007MSHSL quarterfinalists • 2004 Lake Confer-ence Rookie of the Year • Member of PSAPanthers club team from 2005-2008 withcurrent Gopher teammate Molly Rouse •2007 USA Cup Champions • 2008 MinnesotaState Cup Champions • 2007 MinnesotaState Cup finalists • 2006 Minnesota StateCup semifinalists • 2006 Just for Girls Tour-

nament champions • U17 National OlympicDevelopment Program (ODP) Team/Pool •2007 U17 National Team – Competition in Ar-gentina (December), Germany, England(July), training camp in Orlando, Florida(April), competed in friendlies at Home DepotCenter, CA (September) • 2006 U16 NationalTeam – training camp at Home Depot Center,CA (March) • member of Region II ODP Teamfrom 2004-2008 • member of Minnesota1990 State ODP Team from 2003-2007 •Eastview HS Honor Roll 2004-2007 • Memberof US Rugby U20 National Team • Also let-tered in track at Eastview.

PERSONAL: Born May 27, 1990 • daughter of DenniceBriol and Robert Parkhill • has three broth-ers, Matt (21), Sam (13) and Joe (10) • ma-joring in entrepreneurial management.

Favorite food: Baguette.Favorite professor: My Economics Prof.Best soccer memory: Making the U20 World Cup team.Why you chose your number: 1 is the usual position number for a goal-keeper.Toughest player you’ve ever faced: A rugby player on the South African team.Any superstitions: Nope, that takes too much energy.Favorite kids joke: Knock, knock? Who’s there?After college I want to...: Play pro soccer, coach.I cannot live without my: Sleep.

Favorite thing about Minneapolis-St.Paul: There are so many things to do.Best birthday present you ever received: A box of homemade stationary from myAunt Jude.Ultimate soccer dream: Reaching the highest level.

goalkeeperredshirt freshman

5.7

Apple Valley, Minn.Eastview

High School

GK

Cat Parkhill

1

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REZAC’S CAREER STATISTICSYear GP/GS Goals Assists Points Shots SOG GWG2007 19/19 1 2 4 11 8 02008 25/22 2 4 8 14 5 1Totals 44/41 3 6 12 25 13 1

REZAC’S CAREER HIGHSGoals...............................1 .......3x, last vs. Marquette ......................................11/14/08Assists ............................1 .......6x, last vs. Northwestern..................................10/26/08Points .............................2 .......3x, last vs. Marquette ......................................11/14/08Shots...............................3 .......at Dartmouth ...................................................09/09/07SOG .................................3 .......at Dartmouth ...................................................09/09/07

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With 41 starts to her credit in her two sea-sons, Rezac has been a staple in the GoldenGopher line-up since she set foot on campustwo years ago. A versatile player, she can playback, or at outside mid, and is a competitiveplaymaker at either spot. Last season she col-lected eight points on a pair of goals and fourassists, which included the game-winner inthe NCAA Tournament opener against Mar-quette. Rezac pounded home the Golden Go-phers second goal less than 15 minutes intothe match. Equally as dangerous on the de-fensive end and up top, Rezac looks to takeon more of an attacking roll this season.

2008 • SOPHOMORE SEASON:Landed on the Academic All-Big Ten team •appeared in 25 matches with 22 starts, in-cluding the last nine to close out the season• matches played and started are each ca-reer highs • scored two goals with four as-sists for eight points • goal, assist and pointtotals are all career highs • took 14 shots andlanded four on goal • scored the game-win-ner in the Golden Gophers opening roundgame of the NCAA tournament, giving themthe 2-1 win over Marquette on Nov. 14 • as-sisted on the game-winner as Minnesota beatIdaho 1-0 in overtime on Sept. 14 • earnedsecond letter.

2007 • FRESHMAN SEASON: Started all 19 games – seven at midfield and12 on defense • recorded a shot on goal incollegiate debut at Central Florida (8/31) •scored first goal of career and had three shotson goal in 4-1 win at Dartmouth (9/9) •notched single assists in Gopher Invitationalgames with Dayton (9/14) and Montana(9/16) • had two shots on goal in 1-1 tie withBoston University (9/21) • made transitionfrom starting midfielder to starting defenderduring Northeastern match (9/23) • startedfinal games of the season in backfield along

with fellow freshmen Kylie Kallman and Jen-nie Clark • member of Gopher defensive corpsthat allowed just three goals in final five con-tests of the season • helped shut down one ofthe conference’s best offensive teams during1-0 shutout win over No. 8 Penn State (10/21)• recorded shot on goal against Iowa (11/2) •earned first letter • spent summer of 2008playing on W-League Minnesota Lightning.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2006 graduate of Eden Prairie High Schoolwhere she played for coach Wayne Harrison •2006 NSCAA/adidas High School All-Ameri-can • three-time NSCAA All-Region selection• member of the Minnesota ODP Team from2001-05 • three-time all-state selection andfour-time all-conference and all-metro hon-oree • 2006 Star Tribune Metro Player of theYear • led Eden Prairie High School to the2005 State Championship and a runner-upfinish in ’06 • led her club team to the StateCup title in 2003, ’05 and '07 • regional poolplayer • 2006-07 Minnesota Lightning teammember • captain of her high school soccerand gymnastics teams • earned six letters ingymnastics and one in track • six-time all-conference and four-time all-state selectionin gymnastics • Academic All-Section hon-oree from 2003-06 • A-Honor Roll student •member of the National Honor Society • choseMinnesota over Wisconsin, SDSU, NDSU, Illi-nois State, Louisville and Drake.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Ralph and Kathy Rezac • Ralphand sisters Christy, Shelly played collegiateathletics • Majoring in health and wellness.


Eden Prairie, Minn.Eden PrairieHigh School

F/MF

Julie Rezac

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Favorite food: Dumplings.Favorite professor: Ian McCowan.Favorite class at Minnesota: Beginning Tumbliung.Best soccer memory: Becoming Big Ten Champs.Biggest celebrity from your home-town/highschool: Casey Carlson (Americal Idol).Why you chose your number: Two soccer greats that came before mefrom my hometown were #20 and thenumber was passed down to me.Toughest player you’ve ever faced:Parisa (from Purdue freshman year).

Any superstitions: I do the same routine before every game.After college I want to...: Go to med school or P.A. school.I cannot live without my: Gum.Favorite thing about Minneapolis-St.Paul: The skyline.Ultimate soccer dream: To play over seas.

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GETTING TO KNOW KATIE

Favorite food: Chips and salsa.Favorite blog: Ukulele blog.Favorite Twitter page to follow: @gophersoccer.Favorite professor: Spanish 1004 professor.Favorite class at Minnesota: Spanish 1004.Best soccer memory: Winning the Big Ten.Biggest celebrity from your home-town/highschool: Lindsey Dare (Gopher soccer alum).Why you chose your number: Randomly assigned.Toughest player you’ve ever faced:Julie Rezac in youth soccer.Any superstitions: I need to brush myteeth, eat chocolate and juggle beforethe game.

Favorite kids joke: Pete and Repeat were in a canoe, Petefell out, who was left? Repeat. Pete andRepeat were in a boat, Pete fell out, whowas left? Repeat. etc.....After college I want to...: Travel, teach, and do mission trips.I cannot live without my: Faith.Favorite thing about Minneapolis-St.Paul: Outdoor activities. Best birthday present you ever re-ceived: Surprise date. Ultimate soccer dream: Become national champs!!!.

After serving as the back-up to Lindsey Darelast season, Roberts will serve in the samerole this season. As a sophomore she returnswith improved ball handling skills and anoverall improvement to her game.

2008 • FRESHMAN SEASON:Served as All-Big Ten performer LindseyDare’s primary back-up • earned first letter.

2007:Redshirted

HIGH SCHOOL: 2007 graduate of Apple Valley High Schoolwhere she played for coach Keith Randa • All-state and all-conference selection in 2005and ’06 • member of the Minnesota ODPTeam in 2003 and 2005-06 • regional poolplayer • helped her club team to a runner-up finish at the State Cup in 2005 and ’06 •team captain of her high school team • aca-demic letterwinner • honor roll student •served on the student council.

PERSONAL: Born on January 4, 1989 • daughter of Randyand Mary Kay Roberts • majoring in educa-tion.

goalkeepersophomore

5.8

Apple Valley, Minn.Apple ValleyHigh School

GK

Katie Roberts

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ROUSE’S CAREER STATISTICSYear GP/GS Goals Assists Points Shots SOG GWG2007 19/12 2 3 7 27 12 02008 26/26 4 7 15 67 32 2Totals 45/38 6 10 22 94 44 2

ROUSE’S CAREER HIGHSGoals...............................1 .......6x, last South Dakota State.............................11/16/08Assists ............................1 .......10x, last vs. Northwestern...............................11/06/08Points .............................3 .......at North Dakota State......................................08/31/08Shots...............................9 .......at North Dakota State......................................08/31/08SOG .................................6 .......vs. Purdue .......................................................10/10/08

Favorite food: Pasta.Favorite Twitter page to follow: @gophersoccerFavorite professor: Alex Z.Favorite class at Minnesota: American Sign Language. Best soccer memory: Beating Penn State at ELR freshmanyear.Biggest celebrity from your home-town/highschool: Luke Becker (Former Minnesota wrestler,national champion, current assistantcoach).Why you chose your number: My sister had the same number in col-lege. Toughest player you’ve ever faced: My brother.

Any superstitions: Must do the same routine before everygame.After college I want to...: Become an adult.I cannot live without my: Family and friendsFavorite thing about Minneapolis-St.Paul: There is always something to do. Best birthday present you ever re-ceived: A snowglobe from my mother.Ultimate soccer dream: Winning the NCAA title.

Enjoyed a breakout season that saw her starteach match and finish among the team scor-ing leaders. She has played in every matchthat past two seasons and will be at the fore-front of the Golden Gopher attack in her jun-ior season. With 15 points last season –which was third on the team – she enters2009 as the leading returning scorer. Amongher 15 points were four goals and seven as-sists. The assist mark set the UM sophomorerecord for assists while two of her goals weregame-winners including against SouthDakota State in the NCAA tournament thatsent Minnesota to the Sweet Sixteen.

A fierce competitor whose technical ability isas strong has her goal scoring ability, shecould develop into one of the best flank play-ers in the Big Ten in 2009.

2008 • SOPHOMORE SEASON:Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors • ap-peared in all 26 matches while starting each,both career highs • one of nine players tostart each match • scored four goals withseven assists for 15 points • tied with Lind-sey Schwartz for the team lead in assists,while finishing third on the team in points •assist mark (7) is also a Minnesota record fora sophomore • was second on the team with32 shots on goal, while her 67 total shotswere third on the Golden Gophers • 67 shotsranked seventh in the Big Ten (all matches) •also tied for seventh in the league (allmatches) with her seven assists • nine shotperformance on Aug. 31 v. North Dakota Statewas tied with two others as the best singlematch in the Big Ten in 2008 • scored firstcareer game-winning goal on Sept. 14 in theGolden Gophers’ 1-0 OT win over Idaho • tal-lied at least one point in 10 matches through-out the season • began the season on afive-match point streak, and tabbed a pointin seven of the Golden Gophers’ first ninematches • notched a career high three points(1-1-3) on Aug. 31 v. North Dakota State, as-

sisting on the game-winner before scoring thematch’s second goal • set career highs inevery offensive category • earned second let-ter.

2007 • FRESHMAN SEASON: Played in 19 games, starting 12 • earned rolein starting lineup for final 10 games of theseason • scored two goals and tallied threeassists, totaling seven points • named to BigTen’s All-Freshman Team along with KatieBethke • third on team with 27 shots (12 ongoal) • scored first collegiate goal at Dart-mouth (9/9) • had career-high five shotsagainst Montana (9/16) • had two assistsduring Big Ten opening weekend games withMichigan (9/28) and Michigan State (9/29) •scored team’s lone goal against Ohio State(10/19) • earned first career letter.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2007 graduate of Cambridge-Isanti HighSchool where she played for her sister Som-mer (Rouse) Fagerness • Two-time all-stateselection • also named to the all-metro teamtwice and earned all-conference honors threetimes • member of the Minnesota ODP Teamin 2004 • two year captain and four-timeteam MVP • two-time state Class AA scoringleader • holds all scoring records at Cam-bridge-Isanti High School • earned the 2006Isanti County News Fall Athlete of the Yearaward • also earned three letters in track.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Randall and Leora Rouse • hassix siblings • sister Sommer played soccer atUW-Milwaukee • brother Jacob plays soccerat UW-Green Bay • majoring in early elemen-tary education.


Cambridge, Minn.Cambridge-Isanti

High School

F/MF

Molly Rouse

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Getting to Know MOLLY


SHELANDER’S CAREER STATISTICSYear GP/GS Goals Assists Points Shots SOG GWG2007 15/1 1 1 3 4 2 02008 16/0 0 1 1 2 2 0Totals 31/1 1 2 4 6 4 0

SHELANDER’S CAREER HIGHSGoals...............................1 .......vs. Montana ....................................................09/16/07Assists ............................1 .......2x, last vs. Boston University ..........................09/21/08Points .............................2 .......vs. Montana ....................................................09/16/07Shots...............................2 .......vs. Michigan State ..........................................09/30/07SOG .................................1 .......4x, last vs. Creighton ......................................09/07/08

Favorite food: Build your own stir fry at Big Bowl.Favorite professor: Gary Starr.Favorite class at Minnesota: American Sign Language.Best soccer memory: Winning the Big Ten title.Why you chose your number: Fresh start, fresh number.Toughest player you’ve ever faced:Krystle Kallman.Any superstitions: Once I lock my door, I check the lock fivetimes.Favorite kids joke: Q. What is a scared cat called? A. Scaredy Cat.After college I want to...: Travel, attend graduate school, sky dive.I cannot live without my: Friends and family.

Favorite thing about Minneapolis-St.Paul: Dinkytown.Best birthday present you ever re-ceived: The entire series of Friends.Ultimate soccer dream: To win the NCAA championship.

An attacking forward up top, Shelander ap-peared in a career high 16 matches as asophomore. Always working and a fierce com-petitor, she will be tasked with pressing thedefense up top in 2009. Along with herprowess on offense, she is a slashing de-fender in the box. Among her 16 appearanceslast season was valuable time in both the BigTen and NCAA Tournament. That experience,combined with her eye for the goal, makes heranother offensive weapon for the Golden Go-pher offense.

2008 • SOPHOMORE SEASON:Appeared in 16 matches • tallied one assiston the season, finishing with one point • as-sisted on the Golden Gophers lone goal intheir 1-0 win over Boston University on Sept.21 • took two shots on the season, landingboth on net • earned second letter.

2007 • FRESHMAN SEASON: Appeared in 15 contests, starting one • to-taled four points on a goal and an assist •played in all 10 Big Ten games • made colle-giate debut against Central Florida (8/31) •started second game of the season againstTennessee (9/2) • scored lone goal of the sea-son in 4-0 win over Montana at Elizabeth LyleRobbie Stadium (9/16) • had two shotsagainst Michigan State (9/30) • assisted onKatie Bethke’s goal at Purdue (10/14) •earned first letter.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2006 graduate of Roseville Area High Schoolwhere she played for coach Kent Hamre •2006 all-state and all-conference selection •member of the Minnesota ODP Team in 2004-05 • helped her club team to runner-up fin-

ishes at the State Cup in 2005 and ’06 •team captain and two-time MVP at RosevilleArea High School • also earned letters in bas-ketball and track • A-Honor Roll student allfour years.

PERSONAL: Born November 7, 1988 • daughter of Davidand Loyola Shelander • majoring in speech-language-hearing sciences.


Roseville, Minn.Roseville AreaHigh School

F/MF

Katie Shelander

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SOLIE’S CAREER STATISTICSYear GP/GS Goals Assists Points Shots SOG GWG2008 20/0 0 0 0 3 2 0Totals 20/0 0 0 0 3 2 0

SOLIE’S CAREER HIGHSGoals .............................................................................................................................XAssists ...........................................................................................................................XPoints ............................................................................................................................XShots...............................1 .......3x, last vs. Wisconsin ......................................10/24/08SOG .................................1 .......2x, last vs. Wisconsin ......................................10/24/08

Favorite food: Nutty bars.Favorite Twitter page to follow: @gophersoccerFavorite class at Minnesota: PSY 1001Best soccer memory: Playing with my sister.Biggest celebrity from your home-town/highschool: Jenna Klugel (soccer player).Why you chose your number: I didn’t really care what number I had,as long as it was a double-digit number.Any superstitions: I have to lift my feet over railroads whendriving in a car.Favorite kids joke: Q. Why didn’t the skeleton cross theroad? A. Because he didn’t have theguts.After college I want to...: Get a job.

I cannot live without my: Stuffed monkey Justin.Favorite thing about Minneapolis-St.Paul: Mesa Pizza.Best birthday present you ever re-ceived: Game cube.Ultimate soccer dream: To someday play overseas.

With 20 collegiate matches under her belt,Solie looks to move into a starting role as asophomore. A very talented one-on-one de-fender who could fill the void at the open out-side back spot this fall. Solie can be anotherdefensive presence and become an importantpart of the renowned Minnesota back three.

2008 • FRESHMAN SEASON:Appeared in 20 matches • saw first collegiateaction in the season opener against NorthernIowa on Aug. 22 • took three shots on the sea-son while aiding the record setting Golden Go-pher defense • helped Minnesota lead the BigTen in fewest goals allowed (12), goalsagainst average (0.45) and shutouts (17) •earned first letter.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2008 graduate of Mahtomedi High Schoolwhere she played for coaches Dave Wald andMike Redmond • 2007 team captain at Mah-tomedi • 2007 NSCAA/adidas All-Regionteam • member of 2004, 2005, 2006 MSHSLstate championship team • 2007 MSHSLstate semi-finalists • named to 2006 and2007 All-State team • 2006 and 2007 all-metro • 2005, 2006 and 2007 all-conference• member of Bangu Tsunami 89/90 club teamfrom 2005-2008 with fellow Gophers ShariEckstrom and Tamara Strahota • 2006, 2007and 2008 Minnesota state championshipteams and 2008 Region II semifinalists •2007 Midwest Regional League runners-up •member of Minnesota 1990 State Olympic De-velopment Program (ODP) from 2002-2007 •2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 academic letter win-ner • 2006 KARE 11 Athlete of the Week •2006 RISE Magazine Twin Cities All-Area •lettered in basketball in 2003, 2005 and 2006

• also lettered in track 2005, 2006, 2007 and2008 • 2005, 2006, 2008 track all-conferencehonorable mention honoree • 2007 track all-conference selection • 2005-2008 honor roll.

PERSONAL:Born January 7, 1990 • daughter of Anne De-Vout Atchison, a University of Minnesotaalumnus, and Tim Solie • has two sisters,Jenna (22) and Jaima (21) • sister Jaima at-teneded Minnesota-Morris and was a four-year member of the soccer team • undeclaredon a major.

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STRAHOTA’S CAREER STATISTICSYear GP/GS Goals Assists Points Shots SOG GWG2008 26/6 5 3 13 42 15 5Totals 26/6 5 3 13 42 15 5

STRAHOTA’S CAREER HIGHSGoals.................................1 .....5x, last vs. Northwestern .................................10/26/08Assists ..............................1 .....3x, last at Iowa................................................10/31/08Points ...............................3 .....vs. Northwestern .............................................10/26/08Shots.................................7 .....vs. Northern Iowa ............................................08/22/08SOG ...................................2 .....4x, last vs. Northwestern .................................11/06/08

Favorite food: Chipotle.Favorite professor: Linda ButurianFavorite class at Minnesota: Art through identity and performance.Best soccer memory: Overtime goal against Purdue.Why you chose your number: Class number in third grade.Toughest player you’ve ever faced:Krystle Kallman.Any superstitions: Paint my nails before every game, orweekend trip.After college I want to...: Travel to Greece. I cannot live without my: Socks.Favorite thing about Minneapolis-St.Paul: The skyline at night.

Best birthday present you ever re-ceived: Seafood dinners every year.Ultimate soccer dream: Play professionally.

After an All-American caliber season as afreshman, the sky is the limit for Strahota inher second year. Possibly the Golden Gophers’most dangerous player, she should developinto one of the top players in the Big Ten. Herfive game-winners last season stand as aMinnesota freshman record and make her oneof the most important pieces of the GoldenGopher attack.

Her five goals and three assists for 13 pointsmake her the second leading returning scorer,and her explosive play makes her one of themost exciting. Her most exciting moment lastyear came at home against Purdue. With thescore deadlocked at 0-0 in double overtime,Strahota got the rebound on a corner kick andbanged home the winning goal after over 108minutes of play. More excitement is certain tobe on the docket in her sophomore season.

2008 • FRESHMAN SEASON:Named a Soccer America Freshman All-Amer-ican • earned All-Great Lakes Region Fresh-man Team honors from SoccerBuzz • Namedto the Big Ten All-Freshman Team • earnedthe Golden Gophers’ “Spark Award,” annuallygiven to the top bench contributor • tied forthe Big Ten lead in game-winning goals withthree in conference play • five game-winnersin all games tied for third in the Big Ten •scored six goals in conference games to ranktied for sixth in the Big Ten • finished tied forninth in the Big Ten in points in conferencegames with seven • game-winning goal (5)mark is tied for the fourth best season in Min-nesota soccer history, and is the best mark bya freshman since 1993 • appeared in all 26matches and was a starter in six • fourth onthe team in scoring and led all freshman •scored five goals and added two assists tofinish with 13 points • all five goals weregame-winners • fired off 42 shots on the sea-son, landing 15 on goal • first collegiate pointcame in the season opener in the form of anassists on the match’s third goal • first col-legiate goal came two matches later on Aug.28 when she opened the scoring in the GoldenGophers 2-0 win over South Dakota State •collected a career high three points (1G/1A)

on Oct. 26 in the 2-0 win over Northwestern •in the following match, scored in back-to-back matches for the first career time as theGolden Gophers beat Iowa 1-0 • earned firstletter.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2008 graduate of Burnsville High Schoolwhere she played for coach Paige Hoff • 2007team captain at Burnsville • 2007 Puma Sen-ior Classic MVP • Named to 2006 and 2007all-state • 2005, 2006 and 2007 all-metro •2005, 2006 and 2007 All-Lake Conference •2005 Lake Conference Champions • 2004Lake Conference Rookie of the Year • Memberof Bangu Tsunami 89/90 club team from2005-2008 with Gopher teammates ShariEckstrom and Josie Solie • 2006, 2007 and2008 Minnesota State Champions and 2008Region II semifinalists • 2007 Midwest Re-gional League runner-up • club coach wasEric Singer • 2008 Region II Olympic Devel-opment Program (ODP) Team – participatingin 2008 European tour with teammate Eck-strom • 2007 Region II ODP Team – Interre-gional Event, Stockton, CA and Brazil Tour •Member of Region II ODP Team from 2006-2008 • Member of Minnesota 1990 State ODPTeam from 2003-2007 • also lettered inhockey in 2005 and 2006 (coached by formerGopher assistant hockey coach Tom Osiecki) •2005 and 2006 section finalist in hockey •Member of W-League Minnesota Lightning in2007 and 2008.

PERSONAL: Born January 11, 1990 • daughter of Maryand Scott Strahota • father Scott was Presi-dent of Burnsville Soccer Club and both par-ents are active in Burnsville soccercommunity • has one brother, Alan (23) andtwo sisters, Theresa (21) and Kristina (18) •Sister Kristina is her twin • undeclared on amajor.

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TRIPP’S CAREER STATISTICSYear GP/GS Goals Assists Points Shots SOG GWG2006 8/0 0 0 0 0 0 02007 4/1 0 0 0 0 0 02008 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 12/1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Favorite food: Mexican.Favorite blog: My blog.Favorite professor: Professor Kirby.Favorite class at Minnesota: Geology & Cinema.Best soccer memory: Beating Penn State on our home turf.Biggest celebrity from your home-town/highschool: Al Capone - he used to own a vacationhouse on White Bear Lake.Why you chose your number: I like to give high 5’sToughest player you’ve ever faced:Brittany McCoy (now plays for the GoldenGopher basketball team).Any superstitions: Right before left.

After college I want to...: Attend Hogwarts.I cannot live without my: Contact case.Favorite thing about Minneapolis-St.Paul: Burrito Loco. Best birthday present you ever re-ceived: Tickets to Cirque de SoleilUltimate soccer dream: Playing “Head-catch” with WayneRooney.

Tripp is s valuable, physical player who en-ters her senior campaign in 2009. She is aversatile hardworking player that has, andcould continue to, play multiple positions asshe privides a presence on the field thissesaon.

2008 • JUNIOR SEASON:Did not appear in any matches.

2007 • SOPHOMORE SEASON: Played in four games, starting the seasonopener against Central Florida on August 31• also saw time during 3-0 shutout of North-eastern (9/23) and 2-0 win over MichiganState (9/30) • earned second letter.

2006 • FRESHMAN SEASON: Appeared in eight matches, all as a reserve •did not record any offensive statistics •helped Minnesota’s stingy defense hold oppo-nents to just 1.18 goals against per game andproduce six shutouts • earned her first letter.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2006 graduate of White Bear Lake HighSchool • played for coaches Jim Pelletier,Dana Burke and former Gopher Meghan Jones• top-100 recruit in the nation by Soccer Buzz• 2005 Class AA “Ms. Soccer” in Minnesota •2002 and 2004 ODP Region II pool player •member of the Minnesota ODP Team from2000-05 • 2005 NSCAA High School All-American • all-conference selection in eachof her final three years • all-state selectionas a junior and senior • named to the 2005Star Tribune All-Metro team • team MVP in2003, '04 and '05 • twice named to the all-state academic team • played club soccerwith Tsunami Sota • head coach was Danny

Storlien • club team was the two-time StateCup champions and 2005 Region II finalists •also competed in hockey, cross country andtrack • earned academic letters in 2003 and'05.

PERSONAL: Born August 25, 1988 • daughter of Mark andKathy Tripp • father and two older brothersalso attended the U of M • majoring in jour-nalism.

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HIGH SCHOOL:2009 graduate of Lakeville South High School • played for coach Dan Flood •2007 and 2008 all-state • 2007 All-State Tournament team • 2008 Star Tribuneand Pioneer Press first team all-metro • 2005-2008 all-conference selectee •2008 team MVP • 2008 team captain • 2007 MN State Champions • 2007 teamranked 16th in NSCAA/adidas national high school poll • 2005 and 2006 MN StateSemifinalists • 2005-2008 Section champions • 2006 and 2007 Lake Conferencechampions • member of MN Thunder 90/91 Blue team with fellow Gopher signeesAllie Phillips and Marissa Price • 2006-2008 Minnesota state champions • 2006Las Vegas Showcase champions • member of Minnesota 1991 State ODP teamfrom 2006-2008 with fellow Gopher signees Steph Brandt and Allie Phillips • 2007Region II ODP champions • 3rd place at 2008 ODP National Championships •member of Iowa 1991 State ODP team from 2004-05 • Lakeville South HS Na-tional Honors Society (NHS) member • 2005-2008 academic all-conference • 2008Kare11 athlete of the week • lettered in nordic skiing 2006-2009 • 2006-2009nordic skiing all-conference • 2009 nordic skiing state tournament qualifier •lettered in track 2006-2009 • 2008 track all-state • 2006-2008 track all-con-ference • lettered in cross country 2007 and 2008 • 2007 and 2008 cross-coun-try all-conference selection • received cross country team’s ‘Most InspirationalRunner’ award.

PERSONAL:Born March 26, 1991 • daughter of Ron and Phyllis Bagnall • has one sister,Megan (28) and two brothers, Luke (25) and Bjorn (20) • sister, Megan, andbrother, Luke, both swam at Calvin College • majoring in kinesiology.

Getting to Know OliviaFavorite food: Ice cream.Best soccer memory: Winning State in high school and traveling the countrywith the Minnesota Thunder.Biggest celebrity from your hometown/highschool: Elizabeth Yetzer (GoldenGopher cross country and track & field athlete).Why you chose your number: It’s lucky.Toughest player you’ve ever faced: Luke Bagnall.Any superstitions: Icy Hot before every game.Favorite kids joke: Q. Why did the chicken cross the road? A. To get to theother side. After college I want to...: Do triathlons.I cannot live without my: Dog.Favorite thing about Minneapolis-St. Paul: The lakes.Best birthday present you ever received: Taylor Swift concert tickets.Ultimate soccer dream: Playing pro.

HIGH SCHOOL:2009 graduate of Rochester Century High School • played for coach Karen Ladue• 2008 NSCAA/adidas All-American • Ms. Minnesota Soccer 2008 • 2007 and2008 all-state • 2005-2008 all-conference • 2008 team captain • 2006 and 2008Big 9 Conference champions • 2005 HS Section Champions • 2006-2008 Sectionrunners-up • member of Woodbury Eclipse club team • 2007 Orange Classic Tour-nament champions • 2008 Minnesota State semifinalists • 2008 Midwest Re-gional League 1st Division champions • member of Minnesota 1991 State ODPteam from 2004-2008, with fellow Gopher signees Olivia Bagnall and Allie Phillips• 2007 Region II ODP champions • 3rd place at 2008 ODP National Championships• Rochester Century HS National Honor Society (NHS) • Honors Diploma • Big 9Scholar-Athlete Award • perfect 4.0 grade point average • 2008 MSHSSCA Aca-demic Excellence Award • also lettered in basketball 2006-2009.

PERSONAL:Born March 19, 1991 • daughter of Dave Brandt and Dr. Kathy Brandt, a Univer-sity of Minnesota Medical School graduate • has two brothers, Ben (20) andMichael (13) • mother, Kathy, played tennis at Luther College and father, Dave,ran track at Luther College • brother (Ben) currently plays football at GustavusAdolphus College • majoring in biology.

Getting to Know StephFavorite food: Lasagna.Favorite professor: Professor Besboer.Favorite class at Minnesota: Spanish.Best soccer memory: My entire senior season in high school.Biggest celebrity from your hometown/highschool: Marcus Sherels (GoldenGopher football player).Why you chose your number: I wanted to make 13 a lucky number.Toughest player you’ve ever faced: Kate the Great.Any superstitions: Never open an umbrella inside.Favorite kids joke: Q. What does a pig say on a hot summer day? A. I’mBacon.After college I want to...: Go to graduate school.I cannot live without my: Communication devices.Favorite thing about Minneapolis-St. Paul: All the things there are to do.Best birthday present you ever received: Ipod.Ultimate soccer dream: USA wins the Women’s World Cup Again!!

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HIGH SCHOOL:2009 graduate of Mounds View High School • played for coaches Sharon and JonSwallen • 2008 Minneapolis Star Tribune Player of the Year • 2008 St. Paul Pio-neer Press Player of the Year • 2006, 2007 and 2008 all-state selection • 2008 All-State Tournament team • 2008 MN HS Senior Classic MVP • 2005-2008all-conference • 2006 and 2007 Pioneer Press and Star Tribune first team all-metro • 2005 and 2006 All-Section Tournament team • 2008 team captain • 2005-2008 state quarterfinalists • 2005-2008 section champions • member of MNThunder 90/91 Blue team (with fellow Golden Gophers Olivia Bagnall and MarissaPrice) that was Minnesota state champions in 2006, 2007 & 2008 and Las VegasShowcase champions in 2006 • member of Minnesota 1991 State ODP team from2004-2008, with fellow Gopher signees Olivia Bagnall and Stephanie Brandt •2007 Region II ODP champions • 2006, 2007 and 2008 Region II ODP regionalream • participated in 2006 and 2007 Thanksgiving ODP Interregional events •2007 ODP Europe tour • 2007 Interregional ODP event in Stockton, Calif. • 2006,2007 and 2008 Academic All-Section team • Mounds View HS National Honors So-ciety (NHS) • 2007 adidas ESP participant • featured in Soccer America magazine.

PERSONAL:Born June 2, 1991 • daughter of Erin and Don Phillips, who are both University ofMinnesota graduates • has two brothers Chris (35) and Bobby (21) • brother Bobbyplayed soccer at Carleton College • majoring in biology.

Getting to Know AllieFavorite food: Mashed potatoes.Best soccer memory: Treveling to Las Vegas.Biggest celebrity from your hometown/highschool: Adam Weber (Golden Go-pher football player).Why you chose your number: I’ve always liked it.Toughest player you’ve ever faced: Kylie Kallman.Any superstitions: Knock on wood.Favorite kids joke: Knock, knock...Who’s there...Wunt...Wunt who. Very good,now try counting to three.After college I want to...: Be a vet.I cannot live without my: Cat.Favorite thing about Minneapolis-St. Paul: Lots of stuff to do. Best birthday present you ever received: Carriage ride.Ultimate soccer dream: Win a National Championship.

HIGH SCHOOL:2009 graduate of Eastview High School • played for coaches David Harem and MaryDye • Eastview HS all-time leading scorer • 2007 and 2008 all-state • 2008 All-State Tournament team • 2008 Pioneer Press first team all-metro • 2005, 2006,2007 and 2008 all-conference • 2008 team captain • 2008 Lake Conference cham-pions • 2007 and 2008 HS Section Champions • 2008 MN HS State semi-finalists• member of MN Thunder 90/91 Blue team with fellow Gopher signees Olivia Bag-nall and Allie Phillips • 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 Minnesota state champions •2006 Las Vegas Showcase champions • member of Minnesota 1990 State ODP Teamfrom 2005-2007, with fellow Gophers Shari Eckstrom, Cat Parkhill, Josie Solie andTam Strahota • 2007 and 2008 academic letter • also lettered in track at Eastview.

PERSONAL:Born October 19, 1990 • daughter of Margie and Jac Price • has one sister, Brianne(16) • member of W-League Minnesota Lightning in 2008 with current Gophers Jen-nie Clark, Shari Eckstrom, Krystle Kallman, Kylie Kallman, Julie Rezac, LindseySchwartz, Josie Solie and Tam Strahota • undeclared on a major.

Getting to Know MarissaFavorite food: Canes chicken fingers.Best soccer memory: Traveling all around the country for tournaments.Biggest celebrity from your hometown/highschool: Cat Parkhill.Why you chose your number: Even number, Perfect 10!Toughest player you’ve ever faced: I don’t know her name, but she was good!Any superstitions: None.Favorite kids joke: Q. Where does a one legged girl work? A. IHOPAfter college I want to...: Have an amazing and fun job.I cannot live without my: Cell phone.Favorite thing about Minneapolis-St. Paul: All the things to do! Sports, gamesand restaurants. Best birthday present you ever received: My truck! Ultimate soccer dream: Win the NCAA Tournament. National Champs.

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Allie Phillips

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university president

Robert Bruininks

athletics director

Joel Maturi

Minnesota was granted an NCAA First/Second Round site in 2008 at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium.

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head coach • sixth season • 2008 Big Ten Coach of the Year

Denney Wright brings a 56-39-6 career mark to the pitch this season andhas now successfully implemented one of the most exciting systems of playand most competitive training environments in all of college soccer. In ad-dition, her leadership development program for young women is unmatched.

In January 2004, the Mikki Denney Wright era began at Minnesota Soc-cer. Denney Wright constructed a plan for a program that was near anddear to her own heart. She starred for the Gophers in the glory days of 1995and 1996, leading the young program to a Big Ten Championship and con-secutive NCAA Tournament appearances. However, the Gophers had fallenon tough times prior to her arrival as head coach, having recorded fourstraight losing seasons and registering only three conference victories in2002 and 2003 combined. It was her Vrst head coaching position at thecollegiate level, but that did not prevent the young coach from tackling itwith the same work ethic, intelligence, and toughness that she had devel-oped in her upbringing as the only daughter in a highly successful athleticfamily.

Now in 2009, Denney Wright’s Vve-year plan has been executed, hittingevery long term objective along the way. It was in her plan that the Gopherswould return the Big Ten Championship to the Twin Cities and play in theNCAA Tournament by 2008. It was in her plan that the program would es-tablish a culture where young women could develop into strong, responsi-ble leaders. It was in her plan that the program would be a pacesetter inits academic work. It was in her plan to create the best training environ-ment for female college players. It was in her plan to develop champions onand off the Veld. Mission accomplished.

In 2008, Denney Wright led the Maroon and Gold back to the top of theBig Ten, claiming a share of the regular season championship with an 8-2-0 league record. The 2008 edition Vnished with a 22-4-0 overall record,ending the season ranked as high as No. 12 in the nation (Top Drawer) afteradvancing to the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA Tournament. After de-feating Marquette and South Dakota State, Minnesota’s season ended atconsensus top-ranked Notre Dame on a penalty kick in overtime to fall 1-0. The overall record and NCAA Tourney run were program records. The Go-

phers ranked third in the nation in victories and Vnished higher in the na-tional rankings than any other Big Ten program in 2008.

Denney Wright’s reputation as a highly regarded tactician continues togrow on the national stage as her 2008 group ranked Vfth in the nation ingoals against average at a 0.45 clip after conceding only 12 goals duringthe 26-game journey. In 2003, the year prior to her arrival, Minnesotarecorded a Big Ten worst 2.38 goals-against-average. That number hasshrunk over her tenure from 1.43 in 2004 to the program record registeredin 2008. Her team’s 17 shutouts in 2008 ranks No. one all-time in the BigTen record books. Denney Wright successfully guided senior midVelderKelsey Hood Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year honors, as well as SecondTeam All-America honors. Along with Hood, she also helped three othermembers of the Gopher defense earn a Big Ten Defensive Player of the Weekhonor – Lindsey Dare, Krystle Kallman, and Jennie Clark. Clark also earnedAll-American status as well as First Team All-Big Ten status while Dareearned All-Great Lakes Region honors to go with her Second Team All-BigTen honor.

Denney Wright’s teams have always displayed tough defense, but the2008 edition captured Gopher soccer fans with an exciting, attacking brandof soccer. More important than style, though, is results, and Denney Wright’steam delivered just that 2008. The Gophers scored 43 goals – the most ofany Minnesota team since 1999 – which was good for second in the Big Ten.Denney Wright tutored senior forward Lindsey Schwartz to All-Great LakesRegion honors to go along with her Second Team All-Big Ten status. Addi-tionally under Denney Wright’s watchful eye, freshman forward Tamara Stra-hota earned Freshman All-American honors from Soccer America and madethe All-Big Ten Freshman team as well. Both of Denney Wrights’ attackingmidVeld players – seniors Clare Grimwood and Kaitlin Wagner – earned All-Tournament honors after Vnishing as runner-up in the Big Ten Tourney. Wag-ner was also recognized as a member of the All-Great Lakes Region teamwhile Grimwood earned a Big 10 Offensive Player of the Week distinction.

In addition to the work on the Veld, the 2008 Gophers represented them-selves well in the community and in the classroom. Denney Wright puts

Mikki Denney WrightMikki Denney Wright, now widely considered one of the brightest minds in col-lege soccer and one of the best leaders of young women, returns to Minnesotafor her sixth year in 2009.

DENNEY WRIGHT AT A GLANCE

PERSONALBornJune 1, 1974

HometownOmaha, Neb.

High SchoolMarion High School

COLLEGIATE EXPERIENCECollegeNorth Carolina (1992-93), Minnesota (1995-96)

College Playing PositionDefender

Collegiate Playing HonorsTwo-time All-Big Ten 1995 All-Central Region1996 Team Captain

COACHING HISTORYUniversity of Minnesota Head Coach 2004-PresentUniversity of Missouri Assistant Coach 2001-03University of Nebraska-Omaha Assistant Coach 2000

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS• 2008 Big Ten Coach of the Year• 2008 Big Ten Champions and directed the programs deepest postseason run• Coached the 2008 Big Ten Defensive MVP and the Big Ten record holder for sin-gle season shutouts

• Directed the program to school records for wins (22), shutouts (17), shots (481),goals against average (0.45), and goals allowed (12) in 2008.

• 2008 marked the fourth straight year that Minnesota has landed a recruitingclass ranked in the top-10 in the region.

• Signed five national top-100 recruits in 2005, a class that ranked 13th in thenation.

• Led the Golden Gophers to their most wins since 2000 in her first season ashead coach in 2004.

• Signed the program’s first national top-100 recruit, along with the players of theyear from states of Minnesota and Iowa in her first recruiting class.

• Named third head coach in Minnesota history on January 8, 2004.• Three-year letterwinner for the Golden Gophers and two-time second-team All-Big Ten honoree.

• Was an intregral part of a Gopher squad that won the 1995 Big Ten regular sea-son and Big Ten Tournament championships.


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such a great emphasis on her players’ education that she oversees thisarea herself. The 2008 Gophers set a program record with a 3.45 GPAto rank them among the Top 20 NCAA Division I soccer programs. All buttwo of her players Vnished the fall with a GPA above a 3.0. DenneyWright’s guidance resulted in 10 Gophers landing on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.

All of this led to Denney Wright being honored by her coaching peersas the 2008 Big Ten Coach of the Year. While much was accomplishedin 2008, and with one Vve-year plan being met, a whole new set of ob-jectives will now consume the Gopher leader. Denney Wright and theGophers now have their sights set on making Minnesota a consistentcontender on the national level. Denney Wright and her staff will con-tinue to work to recruit, teach, and develop the next group of talentedGopher soccer champions.

The seeds of a championship were being sown in the Vrst four yearsof Denney Wright’s tenure. Talented young women were brought intothe program and developed into strong leaders and great teammateswith a common set of goals. The 2007 season saw the Gophers Vnishin the top half of the Big Ten and with a 9-8-2 overall record. The high-light for a group that was still learning about itself was an overtimeupset victory over Penn State on national television. Penn State wasranked as high as number Vve in the nation and held the number onespot in the RPI at the time. with the win, that 2007 group holds thedistinction of defeating the highest ranked team in program history.That victory allowed the players to dream of bigger things for 2008.Denney Wright guided junior Kelsey Hood, and freshmen Katie Bethkeand Molly Rouse to All-Big Ten status. Hood and Bethke were alsonamed as All-Great Lakes Region performers. Additionally, seven ofDenney Wright’s Gophers made the Academic All-Big Ten Team.

The 2006 Golden Gophers began the season with a 7-1-1 non-con-ference record, the best start in program history at the time. That groupVnished the season at 8-9-2. The eight seniors on the 2008 champi-onship team would later point to the lessons they learned in the 2006season as important to their maturation process. That Denney Wrightteam still displayed a respectable defensive effort for the season by

� MINNESOTA SOCCER MISSION STATEMENT“Our Mission is to represent excellence in every-thing we do. We will be positive human life forces,dedicated students, and relentless athletes. We willplay everyday with our spirit and love for the game.We are committed to becoming Big Ten and NationalChampions.”

� COACHING PHILOSOPHY“My passion is to teach and coach. My dad has beena college coach for over 25 years now, so I havebeen around coaching my entire life. It has been re-ally fun to come back to where I played, and be partof building this program again. I love the Universityof Minnesota, and I love Minnesota Soccer. I had anunbelievable experience as a player here at Min-nesota, and I want to give our players that same ex-perience.

Our staff works to model work ethic, integrity andexcellence to our players in everything we do. Wehave tremendously high expectations for our playersbecause I believe that each player in our programwants and needs to be challenged. We do not be-lieve in being mediocre.”

� TRAINING MENTALITY“On the field, we work to create an enthusiastic,challenging, competitive training environment. Wewant to develop the most competitive soccer play-ers in the nation. Our coaching staff works to de-velop the players technically, tactically, physicallyand psychologically to compete at the highest level.Every day our staff comes to the field, we hope tooffer the best training environment possible, and inturn, we ask our players to bring their very best tothe field.”

� LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT“I am very invested in inspiring young women to begreat. I want every woman in our program to be aleader. We constantly talk to our players about beingleaders both on and off the field. In my opinion,leadership is shown through a player’s work ethic,loyalty, competitive spirit and commitment.”


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allowing just 23 goals, the second-fewest in program his-tory at the time. Sophomore midVelder Kelsey Hood earnedAll-Great Lakes Region and All-Big Ten honors on DenneyWright’s watch. Six players represented the Gophers on theAcademic All-Big Ten Team that year.

Denney Wright’s 2005 team surpassed expectations, Vn-ishing in the top half of the Big Ten in just her second yearat the helm by going 6-4-0 in league play and 9-8-2 overall.Denney Wright saw two veterans and two freshmen recog-nized individually at the end of the year for their work on theVeld. Senior goalkeeper Molly Schneider earned All-Big TenVrst team and All-Great Lakes Second Team honors whilesenior defender Nicki Burnie collected Second Team All-BigTen laurels to go with 3rd Team All-Region recognition. ClareGrimwood and Kelsey Hood each made the All-Big Ten Fresh-man team to represent the Vrst class that Denney Wright andher staff had brought in to help rebuild the Gopher program.Seven Gophers were named to the Academic All-Big 10 Team.

2004 marked Denney Wright’s Vrst season leading theprogram that she was hired to revive. The Gophers Vnishedwith a respectable 8-10-0 mark. The Academic All-Big TenTeam was sprinkled with seven Golden Gophers at season’send. Denney Wright and her staff were consumed withchanging the culture of the program to the top competitivetraining environment in the nation.

Denney Wright’s recruiting classes have been ranked inthe Top 60 nationally since 2005. Known as a creative andtireless worker, Coach Denney Wright and her staff brokethrough in 2005, landing the program’s Vrst national top 100recruit in Kelsey Hood. Others followed in the years there-after, and in 2008, Denney Wright and her staff welcomedtheir Vrst U.S. Youth National Team player in goalkeeper CatParkhill. Parkhill, a top 25 recruit nationally, redshirted herfreshman year and trained under the guidance of DenneyWright to prepare for a spot on the U.S. U20 National Teamthat won the World Cup in Chile.

Prior to Minnesota, Denney Wright spent three years asthe top assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at theUniversity of Missouri. In 2003, the Tigers advanced to thenational tournament for the Vrst time in four years andearned the school's Vrst-ever NCAA Tournament win. Duringher tenure at Missouri, Denney Wright was named Mentor of

the Year by a vote of players for the Women's Intersport Net-work in the state of Missouri. In addition to her duties withthe Tigers, Denney Wright also served as a head coach in theMissouri State Olympic Development Program for three years.

Before Missouri, Denney Wright was the top assistant andrecruiting coordinator at the University of Nebraska-Omaha,helping the Mavericks claimed the North Central ConferenceChampionship during her one season in Omaha. DenneyWright began her coaching career as head coach of the Col-orado Rush Soccer Club's Under-16 Team from 1998 to 2000.

During her collegiate playing days, Denney Wright servedas captain of the Golden Gophers in 1995 and '96 as Min-nesota earned a Big Ten Championship and a pair of NCAATournament appearances. She was a two-time second-teamAll-Big Ten selection, as well as an All-Central Region sec-ond-team honoree in 1996. Denney Wright transferred toMinnesota after spending two seasons at the University ofNorth Carolina. After redshirting in 1992, she appeared in10 matches with one start in 1993 as the Tar Heels won theirsecond-straight NCAA Championship.

Denney Wright owns NSCAA Advanced National Coach-ing License as well as a USSF ‘B’ License. She has been apart of the Minnesota ODP State Staff for the past Vve yearsand hosts multiple coaching clinics each year throughoutthe region. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology fromthe University of Minnesota in 1997 and an Master's degreein counseling psychology from the University of Denver in2000. Denney Wright is a popular public speaker in the TwinCities area. Her audiences have ranged from young peopleto corporations to university constituents.

Denney Wright is married to Shane Wright, a former All-American pitcher at Texas Tech University. She is the daugh-ter of Mike and Bonnie Denney. Her father has been the headwrestling coach at University of Nebraska-Omaha for the last27 seasons, and has led the Mavericks to Vve NCAA DivisionII National Championships. Her mother has assisted with theadministration of her father’s wrestling program for many ofthose 27 seasons. She has two brothers, Rocky and Luke,who were college athletes and earned All-State honors inmultiple sports in high school. She and her husband, Shane,welcomed a son, Forrest Denney Wright, into the family onApril 25, 2009.

Denney Wright Year-By-Year RecordYear Record Big Ten Finish Home Away Neutral2004 8-10-0 2-8-0 10th 3-4-0 4-4-0 1-2-02005 9-8-2 6-4-0 5th 3-3-1 6-3-1 0-2-02006 8-9-2 1-8-1 T-10th 5-4-1 2-5-1 1-0-02007 9-8-2 5-5-0 6th 4-3-0 4-4-1 1-1-12008 22-4-0 8-2-0 T-1st 12-0-0 7-3-0 3-1-0

NCAA Tournament Record: 2-1


assistant coach • third season

Jerrod RohJerrod Roh is set to begin his third year as an assistant coach at Min-nesota in 2009, working primarily with the Golden Gopher goalkeepers.In addition to working with the goalkeepers, Roh assists with all otherareas of on-Veld coaching with the Golden Gopher attack and defense.Along with his on Veld coaching duties, Roh oversees opponent scout-ing, scheduling, team travel, and the Gopher Goalkeeping Academy atMinnesota Soccer Camps. He also plays a key role in recruiting, campadministration, marketing, and media relations.

Now is his ninth season as a NCAA Division I coach, Roh is widelyconsidered one of the top assistant coaches in the nation, havinghelped all three of the programs he has been a part of to a conferencechampionship. Furthermore he was part of the staff at each stop, tobring each program their best season in school history. Also, he boaststhe unique distinction of being the only coach in US college soccer his-tory – men or women – to lead his athletes to the single season con-ference record for shutouts in two major conferences (Big Ten & SEC).

In his second season at Minnesota in 2008, Roh was part of thestaff to lead the Golden Gophers to a 22-4-0 record, the Big Ten Cham-pionship, and their Vrst NCAA appearance in nine seasons. Minnesotaadvanced all the way to the Sweet 16 for the programs deepest post-season run.

In a banner year in 2008, Roh guided Minnesota netminder Lind-sey Dare to the top of both the Big Ten and Golden Gopher charts. UnderRoh’s tutelage, Dare broke out in her senior campaign, and developedinto one of the league’s best goalkeepers. She led the Big Ten in bothall matches and conference matches in shutouts and goals against av-erage, while Vnishing ranked seventh nationally with a miniscule .454GAA. In all matches she led the Big Ten in save percentage and Vn-ished 19th in the nation with a .859 mark. After two seasons underRoh, Dare ended her career as Minnesota’s career leader in goalsagainst average, and posted single season records for minutes played,wins, winning percentage, and shutouts, as well as goals against av-erage.

In addition, her 17 shutouts set a new Big Ten record, betteringthe eight-year-old mark of 15. Following her Vnal season, Dare wasnamed second team All-Big Ten and was a second team All-GreatLakes Region honoree by SoccerBuzz. Along with Dare’s record break-ing season, redshirt freshman Cat Parkhill spent her Vrst fall on cam-pus training with Roh to make the U20 United States National Team’sWorld Cup roster. Roh helped the young keeper earn a spot, despitebeing two years younger than most of her national team teammates.Parkhill and Team USA brought home the World Cup title from Chile,giving Roh a pair of goalkeepers who achieved excellence in 2008.

In 2007, his Vrst season with the Golden Gophers, Roh made an im-mediate impact by producing a goalkeeping unit that allowed the sec-ond fewest goals in a season in program history. The team made thejump from the bottom of the Big Ten standings to the top half of theleague, effectively setting the table for the championship run the fol-lowing year. Roh’s presence in 2007 made an impact for the future

when the Golden Gopher coaching staff was able to secure the com-mitment of their Vrst U.S. Youth National Team player, as Parkhill com-mitted to play for the Maroon and Gold.

Before coming to Minnesota, Roh spent three seasons at the Uni-versity of Kentucky, serving as the top assistant while coaching thegoalkeepers and serving as the program’s recruiting coordinator. In2003, the season preceding his arrival in Lexington, the Wildcat de-fensive unit owned a 1.66 goals-against-average and a .700 save per-centage. In 2006, those numbers had improved to .600 and and .882respectively as the Wildcats ran to the Southeastern Conference (SEC)Tournament title, while posting an SEC record-tying 14 shutouts. In thetournament, UK knocked off Ole Miss, #20 Tennessee, and #12 Florida,before appearing in the NCAA Tournament and Vnishing the seasonranked 15th in the country. In addition to her SEC shutout record, Rohled goalkeeper Anne Ogundele to multiple All-America and All-Regionhonors while also helping forward Guileana Lopez to Freshman All-American status.

Prior to his stint at UK, Roh spent three seasons as an assistantcoach at Western Carolina in Cullowhee, N.C. There, he was part of thebest conference season in program history, helping the Catamountscapture the Southern Conference (SoCon) regular season champi-onship in just their third year of existence in 2001. Roh’s goalkeeper,Mandi Tinsley, was named Second Team All-SoCon in 2001 and FirstTeam All-SoCon in 2002 as WCU followed the championship season in2001 with a runner-up Vnish in 2002. The Catamounts goals-against-average decreased from 1.70 in 2000 to 0.86 in 2002 and Tinsley’ssave percentage increased from .770 to .890.

Roh got his start in coaching as the boy’s varsity head coach at Pa-pillion-LaVista HS in Omaha, Neb. while teaching science in the dis-trict. There from 1995 to 2001, he led Papillion-LaVista to perennialstatus among the top-10 in the state. He also coached the WestOmaha/Gladiator U16 Girls’ Santos club team from 1999-2001, lead-ing the club’s “B” team to the state cup championship in 1999. Rohserved as the head coach for the Nebraska Olympic Development Pro-gram for under-13 boys from 2000-01, while also spending time as avolunteer assistant and goalkeeper trainer for the Dana College men’sprogram in Blair, Neb.

He has served as a camp instructor all over the Midwest andSoutheast and he has been on the Region 2 Olympic Development Pro-gram (ODP) Goalkeeping Staff since 2005. The former attacking mid-Velder has a USSF B Coaching License, a NSCAA Advanced NationalDiploma, and a NSCAA Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma.

Roh earned a bachelor’s of science degree in secondary educationfrom Kansas State University in 1995 and was a three-year starter forthe Wildcats. Roh completed work on a master of business adminis-tration degree at Western Carolina in May of 2004. Roh’s passion forsoccer and travel has taken him to the last two men’s World Cups inGermany and South Korea. He is currently planning a trip to SouthAfrica for the 2010 World Cup.

ROH AT A GLANCEPERSONALBorn

June 12, 1971Hometown

Omaha, NebraskaAlma Mater

Kansas State, 1995 (B.S.)Western Carolina, 2004 (M.B.A.)

COACHING HISTORYUniversity of Minnesota Assistant Coach 2007-PresentUniversity of Kentucky Assistant Coach 2004-06USYSA Region 2 Olympic Development Program Coach 2005-Western Carolina University Assistant Coach 2001-03Nebraska Olympic Development Program U13 Head Coach 2000-01West Omaha/Gladiator U16 Girls Santos Club Head Coach 1999-2001Papillion LaVista H.S. (Neb.) Head Coach 1995-2001

COLLEGIATE EXPERIENCECollegeKansas State University (1989-91)

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assistant coach • first season

Krystle KallmanKrystle Kallman will begin her Vrst season on the coach staff at

the University of Minnesota this season.She joins the staff fresh off her senior season with the Golden

Gophers where she patrolled the defense and led them to the top ofboth the Big Ten and NCAA charts. As a starter in every match in2008, Kallman helped lead the Golden Gophers to the best record inschool history (22-4-0) and an appearance in the NCAA Sweet Six-teen. Defensively, the Gophers earned 17 shutouts in 2008, which ledthe league, set a Big Ten record and ranked Vfth nationally with ashutout rate of more than 65%. Kallman and her teammates on thebackline also produced the Big Ten's best goals against average(0.45) on their way to allowing a league-low 12 goals.

In her senior campaign, Kallman earned Big Ten Defensive Playerof the Week honors on Oct. 13 after leading Minnesota to their thirdand fourth consecutive shutouts, tying a season high. She collectedthree points on the weekend, assisting on the game-winner in a 1-0victory over Purdue, before scoring the game-winner in a 1-0 win overIllinois.

Kallman is one of the most decorated high school players to comeout of Minnesota. From high school to college she has been a cham-pion on every team she had been a part of, which includes StateChampionships, Big East Championships and the 2008 Big Ten title.Kallman began her collegiate career at West Virginia University whereshe played for three seasons (2005-07). With the Mountaineers, thedefender started in all 67 matches, collecting seven goals and Vveassists for 19 points in her career. She also earned herself a reputa-tion as a stellar one-on-one defender and was twice named theMountaineers Most Valuable Defender. Another milestone at WVUwas when she was named to the SoccerBuzz Elite Team of the Week,along with her sister Kylie who was a freshman at Minnesota at thetime. The pair became just the second set of sisters to be named tothe team in the same week.

In addition to the college game, Kallman has also been an im-portant member of the Minnesota Lightning W-League team for thepast three seasons. In 2007 she earned All-Conference honors whenshe helped the Lightning to the Midwest Division title.

As a prep at nearby Woodbury High School, Kallman was namedthe 2004 Minnesota High School Gatorade Player of the Year. Her highschool career included, four years as a starter on a team that claimedfour conference titles and four section titles, as well as state cham-pionships in 2003 and 2004. In her sophomore, junior, and seniorseasons, Kallman was named to the All-State Tournament team. Shewas an All-Conference selection in her last three seasons, and wasan All-Metro and All-State choice following her junior and senior cam-paigns. Finally she was named a high school All-American by the Na-tional Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).

On the sidelines, Kallman's coaching career began in 2004 withthe Woodbury Soccer Association. There she has been the head coachfor the Woodbury Azzurri U14 team, while assisting on the WoodburyInferno U17 team. With the WSA, she has coached her teams at thehighest level of Minnesota soccer and in numerous elite level tour-naments. In addition she has instructed several Olympic Develop-ment Program players, Regional Team players and National Poolplayers. After Vnishing her playing career, Kallman joined the Min-nesota staff in the spring of 2009 as a volunteer coach.

Kallman comes from a decorated soccer family, as one of Vvesuccessful soccer playing children. Her older brother Brain played atJacksonville University and Creighton, and is currently with the Min-nesota Thunder. Her sister Kylie will be a junior with the Golden Go-phers in 2009 and plays for the Minnesota Lightning W-League team.Her brother Brent will be a freshman this fall at Creighton University,where he will play soccer, and currently plays for the State Cham-pion MN Thunder Academy. Her youngest sister Kassey will be a sen-ior at WHS, and plays for the State Champion Woodbury Inferno aswell as the Minnesota Lightning W-League team.

KALLMAN AT A GLANCEPERSONALBorn

May 8, 1987Hometown

Woodbury, Minn.Alma Mater

Minnesota, 2009

COACHING HISTORYUniversity of Minnesota Assistant Coach.........................2009-PresentWoodbury Soccer Association...............................................2004-2009Minnesota Thunder Academy...............................................2005-2008

COLLEGIATE EXPERIENCECollegeWest Virginia University (2005-07)University of Minnesota (2008)

volunteer assistant coach • first season

Kelsey HoodKelsey Hood will begin her Vrst season on the Golden Gopher

coaching staff in 2009 as a volunteer assistant coach.Hood, who starred for the Golden Gophers from 2005-08, will be

remembered as one of the all-time greats to wear the Maroon andGold as she capped her stellar career last fall. She earned All-Amer-ica honors as a senior and was named Big Ten Defensive Player of theYear after leading a resurgent Golden Gopher defense that rankedamong the best in both the conference and the nation.

The Ankeny, Iowa native and the Minnesota defense led the BigTen with a goals against average of 0.45, a goals allowed mark of just12, and set a new Big Ten record by pitching 17 shutouts last sea-son. The 2008 Golden Gophers rode the defense to a regular seasonBig Ten Championship, 22 wins and a berth in the NCAA tournamentwhere they advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the programs deepestpostseason run.

A starter in each game last season, she was in the starting line-up for all but two matches in her entire career. Following her soph-omore, junior and senior campaigns she captured All-Big Ten

accolades. In addition to the league honors, she was named an All-Region performer following her Vnal three season’s as well, beingnamed to the Vrst team by two separate publications as a senior.

Hood Vnished with Vve points last season on a goal and threeassists. Her lone goal came at the perfect time as she opened thescoring in the Golden Gophers return to the NCAA tournament, lessthe eight minutes into their Vrst round match with Marquette. Aftershe sparked the early lead, the Golden Gophers went on to the 2-1win.

Hood ended her career with 19 points and a bevy of postseasonhonors in her four seasons, after coming to Minnesota as one of themost highly touted recruits in program history.

Despite Vnishing her playing time as a Golden Gopher, Hood hascontinued her playing career, spending the summer of 2009 com-peting for the Minnesota Lightning of the United Soccer Leagues(USL) W-League. Hood and her Lightning teammates Vnished theseason with a 7-3-2 mark.


HOOD AT A GLANCEPERSONALBBoorrnn

November 14, 1986HHoommeettoowwnn

Ankeny, IowaAAllmmaa MMaatteerr

Minnesota, 2009

COACHING HISTORYUniversity of Minnesota Volunteer Coach .........................2009-Present

COLLEGIATE EXPERIENCECCoolllleeggeeMinnesota (2005-08)

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John Blackshear has been part of the Golden Gopher athletic equipment staff for27 years and is beginning his fourth season as the head equipment manager forthe soccer team. In addition, Blackshear handles all equipment duties for theGopher baseball, men’s and women’s golf and softball teams.

A native of St. Louis, Mo., Blackshear earned a bachelor’s degree in sociol-ogy and coaching from the University of Minnesota in 1989. He became a Certi-fied Athletic Equipment Manager in 2004.

Blackshear and his son, John Jr., currently reside in southwest Minneapolis.

Jen Chelton enters her 10th year at Minnesota as the athletic trainer for the GoldenGopher soccer and softball teams.

Chelton previously worked at Pepperdine University as the head athletictrainer from 1995-2000 and as an assistant from 1992-95.

Chelton took part in the 1999 World Cup, organizing host athletic trainingservices as the venue athletic trainer. She has also coordinated medical servicesfor various NCAA Championship events.

Erin Swanson enters her fifth season working with the Golden Gopher soccer teamas an academic counselor. She also works with the women’s cross country,women’s hockey and women’s track and field teams.

A native of Grafton, Wis., Swanson earned her bachelor’s degree in psychol-ogy from Drake University in 2002. She received her master’s degree in sportsadministration from Florida State University in 2003.

Prior to coming to Minnesota in September of 2005, Swanson gained aca-demic counseling experience at Florida State and the University of Oregon. Shemarried Gopher volleyball associate head coach Scott Swanson in the summer of2008.

Dr. Fernando Pena is in his ninth season as the team physician for the Gopher soc-cer team and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the program.

Dr. Pena works at the University of Minnesota Physicans, Department of Or-thopaedics as a sports medicine foot and ankle specialist. Among his responsi-bilities, Pena serves as an orthopaedic consultant with many of the University’sathletic programs.

Dr. Pena received his medical degree from Universidad Complutense inMadrid, Spain. In addition, he completed an orthopaedic residency at the Uni-versity of Minnesota with fellowship training in both foot and ankle and SportsMedicine.

Kelly Spriggs is in her first year as strength and conditioning coach for the GoldenGopher soccer team, and in her second year at Minnesota. Spriggs joins the Go-phers from Baylor University where she served as the graduate assistant for twoyears. In May 2008, she received her Master’s of Science in Education. As a mem-ber of the Baylor University volleyball team, Spriggs was a four-year letter win-ner, while serving as an intern in the strength and conditioning department duringher final year. The Houston, Texas, native earned her Bachelor’s degree in com-munications in 2006.

Spriggs is certified through the USA Weightlifting organization and Strengthand Conditioning Coach Certified through the Collegiate Strength and Condi-tioning Coaches Association.

Mary Jo Brandt enters her second season working as the administrative assistantwith the Golden Gopher soccer program. Prior to joining the Minnesota Soccer fam-ily, she spent 23 years working with Golden Gopher football. She is also workingwith the women’s gymnastics program during the 2009-10 academic year.

A Maple Hill, Iowa native, Brandt is a graduate of Armstrong (Iowa) HighSchool (1974) and Northern Iowa Area Community College (1976). She currentlyresides in Eagan, Minn. with her husband Kevin, her son Jordan (13), and their dog,Kelsey.

Pat McCabe is in his first season as an Athletic Communications Assistant with theUniversity of Minnesota in 2009-10. He will serve as the primary contact for GoldenGopher soccer, wrestling and softball.

For the past two years McCabe was a graduate assistant in the Athletic MediaRelations department at St. Cloud State University, where he served as the contactfor the soccer, men’s basketball, and softball teams.

A native of Bloomington, Minn., McCabe is a 2006 graduate of the Universityof Minnesota, Crookston. While at UMC he was a five-year member of the footballteam where he was a team captain, and earned All-Conference Honorable Mentionand Academic All-Conference accolades.

In 2009, he completed his master’s degree from St. Cloud State.

John Blackshearequipment manager

Jen Cheltonathletic trainer

Erin Swansonacademic counselor

Mary Jo Brandtadministrative assistant

Dr. Fernando Penateam physician

Kelly Spriggsstrength and conditioning

Pat McCabeathletic communications

Facilities2008 Big Ten Champions


elizabeth lyle robbie stadium

The club room and press box area overlooking the field of Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium.

BEHIND ELIZABETH LYLE ROBBIE STADIUMThanks to a generous gift of $900,000 from Deborah Olson, given in the name of

her mother Elizabeth Lyle Robbie, and $1.2 million appropriated from the Minnesotastate legislature, the University of Minnesota soccer program built a home of its own inthe Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium.

The facility seats 1,000 spectators and contains adjacent practice fields whichthe team shares with the Department of Recreational Sports. The two-story structurecontains athletic training, media, team and club room facilities, in addition to rest-rooms and food services. A ticket kiosk and plaza area are also featured outside of thestadium for the convenience of fans.

Elizabeth Lyle Robbie became the first female owner of a professional sports fran-chise in the United States when she purchased the Miami Toros soccer team in the mid-’70s. The Toros then moved to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., before relocating to the Twin Citiesand becoming the Minnesota Strikers between the 1983 and 1984 seasons. She ownedthe team until the franchise disbanded in 1988. During her ownership, the Strikersplayed for the MISL Championship in 1986.

“My mother was always a strong supporter of women's rights and equal opportu-nities,” Olson said. “She was a huge soccer fan in its early days in the U.S. and alwaysloved the sport. When the University added the soccer program it seemed like a perfectfit for me to pay tribute to my mother and have the stadium named after her.”

Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium is undeniably one of the finest facilities in thenation for women’s college soccer, and in recent years fans have packed in to see theresurgent Minnesota soccer program under head coach Mikki Denney Wright.

“It's great to see the improvement the program has experienced over the last cou-ple of years,” Olson said. “The commitment to success is apparent in all areas, fromthe coaching staff, to the players, to the fans and everyone else surrounding the pro-gram. It has been great to see such an increase in attendance over the last few years,and the enthusiasm surrounding the program has been wonderful. It amazes me moreand more every year when I drive up to the stadium and see how great of a facility it is,and to see my mother's name on the front of the stadium is something that is reallyspecial.”

“We are so proud and thankful to Deborah Olson and the state legislature forbuilding such a beautiful facility,” Denney Wright said. “It is truly one of the best in thenation.”

ALL-TIME MINNESOTA SOCCER ATTENDANCE RECORDS1. 1,751 vs. Purdue L, 1-2 9/23/05

2. 1,611 vs. Penn State L, 0-1 (2OT) 10/28/05

3. 1,516 vs. Michigan W, 2-1 9/28/07

4. 1,432 vs. Arizona State W, 1-0 9/4/99

5. 1,427 vs. Wisconsin L, 1-3 9/28/96

6. 1,297 vs. Ohio State W, 2-0 10/1/00

7. 1,265 vs. Brown W, 2-0 9/19/08

8. 1,238 vs. Dayton L, 2-3 9/14/07

9. 1,188 vs. Northwestern W, 1-0 9/26/99

10. 1,163 vs. Purdue W, 1-0 (2OT) 10/10/08

DIRECTIONS TO THE STADIUMThe Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium is located at 1745 Cleveland Avenue (just north of Larpenteur Avenue)

From I-94 (Eastbound or Westbound) — Take Highway 280 exit and follow until Larpenteur Avenue exit. Turn right onLarpenteur and travel to Cleveland Avenue. Turn left on Cleveland. The stadium is on the left, just to the north of GibbsFarm.From I-35 —Take Highway 36 exit from I-35W to Cleveland Avenue. Go south on Cleveland past Roselawn Avenue. Thestadium is on the right.

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elizabeth lyle robbie stadium

The Golden Gopher team room atthe Bierman Field Athletic Building.

ATTENDANCE RECORDS IN 2008The Golden Gopher soccer team again finished among the Big Ten andnational attendance leaders as a record 10,507 fans packed thestands at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium to cheer on the Maroon andGold in 2008. Minnesota ranked third in the Big Ten with an averageof 867 fans per game, placing behind Penn State (1,096) and OhioState respectively (1,000).

Nationally, Minnesota ranked 26th in average attendance, and was oneof only 21 teams to draw over 10,000 total fans on the season.

On Sept. 19, a season high crowd of 1,265 witnessed Minnesotaimprove to 9-0 with a 2-0 win over Brown. The attendance figureranked as the seventh most in stadium history, while the Oct. 10 over-time win over Purdue produced the 10th highest attendance in stadi-um history with 1,163. The Golden Gophers also drew over 1,000 fanson Sept. 5 and Oct. 12 last season.

The Golden Gophers’ team room at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium.

MINNESOTA YEAR-BY-YEARATTENDANCE

Year Matches Attendance Average2008 12 10,507 876

2007 7 7,239 1,034

2006 10 8,066 807

2005 7 7,569 1,0812004 7 4,669 667

2003 9 4,954 550

2002 9 5,106 567

2001 7 4,770 681

2000 8 7,258 907

1999 10 9,040 904

1998 9 4,176 464

1997 12 6,477 540

Single season records in bold.

ELIZABETH LYLE ROBBIESTADIUM FACTS

• Opened in 1999• Seating capacity of 1,000 fans• Practice Fields• Athletic Training Facility• Media Room• Team Meeting Room• Club Room Facility• Restrooms• Concessions

2008 NCAA ATTENDANCELEADERS

Rk. School Avg. Att.1. Portland 3,6222. Texas A&M 3,1763. BYU 1,8564. North Carolina 1,6055. New Mexico 1,4946. Florida 1,4867. Georgia 1,4608. Notre Dame 1,4429. Stanford 1,36610. Texas 1,27011. UCLA 1,24312. TCU 1,21413. Southern California 1,20614. Fresno State 1,20215. Washington 1,10016. Penn State 1,09617. Santa Clara 1,08018. Connecticut 1,05319. Army 1,03920. West Virginia 1,00821. Ohio State 1,00022. Colorado 99523. Hawaii 93724. LSU 91225. Virginia 90026. Minnesota 87627. George Mason 86028. San Diego 85229. Oklahoma State 80830. Florida State 799


player biographies

Minnesota Soccer Thanks You!The University of Minnesota and the Intercollegiate Athletics Department have a special friend in

Deborah Olson, who has given over $1 million to the department, specifically the soccer program.Having already endowed one scholarship in the name of her mother, the late Elizabeth Lyle Robbie, in

1995, Olson gave the Women’s Athletics Department an additional $900,000 on May 16, 1998, for the build-ing of a new soccer facility and a second endowed scholarship for a University of Minnesota soccer player.Olson’s $900,000 gift was the third-largest single gift ever given to the Women’s Athletics Department andgives Olson prestigious “Builder’s Club” status at the University of Minnesota.

“The University of Minnesota does a tremendous job with its women's athletic programs and providesmany wonderful opportunities for its student-athletes, not only athletically, but academically as well,” Olsonsaid. “I share this commitment and feel privileged to be able to contribute to the continued success of theMinnesota soccer program and the entire athletics department in general.”

Olson is a former volleyball and softball student-athlete at Carleton College. She is actively involved inUniversity of Minnesota Athletics through her leadership on many special events committees, the AdvisoryCouncil and the Ice Hockey Task Force. Due to her experience and expertise, Olson served as a consultant onthe stadium project.

For all of her contributions, Olson was inducted into the Minnesota Soccer Hall of Fame in 2005.

Deborah Olson has given over $1 million to the women’s soccer program at the University ofMinnesota. She is pictured with 2002 scholarship recipients Rachael Roth and Meghan Jones.

Minnesota Soccer’s Biggest Supporter — Deborah Olson

Deborah Olson poses with 2001 Deborah R.Olson Scholarship winner Alison Rackley.The scholarship is awarded to a sopho-more, junior or senior soccer player whomaintains high academic standards, andwho shows leadership to the team andwomen’s athletics. Rackley was also the2000 recipient of the Elizabeth Lyle RobbieScholarship.

VanessaTouset1997

JenniferWalek1995

AlisonRackley2000

JenniferMcElmury

1996

NoellePapenhausen1998-99

SamanthaMeyers2001

JuliMontgomery

2000

AlisonRackley2001

RachaelRoth2002

MeghanJones2002

AmandaMcMahon2003

BeckyDellaria2003-05

MollySchneider2004-05

ELIZABETH LYLE ROBBIE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

DEBORAH R. OLSON SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

KaitlinWagner2006-08

KelseyHood

2006-08

CatParkhill2009

ClaireGrimwood

2008

JosieSolei2009

TRACY JOHNSON KRALING SCHOLARSHIP

SANDRA ABRAHAM SCHOLARSHIP

ShariEckstrom2009

TamaraStrahota2009

Season Review2008 Big Ten Champions


2008 season review

Season Accomplishments�Finished with a 22-4 record, breaking program records for wins and win-ning percentage (.846).

�Advanced to NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the first time in program history.�Finished the season as one of just seven teams in the country with 20or more wins.

�Ranked No. 15 in the nation in the final NSCAA/adidas ranking, the pro-gram’s highest ranking in the national poll since 1997.

�Posted a perfect 12-0 record at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium, includ-ing a pair of wins in the first and second rounds of the NCAATournament.

�Scored more goals (43) than any Golden Gopher team in the pastdecade.

�Shattered a school record with just 12 goals allowed, besting the previ-ous mark of 17 posted by the 2005 squad.

�Senior goalkeeper Lindsey Dare littered her name across MinnesotaSoccer and Big Ten record books, setting single-season school recordsfor goals against average (0.45), shutouts (17), minutes played(2,378:19), goalkeeper wins (22) and winning percentage (.846).

�Kelsey Hood was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.�Mikki Denney Wright named Big Ten Coach of the Year�Kelsey Hood and Jennie Clark each receive SoccerBuzz All-Americanaccolades and first team All-Big Ten recognition.

�Lindsey Dare and Lindsey Schwartz named Second Team All-Region bySoccerBuzz, while Kaitlin Wagner was named to the Third Team.

�Lindsey Dare and Lindsey Schwartz named second team All-Big Ten.�Tamara Strahota was named to the All-Big Ten freshman team and the

SoccerBuzz Freshman All-America Team.�Kaitlin Wagner and Clare Grimwood named to the All-Big TenTournament team.

�Welcomed a regular season record 9,218 fans to Elizabeth Lyle RobbieStadium over their 10 regular season home contests.

�Dare’s 17 shutouts were a single season all-time Big Ten Conferencerecord.

�Schwartz’ six game-winning goals matched a school record�Strahota netted five game-winning goals, the most for a Gopher fresh-man since 1993.

�Set a new record with 12 players receiving Academic All-Big Ten honors(Sara Clancy, Jennie Clark, Lindsey Dare, Clare Grimwood, Kelsey Hood,Krystle Kallman, Kylie Kallman, Angie Olson, Julie Rezac, Molly Rouse,Lindsey Schwartz and Kaitlin Wagner).

�Kylie Kallman named to CoSIDA ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District second team.

�Five different players earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors: LindseyDare (Sept. 1), Jennie Clark (Sept. 8), Kelsey Hood (Sept. 22), KrystleKallman (Oct. 13) and Clare Grimwood (Oct. 28).

GOPHERS CAP OFF DREAM SEASONThe University of Minnesota women’s soccer program capped off its most successful season in school history with a trip to theNCAA Sweet Sixteen. A 1-0 overtime loss at the hands of No. 1 Notre Dame capped off a season in which the Gophers set mul-tiple program records in including total wins (22) and winning percentage (.846).

The Gophers secured the third regular season Big Ten Conference title when they defeated Iowa by a 1-0 score on Oct. 31.Minnesota tied for the regular season crown with Penn State, which captured its 11th consecutive conference title when bothteams finished the Big Ten regular season with identical 8-2-0 league records.

HOME SWEET HOMEThe Gophers were 12-0 at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium this year, including victories in the first and second round of the NCAATournament over Marquette (2-1) and South Dakota State (2-0).

The 2008 campaign marked the first time in program history that the Gophers have won all their home matches. The 1995 BigTen Championship team was also unbeaten on its home turf.

Year Home Record (Pct.)2008 12-0-0 (1.000)1995 8-0-1 (.944)1997 11-1-0 (.917)1993 6-1-0 (.857)1999 8-2-0 (.800)

ROCKIN’ THE ROBBIEMore than 10,000 fans packed Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium this year to watch the Gophers. Minnesota Soccer welcomed aprogram-record 9,218 Gophers fans to their home pitch this fall to take in their 10 regular season home games. The 2008 sea-son attendance broke the all-time record set in 1999, which was the inaugural season for Minnesota Soccer at Elizabeth LyleRobbie and also marked the last time the Gophers had been to the NCAA Tournament prior to this season.

BALANCED ATTACKMinnesota featured a balanced scoring attack in 2008 with its 43 goals coming from 13 different players. Every regularGophers’ starter tallied a goal this season and eight different players scored game-winning goals. Lindsey Schwartz had ateam-high eight goals with six of them being game-winners.

FIVE GOPHERS RECEIVE ALL-BIG TEN HONORSFollowing their first Big Ten regular season title since 1997, five Gophers recieved All-Big Ten accolades. Kelsey Hood led thelist of honorees, collecting Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year honors as well as first-team laurels as a midfielder. Hood hasbeen named to the All-Big Ten list each of her four seasons as a Gopher.

Sophomore defender Jennie Clark joins Hood on the first team. Clark, a Norwalk, Iowa native, was a key cog in the Gophers’stifling defensive efforts this season that helped the team tie an all-time Big Ten record with 17 season shutouts.

Lindsey Schwartz and Lindsey Dare were named second-team All-Big Ten following solid performances during their senior sea-sons.

With five game-winning goals and 13 points this season, forward Tamara Strahota (Burnsville, Minn.) was named to the BigTen’s All-Freshman team.

SCHWARTZ CEMENTS SCORING LEGACYSenior forward Lindsey Schwartz (Bettendorf, Iowa) cemented her place among the all-time Golden Gopher greats as she ledthe Gophers in goals (8), assists (7), points (23) and total shots (100) this season. She finishes her four years in Maroon and

Goalkeeper Lindsey Dare had a steller season in 2008, setting theMinnesota and Big Ten record for shutouts with 17, while also leading theBig Ten and setting new school record with an .859 save percetage and a0.45 goals against average.

The Golden Gophers after winning the 2008 Big Ten Soccer Championship


2008 Minnesota Schedule/ResultsMN/OPP MN/OPP MN/OPP MN

Date Opponent Result Shots SOG Fouls Goals Goaltender Attend.Aug. 22 NORTHERN IOWA W 5-0 38/2 14/2 6/10 Grimwood (GW) Dare (1-0-0) 859

RezacEckstromClancyClancy

Aug. 24 at Montana W 2-1 24/7 6/2 10/12 Bethke Dare (2-0-0) 756Schwartz (GW)

Aug. 26 at South Dakota State W 2-0 23/5 16/2 4/8 Strahota (GW) Dare (3-0-0) 365Bethke

Aug. 31 at North Dakota State W 3-0 25/3 9/1 8/5 Wagner (GW) Dare (4-0-0) 607RouseBethke

Sept. 5 OHIO UNIVERSITY % W 2-0 35/2 9/1 8/13 Schwartz (GW) Dare (5-0-0) 1,071Bethke

Sept. 7 CREIGHTON % W 3-0 31/5 13/1 9/0 Strahota (GW) Dare (6-0-0) 784SchwartzClark

Sept. 12 at Nevada W 2-1 16/12 9/4 10/8 Clark Dare (7-0-0) 287Schwartz (GW)

Sept. 14 vs. Idaho (at Reno, Nev.) W 1-0 OT 18/7 11/3 3/10 Rouse (GW) Dare (8-0-0) n/aSept. 19 BROWN $ W 2-0 24/9 10/4 8/4 Schwartz (GW) Dare (9-0-0) 1,265

WagnerSept. 21 BOSTON UNIVERSITY $ W 1-0 11/5 3/3 8/6 Eckstrom (GW) Dare (10-0-0) 947Sept. 26 at Michigan State * 0-2 L 16/7 4/4 5/8 Dare (10-1-0) 657Sept. 28 at Michigan * W 1-0 15/6 5/1 10/10 Wagner (GW) Dare (11-1-0) 361Oct. 5 INDIANA * W 1-0 OT 11/10 3/2 14/14 Schwartz (GW) Dare (12-1-0) 621Oct. 10 PURDUE * W 1-0 O2 19/11 13/2 6/11 Strahota (GW) Dare (13-1-0) 1,163Oct. 12 #16 ILLINOIS * W 1-0 5/11 4/3 12/10 Krystle Kallman (GW) Dare (14-1-0) 1,072Oct. 17 at Penn State (23) * 0-2 L 18/10 6/7 9/11 Dare (14-2-0) 434Oct. 19 at Ohio State (23) * W 2-0 11/14 3/3 12/16 Wagner (GW) Dare (15-2-0) 856

RouseOct. 24 WISCONSIN (25) * W 2-1 19/6 8/2 9/14 Wagner Dare (16-2-0) 1,107

Grimwood (GW)Oct. 26 NORTHWESTERN (25) * W 2-0 14/9 8/3 6/8 Strahota (GW) Dare (17-2-0) 329

GrimwoodOct. 31 at Iowa (25) * W 1-0 18/9 8/4 20/11 Strahota (GW) Dare (18-2-0) 506Nov. 6 vs. Northwestern (21) ** W 3-1 14/12 9/4 12/7 Wagner Dare (19-2-0) 267

Schwartz (GW)Kylie Kallman

Nov. 7 vs. Purdue (21) ** W 1-0 17/7 5/4 7/12 Grimwood (GW) Dare (20-2-0) 344Nov. 9 vs. #23 Penn State (21) ** 1-2 L 23/16 10/6 14/13 Eckstrom Dare (20-3-0) 289Nov. 14 MARQUETTE (22) & W 2-1 9/12 2/6 13/18 Hood Dare (21-3-0) 776

Rezac (GW)Nov. 16 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (22) & W 2-0 16/8 7/2 17/14 Rouse (GW) Dare (22-3-0) 329Nov. 21 at #1 Notre Dame (22) & 0-1 L OT 11/26 2/11 10/10 Dare (22-4-0) n/a

* Big Ten Conference match | ** Big Ten Tournament | % Regina Moench Memorial Tournament | $ Minnesota Gold Classic | & NCAA TournamentHome Games in ALL CAPS | Number in parentheses is Minnesota Rank

Gold in the top 10 of the Minnesota record books in every offen-sive statistical category.

The senior saved her goals for the most critical points of match-es over the course of this season, tying a school record with sixgame-winning goals. She finishes her career with 10 game-win-ning goals.

Schwartz was named the Gophers’ offensive most valuable play-er at the team’s season-closing banquet on Dec. 14, collectingthe accolade for the fourth consecutive season.

STRAHOTA BURSTS ON SCENEThe Gophers were the beneficiaries of shrewd play from eightseniors this season, but also received a consistent spark fromfreshman forward Tamara Strahota (Burnsville, Minn.) through-out the balance of the season.

Strahota was recipient of the Gophers’ ‘Spark Award,’ an acco-lade annually awarded to Minnesota’s top bench contributor, andwas also a All-Big Ten freshman team selection. Strahota’s fivegame-winning goals were the second-most by a freshman in thehistory of the program.

HEY MIKKIIn just her fifth season at the helm of Minnesota Soccer, headcoach Mikki Denney Wright is the Big Ten Coach of the Year thisseason.

Denney Wright has turned around a program this season thathad gone 18-31-3 (.375) in the three years prior to being namedhead coach in January of 2004. Minnesota Soccer has posted a56-39-6 (.584) record during her tenure, including a 22-4-0(.846) mark this season.

BACK TO THE BIG DANCEThe Gophers not only made their first trip to the NCAATournament in 10 years this fall, but they also advanced to theround of 16. Minnesota drew home-field advantage for the firstand second rounds of the tournament, which they hosted atElizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium. Minnesota bested Marquette by a2-1 score in the first round before dispatching South DakotaState by a 2-0 score to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.

ROUSE MAKERS HER MARKSophomore Molly Rouse (Cambridge, Minn.) was one of the mostformidable offensive forces for the Gophers this season as sheplayed significant time at both forward and wide-midfield pos-tions for Denney Wright this season.

Known for her stamina late in games and breakaway speed,Rouse was among the most dynamic players in the Big Ten thisseason. She recorded an assist in each of the Gophers’ first sixmatches of the season and set a new school record for assists bya sophomore with seven.

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSName GP GS Goals Assists Points Shots Sh% Shots on Goal SOG% GWGLindsey Schwartz 26 26 8 7 23 100 .080 42 .420 6Kaitlin Wagner 26 26 6 5 17 70 .086 25 .357 3Molly Rouse 26 26 4 7 15 67 .060 32 .478 2Tamara Strahota 26 6 5 3 13 42 .119 15 .357 5Clare Grimwood 26 26 4 3 11 69 .058 27 .391 3Katie Bethke 23 21 4 2 10 32 .125 17 .531 0Julie Rezac 25 22 2 4 8 14 .143 5 .357 1Shari Eckstrom 21 0 3 0 6 13 .231 5 .385 1Sara Clancy 21 0 2 1 5 11 .182 5 .455 0Kelsey Hood 26 26 1 3 5 25 .040 9 .360 0Jennie Clark 26 26 2 0 4 4 .500 3 .750 0Krystle Kallman 26 26 1 2 4 13 .077 3 .231 1Kylie Kallman 26 26 1 1 3 14 .071 4 .286 0Angie Olson 17 3 0 3 3 1 .000 0 .000 0Katie Shelander 16 0 0 1 1 2 .000 2 1.000 0Josie Solie 20 0 0 0 0 3 .000 2 .667 0Carlie Edwards 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0Elena Fruci 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 - 0Totals 26 43 42 128 481 .089 197 .410 22Opponents 26 12 10 34 231 .052 86 .372 4

Goalkeepers GP GS Min. GA GAA Saves Pct. SO W-L-TLindsey Dare 26 26 2378:19 12 0.45 73 .859 17 22-4-0Totals 26 2378:19 12 0.45 74 .859 17 22-4-0Opponents 26 2378:19 43 1.63 154 .782 3 4-22-0

STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN BY PERIOD

GOALS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalMinnesota 20 20 2 1 43Opponents 5 6 1 0 12

SHOTS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalMinnesota 245 227 7 2 481Opponents 99 125 6 1 231

SAVES BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalMinnesota 32 41 1 0 74Opponents 84 67 3 0 154

CORNER KICKS BY PRD 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalMinnesota 85 82 1 1 169Opponents 21 40 1 0 62

FOULS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalMinnesota 129 128 2 0 259Opponents 126 139 2 0 267

TEAM STATISTICSCategory MINN OPPShot Statistics

Goals-Shot attempts 43-481 12-231Goals scored average 1.65 0.46Shot pct. .089 .052Shots on goal-Attempts 197-481 86-231SOG pct. .410 .372Shots/Game 18.5 8.9Assists 42 10

Corner Kicks 169 62Goals off corners 0 0

Penalty Kicks 0-2 0-1Penalties

Fouls 259 267Yellow cards 24 15Red cards 1 0

AttendanceTotal 10,507 4,829Dates/Avg Per Date 12/876 10/483Neutral Site #/Avg 4/225

2008 Team/Individual Statistics

Kaitlin Wagner6 goals, 5 assists,

3 GW17 points

Lindsey Schwartz8 goals, 7 assists,

6 GW23 points

Lindsey Dare0.45 GAA, 17 SO

73 saves, .859 Sv%

2008 STATISTICAL LEADERS

2008 season review

Kelsey Hood was named a second teamAll-American and the Big Ten DefensivePlayer of the Year in 2008.


GAME 1Aug. 22, 2008 • St. Paul, Minn.Elizabeth Lyle Robbie StadiumAttendance: 859

Northern Iowa (0-1-0) 0MINNESOTA (1-0-0) 5SCORING 1 2 OT OT FNorthern Iowa 0 0 - - 0Minnesota 2 3 - - 5

Scoring:Minnesota: Grimwood/1 (Olson), 22:54Minnesota: Rezac/1 (unassisted), 36:02Minnesota: Eckstrom/1 (Strahota), 63:43Minnesota: Clancy/1 (Rouse), 76:11Minnesota: Clancy/2 (Olson), 81:48

Shots: Minnesota 3, Northern Iowa 2SOG: Minnesota 14, Northern Iowa 2Corner Kicks: Minnesota 11, Northern Iowa 0Fouls: Minnesota 6, Northern Iowa 10

Goalkeepers:Northern Iowa: Potzman (90:00, 5 GA, 9 saves)Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 0 GA, 2 saves)

GAME 2Aug. 24, 2008 • Missoula, Mont.South Campus StadiumAttendance: 756

MINNESOTA (2-0-0) 2Montana (0-2-0) 1SCORING 1 2 OT OT FMinnesota 0 2 - - 2Montana 1 0 - - 1

Scoring:Montana: Heinsohn (Harris), 19:05Minnesota: Bethke/1 (Rouse), 47:07Minnesota: Schwartz/1 (Olson), 85:41

Shots: Montana 7, Minnesota 24SOG: Montana 2, Minnesota 6Corner Kicks: Montana 1, Minnesota 6Fouls: Montana 12, Minnesota 10

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 1 GA, 1 save)Montana: Harris (90:00, 2 GA, 4 saves)

GAME 3Aug. 26, 2008 • Brookings, S.D.Fishback Soccer ParkAttendance: 365

MINNESOTA (3-0-0) 2South Dakota State (0-2-0) 0SCORING 1 2 OT OT FMinnesota 1 1 - - 2South Dakota State 0 0 - - 0

Scoring:Minnesota: Strahota/1 (Wagner), 20:54Minnesota: Bethke/2 (Rouse), 84:14

Shots: SDSU 5, Minnesota 23SOG: SDSU 2, Minnesota 16Corner Kicks: SDSU 1, Minnesota 4Fouls: SDSU 8, Minnesota 4

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 0 GA, 2 saves)SDSU: Lograsso (90:00, 2 GA, 14 saves)

GAME 4Aug. 31, 2008 • Fargo, N.D.Ellig Sports ComplexAttendance: 607

MINNESOTA (4-0-0) 3North Dakota State (2-2-0) 0

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FMinnesota 1 2 - - 3North Dakota State 0 0 - - 0

Scoring:Minnesota: Wagner/1 (Rouse, Bethke), 25:04Minnesota: Rouse/1 (Rezac, Wagner), 64:24Minnesota: Bethke/3 (unassisted), 75:33

Shots: NDSU 3, Minnesota 25SOG: NDSU 1, Minnesota 9Corner Kicks: NDSU 2, Minnesota 7Fouls: NDSU 5, Minnesota 8

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 0 GA, 1 save)NDSU: Bertsch (90:00, 3 GA, 6 saves)

GAME 5Sept. 5, 2008 • St. Paul, Minn.Elizabeth Lyle Robbie StadiumRegina Moench Memorial TournamentAttendance: 1,071

Ohio University (1-2-0) 0MINNESOTA (5-0-0) 2SCORING 1 2 OT OT FOhio 0 0 - - 0Minnesota 2 0 - - 2

Scoring:Minnesota: Schwartz/2 (Rouse), 17:42Minnesota: Bethke/4 (Hood), 25:31

Shots: Minnesota 35, Ohio 2SOG: Minnesota 9, Ohio 1Corner Kicks: Minnesota 6, Ohio 0Fouls: Minnesota 8, Ohio 13

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 0 GA, 1 save)Ohio: MacLean (90:00, 2 GA, 7 saves)

GAME 6Sept. 7, 2008 • St. Paul, Minn.Elizabeth Lyle Robbie StadiumRegina Moench Memorial TournamentAttendance: 784

Creighton (4-2-0) 0MINNESOTA (6-0-0) 3SCORING 1 2 OT OT FCreighton 0 0 - - 0Minnesota 1 2 - - 3

Scoring:Minnesota: Strahota/2 (Clancy), 34:13Minnesota: Schwartz/3 (Hood), 69:47Minnesota: Clark/1 (Krystle Kallman, Rezac), 85:05

Shots: Minnesota 31, Creighton 5SOG: Minnesota 13, Creighton 1Corner Kicks: Minnesota 13, Creighton 0Fouls: Minnesota 9, Creighton 6

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 0 GA, 1 save)Creighton: Casey (70:21, 2 GA, 6 saves)

Montgomery (19:39, 1 GA, 4 saves)

GAME 7Sept. 12, 2008 • Reno, Nev.Mackay StadiumAttendance: 287

MINNESOTA (7-0-0) 2Nevada (0-5-1) 1

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FMinnesota 1 1 - - 2Nevada 0 1 - - 1

Scoring:Minnesota: Clark/2 (unassisted), 36:10Nevada: Smith (Zmirak), 81:00Minnesota: Schwartz/4 (Rouse), 83:40

Shots: Nevada 12, Minnesota 16SOG: Nevada 4, Minnesota 9Corner Kicks: Nevada 3, Minnesota 8Fouls: Nevada 8, Minnesota 10

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 1 GA, 3 saves)Nevada: Hunt (90:00, 2 GA, 7 saves)

GAME 8Sept. 14, 2008 • Reno, Nev.Mackay StadiumAttendance: n/a

Idaho (1-5-0) 0MINNESOTA (8-0-0) 1 (OT)

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FIdaho 0 0 0 - 0Minnesota 0 0 1 - 1

Scoring:Minnesota: Rouse/3 (Rezac), 96:44

Shots: Idaho 7, Minnesota 18SOG: Idaho 3, Minnesota 11Corner Kicks: Idaho 3, Minnesota 6Fouls: Idaho 10, Minnesota 3

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (96:44, 0 GA, 3 saves)Idaho: Sandman (96:44, 1 GA, 10 saves)

GAME 9Sept. 19, 2008 • St. Paul, Minn.Elizabeth Lyle Robbie StadiumMinnesota Gold ClassicAttendance: 1,265

Brown (2-2-1) 0MINNESOTA (9-0-0) 2

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FBrown 0 0 - - 0Minnesota 2 0 - - 2

Scoring:Minnesota: Schwartz/5 (unassisted), 10:08Minnesota: Wagner/2 (unassisted), 25:28

Shots: Minnesota 24, Brown 9SOG: Minnesota 10, Brown 4Corner Kicks: Minnesota 11, Brown 2Fouls: Minnesota 8, Brown 4

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 0 GA, 4 saves)Brown: Hogue (90:00, 2 GA, 8 saves)

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GAME 10Sept. 21, 2008 • St. Paul, Minn.Elizabeth Lyle Robbie StadiumMinnesota Gold ClassicAttendance: 947

Boston University (4-5-0) 0MINNESOTA (10-0-0) 1

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FBoston University 0 0 - - 0Minnesota 1 0 - - 1

Scoring:Minnesota: Eckstrom/2 (Shelander), 44:44

Shots: Minnesota 11, Boston University 5SOG: Minnesota 3, Boston University 3Corner Kicks: Minnesota 6, Boston University 1Fouls: Minnesota 8, Boston University 6

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 0 GA, 3 saves)Boston University: Reilly (90:00, 1 GA, 2 saves)

GAME 11Sept. 26, 2008 • East Lansing, Mich.DeMartin Stadium at Old College FieldAttendance: 657

MINNESOTA (10-1-0, 0-1-0) 0Michigan State (9-1, 1-0-0) 2

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FMinnesota 0 0 - - 0Michigan State 0 2 - - 2

Scoring:Michigan State: Hill (Heyboer), 48:53Michigan State: Heyboer (Rehor), 70:40

Shots: Minnesota 16, Michigan State 7SOG: Minnesota 4, Michigan State 4Corner Kicks: Minnesota 6, Michigan State 0Fouls: Minnesota 5, Michigan State 8

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 2 GA, 2 saves)Michigan State: Wrege (90:00, 0 GA, 4 saves)

GAME 12Sept. 28, 2008 • Canton, Mich.Plymouth-Canton Soccer ComplexAttendance: 361

MINNESOTA (11-1-0, 1-1-0) 1Michigan (3-5-3, 1-0-1) 0

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FMinnesota 1 0 - - 1Michigan 0 0 - - 0

Scoring:Minnesota: Wagner/3 (Hood), 21:54

Shots: Minnesota 15, Michigan 6SOG: Minnesota 5, Michigan 1Corner Kicks: Minnesota 6, Michigan 4Fouls: Minnesota 10, Michigan 10

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 0 GA, 1 save)Michigan: Gates (90:00, 1 GA, 4 saves)

GAME 13Oct. 5, 2008 • St. Paul, Minn.Elizabeth Lyle Robbie StadiumAttendance: 621

Indiana (5-8-0, 0-4-0) 0MINNESOTA (12-1-0, 2-1-0) 1 (OT)

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FIndiana 0 0 0 - 0Minnesota 0 0 1 - 1

Scoring:Minnesota: Schwartz/6 (Wagner), 96:31

Shots: Minnesota 11, Indiana 10SOG: Minnesota 3, Indiana 2Corner Kicks: Minnesota 9, Indiana 2Fouls: Minnesota 14, Indiana 14

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (96:29, 0 GA, 2 saves)Indiana: Campbell (96:29, 1 GA, 2 saves)

GAME 14Oct. 10, 2008 • St. Paul, Minn.Elizabeth Lyle Robbie StadiumAttendance: 1,163

Purdue (9-4-2, 3-1-1) 0MINNESOTA (13-1-0, 3-1-0) 1 (2OT)

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FPurdue 0 0 0 0 0Minnesota 0 0 0 1 1

Scoring:Minnesota: Strahota/3 (Schwartz, Krystle Kallman), 108:12

Shots: Minnesota 19, Purdue 11SOG: Minnesota 13, Purdue 2Corner Kicks: Minnesota 7, Purdue 3Fouls: Minnesota 6, Purdue 11

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (108:12, 0 GA, 2 saves)Purdue: Bradfisch (108:12, 1 GA, 12 saves)


#16 Illinois (9-6-0, 3-3-0) 0MINNESOTA (14-1-0, 4-1-0) 1

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FIndiana 0 0 - - 0Minnesota 0 1 - - 1

Scoring:Minnesota: Krystle Kallman/1 (Schwartz), 56:28

Shots: Minnesota 5, Illinois 11SOG: Minnesota 4, Illinois 3Corner Kicks: Minnesota 4, Illinois 2Fouls: Minnesota 12, Illinois 10

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 0 GA, 3 saves)Illinois: Kapicka (90:00, 1 GA, 3 saves)

GAME 16Oct. 17, 2008 • University Park, Pa.Jeffrey FieldAttendance: 434

#23 MINNESOTA (14-2-0, 4-2-0) 0Penn State (10-6-0, 5-1-0) 2

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FMinnesota 0 0 - - 0Penn State 1 1 - - 2

Scoring:Penn State: Toney (Schoepfer), 7:25Penn State: Gill (Schoepfer), 63:38

Shots: Minnesota 18, Penn State 10SOG: Minnesota 6, Penn State 7Corner Kicks: Minnesota 7, Penn State 1Fouls: Minnesota 9, Penn State 11

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 2 GA, 5 saves)Penn State: Naeher (90:00, 0 GA, 6 saves)

GAME 17Oct. 19, 2008 • Columbus, OhioJesse Owens Memorial StadiumAttendance: 856

#23 MINNESOTA (15-2-0, 5-2-0) 2Ohio State (7-7-0, 4-7-0) 0

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FMinnesota 1 1 - - 2Ohio State 0 0 - - 0

Scoring:Minnesota: Wagner/4 (unassisted), 17:21Minnesota: Rouse/3 (Kylie Kallman, Schwartz), 66:44

Shots: Minnesota 11, Ohio State 14SOG: Minnesota 3, Ohio State 3Corner Kicks: Minnesota 4, Ohio State 8Fouls: Minnesota 12, Ohio State 16

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 0 GA, 3 saves)Ohio State: Baumgardner (90:00, 2 GA, 1 save)


Wisconsin (9-7-1, 3-5-0) 1#25 MINNESOTA (16-2-0, 6-2-0) 2

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FWisconsin 1 0 - - 1Minnesota 1 1 - - 2

Scoring:Minnesota: Wagner/5 (Grimwood), 24:40Wisconsin: Williams (unassisted), 26:17Minnesota: Grimwood/2 (Wagner), 62:01

Shots: Minnesota 19, Wisconsin 6SOG: Minnesota 8, Wisconsin 2Corner Kicks: Minnesota 4, Wisconsin 0Fouls: Minnesota 9, Wisconsin 14

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 1 GA, 1 save)Wisconsin: Klages (90:00, 2 GA, 6 saves)


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GAME 19Oct. 26, 2008 • St. Paul, Minn.Elizabeth Lyle Robbie StadiumAttendance: 329

Northwestern (9-8-1, 4-5-0) 0#25 MINNESOTA (17-2-0, 7-2-0) 2

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FNorthwestern 0 0 - - 0Minnesota 0 2 - - 2

Scoring:Minnesota: Strahota/4 (Rezac), 67:29Minnesota: Grimwood/3 (Schwartz, Strahota), 76:31

Shots: Minnesota 14, Northwestern 9SOG: Minnesota 8, Northwestern 3Corner Kicks: Minnesota 8, Northwestern 2Fouls: Minnesota 6, Northwestern 8

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 0 GA, 3 saves)Northwestern: Edwards (90:00, 2 GA, 6 saves)

GAME 20Oct. 31, 2008 • Iowa City, IowaIowa Soccer ComplexAttendance: 506

#25 MINNESOTA (18-2-0, 8-2-0) 1Iowa (9-10-1, 3-6-1) 0

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FMinnesota 0 1 - - 1Iowa 0 0 - - 0

Scoring:Minnesota: Strahota/5 (Wagner), 45:52

Shots: Minnesota 18, Iowa 9SOG: Minnesota 8, Iowa 3Corner Kicks: Minnesota 7, Iowa 5Fouls: Minnesota 20, Iowa 11

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 0 GA, 3 saves)Iowa: Moran (90:00, 1 GA, 7 saves)

GAME 21Nov. 6, 2008 • Iowa City, IowaIowa Soccer ComplexBig Ten Tournament QuarterfinalsAttendance: 267

Northwestern (10-9-1) 1#21 MINNESOTA (8-2-0) 3

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FNorthwestern 1 0 - - 1Minnesota 0 3 - - 3

Scoring:Northwestern: Napoli (Greene), 34:01Minnesota: Wagner/6 (Rouse, Schwartz), 48:39Minnesota: Schwartz/7 (Strahota, Grimwood), 59:31Minnesota: Kylie Kallman/1 (Schwartz), 70:08

Shots: Minnesota 14, Northwestern 12SOG: Minnesota 9, Northwestern 4Corner Kicks: Minnesota 10, Northwestern 4Fouls: Minnesota 12, Northwestern 7

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 1 GA, 3 saves)Northwestern: Edwards (74:34, 3 GA, 5 saves)

Binns (15:26, 0 GA, 1 save)

GAME 22Nov. 7, 2008 • Iowa City, IowaIowa Soccer ComplexBig Ten Tournament SemifinalsAttendance: 344

Purdue (12-7-3) 0#21 MINNESOTA (8-2-0) 1

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FPurdue 0 0 - - 0Minnesota 1 0 - - 1

Scoring:Minnesota: Grimwood/4 (unassisted), 8:19

Shots: Minnesota 17, Purdue 7SOG: Minnesota 5, Purdue 4Corner Kicks: Minnesota 7, Purdue 4Fouls: Minnesota 7, Purdue 12

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 0 GA, 4 saves)Purdue: Bradfisch (90:00, 1 GA, 4 saves)

GAME 23Nov. 9, 2008 • Iowa City, IowaIowa Soccer ComplexBig Ten Tournament Championship MatchAttendance: 289

#21 MINNESOTA (20-3-0) 1#23 Penn State (16-7-0) 2

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FMinnesota 1 0 - - 1Penn State 1 1 - - 2

Scoring:Penn State: Thomson (Niness), 22:45Minnesota: Eckstrom/3 (unassisted), 39:08Penn State: Toney (Schoepfer), 65:05

Shots: Minnesota 23, Penn State 16SOG: Minnesota 10, Penn State 6Corner Kicks: Minnesota 2, Penn State 3Fouls: Minnesota 14, Penn State 13

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 2 GA, 4 saves)Penn State: Naeher (90:00, 1 GA, 9 saves)

GAME 24Nov. 14, 2008 • St. Paul, Minn.Elizabeth Lyle Robbie StadiumNCAA Tournament • First RoundAttendance: 776

Marquette (11-8-3) 1#22 MINNESOTA (21-3-0) 2

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FMarquette 0 1 - - 1Minnesota 2 0 - - 2

Scoring:Minnesota: Hood/1 (unassisted), 7:54Minnesota: Rezac/2 (Grimwood), 14:51Marquette: McBride (Kelly), 74:45

Shots: Minnesota 9, Marquette 12SOG: Minnesota 2, Marquette 6Corner Kicks: Minnesota 7, Marquette 2Fouls: Minnesota 13, Marquette 18

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 1 GA, 5 saves)Marquette: Turner (45:00, 2 GA, 0 saves)

Kulla (45:00, 0 GA, 0 saves)

GAME 25Nov. 16, 2008 • St. Paul, Minn.Elizabeth Lyle Robbie StadiumNCAA Tournament • Second RoundAttendance: 513

South Dakota State (15-5-1) 0#22 MINNESOTA (22-3-0) 2

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FSouth Dakota State 0 0 - - 0Minnesota 2 0 - - 2

Scoring:Minnesota: Rouse/4 (Schwartz), 1:11Minnesota: Schwartz/8 (Bethke), 13:27

Shots: Minnesota 16, SDSU 8SOG: Minnesota 7, SDSU 2Corner Kicks: Minnesota 2, SDSU 1Fouls: Minnesota 17, SDSU 14

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (90:00, 0 GA, 2 saves)SDSU: Lograsso (90:00, 2 GA, 5 saves)

GAME 26Nov. 21, 2008 • South Bend, Ind.Elizabeth Lyle Robbie StadiumNCAA Tournament • Sweet SixteenAttendance: n/a

#22 MINNESOTA (22-4-0) 0#1 Notre Dame (24-0-0) 1 (OT)

SCORING 1 2 OT OT FMinnesota 0 0 0 - 0Notre Dame 0 0 1 - 1

Scoring:Notre Dame: Hanks (unassisted), 96:54

Shots: Minnesota 11, Notre Dame 26SOG: Minnesota 2, Notre Dame 11Corner Kicks: Minnesota 1, Notre Dame 8Fouls: Minnesota 10, Notre Dame 10

Goalkeepers:Minnesota: Dare (96:54, 1 GA, 9 saves)

TEAM (0:00, 0 GA, 1 save)Notre Dame: Lysander (96:54, 0 GA, 2 saves)


big ten network

FIRST WORDS:“Eleven schools, 252 varsityteams, one great network to coverit all. Welcome to the Big TenNetwork, your ultimate source forBig Ten sports, featuring thegames, passion and tradition ofthe nation’s foremost athletic con-ference.” – Dave Revsine, August30, 2007

ABOUT THE BIG TEN NETWORK:Available to approximately 70 mil-lion households nationwide, theBig Ten Network is the first nation-ally distributed network dedicated to covering one of the premier collegiate conferences in the country. Withapproximately 350 live events, and nearly all of them in high definition, the network is the ultimate destinationfor Big Ten fans and alumni across the country, allowing them to see their favorite teams, regardless of where theylive.

The network operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, showcasing a wide array of classic-to-current sports andtelevising more Olympic sporting events and women’s sports than has ever been aired on any other network.Original programming highlights activities and accomplishments of some of the nation’s finest universities. Eachyear, the network offers approximately 35-40 football games, 105 regular season men’s basketball games; 55women’s basketball games; dozens of Big Ten Championship events; nightly studio shows; coaches’ shows; andclassic games.

The network currently has agreements with more than 250 affiliates, including AT&T U-Verse, Charter, Comcast,Cox (Cleveland), DirecTV, DISH Network, Insight, Mediacom, Time Warner Cable and Verizon FiOS. For updatedinformation on the Big Ten Network, go to www.BigTenNetwork.com.

QUICK FACTS:• Agreement: 20-Year joint venture between subsidiaries of the Big Ten Conference and Fox Cable Networks.• Headquarters: Chicago, Ill.• Launch date/time: August 30, 2007, 8:00 PM ET• Sports televised: Football, men's basketball, women's basketball and other NCAA-sponsored sports• Programming: Approximately 350 live events, original programming, historic footage and classic games; coach-es' shows; up to 60 hours per year of original programming from each institution• Distribution: The Big Ten Network is available to approximately 70 million households nationally through nation-al agreements with AT&T U-Verse, Charter, Comcast, Cox (Cleveland), DIRECTV, DISH Network, Insight, Mediacom,Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS and 250 cable operators. Select content is distributed through alternative mediaplatforms including Video On Demand, Internet, iPods, cell phones and other emerging technologies.

PROGRAMMING:Each year, the Big Ten Network televises approximately 350 live events, plus hundreds of hours of original pro-gramming, classic games, coaches' shows and campus programming. Virtually all of the network's live event pro-gramming is available in high definition. The network also plans to expand its streaming initiative in 2009-10,with more than 200 events, including basketball and Olympic sports, available live on www.BigTenNetwork.com.

LIVE EVENTS:NCAA-Sponsored Sports• The Big Ten Network televises more than 170 NCAA-sponsored events in both men's and women's sports suchas hockey, baseball, softball, soccer, volleyball, track and field, swimming and diving, etc.

Big Ten Championships• The Big Ten Network televises 19 Big Ten Championships and Tournaments, including baseball, men’s andwomen’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, women’s field hockey, men’s and women’s golf, women’srowing, men’s soccer, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’sindoor and outdoor track & field and men’s wrestling.

STUDIO PROGRAMMING:Additional Big Ten Network Programming includes:

Big Ten Tonight• Bringing the viewer Big Ten highlights, analysis, features, historical segments, interviews and breaking newsfrom all Big Ten sports, Big Ten Tonight has unprecedented access to Big Ten athletics.

The Big Ten's Greatest Games• Throughout the year, college football and basketball fans will have the opportunity to relive the best of Big Tenhistorical match-ups on the Big Ten Network series, "The Big Ten's Greatest Games." New episodes air at 8 PMET on Tuesdays during the fall.

The Big Ten Women's Show• Check out highlights, previews, analysis and features dedicated only to the female athletes and the coaches,administrators and university staffs comprising the world of Big Ten Women's athletics. New episodes airMondays at 10 PM ET.

Big Ten Short Stories• Go behind the scenes and beyond the highlight reels with the people and places that make the Big TenConference special.

WWW.BIGTENNETWORK.COMFor video highlights of your Big Ten teams, human interest features on your favorite student-athletes and all thelatest happenings in the Big Ten, log onto www.BigTenNetwork.com. The network’s online home also containsstandings, statistics, schedules and more.

Final 2008 Big Ten StandingsConference Overall

W L T Pct. W L T Pct.1. Minnesota * 8 2 0 .800 22 4 0 .846

Penn State * # 8 2 0 .800 16 8 0 .6673. Purdue 5 3 2 .600 12 7 3 .6144. Michigan State 5 4 1 .550 14 7 3 .6465. Illinois 5 5 0 .500 12 9 2 .565

Northwestern 5 5 0 .500 10 9 1 .525Ohio State 5 5 0 .500 8 10 2 .450

8. Iowa 3 6 1 .350 9 11 1 .452Indiana 3 6 1 .350 8 10 1 .447

10. Wisconsin 3 7 0 .300 9 9 1 .50011. Michigan 1 6 3 .250 4 10 5 .342

* Big Ten regular season champion# Big Ten Tournament champion

2008 ALL-BIG TEN FIRST TEAMLaura Heyboer * Forward Michigan StateKatie Schoepfer Forward Penn StateLoredana Riverso Forward PurdueLauren Sinacola Midfield Michigan StateKelsey Hood Midfield MinnesotaZoe Bouchelle Midfield Penn StateEmily Zurrer Defense IllinoisKelly Lawrence Defense IndianaJennie Clark Defense MinnesotaJessie Davis Defense Penn StateAlyssa Naeher Goalkeeper Penn State* - denotes unanimous selection

2008 ALL-BIG TEN SECOND TEAMLauren Hill Forward Michigan StateLindsey Schwartz Forward MinnesotaJenny Dunn Forward NorthwesternJackie Santacaterina Midfield IllinoisCara Freeman Midfield Michigan StateJeannette Lorme Midfield NorthwesternMeghan Gill Midfield Penn StateLauren Montenegro Midfield PurdueDanielle Kot Defense IllinoisJenna Aleo Defense IowaLaura Janowitsch Defense NorthwesternJessica Stellhorn Defense PurdueLindsey Dare Goalkeeper Minnesota

Offensive Player of the Year — Laura Heyboer, Michigan StateDefensive Player of the Year — Kelsey Hood, MinnesotaFreshman of the Year — Laura Heyboer, Michigan StateCoach of the Year — Mikki Denney Wright, Minnesota

2008 ALL-BIG TEN FRESHMAN TEAMLaura Heyboer * Forward Michigan StateTamara Strahota Forward MinnesotaPaige Maxwell Forward Ohio StateLaurie Nosbusch Forward WisconsinMorgan Showalter Midfield IowaNatalie Horner Midfield MichiganLauren Montenegro Midfield PurdueErin Jacobsen Midfield WisconsinKerri Krawczak Defense IndianaKatelin Chaklos Defense Michigan StateNicole Duller Defense NorthwesternEmma Thomson Defense Penn StateEmily Moran Goalkeeper Iowa* - denotes unanimous selection


big ten championships

Big Ten Titles WonRegular SeasonPenn State 11 1998, ‘99, 2000, ‘01, ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08Minnesota 3 1995, ‘97, 2008Wisconsin 2 1994, ‘96

TournamentPenn State 3 1998, 2000, ‘01, ‘06, ‘08Michigan 2 1997, ‘99Wisconsin 2 1994, ‘05Purdue 1 2007Illinois 1 2003Ohio State 1 2002, ‘04Indiana 1 1996Minnesota 1 1995

Minnesota soccer is back. The plan instilled by head coach Mikki Denney Wright inher initial season five years ago, has been fulfilled. With the 2008 Big Ten Title, thegoal of becoming a champion was achieved, capping a rise through the conferencecharts that arrived with Coach Denney Wright. Now with a veteran group of return-ers and the experience of a deep playoff run, the challenge is to maintain the levelof success achieved in 2008. With 13 returning players, including 10 who saw timein the NCAA Tournament, and a star-studded recruiting class, the 2009 edition ofGolden Gopher soccer will be up to the task.

Minnesota Returns to the Top of the Big Ten

The glory days of Minnesota soccer were no doubt the mid-to-late 1990’s. With a regular season Big Tentitle in just their third season of existence in 1995, and an undefeated regular season in 1997, the GoldenGophers were the cream of the crop in the Big Ten. After their first NCAA tournament appearance in 1995,Minnesota would return each season for the rest of the decade. After an eight-year absence, Minnesotareturned last season, along with a likely return to the glory days.

The 1995 edition of the Golden Gophers were led by Big Ten Player of the Year Jennifer Walek and SecondTeam All-American Jennifer McElmury. With 76 goals and 62 assists for 214 points, 1995 remains thefinest statistical season that Minnesota has ever produced. As the only team in program history to beranked every week of the season the Golden Gophers went unbeaten at home, racking up an 8-0-1 recordwhile goalkeeper Teresa O’Hearn started every match and led Minnesota to 11 shutouts. The 1995 teamalso won the programs only Big TenTournament title and finished the season with a #17 national ranking.Head coach Sue Montague was named Big Ten Coach of the Year and McElmury earned Newcomer of theYear honors. Five different players earned All-Big Ten honors.

In 1997 the Golden Gophers were back on the top of the Big Ten. Minnesota posted a perfect 9-0-0 recordin conference play and posted the second most wins in school history with an 18-3-2 mark overall. The cat-alyst for the Golden Gophers was Jennifer McElmury who ended her stellar career in the maroon and goalwith her second straight Big Ten Player of the Year honor and third All-America honor. McElmury led theteam in goals and points, while teammate Jennifer Walek led in assists and also closed her brilliantMinnesota career in 1997. Walek and McElmury led the Golden Gophers to their first NCAA tournament winwhen 11th ranked Minnesota hosted and beat UW-Milwaukee 2-1. After the historic win though, the sea-son came to an end at the hands of #3 Santa Clara in the second round. Sue Montague was named BigTen coach of the year for a second time and Laura Seidl was named Big Ten Newcomer of the Year. In all,seven players earned All-Conference accolades.

The 2008 season set the record books askew, posting new bests for wins, shutouts, gamed played, min-utes, goals against average, goals allowed and shots on goal while also seeing goalkeeper Lindsey Dareset individual records for GAA, saves, minutes and shutouts. The Golden Gophers tied perennial power PennState with identical 8-2-0 conference records, to earn a share of the Big Ten title, and in doing so becamethe first team since 1999, other that PSU, to win a regular season championship. The Golden Gophers alsofound themselves back in the rankings for the first time since 1999 and finished as high at 12th in somepublications. With a trip to the Sweet Sixteen, the 2008 Minnesota squad broke new ground as the farthestadvancing team in school history. Kelsey Hood and Jennie Clark were named All-American while MikkiDenney Wright earned Big Ten Coach of the Year honors. Five Golden Gophers brought home All-Big Tenaccolades.

Minnesota is one of only three schools in the history of Big Ten women’ssoccer to win a regular season conference championship, joining PennState and Wisconsin. After the 2008 season, the Golden Gophers jointhe Nittany Lions as the only two schools to win at least three Big Tenchampionships.

1997 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSFront Row (L to R): Jennifer McElmury, Vanessa Touset, Julie Eibensteiner, Dana Larson, Laurie Seidl, Emily Potrykus.Second Row: Megan Johnson, Sarah FitzGerald, Kristen Peterson, Jaime O’Gara, Jamie Wyffels, Erika Berghauer, Amy Koehler,Ann Napiwocki.Third Row: Kelly Shea, Tammi Khaleel, Geno Loida, Sue Montagne, Barbara Wickstrand, Sarah Rowles.Fourth Row: Natalie Fevig, Noelle Papenhausen, Corinne Bolder, Sarah Conners, Jennifer Walek, Nicole Lee, Erika Kruse, RoseGrimm. Not Pictured: Erin Holland.

1995 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSFront Row (L to R): Jaime O’Gara, Kelly Shea, Christie Pasker, Merritt Davis, Jennifer Walek, Jennifer McElmury, Erin Hussey,Vanessa Touset, Jenny Shrum.Middle Row: Gretchen Brandt, Colleen Tierney, Corinne Bolder, Noelle Papenhausen, Suzi Schuller,Kari Dingler, Jamie Wyffels, Sarah Wiltrout, Amy Muchlinski, Mikki Denney, Sarah Scripp.Back Row: Stephanie Kerimo, Carrie Johnson, Teresa O’Hearn, Geno Loida, Sue Montagne, Barbara Wickstrand, Jody Bjergo,Alllison Johnson, Nellie Barnes.

2008 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSFront row (L-to-R): Shari Eckstrom, Katie Shelander, Lindsey Dare, Claire Grimwood, Kaitlin Wagner, Carlie Edwards, KylieKallmanMiddle Row (L-to-R); Katie Bethke, Elena Fruci, Dana Tripp, Lindsey Schwartz, Angie Olson, Julie Rezac, Tamara StrahotaBack Row (L-to-R): Kelsey Hood, Jennie Clark, Cat Parkhill, Sara Clancy, Molly Rouse, Josie Solie, Katie Roberts, KrystleKallman, Lyndsey Mueller


2009 opponents

SOUTH DAKOTA STATEJackrabbitsAugust 21, 2009, 6:00 p.m.St. Paul, Minn. • Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium

Location..........................................................................Brookings, S.D.Enrollment...................................................................................11,995Nickname .............................................................................JackrabbitsColors................................................................................Yellow & BlueFacility (cap.) .............................................Fishback Soccer Park (1,500)

Head Coach ...............................................Lang Wedemeyer (11th year)Career Record / at SDSU ............................................78-72-17 / same

2008 Record................................................................................15-5-12008 Summit League Record............................................7-1-0 (1st-T)2008 Postseason....................................................NCAA Second RoundThe Series ..........................................................Minnesota leads 4-0-1Last Meeting ..........................................UM won 2-0 (at UM, 11/16/08)Letterwinners returning/lost ..........................................................14/9Starters Returning/Lost ....................................................................4/7

Soccer SID......................................................................Chris McKowenSID Email...................................................chris.mckeown@sdstate.eduOffice phone....................................................................605-688-4822Fax...................................................................................605-688-5999Website.......................................................................www.gojacks.com

GEORGIABulldogsAugust 28, 2009, 7:00 p.m.Athens, Ga. • UGA Soccer Stadium

Location ...............................................................................Athens, Ga.Enrollment..................................................................................34, 180Nickname..................................................................................BulldogsColors..................................................................................Red & BlackFacility (cap.).............................................. UGA Soccer Stadium (1,700)

Head Coach .....................................................Patrick Baker (fifth year)Career Record / at Georgia ...............................228-134-25 / 51-35-5

2008 Record..............................................................................11-11-12008 Southeastern Conference Record ............................7-3-1 (2nd )2008 Postseason ........................................................NCAA First RoundThe Series..........................................................................First meetingLetterwinners returning/lost ..........................................................19/4Starters Returning/Lost ....................................................................9/2

Soccer SID..............................................................................Ben BeatySID Email ......................................................... [email protected] phone....................................................................706-542-1621Fax...................................................................................706-542-9339Website address ................................................www.georgiadogs.com

KENNESAW STATEOwlsAugust 30, 2009, 1:00 p.m.Kennesaw, Ga. • KSU Soccer Complex

Location ...........................................................................Kennesaw, Ga.Enrollment ...................................................................................21,162Nickname ........................................................................................OwlsColors .................................................................................Black & GoldFacility (cap.) ...............................................KSU Soccer Complex (2,000)

Head Coach ....................................................Rob King (eighth season)Career Record / at Kennesaw State.................154-68-15 / 109-19-10

2008 Record ................................................................................11-4-52008 Atlantic Sun Record....................................................6-2-2 (2nd)2008 Postseason ............................................................................None

The Series ..........................................................................First MeetingLetterwinners returning/lost...........................................................15/6Starters Returning/Lost ....................................................................8/4

Soccer SID .................................................................Jessica SteadmanEmail ..............................................................jsteadm2@kennesaw.eduOffice phone ....................................................................678-797-2192Fax ...................................................................................678-797-2122Website.......................................................................www.ksuowls.com

TENNESSEEVolunteersSeptember 4, 2009, 7:00 p.m.St. Paul, Minn. • Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium

Location..........................................................................Knoxville, Tenn.Enrollment ...................................................................................26,400Nickname ...............................................................................VolunteersColors.............................................................................Orange & WhiteFacility (cap.) ........................................... Regal Soccer Stadium (3,000)

Head Coach.......................................................Angela Kelly (10th year)Career Record / at Tennessee ..................................127-59-16 / same

2008 Record ..............................................................................10-11-22008 Southeastern Conference Record ..............................5-5-1 (4th)2008 Postseason ........................................................NCAA First RoundThe Series ............................................................ Tennessee leads 1-0Last Meeting................................................UT won 1-0 (at UT, 9/2/07)Letterwinners returning/lost ..........................................................20-5Starters Returning/Lost ....................................................................8/3

Soccer SID ..........................................................................Brian DavisSID Email ..................................................................bdavis16@utk.eduOffice phone ....................................................................865-974-7478Fax ..................................................................................865-974-8875Website ..................................................................www.utladyvols.com

NORTH DAKOTA STATEBisonSeptember 6, 2009, 2:00 p.m.St. Paul, Minn. • Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium

Location ................................................................................Fargo, N.D.Enrollment ..................................................................................13,229Nickname ......................................................................................BisonColors ..............................................................................Yellow & GreenFacility (cap.) ............................................Ellig Sports Complex (3,500)

Head Coach..............................................Pete Cuadrado (seventh year)Career Record / at North Dakota State ........................56-45-8 / same

2008 Record ................................................................................5-12-22008 Summit League Record ..............................................2-5-1 (7th)2008 Postseason ............................................................................noneThe Series..............................................................Minnesota Leads 3-0Last Meeting ........................................UM won 3-0 (at NSDU, 8/31/08)Letterwinners returning/lost ..........................................................18/1Starters returning/lost....................................................................10/1

Soccer SID ..........................................................................Jenny BeamEmail ..............................................................jennifer.beam@ndsu.eduOffice phone .................................................................. 701-231-8047Fax ..................................................................................701-231-8022Website ......................................................................www.gobison.com

UW-MILWAUKEEPanthersSeptember 11, 2009, 7:00 p.m.Milwaukee, Wis. • Englemann Field

Location......................................................................Milwaukee, Wis.Enrollment ................................................................................28,000Nickname ..............................................................................PanthersColors..............................................................................Black & GoldFacility (cap.) ................................................Elglemann Field (2,000)

Head Coach ..........................................Michael Moynihan (13th year)Career Record/ at UW-Milwaukee .........................150-68-33 / same

2008 Record.............................................................................18-3-22008 Horizon League Record.........................................7-1-0 / 1st-T2008 Postseason .....................................................NCAA First RoundThe Series .......................................................Minnesota Leads 5-2-2Last Meeting.............................................Tie 2-2 (at UWM, 10/11/02)Letterwinners Returning/Lost......................................................16/7Starters returning/lost...................................................................8/3

Soccer SID .....................................................................Kevin ConwayEmail ....................................................................conway2@uwm.eduOffice phone.................................................................414-229-2413Fax ................................................................................414-229-5749Website ..........................................................www.uwmpanthers.com

MARQUETTEGolden EaglesSept 13, 2009, 2:15 p.m.Milwaukee, Wis. • Valley Fields

Location......................................................................Milwaukee, Wis.Enrollment ................................................................................11,516Nickname ......................................................................Golden EaglesColors ...............................................................................Blue & GoldFacility (cap.) ....................................................... Valley Fields (1,750)

Head Coach .............................................Markus Roeders (14th year)Career Record / at Marquette ...............................187-75-28 / same

2008 Record.............................................................................11-8-32008 Big East Conference Record...................................6-3-2 (2nd)2008 Postseason ......................................................2008 postseasonThe Series........................................................Minnesota leads 2-0-1Last Meeting.................................Minn. Won 2-1 (at Minn. 11/14/08)Letterwinners returning/Lost.......................................................22/5Starters Returning/Lost .................................................................8/3

Soccer SID.....................................................................Amy UfnowskiEmail ...................................................amy.ufnowski@marquette.eduOffice phone.................................................................414-288-7419Fax ................................................................................414-288-6519Website............................................................www.gomarquette.com

NEVADAWolf PackSeptember 18, 2009, 7:00 p.m.Minnesota Gold ClassicSt. Paul, Minn. • Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium

Location ..............................................................................Reno, Nev.Enrollment ................................................................................17,000Nickname .............................................................................Wolf PackColors .....................................................................Navy Blue & SilverFacility (cap.)..............................................Mackey Stadium (29,993)

Head Coach .....................................................Jaime Frias (fifth year)Career Record / at Nevada .....................................39-31-6 / 3-14-3

2008 Record.............................................................................3-14-3


2009 opponents

ILLINOISFighting IlliniSeptember 27, 2009, 1:00 p.m.Urbana-Champaign, Ill. • Illinois Soccer & Track Stadium

Location..........................................................Urbana-Champaign, Ill.Enrollment ................................................................................42,326Nickname........................................................................Fighting IlliniColors............................................................................Orange & BlueFacility (cap.)........................ Illinois Soccer & Track Stadium (2,000)

Head coach ..................................................Janet Rayfield (8th year)Career Record / at Illinois ............................138-116-19 / 93-52-12Assistant coaches ............................Leisha Alcia, Christian Michner

2008 Overall Record ................................................................12-9-22008 Big Ten Record ........................................................5-5-0 (5th)2008 Postseason ..................................................NCAA Sweet SixteenThe Series..............................................................Illinois leads 8-5-1Last Meeting ..............................Minnesota won 2-0 (at UM, 9/30/07)Letterwinners returning/lost........................................................14/5Starters returning/lost ..................................................................8/3

Soccer SID ................................................................Emily WickstromSID e-mail ............................................................ewick@illinois.eduOffice phone ................................................................217-244-4982Fax ................................................................................217-333-5540Website address ............................................www.fightingillini.com

WISCONSINBadgersOctober 1, 2009, 7:00 p.m.Madison, Wis. • McClimon Soccer Complex

Location ........................................................................Madison, Wis.Enrollment ................................................................................42,041Nickname................................................................................BadgersColors........................................................................Cardinal & WhiteFacility (cap.) ..................................McClimon Soccer Complex (4,500)

Head Coach ................................................Paula Wilkins (third year)Career Record / at Wisconsin ..........................134-39-13 / 15-20-2Assistant Coaches....................................Tim Rosenfeld, Patrick Farmer

2008 Overall Record ..................................................................9-9-12008 Big Ten Record ......................................................3-7-0 (10th)2008 Postseason..........................................................................noneThe Series ......................................................Wisconsin leads 10-9-0Last Meeting ......................................UM won 2-1, (at UM, 10/24/08)Letterwinners returning/lost......................................................18/10Starters returning/lost ..................................................................8/3

Soccer SID ..........................................................Jacqueline BoscacciSID e-mail ......................................................jb5@athletics.wisc.eduOffice phone ................................................................608-265-3545Website address ................................................www.uwbadgers.com

2008 Western Athletic Conference Record......................2-5-1 (6th)2008 Postseason .........................................................................noneThe Series ...........................................................Minnesota leads 1-0Last Meeting..........................................UM won 2-1 (at UN, 9/12/08)Lettterwinners Returning/Lost ....................................................14-7Starters returning/lost...................................................................7/5

Soccer SID ...................................................................Kristen SaibiniEmail........................................................................ksaibini@unr.eduOffice phone.................................................................775-784-4346Fax ................................................................................775-784-4386Website.......................................................www.nevadaaolfpack.com

MONTANAGrizzliesSeptember 20, 2009, 1:00 p.m.Minnesota Gold ClassicSt. Paul, Minn. • Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium

Location ......................................................................Missoula, Mont.Enrollment ................................................................................14,207Nickname................................................................................GrizzliesColors..........................................................................Maroon & SilverFacility (cap.) ....................................South Campus Stadium (1,200)

Head coach ..................................................Neil Sedwick (sixth year)Career Record / at Montana..................................49-67-9 / 30-52-9

2008 Overall Record ................................................................6-11-22008 Big Sky Conference Record ....................................3-3-1 (4th)2008 Postseason..........................................................................noneThe Series ..........................................................Minnesota leads 6-2Last Meeting ..................................Minn. won 2-1 (at Mont., 8/24/08)Letterwinners returning/lost........................................................12/5Starters returning/lost ..................................................................6/5

Soccer SID ........................................................................Joel CarlsonSID e-mail..................................................joel.carlson@mso.umt.eduOffice phone ................................................................406-243-5414Fax ................................................................................406-243-6859Website address ......................................www.montanagrizzlies.com

IOWAHawkeyesSeptember 24, 2009, 7:00 p.m.St. Paul, Minn. • Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium

Location........................................................................Iowa City, IowaEnrollment ................................................................................30,409Nickname ............................................................................HawkeyesColors ..............................................................................Black & GoldFacility (cap.) ........................................Iowa Soccer Complex (1,000)

Head coach........................................................Ron Rainey (4th year)Career Record / at Iowa ....................................113-95-28 / 17-25-7Assistant coaches ........Eileen Narcotta, Shane Meridith, Stacy Welp

2008 Overall Record ................................................................9-11-12008 Big Ten Conference Record ....................................3-6-1 (8th)2008 Postseason..........................................................................noneThe Series ........................................................Minnesota leads 8-3-1Last Meeting ........................................UM won 1-0 (at UI, 10/31/08)Letterwinners returning/lost........................................................22/4Starters returning/lost ................................................................10/2

Soccer SID ..............................................................Stephanie DittmerSID e-mail............................................stephanie-dittmer@uiowa.eduOffice phone ................................................................319-335-9411Fax ................................................................................319-335-9417Website address ..........................................www.hawkeyesports.com

SOUTH DAKOTACoyotesOctober 4, 2009, 1:00 p.m.St. Paul, Minn. • Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium

Location .......................................................................Vermillion, S.D.Enrollment ..................................................................................9,291Nickname.................................................................................CoyotesColors ...............................................................................Red & WhiteFacility (cap.)............................................................USD Soccer Field

Head Coach ................................................Marcia Oliveira (2nd year)Career Record / at South Dakota........................79-104-11 / 5-11-0Assistant Coaches .................................Brooke Youds, Natalia Busso

2008 Overall Record ................................................................5-11-02008 Postseason .........................................................................noneThe Series .......................................................................First meetingLetterwinners returning/lost .......................................................13/7Starters returning/lost...................................................................7/4

Soccer SID .................................................................Crystal KruegerSID e-mail ...................................................crystal.krueger@usd.eduOffice phone ................................................................605-677-8813Website address ...............................................www.usdcoyotes.com

PURDUEBoilermakersOctober 11, 2009, 1:00 p.m.West Lafayette, Ind. • Varsity Soccer Complex

Location................................................................West Lafayette, Ind.Enrollment ................................................................................40,090Nickname ........................................................................BoilermakersColors ....................................................................Old Gold and BlackFacility (cap.) ......................................Varsity Soccer Complex (1,000)

Head coach.......................................................Rob Klatte (12th year)Career Record / at Purdue..........................184-125-28 / 128-80-22Assistant coaches ...............Jim Daugherty, Erin Otagaki-Van Paemel

2008 Overall Record ................................................................12-7-32008 Big Ten Record .........................................................5-3-2 (3rd)2008 Postseason .........................................................................noneThe Series .............................................................Purdue leads 7-5-0Last Meeting......................................UM won 1-0 (at Iowa, 10/14/07)Letterwinners returning/lost .......................................................19/2Starters returning/lost ................................................................10/1

Soccer SID ...............................................................Derek SatterfieldSID e-mail ...................................................dsatterfield@purdue.eduOffice phone ................................................................765-494-3198Website address ............................................www.purduesports.com


2009 opponents

PENN STATENittany LionsOctober 16, 2009, 7:00 p.m.St. Paul, Minn. • Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium

Location ................................................................University Park, Pa.Enrollment ................................................................................44,112Nickname ........................................................................Nittany LionsColors ..........................................................................Blue and WhiteFacility (cap.) .......................................................Jeffrey Field (5,000)

Head coach ....................................................Erica Walsh (third year)Career Record / at Penn State..............................74-40-5 / 34-12-2Assistant coaches ...................Ann Cook, Michael Coll, Mariel Wilner

2008 Overall Record ................................................................16-8-02008 Big Ten Record .........................................................8-2-0 (1st)2008 Postseason .....................................................NCAA First RoundThe Series .....................................................Penn State leads 15-3-0Last Meeting ......................................PSU won 2-1 (at Iowa, 11/9/08)Letterwinners returning/lost ......................................................?????Starters returning/lost...................................................................9/2

SID ..................................................................................Jeremy FallisSID e-mail....................................................................jsf16@psu.eduOffice Phone.................................................................814-865-1757Fax ................................................................................814-863-3165Website address .............................................www.gopsusports.com

OHIO STATEBuckeyesOctober 18, 2009, 1:00 p.m.Columbus, Ohio • Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium

Location ......................................................................Columbus, OhioEnrollment ................................................................................51,818Nickname .............................................................................BuckeyesColors ........................................................................Scarlet and GrayFacility (cap.) ..................... Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium (10,000)

Head coach......................................................Lori Walker (13th year)Career Record / at Ohio State...................140-125-21 / 127-102-20Assistant coaches ......................................Greg Miller, Glen Tourville

2008 Overall Record ................................................................8-10-22008 Big Ten Record ......................................................5-5-0 (T-5th)2008 Postseason .........................................................................noneThe Series......................................................Minnesota leads 10-7-1Last Meeting .....................................UM won 2-0, (at OSU, 10/19/08)Letterwinners returning/lost .......................................................18/8Starters returning/lost.................................................................10/1

Soccer SID...........................................................................Jerry EmigSID e-mail .................................................................emig.2@osu.eduOffice phone .................................................................614-688-0343Website address .....................................www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com

MICHIGANWolverinesOctober 23, 2009, 7:00 p.m.Ann Arbor, Mich. • U-M Soccer Complex

Location .....................................................................Ann Arbor, Mich.Enrollment ................................................................................38,820Nickname ...........................................................................WolverinesColors..............................................................................Maize & BlueFacility (cap.) ........................................ U-M Soccer Complex (2,200)

Head coach ........................................................Greg Ryan (2nd year)Career Record / at Michigan...............................189-91-23 / 4-10-5Assistant coaches ...................Dean Duerst, Lene Terp, Keith Jarema

2008 Overall Record ................................................................4-10-52008 Big Ten Record .......................................................1-6-3 (11th)2008 Postseason .........................................................................noneThe Series..................................................... Minnesota leads 10-5-1Last Meeting.....................Minnesota won 1-0 (at Michigan, 9/28/08)Letterwinners returning/lost .....................................................13/10Starters returning/lost...................................................................7/5

Soccer SID .........................................................................Ryan SosinSID e-mail ..............................................................rsosin@umich.eduOffice phone .................................................................734-763-4423Fax ................................................................................734-647-1188Website address ....................................................www.mgoblue.com

MICHIGAN STATESpartansOctober 25, 2009, 12:00 p.m.East Lansing, Mich. • DeMartin Stadium

Location................................................................East Lansing, Mich.Enrollment ................................................................................46,648Nickname ..............................................................................SpartansColors ............................................................................Green & WhiteFacility (cap.) .............................................DeMartin Stadium (2,500)

Head coach .....................................................Tom Saxton (19th year)Career Record / at Michigan State ...........179-152-31 / 179-152-31Assistant coaches .................................Tammy Farnum, Stacy Heller

2008 Overall Record ................................................................14-7-32008 Big Ten Record .........................................................5-4-1 (4th)2008 Postseason .................................................NCAA Second RoundThe Series........................................................Minnesota leads 9-8-1Last Meeting .....................................MSU won 2-0 (at MSU, 9/26/08)Letterwinners returning/lost .......................................................21/8Starters returning/lost.................................................................10/1

Soccer SID .........................................................................Jeff BarnesSID e-mail.........................................................jbarnes@ath.msu.eduOffice phone .................................................................517-353-2271Fax ................................................................................517-353-9636Website address .............................................www.msuspartans.com

NORTHWESTERNWildcatsOctober 30, 2009, 7:00 p.m.St. Paul, Minn. • Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium

Location ..........................................................................Evanston, Ill.Enrollment ..................................................................................8,000Nickname ...............................................................................WildcatsColors .......................................................................Purple and WhiteFacility (cap.)................Leonard B. Thomas Athletic Complex (2,000)

Head Coach ......................................Stephanie Erickson (fourth year)Career Record / at Northwestern .......................58-33-10 / 27-26-7Assistant coaches ................................Erin Ekeberg, Danielle Slaton

2008 Record.............................................................................10-9-12008 Big Ten Record .........................................................5-5-0 (5th)2008 Postseason .........................................................................noneThe Series......................................................Minnesota leads 11-6-1Last Meeting .......................................UM won 3-1 (at Iowa, 11/6/08)Letterwinners returning/lost .......................................................21/4Starters returning/lost...................................................................7/4

Soccer SID ....................................................................Scott HammerEmail........................................................hammer@northwestern.eduOffice phone.................................................................847-491-8800Fax ................................................................................862-268-1651Website ..................................................................www.nusports.com

INDIANAHoosiersNovember 6, 2009, 7:00 p.m.St. Paul, Minn. • Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium

Location...................................................................Bloomington, Ind.Enrollment ................................................................................40,354Nickname ...............................................................................HoosiersColors ......................................................................Cream & CrimsonFacility (cap.) .................Yeagley Field at Armstrong Stadium (6,100)

Head Coach.....................................................Mick Lyon (eighth year)Career Record / at Indiana ...........................171-123-34 / 64-58-16Assistant Coaches ...................Woody Sherwood, Stacey Matthiessen

2008 Record.............................................................................8-10-12008 Big Ten Record .........................................................3-6-1 (8th)2008 Postseason .........................................................................noneThe Series......................................................Minnesota leads 10-7-2Last Meeting .........................................UM won 1-0 (at UM, 10/5/08)Letterwinners returning/lost .......................................................22/1Starters returning/lost.................................................................11/0

Soccer SID ....................................................................Nate WiechersEmail ...............................................................nwiecher@indiana.eduOffice phone................................................................ 812-856-0146Fax ................................................................................812-855-9401Website................................................................www.iuhoosiers.com

Gopher History2008 Big Ten Champions


BIG TEN MEDAL OF HONOR1998 — Jennifer McElmury

MSC DIVISION I FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR1998 — Jennifer McElmury

NSCAA/UMBRO ALL-AMERICAFIRST TEAM1997 — Jennifer McElmurySECOND TEAM1996 — Jennifer McElmury1995 — Jennifer McElmury

SOCCER BUZZ ALL-AMERICAFIRST TEAM1997 — Jennifer McElmurySECOND TEAM2008 — Kelsey Hood1996 — Jennifer McElmuryFOURTH TEAM2008 — Jennie Clark

SOCCER NEWS ALL-AMERICASECOND TEAM1995 — Jennifer McElmuryTHIRD TEAM1996 — Jennifer McElmury

ELITE 16 COLLEGE ALL-STAR1997 — Jennifer McElmury

SOCCER AMERICA FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA TEAM2008 — Tamara Strahota (second team)

SOCCER BUZZ FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA TEAM1997 — Laurie Seidl

NSCAA ALL-GREAT LAKES REGIONFIRST TEAM2008 — Kelsey Hood1998 — Nicole Lee1997 — Jennifer McElmury1996 — Jennifer McElmury1995 — Jennifer McElmury, Jennifer WalekSECOND TEAM2000 — Alison Rackley1999 — Juli Montgomery1998 — Vanessa Touset, Laurie Seidl1997 — Dana Larson, Laurie Seidl, Vanessa Touset, Jennifer Walek1996 — Vanessa Touset1995 — Mikki DenneyTHIRD TEAM1999 — Nicole Lee1996 — Erin Hussey

NSCAA/UMBRO ALL-CENTRAL REGION1993 — Jennifer Walek

SOCCER BUZZ ALL-REGIONFIRST TEAM2008 — Jennie Clark, Kelsey Hood1999 — Juli Montgomery1998 — Nicole LeeSECOND TEAM2008 — Lindsey Dare, Lindsey Schwartz2005 — Molly Schneider2000 — Alison Rackley1998 — Vanessa Touset, Laurie SeidlTHIRD TEAM2008 — Kaitlin Wagner2007 — Kelsey Hood2006 — Kelsey Hood2005 — Nicki Burnie1999 — Nicole Lee, Laurie Seidl

SOCCER BUZZ FRESHMAN ALL-REGION TEAM2008 — Tamara Strahota2007 — Katie Bethke2005 — Clare Grimwood

SOCCER BUZZ ‘ELITE TEAM OF THE WEEK’2008 — Krystle Kallman (Oct. 13), Kelsey Hood (Sept. 23)2007 — Kylie Kallman (Sept. 30)

SOCCER NEWS ALL-REGION1995 — Jennifer McElmury, Jennifer Walek

SOCCER AMERICA TEAM OF THE WEEK2008 — Clare Grimwood (Oct. 28), Krystle Kallman (Oct. 14),

Kelsey Hood (Sept. 23), Jennie Clark (Sept. 9)2000 — Julie Eibensteiner (Sept. 5)1997 — Nicole Lee (Sept. 6), Laurie Seidl (Oct. 13)1995 — Gretchen Brandt (Nov. 6)

BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE YEAR1997 — Jennifer McElmury1996 — Jennifer McElmury1995 — Jennifer Walek

BIG TEN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR2008 — Kelsey Hood

BIG TEN COACH OF THE YEAR2008 — Mikki Denney Wright1997 — Sue Montagne1995 — Sue Montagne

BIG TEN NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR1997 — Laurie Seidl1994 — Jennifer McElumury

ALL-BIG TEN CONFERENCEFIRST TEAM2008 — Jennie Clark, Kelsey Hood2005 — Molly Schneider2000 — Alison Rackley1999 — Juli Montgomery1998 — Nicole Lee, Laurie Seidl, Vanessa Touset1997 — Dana Larson, Jennifer McElmury, Vanessa Touset,

Jennifer Walek1996 — Jennifer McElmury, Erin Hussey1995 — Jennifer McElmury, Jennifer Walek1994 — Jennifer McElmury, Jennifer WalekSECOND TEAM2008 — Lindsey Dare, Lindsey Schwartz2007 — Kelsey Hood2006 — Kelsey Hood2005 — Nicki Burnie2002 — Rachael Roth2000 — Samantha Meyers1999 — Nicole Lee, Laurie Seidl1997 — Nicole Lee, Laurie Seid, Jamie Wyffels1996 — Vanessa Touset1995 — Mikki Denney, Corinne Bolder, Erin Hussey1994 — Mikki Denney

FRESHMAN ALL-BIG TEN TEAM2008 — Tamara Strahota2007 — Katie Bethke, Molly Rouse2006 — Lyndsey Mueller2005 — Kelsey Hood, Clare Grimwood2003 — Haley Lentsch

BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE WEEK2008 — Clare Grimwood (Oct. 28), Krystle Kallman (Oct. 13),

Kelsey Hood (Sept. 22), Jennie Clark (Sept. 8),Lindsey Dare (Sept. 1)

2006 — Lindsey Dare (Sept. 11)2005 — Molly Schneider (Oct. 3 and Oct. 10)2002 — Karli Kopietz (Sept. 16)2000 — Julie Eibensteiner (Sept. 5)1999 — Juli Montgomery (Sept. 27)1998 — Nicole Lee (Oct. 19)1997 — Jennifer McElmury (Sept. 1), Nicole Lee (Oct. 6),

Dana Larson (Oct. 27)1996 — Erin Hussey (Sept. 3)1995 — Jennifer Walek (Sept. 11), Corinne Bolder (Sept. 18)1994 — Jennifer Walek (Oct. 18)

ESPN THE MAGAZINE/COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICASECOND TEAM1998 — Jennifer McElmuryTHIRD TEAM1995 — Gretchen Brandt

ESPN THE MAGAZINE/COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICTFIRST TEAM2004 — Kaitlin Neary2002 — Rachael Roth1997 — Jennifer McElmury1996 — Erin Hussey, Jennifer McElmury1995 — Gretchen BrandtSECOND TEAM2008 — Kylie Kallman2005 — Hailey McCarthy, Molly Schneider

ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN2008 — Sara Clancy, Jennie Clark, Lindsey Dare,

Clare Grimwood, Kelsey Hood, Krystle Kallman,Kylie Kallman, Angie Olson, Julie Rezac, Molly Rouse,Lindsey Schwartz, Kaitlin Wagner

2007 — Sara Clancy, Lindsey Dare, Clare Grimwood,Kelsey Hood, Lyndsey Mueller, Dana Tripp,Kaitlin Wagner

2006 — Lindsey Dare, Kelsey Hood, Nikki Jensen, Marti Klinsing,Hailey McCarthy, Kaitlin Wagner

2005 — Nicki Burnie, Annie Carr, Becky Dellaria, Hailey McCarthy,Kaitlin Neary, Tierney Palmer-Klein, Molly Schneider

2004 — Nicki Burnie, Annie Carr, Jen Cressman, Becky Dellaria,Laura Hoppe, Kaitlin Neary, Tierney Palmer-Klein

2003 — Lisa Berg, Nicki Burnie, Jen Cressman, Amanda Edwards,Laura Hoppe, Amanda McMahon, Anna Nudell Lee,Kaitlin Neary, Hilary Stowell, Lisa Trachsel

2002 — Jen Cressman, Keely Dinse, Anna Nudell Lee,Amanda McMahon, Tierney-Palmer Klein, Rachael Roth

2001 — Keely Dinse, Julie Eibensteiner, Sarah FitzGerald,Alison Rackley, Rachael Roth

2000 — Allyson Brodie, Keely Dinse, Julie Eibensteiner,Erin Holland, Juli Montgomery, Alison Rackley,Laurie Seidl

1999 — Julie Eibensteiner, Sarah FitzGerald, Rose Grimm,Erin Holland, Erika Kruse, Juli Montgomery,Jaime O’Gara, Noelle Papenhausen, Alison Rackley,Laurie Seidl

1998 — Julie Eibensteiner, Sarah FitzGerald, Erin Holland,Erika Kruse, NoellePapenhausen, Laurie Seidl

1997 — Erika Kruse, Jennifer McElmury, Noelle Papenhausen,Kelly Shea, Jennifer Walek

1996 — Mikki Denney, Erin Hussey, Jennifer McElmury,Kelly Shea

Jennifer McElmury (1994-97) set the standard for the Golden Gophersoccer program and in 2004 became the first player in school histo-ry to have her number retired (#27).

awards & honors


awards & honors

AAnderson, Heather . . . . . . . 1993-94Arndt, Katherine . . . . . . . . . 2000-01

BBarnes, Nellie . . . . . . . . . . . 1994-95Berg, Lisa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003-04Berghauer, Erika . . . . . . . . . . . 1998Bethke, Katie . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-08Bieler, Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . 1999-00Bolder, Corinne. . . . . . . . . . 1995-98Brandt, Gretchen . . . . . . . . 1993-95Brodie, Allyson . . . . . . . . . . 1998-01Burnie, Nicki. . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-05

CCarr, Annie . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-05Cheever, Jamie. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005Chimko, Nicole. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000Clancy, Sara . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-08Clark, Jennie. . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-08Conners, Sarah. . . . . . . . . . 1996-97Cressman, Jennifer. . . . . . . 2001-04

DDanielson, Chelon . . . . . . . 1993-94Dare, Lindsey . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-08Davis, Merritt . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-94De St. Aubin, Renee . . . . . . . . . 2006Dellaria, Becky . . . . . . . . . . 2002-05Denney, Mikki . . . . . . . . . . . 1994-96Dinse, Keely. . . . . . . . . . . . 1999-02

EEckstrom, Shari . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008Edwards, Amanda . . . . . . . 2002-03Edwards, Carlie . . . . . . . . . 2005-08Eibensteiner, Julie . . . . . . . 1998-01

FFamodu, Nike. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000Fightmaster, Megan . . . . . . 2004-05FitzGerald, Sarah . . . . . . . . 1998-01Fruci, Elena . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-08

GGreen, Jenny. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006Grimm, Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999Grimwood, Clare . . . . . . . . 2005-08

HHelmuth, Molly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994Hesse, Kyndra . . . . . . . . . . 2000, 02Holland, Erin . . . . . . . . . . . 1997-00Hood, Kelsey . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005-08Hoppe, Laura . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-04Hussey, Erin . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-96

JJensen, Nikki . . . . . . . . . . . 2005-06Johnson, Allison . . . . . 1993, 95-96Johnson, Carrie. . . . . . . . . . 1994-95Johnson, Megan . . . . . . . . . 1996-99Johnson, Sara . . . . . . . . . . 2004, 06Jones, Meghan . . . . . . . . . . 1999-02Jorde, Ginny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002

KKallman, Krystle. . . . . . . . . . . . 2008Kallman, Kylie . . . . . . . . . . 2007-08Kasper, Mary. . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-04Kasten, Amelia. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004Kempainen, Allison. . . . . . . 2004-05Kennedy, Rosalinda . . . . . . . . . 2004Khaleel, Amy . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-02Klinsing, Marti . . . . . . . . . . 2005-06

Koehler, Amy. . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-99Kopietz, Karli . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-03Kraft, Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-03Kruse, Erika . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-99Kutcher, Leah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001

LLangston, Noelle . . . . . . . . . . . 2000Larson, Dana . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-99Law, Miriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Lee, Nicole . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-99Lentsch, Haley . . . . . . . . . . 2003-04Lightfoot, Kayla . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002

MMcCarthy, Hailey. . . . . . . . . 2004-07McElmury, Jennifer . . . . . . . 1994-97McMahon, Amanda. . . . . . . 2002-03Meitz, Anne. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-94Meyers, Samantha . . . . . . . 1998-01Moench, Regina . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004Montgomery, Juli. . . . . . . . . 1998-00Muchlinski, Amy. . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Mueller, Lyndsey . . . . . . . . . 2006-07

NNeary, Kaitlin . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-05Neuman, Andrea . . . . . . . . . . . 2003Nudell Lee, Anna . . . . . . . . 2001-03

OO’Gara, Jaime . . . . . . . 1995, 97, 99O’Hearn, Teresa . . . . . . . . . 1993-96Olson, Angie . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-08

PPalmer-Klein, Tierney . . . . 2001-02, 04-05

Papenhausen, Noelle . . 1995, 97-99Peterfeso, Ellen . . . . . . . . . 1993-94Peterson, Kristen . . . . . . . . 1996-97Philip, Jami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Prall, Marni . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-04

RRackley, Alison . . . . . . . . . . 1998-01Raino, Allison . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003Rezac, Julie . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-08Ringgenberg, Christine . . . . . . 2001Roberts, Katie . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008Roth, Rachael. . . . . . . . . . . 2000-02Rouse, Molly . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-08

SSchneider, Molly . . . . . . . . . 2004-05Schuller, Suzi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995Schwartz, Lindsey. . . . . . . . 2005-08Scripp, Sarah . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-94Seeler, Ashley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005Seidl, Laurie . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997-00Shea, Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-98Shelander, Katie . . . . . . . . . 2007-08Sigmund, Kjirsten . . . . . . . . . . 2003Solie, Josie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008Stowell, Hilary . . . . . . . . . . 2002-03Strahota, Tamara. . . . . . . . . . . 2008

TTierney, Colleen . . . . . . . . . . . 1995Touset, Vanessa . . . . . . . . 1995-98Trachsel, Lisa . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003Tripp, Dana . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-07Turner, Chelsey . . . . . . . . . 2006-07Turner, Megan . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001

WWagner, Kaitlin . . . . . . . . . . 2005-08

Wagner, Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999Walek, Jennifer . . . . . . . 1993-95, 97Walsh, Hailee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000Wepking, Kelly . . . . . . . . . . 2006-07Wyffels, Jamie . . . . . . . . . . 1995-98

ZZachman, Kirsten . . . . . . . . . . 2006

1995 — Nellie Barnes, Gretchen Brandt,Merritt Davis, Mikki Denney,Erin Hussey, Jennifer McElmury,Sarah Scripp, Jennifer Walek

1994 — Heather Anderson,Gretchen Brandt,Chelon Danielson,Merritt Davis, Molly Helmuth,Erin Hussey, Anne Meitz,Sarah Scripp, Jennifer Walek

Team AwardsMOST VALUABLE OFFENSIVE PLAYER2008 — Lindsey Schwartz2007 — Lindsey Schwartz2006 — Lindsey Schwartz2005 — Lindsey Schwartz2004 — Regina Moench2003 — Haley Lentsch,

Amanda McMahon2002 — Rachael Roth

MOST VALUABLE MIDFIELD PLAYER2008 — Kelsey Hood2007 — Kelsey Hood, Clare Grimwood2006 — Kelsey Hood2005 — Kaitlin Wagner

MOST VALUABLE DEFENSIVE PLAYER2008 — Jennie Clark, Lindsey Dare2007 — Kylie Kallman2006 — Hailey McCarthy2005 — Nicki Burnie2004 — Molly Schneider2003 — Nicki Burnie2002 — Tierney Palmer-Klein

Karli Kopietz

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER2001 — Samantha Meyers2000 — Samantha Meyers1999 — Juli Montgomery1998 — Vanessa Touset

Jamie Wyffels1997 — Jennifer McElmury1996 — Jennifer McElmury1995 — Jennifer McElmury1994 — Jennifer McElmury1993 — Jennifer Walek

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER2007 — Molly Rouse2006 — Jenny Green

Kirsten Zachman2005 — Jamie Cheever2004 — Amelia Kasten2003 — Allison Raino2002 — Nicki Burnie2001 — Anna Nudell Lee2000 — Katherine Arndt1999 — Keely Dinse1998 — Sarah FitzGerald1997 — Sarah FitzGerald1996 — Sarah Conners1995 — Jaime O’Gara1994 — Merritt Davis1993 — Miriam Law

UNSUNG HERO AWARD2004 — Hailey McCarthy2003 — Lisa Berg2002 — Meghan Jones2001 — Sarah FitzGerald2000 — Julie Eibensteiner1999 — Erin Holland1998 — Jamie Wyffels1997 — Jamie Wyffels1996 — Allison Johnson

1995 — Gretchen Brandt1994 — Nellie Barnes1993 — Heather Anderson

HUSTLE AWARD2004 — Laura Hoppe2003 — Jen Cressman2002 — Laura Hoppe2001 — Rachael Roth2000 — Hailee Walsh1999 — Jaime O’Gara1998 — Juli Montgomery1997 — Jaime O’Gara1996 — Mikki Denney1995 — Erin Hussey1994 — Erin Hussey1993 — Gretchen Brandt

ROSE GRIMM HEART AND SOULAWARD2007 — Sara Johnson, Lindsey Dare2006 — Lindsey Dare2005 — Molly Schneider2004 — Mary Kasper2003 — Laura Hoppe2002 — Jennifer Cressman2001 — Jennifer Cressman2000 — Katherine Arndt1999 — Noelle Papenhausen1998 — Allyson Brodie1997 — Rose Grimm, Tammi Khaleel (Mgr.)1996 — Erika Berghauer,

Teresa O’Hearn

SPARK AWARD(SUPER SUB AWARD)2008 — Tamara Strahota2007 — Sara Clancy2006 — Sara Johnson2005 — Nikki Jensen2004 — Sara Johnson2003 — Anna Nudell Lee2002 — Nicki Burnie2001 — Jennifer Cressman2000 — Keely Dinse

IRONWOMAN/COALMINER AWARD2008 — Kylie Kallman, Kaitlin Wagner2007 — Kaitlin Wagner2006 — Kaitlin Wagner2005 — Hailey McCarthy2004 — Laura Hoppe

NEWCOMER AWARD2008 — Krystle Kallman2007 — Katie Bethke

All-Time Letterwinners

Current head coach Mikki DenneyWright was a second team all-regionselection with the Golden Gophers in1995.


all-time jersey numbers

00Dana Larson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-99Kelly Kraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-03

0Jami Philip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Tricia Czerniak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001Molly Schneider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004-05

1Teresa O’Hearn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995-96Julie Eibensteiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997-01Karli Kopeitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-04Chelsey Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-07Cat Parkhill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008-present

2Lynn Weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Stephanie Kerimo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994Jody Bjergo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995Nicole Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-99Kecia Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000Tierney Palmer-Klein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-05Kelly Wepking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-07

3Miriam Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-94Vanessa Touset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995-98Juli Montgomery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999-00Hailee Walsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001Amanda McMahon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-03Amelia Kasten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004Renee de St. Aubin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006Katie Bethke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-present

4Sarah Scripp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-95Sarah Conners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-98Samantha Meyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999-01Hillary Stowell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002Sara Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004-07

5Carrie Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994-95Kristin Peterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-97Samantha Meyers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998Liz Wagner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999Ginny Jorde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-02Laura Hoppe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003-05Dana Tripp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-present

6Michealene Denney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994-96Sarah FitzGerald. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997Alison Rackley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998-01Becky Dellaria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-05Becky Rowe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006Molly Rouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-present

7Ellen Peterfeso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-94Amy Muchilinski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995Amy Koehler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-99Kyndra Hesse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000Anna Nudell Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-03Clare Grimwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005-08Allie Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009

8Amy Muchilinski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Christie Paskar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995Erika Berghauer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-97Allyson Brodie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998-99Jennifer Cressman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-04Jenny Green. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-07Shari Eckstrom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008-present

9Erin Hussey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-96Jaime O’Gara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997-99

Rachael Roth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-02Andrea Neuman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003Nikki Jensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005-06Katie Shelander. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-present

10Gretchen Brandt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-95Erin Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997-00Leah Kutcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001Kyndra Hesse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002Hilary Stowell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003-04Carlie Edwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005-08Marissa Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009

11Anne Meitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-94Jaime O’Gara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995-96Juli Montgomery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998Meghan Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999-02Lisa Trachsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003Regina Moench. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004Elise Bjerkenas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005-07Josie Solie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008-present

12Heather Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-94Suzi Schuller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995Erika Kruse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-99Noelle Langston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-01Kaitlin Neary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-05Sara Clancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-present

13Chelon Danielson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-94Kelly Shea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995-98Sarah FitzGerald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999-01Annie Carr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-05Lyndsey Mueller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-08Steph Brandt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009

14Shelly Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Noelle Papenhausen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995-99Allyson Brodie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000, 01Kjirsten Sigmund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003Lindsey Schwartz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005-08Olivia Bagnall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009

15Teresa O’Hearn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-94Corinne Bolder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995-98Jordan Bieler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999-01Lisa Berg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-04

Sara Hegre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005-06Krystle Kallman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008

16Julie Aust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Nellie Barnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994-95Rose Grimm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996Laurie Seidl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997-00Christine Bryne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001Amanda Edwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-03Jamie Cheever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005Angie Olson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-present

17Sara Rein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Kristin Totushek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994Kari Dingler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995Dorsey Nelson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996Rose Grimm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997-99Amy Khaleel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-02Elena Fruci . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005-presentJes Vork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009

18Susan Leising. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Mehgan Dehart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994Sarah Wiltrout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995Sarah FitzGerald. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998Tanya Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-01Nicki Burnie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-05Kirsten Zachman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-07Tamara Strahota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008-present

19Jennifer Walek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-97Nicki Mesch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999Nicole Chimko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000Mary Kasper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-04Kaitlin Wagner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005-08

20Allison Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-96Sarah Rowles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997Erika Berghauer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998Laura Hoppe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002Megan Fightmaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004-05Julie Rezac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-present

21Molly Hellmuth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-94Colleen Tierney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995-96Emily Potrykus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997Nike Famodu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999-00

Haley Lentsch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003-04Marti Klinsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005-06Kylie Kallman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-present

22Merritt Davis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-95Megan Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-99Kayla Lightfoot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002Allison Raino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003Kelsey Hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005-08

23Anne Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Monica Perez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999-00Megan Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001Allison Kempainen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004-07

24Jenny Shrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995-96Natalie Fevig. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997-98Keely Dinse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999-02Hailey McCarthy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004-07

25Jamie Wyffles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995-98Katherine Arndt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999-01Lindsey Dare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004-08

26Ann Napiwocki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997-98Hailee Walsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000Lisa Trachsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002Rosalinda Kennedy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004Ashley Seeler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005Carissa Wipperfurth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007

27Jennifer McElmury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994-97

28Katlin Ruff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002Kara Elias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005Courtney LaPhilliph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006Katie Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-present

29Kalli Elias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005

30Marni Prall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-04

41Jennie Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-present

Becky Dellaria (2002-05)Clare Grimwood (2005-08) Hailey McCarthy (2004-07)


team records

INDIVIDUAL CAREER RECORDSGames Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89, Jennifer Walek (1993-97)Games Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89, Jennifer Walek (1993-97)Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162, Jennifer Walek (1993-97)Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60, Jennifer Walek (1993-97)Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42, Jennifer Walek (1993-97)Goalkeeper Saves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363, Teresa O’Hearn (1993-96)Goalkeeper Shutouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27.0, Dana Larson (1996-99)Lowest Goals Against Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.65, Lindsey Dare (2005-08)Goalkeeper Minutes Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6267:35, Dana Larson (1996-99)

INDIVIDUAL SEASON RECORDSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53, Jennifer Walek (1993)Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22, Jennifer Walek (1993)Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, Jennifer Walek (1995)Goalkeeper Saves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140, Teresa O’Hearn (1994)Goalkeeper Shutouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, Lindsey Dare (2008)Lowest Goals Against Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.45, Lindsey Dare (2008)Goalkeeper Minutes Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2378:19, Lindsey Dare (2008)

INDIVIDUAL MATCH RECORDSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10, Erin Hussey at Valparaiso (8/31/96)Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, Erin Hussey at Valparaiso (8/31/96)Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 (six times by four players)

Nicole Lee vs. Kentucky (11/11/98)Megan Johnson vs. Valparaiso (8/31/96)

Jennifer Walek vs. Minnesota-Duluth (9/13/95)Jennifer Walek vs. Northern Illinois (9/10/95)Corinne Bolder vs. Northern Illinois (9/10/95)

Jennifer Walek vs. Canisius (9/26/93)Goalkeeper Saves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15, Lindsey Dare at Brown (9/10/06). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Teresa O’Hearn at Ohio State (9/30/94)

INDIVIDUAL CONSECUTIVE MATCH STREAKSMatches with a Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, Corinne Bolder (9/24/95 to 10/15/95)

7, Jennifer McElmury (8/31/96 to 9/20/96)7, Jennifer McElmury (9/19/97 to 10/10/97)

Matches with a Goal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, Jennifer McElmury (11/8/96 to 8/31/97)Matches with an Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, Erin Hussey (10/30/93 to 9/11/94)Shutouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, Jami Philip (9/18/93 to 10/30/93)

TEAM RECORDSMost Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 vs. St. Thomas (10/10/93)Most Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 vs. St. Thomas (10/10/93)Most Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 vs. Northern Illinois (9/10/95)Most Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 vs. Valparaiso (10/7/94)Most Corner Kicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 vs. Central Florida (8/30/07)Most Saves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 at Brown (9/10/06)

15 at Ohio State (9/30/94)Largest Margin of Victory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 (12-0) vs. St. Thomas (10/10/93)Largest Margin of Defeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 (8-1) at Penn State (10/17/03)Longest Winning Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12, 9/14-10/26/97Longest Unbeaten Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15, 9/7-10/26/97Longest Losing Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, 9/22-10/6/06Longest Home Winning Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12, 8/22/08-presentLongest Home Losing Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 9/25-10/11/98, 10/18-10/25/02Longest Road Winning Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, 9/19-10/12/97

5, 8/24/08-9/14/08Longest Road Losing Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, 10/13/02-10/31/03Most Overtime Matches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, 2005Most Consecutive Overtime Matches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, 1997, 1999, twice in 2005, 2007Fewest Minnesota Shots in a Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 at Creighton (10/1/93)

2 at Wisconsin (10/8/93)2 at Denver (11/2/02)

2 at Villanova (9/18/05)

OPPONENT RECORDSMost Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16, Wisconsin (10/8/93)

16, Santa Clara (11/22/97)Most Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, Penn State (10/17/03)Most Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, Wisconsin (10/8/93)

6, Santa Clara (11/22/97)6, Michigan State (9/26/03)

6, Penn State (10/17/03)Most Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37, Brown (9/10/06)Fewest Opponent Shots in a Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 (5 times),. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .last, Michigan State (11/6/97)

Most Corner Kicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, Nebraska (11/17/96)Most Saves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26, Michigan State (10/22/95)

MISCELLANEOUS SCORING RECORDSQuickest Goal in a Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:20, Nicole Lee vs. Minnesota-Duluth (9/7/98)Quickest Opponent Goal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:16 (Santa Clara, 11/22/97)Fastest Consecutive Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . .0:23, Kaitlin Wagner, Becky Dellaria vs. Northern Iowa (9/9/05)Fastest Three Consecutive Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:03, all by Nicole Lee vs. TCU (10/24/98)

HAT TRICKSGretchen Brandt vs. Macalester (9/7/93)Gretchen Brandt vs. Northern Illinois (9/11/93)Jennifer Walek vs. Valparaiso (9/18/93)Erin Hussey vs. St. Thomas (10/10/93)Jennifer Walek vs. Marquette (10/30/93)Laurie Seidl vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay (9/11/98)Laurie Seidl vs. Purdue (9/13/98)Nicole Lee vs. Texas Christian (10/24/98)Rachael Roth vs. Michigan (9/29/02)

Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium RecordsPoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 (3g), Rachael Roth vs. Michigan (9/29/02). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monica Martin (Dartmouth) Gopher Invitational (9/17/06)Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, Rachael Roth vs. Michigan (9/29/02). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monica Martin (Dartmouth), Gopher Invitational (9/17/06)Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (nine times), last by Annie Stanley (Dartmouth), Gopher Inv. (9/17/06)Team Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, Minnesota vs. Iowa (9/15/00). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dartmouth vs. Iowa, Gopher Invitational (9/17/06)Goalkeeper Saves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, Karli Kopietz vs. Michigan (9/29/02)Opponent Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 (3g), Danielle Dietrich, Ohio State (10/15/04)Opponent Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, Danielle Dietrich, Ohio State (10/15/04)Opponent Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, Eva Strickland, Illinois (10/5/03)Opponent Saves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, Jen Sandenaw, Illinois State (10/17/99)Opponent Team Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, Wisconsin (10/1/2006)

Erin Hussey set the Minnesota record for points (10) and goals (4) in a game versus Valparaiso in 1996.

Team Records


career records

CAREER POINTS PTS1. Jennifer Walek (1993-97) 162

89 games, 60 goals, 42 assists2. Jennifer McElmury (1994-97) 124

86 games, 49 goals, 26 assists3. Nicole Lee (1996-99) 118

86 games, 46 goals, 26 assists4. Laurie Seidl (1997-00) 98

84 games, 37 goals, 24 assists5. Erin Hussey (1993-96) 83

82 games, 29 goals, 25 assist6. Gretchen Brandt (1993-95) 81

60 games, 36 goals, 9 assists7. Lindsey Schwartz (2005-08) 76

83 games, 28 goals, 20 assists8. Corinne Bolder (1995-98) 75

87 games, 25 goals, 25 assists9. Megan Johnson (1996-99) 52

86 games, 18 goals, 16 assists10. Rachael Roth (2000-02) 46

55 games, 19 goals, 8 assists

CAREER GOALS GP G1. Jennifer Walek (1993-97) 89 602. Jennifer McElmury (1994-97) 86 493. Nicole Lee (1996-99) 86 464. Laurie Seidl (1997-00) 84 375. Gretchen Brandt (1993-95) 60 366. Erin Hussey (1993-96) 82 297. Lindsey Schwartz (2005-08) 83 288. Corinne Bolder (1995-98) 87 259. Rachael Roth (2000-02) 55 1910. Megan Johnson (1996-99) 86 18

CAREER ASSISTS GP A1. Jennifer Walek (1993-97) 89 422. Nicole Lee (1996-99) 86 26

Jennifer McElmury (1994-97) 86 264. Corinne Bolder (1995-98) 87 25

Erin Hussey (1993-96) 82 256. Laurie Seidl (1997-00) 84 247. Lindsey Schwartz (2005-08) 83 208. Alison Rackley (1998-01) 76 199. Becky Dellaria (2002-05) 71 1510. Megan Johnson (1996-99) 64 14

Claire Grimwood (2005-08) 83 14

CAREER GAME-WINNING GOALS GP G1. Jennifer Walek (1993-97) 89 172. Laurie Seidl (1997-00) 84 13

Nicole Lee (1996-99) 86 13Jennifer McElmury (1994-97) 86 13

5. Lindsey Schwartz (2005-08) 83 116. Erin Hussey (1993-96) 82 10

Kaitlin Wagner (2005-08) 80 108. Rachael Roth (2000-02) 55 8

Gretchen Brandt (1993-95) 60 810. Haley Lentsch (2003-04) 36 6

Megan Johnson (1996-99) 86 6Claire Grimwood (2005-06) 83 6

CAREER SHOTS GP SHOTS1. Jennifer McElmury (1994-97) 86 3292. Lindsey Schwartz (2005-08) 83 2823. Laurie Seidl (1997-00) 84 2754. Jennifer Walek (1993-97) 89 2605. Nicole Lee (1996-99) 86 2086. Corinne Bolder (1995-98) 87 1837. Erin Hussey (1993-96) 82 1788. Alison Rackley 67 1609. Gretchen Brandt (1993-95) 60 15810. Rachael Roth (2000-02) 55 134

CAREER GOALKEEPER MINUTES PLAYED MINUTES1. Dana Larson (1996-99) 6,267:352. Teresa O’Hearn (1993-96) 6,154:153. Lindsey Dare (2005-08) 4,177:544. Julie Eibensteiner (1998-01) 4,003:395. Molly Schneider (2004-05) 3,458:54

CAREER GAA GAA(Min. 2000 minutes)

1. Lindsey Dare (2005-08) 0.6546 games, 30 GA, 4177:54 minutes

2. Molly Schneider (2004-05) 1.1237 games, 43 GA, 3458:54 minutes

3. Dana Larson (1996-99) 1.2177 games, 84 GA, 6267:35 minutes

4. Teresa O’Hearn (1993-96) 1.2671 games, 86 GA, 6154:15 minutes

5. Julie Eibensteiner (1998-2001) 1.3951 games, 62 GA, 4003:39 minutes

CAREER SAVES GP S1. Teresa O’Hearn (1993-96) 71 3632. Dana Larson (1996-99) 77 3163. Julie Eibensteiner (1998-01) 51 2514. Molly Schneider (2004-05) 37 2145. Lindsey Dare (2005-08) 46 198

CAREER WINS WINS1. Dana Larson (1996-99) 482. Teresa O’Hearn (1993-96) 403. Lindsey Dare (2005-08) 314. Molly Schneider (2004-05) 17

Julie Eibensteiner (1998-01) 17

CAREER SHUTOUTS GP SO1. Dana Larson (1996-98) 77 27.02. Lindsey Dare (2005-08) 46 25.03. Teresa O’Hearn (1993-96) 71 21.54. Julie Eibensteiner (1998-01) 51 13.55. Molly Schneider (2004-05) 37 12.0

CAREER WINNING PCT. RECORD PCT.(Min. 25 games)

1. Lindsey Dare (2005-08) 31-10-3 .7392. Dana Larson (1996-99) 48-18-3 .7173. Teresa O’Hearn (1993-96) 40-20-6 .6524. Molly Schneider (2004-05) 17-18-2 .4865. Karli Kopietz (2002-03) 12-14-1 .463

Lindsey Dare (2005-08) set the school record for career goalsagainst average (0.65) and winning percentage (.739)

Nicole Lee finished her career third all-time with 118 points.

Career Records

Jennifer Walek (1993-95, ’97) left a huge mark on the Gophersoccer program. Walek, the 1995 Big Ten Player of the Year, topsthe Minnesota record book with 60 career goals, 32 careerassists and 162 career points.


season records

SEASON POINTS PTS1. Jennifer Walek (1993) 53

19 games, 22 goals, 9 assists2. Jennifer Walek (1995) 50

23 games, 16 goals, 18 assists3. Nicole Lee (1998) 43

21 games, 17 goals, 9 assists4. Gretchen Brandt (1993) 36

19 games, 15 goals, 6 assists5. Jennifer McElmury (1996) 35

20 games, 14 goals, 7 assists6. Jennifer Walek (1994) 34

20 games, 14 goals, 6 assists7. Laurie Seidl (1998) 33

21 games, 15 goals, 3 assistsCorinne Bolder (1995) 3323 games, 11 goals, 11 assists

9. Jennifer McElmury (1997) 3123 games, 12 goals, 7 assists

10. Erin Hussey (1996) 3020 games, 10 goals, 10 assistsJennifer McElmury (1995) 3023 games, 12 goals, 6 assists

SEASON GOALS GP G1. Jennifer Walek (1993) 19 222. Nicole Lee (1998) 21 173. Jennifer Walek (1995) 23 164. Laurie Seidl (1998) 21 15

Gretchen Brandt (1993) 19 156. Jennifer McElmury (1996) 20 14

Jennifer Walek (1994) 20 148. Gretchen Brandt (1995) 21 139. Nicole Lee (1997) 23 12

Jennifer McElmury (1997) 23 12Jennifer McElmury (1995) 23 12

SEASON ASSISTS GP A1. Jennifer Walek (1995) 23 182. Laurie Seidl (1999) 22 123. Corinne Bolder (1995) 23 11

Megan Johnson (1996) 20 115. Erin Hussey (1996) 20 10

Katie Bethke (2007) 19 107. Jennifer Walek (1993) 19 9

Nicole Lee (1998) 21 9Alison Rackley (1998) 21 9

10. Jennifer Walek (1997) 23 8Corinne Bolder (1998) 21 8Nicole Lee (1999) 22 8

SEASON GAME-WINNING GOALS GP G1. Jennifer Walek (1993) 19 6

Nicole Lee (1998) 21 6Lindsey Schwartz (2008) 26 6

4. Jennifer Walek (1994) 20 5Gretchen Brandt (1995) 21 5Erin Hussey (1996) 20 5Jennifer McElmury (1997) 23 5Tamara Strahota (2008) 26 5

9. Jennifer McElmury (1995) 23 4Jennifer Walek (1995) 23 4Jennifer McElmury (1996) 20 4Laurie Seidl (1997) 23 4Megan Johnson (1999) 22 4Rachael Roth (2002) 19 4

SEASON SHOTS GP SHOTS1. Jennifer McElmury (1995) 23 1012. Lindsey Schwartz (2008) 26 1003. Jennifer McElmury (1996) 20 874. Jennifer Walek (1995) 23 795. Laurie Seidl (1997) 23 736. Jennifer McElmury (1994) 20 727. Nicole Lee (1998) 21 70

Lindsey Schwartz (2007) 19 70Kaitlin Wagner (2008) 26 70

10. Gretchen Brandt (1993) 19 69Laurie Seidl (1998) 21 69Jennifer McElmury (1997) 23 69

SEASON GOALKEEPER MINUTES PLAYED MINUTES1. Lindsey Dare (2008) 2.378:192. Dana Larson (1997) 2,190:353. Teresa O’Hearn (1995) 2,077:324. Teresa O’Hearn (1994) 1,928:005. Molly Schneider (2005) 1,818:586. Julie Eibensteiner (2000) 1,699:007. Molly Schneider (2004) 1,639:568. Dana Larson (1998) 1,636:109. Dana Larson (1999) 1,545:5010. Julie Eibensteiner (2001) 1,526:19

SEASON GAA GAA(Min. 750 minutes)

1. Lindsey Dare (2008) 0.452378:19 minutes, 12 goals against

2. Molly Schneider (2005) 0.841818:58 minutes, 17 goals against

3. Lindsey Dare (2006) 0.931166:10 minutes, 12 goals against

4. Teresa O’Hearn (1995) 1.042077:32 minutes, 24 goals against

5. Dana Larson (1998) 1.101636:10 minutes, 20 goals against

SEASON SAVES GP S1. Teresa O’Hearn (1994) 20 1402. Julie Eibensteiner (2000) 19 1253. Molly Schneider (2005) 19 1144. Dana Larson (1997) 23 1105. Lindsey Dare (2006) 13 1016. Molly Schneider (2004) 18 100

Teresa O’Hearn (1995) 23 1008. Julie Eibensteiner (2001) 17 989. Karli Kopietz (2002) 17 9310. Dana Larson (1998) 20 89

SEASON WINS WINS1. Lindsey Dare (2008) 222. Dana Larson (1997) 183. Teresa O’Hearn (1995) 164. Dana Larson (1998) 125. Dana Larson (1999) 11

SEASON SHUTOUTS SO1. Lindsey Dare (2008) 17.02. Teresa O’Hearn (1995) 11.03. Dana Larson (1997) 10.04. Dana Larson (1999) 8.05. Molly Schneider (2005) 7.0

SEASON WINNING PCT. RECORD PCT.(min. 10 games)

1. Lindsey Dare (2008) 22-4-0 .8462. Dana Larson (1997) 18-3-2 .8263. Teresa O’Hearn (1995) 16-5-2 .7394. Dana Larson (1996) 7-3-0 .7005. Dana Larson (1998) 12-5-1 .694

Jennifer Walek’s point totals during the program’s first yearof existence still stand at the top of the single-season recordcharts.

Jennifer McElmury holds Minnesota’s season and careerrecord for shots.

Season Records


records by class

Freshman Season

POINTS53..........................................Jennifer Walek (1993)33 ........................................Corinne Bolder (1995)28....................................Jennifer McElmury (1994)

GOALS22..........................................Jennifer Walek (1993)11 ........................................Corinne Bolder (1995)11....................................Jennifer McElmury (1994)

ASSISTS11 ........................................Megan Johnson (1996)11 ........................................Corinne Bolder (1995)10 ............................................Katie Bethke (2007)

GAME-WINNNING GOALS6............................................Jennifer Walek (1993)5........................................Tamara Strahota (2008)4................................................Laurie Seidl (1997)

SHOTS73..............................................Laurie Seidl (1997)72....................................Jennifer McElmury (1994)

GOALKEEPER MINUTES PLAYED1,393:02 ..................................Karli Kopietz (2002)1,155:00 ..............................Teresa O’Hearn (1993)

GOALKEEPER GOALS-AGAINST AVG.(min. 750 minutes)1.21 ........................................Dana Larson (1996)1.23..........................................Karli Kopietz (2002)

GOALKEEPER SAVES93 ............................................Karli Kopietz (2002)73 ........................................Teresa O’Hearn (1993)

GOALKEEPER WINS8 ..........................................Teresa O’Hearn (1993)7 ..............................................Dana Larson (1996)

GOALKEEPER SHUTOUTS5.5..............................................Jami Philip (1993)4.5............................................Karli Kopietz (2002)4.0 ..........................................Dana Larson (1996)

Sophomore Season

POINTS36 ......................................Gretchen Brandt (1993)34..........................................Jennifer Walek (1994)33..............................................Laurie Seidl (1998)

GOALS15..............................................Laurie Seidl (1998)15 ......................................Gretchen Brandt (1993)14 ........................................Jennifer Walek (1994)

ASSISTS7................................................Molly Rouse (2008)6............................................Becky Dellaria (2003)6......................................Jennifer McElmury (1995)6............................................Jennifer Walek (1994)6 ........................................Gretchen Brandt (1993)

GAME-WINNING GOALS5............................................Jennifer Walek (1994)4......................................Jennifer McElmury (1995)3 ............................................Haley Lentsch (2004)3 ............................................Rachael Roth (2001)3................................................Laurie Seidl (1998)3 ..................................................Nicole Lee (1997)

SHOTS101..................................Jennifer McElmury (1995)69 ......................................Gretchen Brandt (1993)69..............................................Laurie Seidl (1998)

GOALKEEPER MINUTES PLAYED2,190:35 ..................................Dana Larson (1997)1,933:00 ..............................Teresa O’Hearn (1994)

GOALKEEPER GOALS-AGAINST AVG.(min. 750 minutes)0.93 ........................................Lindsey Dare (2006)1.12......................................Teresa O’Hearn (1994)

GOALKEEPER SAVES140 ......................................Teresa O’Hearn (1994)111 ..........................................Dana Larson (1997)

GOALKEEPER WINS18 ............................................Dana Larson (1997)

GOALKEEPER SHUTOUTS10.0 ........................................Dana Larson (1997)

Junior Season

POINTS50 ........................................Jennifer Walek (1995)43................................................Nicole Lee (1998)35 ..................................Jennifer McElmury (1996)

GOALS17................................................Nicole Lee (1998)16 ........................................Jennifer Walek (1995)14 ..................................Jennifer McElmury (1996)

ASSISTS18 ........................................Jennifer Walek (1995)12 ............................................Laurie Seidl (1999)9..................................................Nicole Lee (1998)

GAME-WINNING GOALS6..................................................Nicole Lee (1998)4 ............................................Rachael Roth (2002)4 ....................................Jennifer McElmury (1996)4 ..........................................Jennifer Walek (1995)

SHOTS87 ..................................Jennifer McElmury (1996)79 ........................................Jennifer Walek (1995)70................................................Nicole Lee (1998)70 ....................................Lindsay Schwartz (2007)

GOALKEEPER MINUTES PLAYED2,077:32..............................Teresa O’Hearn (1995)1,699:00..........................Julie Eibensteiner (2000)1,639:56 ............................Molly Schneider (2004)

GOALKEEPER GOALS-AGAINST AVG.(min. 750 minutes)1.04 ....................................Teresa O’Hearn (1995)1.10 ........................................Dana Larson (1998)

GOALKEEPER SAVES125..................................Julie Eibensteiner (2000)100 ....................................Molly Schneider (2004)95........................................Teresa O’Hearn (1995)

GOALKEEPER WINS16........................................Teresa O’Hearn (1995)

GOALKEEPER SHUTOUTS11.0 ....................................Teresa O’Hearn (1995)

Senior SeasonPOINTS31 ..................................Jennifer McElmury (1997)30 ............................................Erin Hussey (1996)26 ..............................................Nicole Lee (1999)26 ....................................Gretchen Brandt (1995)

GOALS14 ....................................Gretchen Brandt (1995)12 ..................................Jennifer McElmury (1997)11 ..........................................Rachael Roth (2002)

ASSISTS10 ............................................Erin Hussey (1996)8 ................................................Nicole Lee (1999)8 ..........................................Corinne Bolder (1998)8 ..........................................Jennifer Walek (1997)

GAME-WINNING GOALS6 ......................................Lindsey Schwartz (2008)5 ....................................Jennifer McElmury (1997)5 ..............................................Erin Hussey (1996)5 ......................................Gretchen Brandt (1995)

SHOTS100 ..................................Lindsey Schwartz (2008)70 ........................................Kaitlin Wagner (2008)69 ....................................Claire Grimwood (2008)

GOALKEEPER MINUTES PLAYED2,378:19 ................................Lindsey Dare (2008)1,818:58 ............................Molly Schneider (2005)1,545:50 ................................Dana Larson (1998)

GOALKEEPER GOALS-AGAINST AVG.(min. 750 minutes)0.45 ........................................Lindsey Dare (2008)0.84 ..................................Molly Schneider (2005)1.18 ....................................Teresa O’Hearn (1996)

GOALKEEPER SAVES114 ....................................Molly Schneider (2005)98 ..................................Julie Eibensteiner (2001)73 ..........................................Dana Larson (1999)73 ..........................................Lindsey Dare (2008)

GOALKEEPER WINS22 ..........................................Lindsey Dare (2008)11 ..........................................Dana Larson (1999)

GOALKEEPER SHUTOUTS17.0 ........................................Lindsey Dare (2008)8.0 ..........................................Dana Larson (1999)7.0 ....................................Molly Schneider (2005)

Corinne Bolder’s 33 points in 1995 are the secondmost ever by a Gopher freshman. She ranks tiedfor first in assists and tied for second in goalsamong rookies.

As a sophomore, Dana Larson had one of thefinest seasons ever by a Minnesota goalkeeper,helping the Gophers to the 1997 Big TenChampionship.

Julie Eibensteiner made the second most saves inschool history during her junior season in 2000.

Gretchen Brandt’s 14 goals in 1995 are the mostever by a Golden Gopher senior.


yearly statistical leaders

Year-By-Year StatisticsYear Record Goals Assists Points Shots Minutes Goals Allowed Saves GAA Shutouts1993 13-6-0 65 44 174 335 1,740:00 27 101 1.40 91994 10-6-4 48 36 132 354 1,950:00 24 140 1.11 51995 16-5-2 76 62 214 441 2,190:00 27 108 1.11 121996 13-7-0 46 40 132 320 1,888:43 25 95 1.19 71997 18-3-2 60 42 162 357 2,190:35 30 30 1.23 101998 14-6-1 57 52 166 400 1,929:20 23 97 1.07 71999 13-9-0 35 47 117 368 2,031:00 28 95 1.24 102000 8-10-1 20 24 64 318 1,760:24 28 130 1.43 62001 5-12-0 9 7 25 147 1,561:19 29 100 1.67 72002 7-11-1 22 18 62 227 1,746:43 27 118 1.39 52003 6-10-2 26 24 76 234 1,665:50 44 100 2.38 22004 8-10-0 17 16 50 219 1,639:56 26 100 1.43 52005 9-8-2 20 22 62 190 1,818:58 17 114 0.84 72006 8-9-2 19 22 60 201 1,751:51 23 142 1.18 72007 9-8-2 31 27 89 277 1,781:34 22 81 1.11 72008 22-4-0 43 42 128 481 2,378:19 12 74 0.45 17

POINTS1993 53 Jennifer Walek1994 34 Jennifer Walek1995 50 Jennifer Walek1996 35 Jennifer McElmury1997 31 Jennifer McElmury1998 43 Nicole Lee1999 26 Nicole Lee2000 16 Laurie Seidl2001 16 Rachael Roth2002 26 Rachael Roth2003 19 Haley Lentsch2004 12 Haley Lentsch

12 Becky Dellaria2005 17 Lindsey Schwartz2006 15 Kaitlin Wagner2007 22 Lindsey Schwartz2008 23 Lindsey Schwartz

GOALS1993 22 Jennifer Walek1994 14 Jennifer Walek1995 16 Jennifer Walek1996 14 Jennifer McElmury1997 12 Nicole Lee1998 17 Nicole Lee1999 9 Nicole Lee

9 Megan Johnson2000 7 Laurie Seidl2001 7 Rachael Roth2002 11 Rachael Roth2003 7 Haley Lentsch2004 5 Haley Lentsch2005 6 Lindsey Schwartz2006 5 Kaitlin Wagner

Lindsey Schwartz2007 9 Lindsey Schwartz2008 8 Lindsey Schwartz

ASSISTS1993 9 Jennifer Walek1994 6 Jennifer McElmury

6 Jennifer Walek1995 18 Jennifer Walek1996 11 Megan Johnson1997 8 Jennifer Walek1998 9 Nicole Lee

9 Alison Rackley1999 12 Laurie Seidl2000 4 Alison Rackley

4 Meghan Jones2001 2 Rachael Roth

2 Alison Rackley2 Samantha Meyers

2002 4 Rachael Roth2003 6 Becky Dellaria2004 6 Becky Dellaria

2005 7 Clare Grimwood2006 5 Kaitlin Wagner2007 10 Katie Bethke2008 7 Molly Rouse

7 Lindsey Schwartz

SHOTS1993 69 Gretchen Brandt1994 72 Jennifer McElmury1995 101 Jennifer McElmury1996 87 Jennifer McElmury1997 73 Laurie Seidl1998 70 Nicole Lee1999 68 Laurie Seidl2000 65 Laurie Seidl2001 38 Rachael Roth2002 64 Rachael Roth2003 50 Amanda McMahon2004 52 Haley Lentsch2005 47 Lindsey Schwartz2006 65 Lindsey Schwartz2007 70 Lindsey Schwartz2008 100 Lindsey Schwartz

GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE(Minimum - 750:00)1993 1.95 Teresa O’Hearn1994 1.12 Teresa O’Hearn1995 1.04 Teresa O’Hearn1996 1.18 Teresa O’Hearn1997 1.23 Dana Larson1998 1.10 Dana Larson1999 1.28 Dana Larson2000 1.38 Julie Eibensteiner2001 1.59 Julie Eibensteiner2002 1.23 Karli Kopietz2003 2.19 Karli Kopietz2004 1.43 Molly Schneider2005 0.84 Molly Schneider2006 0.93 Lindsey Dare2007 1.25 Chelsey Turner2008 0.45 Lindsey Dare

GOALKEEPER SAVES1993 73 Teresa O’Hearn1994 140 Teresa O’Hearn1995 100 Teresa O’Hearn1996 50 Teresa O’Hearn1997 110 Dana Larson1998 89 Dana Larson1999 73 Dana Larson2000 125 Julie Eibensteiner2001 98 Julie Eibensteiner2002 93 Karli Kopietz2003 65 Karli Kopietz2004 100 Molly Schneider2005 114 Molly Schneider

2006 101 Lindsey Dare2007 54 Chelsey Turner2008 73 Lindsey Dare

GOALKEEPER MINUTES PLAYED1993 1,155:00 Teresa O’Hearn1994 1,933:00 Teresa O’Hearn1995 2,077:32 Teresa O’Hearn1996 993:43 Teresa O’Hearn1997 2,190:35 Dana Larson1998 1,636:10 Dana Larson1999 1,545:50 Dana Larson2000 1,699:00 Julie Eibensteiner2001 1,526:19 Julie Eibensteiner2002 1,393:02 Karli Kopietz2003 985:20 Karli Kopietz2004 1,639:56 Molly Schneider2005 1,818:58 Molly Schneider2006 1,166:10 Lindsey Dare2007 1,148:09 Chelsey Turner2008 2,378:19 Lindsey Dare

GOALKEEPER SHUTOUTS1993 6.0 Jami Philip1994 4.5 Teresa O’Hearn1995 11.0 Teresa O’Hearn1996 4.0 Dana Larson1997 10.0 Dana Larson1998 5.0 Dana Larson1999 8.0 Dana Larson2000 5.5 Julie Eibensteiner2001 4.0 Julie Eibensteiner2002 4.5 Karli Kopietz2003 1.0 Karli Kopietz2004 5.0 Molly Schneider2005 7.0 Molly Schneider2006 5.0 Lindsey Dare2007 4.0 Chelsey Turner2008 17.0 Lindsey Dare

Year-By-Year Statistical Leaders

Teresa O’Hearn (1993-96) was the Golden Gophers’ starting goal-keeper in each of the first four years of the program.


gopher history

1993Record: 13-6-0 (H: 6-1-0, A: 4-5-0, N: 3-0-0)Coach: Sue MontagnePlayer GP GS G A PTSJennifer Walek 19 19 22 9 53Gretchen Brandt 19 19 15 6 36Erin Hussey 19 19 6 5 17Anne Meitz 19 18 6 3 15

Goalkeeper GP GS W-L-T MP GAA SV% SOTeresa O’Hearn 12.5 13 8-5-0 1,155:00 1.95 .745 2.5Jami Phillip 6.5 6 5-1-0 585:00 0.31 .895 5.5

Sept. 4 Creighton L 2-3Sept. 7 Macalester W 4-1Sept. 11 vs. Northern Illinois @ W 4-3Sept. 12 at Wisconsin-Green Bay @ L 0-1Sept. 18 Valparaiso W 5-0Sept. 19 Indiana W 3-1Sept. 21 at St. Scholastica W 7-0Sept. 24 at Michigan State % W 2-1Sept. 26 vs. Canisius % W 4-0Oct. 1 at Creighton $ L (OT) 0-1Oct. 2 vs. Northern Illinois $ W 1-0Oct. 8 at Wisconsin (17) L 0-5Oct. 10 St. Thomas W 12-0Oct. 16 Ohio State W 2-0Oct. 18 St. Benedict W 4-0Oct. 22 at Valparaiso W 7-0Oct. 23 at Indiana L 0-5Oct. 30 at Marquette W 6-1Oct. 31 at Wisconsin-Milwaukee L 2-5

@ at Wisconsin-Green Bay Classic% at Michigan State Invitational$ at Creighton Tournament

1994Record: 10-6-4, 3-2-2 Big Ten (H: 6-1-2, A: 1-4-1, N: 3-1-1)Coach: Sue MontagnePlayer GP GS G A PTSJennifer Walek 20 20 14 6 34Jennifer McElmury 20 19 11 6 28Gretchen Brandt 20 19 7 3 17Erin Hussey 20 20 5 4 14

Goalkeeper GP GS W-L-T MP GAA SV% SOTeresa O’Hearn 20 20 10-6-4 1,928:00 1.12 .854 4

Sept. 4 Michigan State * T (O2) 1-1Sept. 9 Wisconsin-Milwaukee W 5-1Sept. 11 St. Cloud State W 9-0Sept. 17 vs. Colorado College @ T (O2) 1-1Sept. 18 vs. William & Mary (7) @ L 0-2Sept. 23 at Michigan * W 2-1Sept. 25 at Indiana * L 2-3Sept. 30 at Ohio State * T (O2) 1-1Oct. 2 vs. Virginia Tech $ W 4-1Oct. 7 Valparaiso W 4-0Oct. 9 Penn State * L (O2) 2-3Oct. 14 Montana W 4-1Oct. 16 Northwestern * W 5-1Oct. 22 Wisconsin (13) * W 2-0Oct. 23 Marquette T (O2) 0-0Oct. 28 at San Diego L 1-2Oct. 30 at San Diego State L 1-2Nov. 4 vs. Ohio State # W 3-1Nov. 5 vs. Michigan State # W 1-0Nov. 6 at Wisconsin (10) # L 0-3

* Big Ten Conference game# Big Ten Conference Tournament (Madison, Wis.)@ at Madison, Wis.$ at Columbus, Ohio

1995BIG TEN CHAMPIONSRecord: 16-5-2, 5-1-1 Big Ten (H: 8-0-1, A: 4-5-0, N: 4-0-1)Coach: Sue MontagnePlayer GP GS G A PTSJennifer Walek 23 23 16 18 50Corinne Bolder 23 21 11 11 33Jennifer McElmury 23 23 12 6 30Gretchen Brandt 21 5 13 0 26Erin Hussey 23 23 8 6 22

Goalkeeper GP GS W-L-T MP GAA SV% SOTeresa O’Hearn 23 23 16-5-2 2,077:32 1.04 .798 9.5

Sept. 2 (24) vs. New Mexico @ W 2-0Sept. 4 (24) at Montana W 6-2Sept. 8 (24) Ohio State * W 2-0Sept. 10 (24) Northern Illinois W 10-0Sept. 13 (20) Minnesota-Duluth W 9-0Sept. 15 (20) vs. George Washington (24) $ T (O2) 2-2Sept. 17 (20) at James Madison L 3-4Sept. 22 (21) Michigan State (23) * W (OT) 3-2Sept. 24 (21) Michigan * W 5-0Sept. 29 (19) at Rutgers (22) L 1-3Oct. 1 (19) at Penn State * W 2-0Oct. 7 (21) Kansas W 5-1Oct. 8 (21) Detroit Mercy W 3-1Oct. 13 (21) Butler W 3-0Oct. 15 (21) Indiana * T (O2) 1-1Oct. 20 (20) at Wisconsin (15) * L 1-5Oct. 22 (20) at Northwestern * W 4-0Oct. 28 (19) at Texas % L (OT) 2-3Oct. 29 (19) vs. Texas Christian % W 6-0Nov. 3 (19) vs. Michigan # W 2-0Nov. 4 (19) at Indiana # W 3-2Nov. 5 (19) vs. Wisconsin # W 1-0Nov. 11 (17) at Wisconsin & L 0-1

* Big Ten Conference game# Big Ten Conference Tournament (Bloomington, Ind.)@ at Missoula, Mont.$ at Harrisonburg, Va.% at Longhorn Classic (Austin, Texas)& NCAA Tournament

1996Record: 13-7-0, 5-2-0 Big Ten (H: 7-2-0, A: 4-3-0, N: 2-2-0)Coach: Sue MontagnePlayer GP GS G A PTSJennifer McElmury 20 20 14 7 35Erin Hussey 20 20 10 10 30Nicole Lee 20 16 8 5 21Corinne Bolder 20 19 5 3 13Megan Johnson 20 20 1 11 13

Goalkeeper GP GS W-L-T MP GAA SV% SOTeresa O’Hearn 13 10 6-4-0 993:43 1.18 .794 2.0Dana Larson 12 10 7-3-0 895:00 1.21 .797 3.0

Aug. 31 at Valparaiso W 10-0Sept. 2 at Butler W 3-1Sept. 7 (16) Auburn W 2-0Sept. 8 (16) New Mexico W 1-0Sept. 14 (14) at Portland (5) L 2-3Sept. 15 (14) vs. Washington (17) @ W 2-1Sept. 20 (10) Wisconsin-Milwaukee W 1-0Sept. 22 (10) at Penn State * L (OT) 2-3Sept. 27 (13) Northwestern * W 1-0Sept. 28 (13) Wisconsin (18) * L 1-3Oct. 6 (16) Minnesota-Duluth W 5-0Oct. 11 (17) at Michigan State * W 2-1Oct. 13 (17) at Michigan * W 4-2Oct. 18 (17) Indiana * W 2-1Oct. 20 (17) Ohio State * W 1-0Oct. 25 (14) vs. North Carolina (2) $ L 0-2Oct. 27 (14) vs. Northern Illinois $ W 3-1Nov. 3 (14) Evansville L 1-2Nov. 9 (18) vs. Northwestern # L 1-2Nov. 17 at Nebraska (5) & L (OT) 2-3

* Big Ten Conference game# Big Ten Conference Tournament (Columbus, Ohio)@ at Portland, Ore.$ at Madison, Wis.& NCAA Tournament

The St. Paul Campus Soccer Field was the Gophers’ home from 1994-98. The Gophers posted a 39-7-4 record at the site.


gopher history

1997BIG TEN CHAMPIONSRecord: 18-3-2, 9-0-0 Big Ten (H: 11-1-0, A: 5-2-1, N: 2-0-1)Coach: Sue MontagnePlayer GP GS G A PTSJennifer McElmury 23 23 12 7 31Nicole Lee 23 21 12 4 28Laurie Seidl 23 23 9 7 25Jennier Walek 23 23 5 8 18

Goalkeeper GP GS W-L-T MP GAA SV% SODana Larson 23 23 18-3-2 2,190:35 1.23 .786 10.0

Aug. 30 (25) Evansville W 1-0Aug. 31 (25) Montana W 5-3Sept. 5 (25) Cincinnati L 1-3Sept. 7 (25) Washington State W 3-2Sept. 12 at Wisconsin-Milwaukee T (O2) 2-2Sept. 14 vs. Wright State @ W 2-0Sept. 19 at Northwestern * W 1-0Sept. 21 at Wisconsin * W 4-1Sept. 26 (21) at Illinois * W 1-0Sept. 28 (21) Iowa * W 6-0Oct. 3 (19) Michigan (11) * W (O2) 4-3Oct. 5 (19) Michigan State * W 4-0Oct. 10 (11) at Indiana * W 3-1Oct. 12 (11) at Ohio State * W (O2) 2-1Oct. 17 (11) Penn State * W (OT) 4-3Oct. 19 (11) Wisconsin-Green Bay W 4-0Oct. 24 (10) Butler W 2-0Oct. 26 (10) Baylor W 3-0Nov. 2 (10) at Nebraska (7) L 1-3Nov. 6 (10) vs. Michigan State # W 2-0Nov. 7 (10) vs. Northwestern # + T (O2, 4-5 PK) 2-2Nov. 15 (11) Wisconsin-Milwaukee & W 2-1Nov. 22 (11) at Santa Clara (3) & L 1-5

* Big Ten Conference game# Big Ten Conference Tournament (Blaine, Minn.)@ at Madison, Wis.& NCAA Tournament+ Shoot-out loss

1998Record: 14-6-1, 5-4-0 Big Ten (H: 6-3-0, A: 7-3-0, N: 1-0-1)Coach: Sue MontagnePlayer GP GS G A PTSNicole Lee 21 21 17 9 43Laurie Seidl 21 21 15 3 33Alison Rackley 21 21 9 9 27Corinne Bolder 21 9 4 8 16

Goalkeeper GP GS W-L-T MP GAA SV% SODana Larson 20 20 12-5-1 1,636:10 1.10 .817 5.0Julie Eibensteiner 6 1 2-1-0 293:10 0.92 .700 2.0

Sept. 1 at Cincinnati L 0-1Sept. 7 Minnesota-Duluth W 7-0Sept. 11 Wisconsin-Green Bay W 7-0Sept. 13 Purdue W 4-2Sept. 18 at Iowa * W 3-0Sept. 21 at Washington State W 4-2Sept. 25 Wisconsin * L 0-2Sept. 27 Northwestern (11) * L 1-2Oct. 2 at Michigan State * W 4-1Oct. 4 at Michigan (24) * W 1-0Oct. 9 at Penn State (6) * L (OT) 2-3Oct. 11 Ohio State * L 0-1Oct. 16 Indiana (17) * W 3-1Oct. 18 Illinois * W 3-1Oct. 24 at Texas Christian W 5-1Oct. 25 at Southern Methodist W 2-1Oct. 30 vs. Nevada-Las Vegas @ W 3-0Nov. 1 at New Mexico W 2-1Nov. 6 vs. Indiana # + T (O2, 4-5 PK) 2-2Nov. 11 Kentucky & W 6-0Nov. 15 at Portland (6) & L 0-3

* Big Ten Conference game# Big Ten Conference Tournament (University Park, Pa.)+ Shoot-out loss@ at Albuquerque, N.M. & NCAA Tournament

1999Record: 13-9-0, 6-4-0 Big Ten (H: 8-2-0, A: 3-6-0, N: 2-1-0)Coach: Sue MontagnePlayer GP GS G A PTSNicole Lee 22 22 9 8 26Laurie Seidl 22 21 6 12 24Megan Johnson 22 4 9 2 20Samantha Meyers 22 21 3 3 9

Goalkeeper GP GS W-L-T MP GAA SV% SODana Larson 21 18 11-7-0 1,545:50 1.28 .695 8.0Julie Eibensteiner 9 4 2-2-0 485:10 1.11 .778 2.0

Aug. 29 at Wisconsin-Milwaukee W 3-2Sept. 4 Arizona State W 1-0Sept. 10 (22) at Iowa State L 0-1Sept. 12 (22) Southern Methodist L 1-3Sept. 17 at Illinois (21) * L (O2) 1-2Sept. 19 at Iowa * W (O2) 2-1Sept. 24 Michigan State * W 2-0Sept. 26 Northwestern * W 1-0Oct. 1 at Ohio State * L 1-2Oct. 3 at Penn State (5) * L 0-4Oct. 8 Indiana * W 2-0Oct. 10 Purdue * W 4-0Oct. 15 Michigan (14) * L 0-2Oct. 17 Illinois State W 3-0Oct. 22 Wisconsin * W 1-0Oct. 24 at Evansville W 4-0Oct. 29 at Kentucky (14) L 0-2Oct. 31 vs. Alabama @ W 4-2Nov. 5 vs. Ohio State # W 2-0Nov. 6 vs. Penn State (5) # L 1-2Nov. 10 Eastern Michigan & W 2-0Nov. 14 at Nebraska (4) & L 0-5

* Big Ten Conference game# Big Ten Conference Tournament (Bloomington, Ind.)@ at Lexington, Ky.& NCAA Tournament

2000Record: 8-10-1, 5-5-0 Big Ten (H: 5-3-0, A: 3-3-1, N: 0-4-0)Coach: Barbara WickstrandPlayer GP GS G A PTSLaurie Seidl 18 18 7 2 16Kecia Lee 18 9 4 0 8Samantha Meyers 19 19 3 0 6Keely Dinse 18 7 2 2 6Alison Rackley 19 19 1 4 6Meghan Jones 19 15 1 4 6

Goalkeeper GP GS W-L-T MP GAA SV% SOJulie Eibensteiner 19 19 8-9-1 1,699:00 1.38 .828 5.5

Aug. 25 Nebraska (5) L 0-4Sept. 1 Kentucky (19) W 1-0Sept. 3 Iowa State W 1-0Sept. 8 vs. Montana @ L 1-3Sept. 10 vs. Detroit Mercy @ L 1-2Sept. 15 Iowa * W 5-1Sept. 17 Illinois * L 0-2Sept. 24 at Michigan * L 0-4Sept. 29 Penn State (6) * L 0-2Oct. 1 Ohio State * W 2-0Oct. 6 at Purdue * W 2-0Oct. 8 at Indiana * W 1-0Oct. 13 Wisconsin-Milwaukee W 1-0Oct. 15 at Michigan State * L (O2) 0-1Oct. 20 at Wisconsin * L 2-4Oct. 22 at Northwestern * W (OT) 2-1Oct. 27 vs. Brigham Young (18) $ L 0-2Oct. 29 at Arizona State T (O2) 1-1Nov. 3 vs. Penn State (7) # L 0-1

* Big Ten Conference game# Big Ten Conference Tournament (Champaign, Ill.)@ at Evanston, Ill.$ at Tempe, Ariz.

2001Record: 5-12-0, 3-7-0 Big Ten (H: 2-5-0, A: 3-5-0, N: 0-2-0)Coach: Barbara WickstrandPlayer GP GS G A PTSRachael Roth 17 17 7 2 16Alison Rackley 15 13 1 2 4Samantha Meyers 15 15 1 2 4Keely Dinse 16 9 0 1 1

Goalkeeper GP GS W-L-T MP GAA SV% SOJulie Eibensteiner 17 17 5-12-0 1,526:19 1.59 .784 4.0

Aug. 31 at Xavier W 1-0Sept. 2 at Cincinnati L 0-2Sept. 8 vs. Brigham Young @ L 0-3Sept. 10 vs. St. Mary’s @ L 0-2Sept. 21 at Ohio State * W 1-0Sept. 23 at Penn State (8) * L 0-4Sept. 28 Illinois * W 2-0Sept. 30 Iowa * L 0-1Oct. 5 Indiana * L 1-3Oct. 7 Purdue * L 0-3Oct. 12 Northwestern * L (OT) 1-2Oct. 14 at Wisconsin * W (OT) 2-1Oct. 19 at Michigan (24) * L 0-2Oct. 21 at Michigan State * L 0-1Oct. 28 Wisconsin-Milwaukee L 0-2Oct. 31 Iowa State W (O2) 1-0Nov. 5 at North Carolina State L 0-3

* Big Ten Conference game@ at Evanston, Ill.


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2002Record: 7-11-1, 1-9-0 Big Ten (H: 5-4-0, A: 2-6-1, N: 0-1-0)Coach: Barbara WickstrandPlayer GP GS G A PTSRachael Roth 19 19 11 4 26Amanda McMahon 9 9 3 2 8Annie Carr 19 12 3 0 6Keely Dinse 19 19 2 0 4

Goalkeeper GP GS W-L-T MP GAA SV% SOKarli Kopietz 17 17 7-8-0 1,393:02 1.23 .830 4.5Marni Prall 7 2 0-2-1 319:09 1.97 .731 0.5

Aug. 30 vs. Washington St. @ L 0-2Sept. 1 at Montana W 1-0Sept. 4 Southwest Missouri State W 3-0Sept. 8 Colorado W 3-2Sept. 13 at Iowa State W 1-0Sept. 15 Cincinnati W 1-0Sept. 20 at Purdue (20) * L 0-1Sept. 22 at Indiana * L 0-1Sept. 27 Michigan State * L 0-1Sept. 29 Michigan (14) * W 4-0Oct. 4 at Iowa * L 0-1Oct. 6 at Illinois * L 2-5Oct. 11 at Wisconsin-Milwaukee T (O2) 2-2Oct. 13 at Northwestern * L 1-2Oct. 18 Penn State (9) * L 1-2Oct. 20 Ohio State * L (O2) 0-1Oct. 25 Wisconsin * L 1-4Oct. 27 Drake W 2-1Nov. 2 at Denver (18) L 0-2

* Big Ten Conference game@ at Missoula, Mont.

2003Record: 6-10-2, 2-7-1 Big Ten (H: 4-3-2, A: 1-6-0, N: 1-1-0)Coach: Barbara WickstrandPlayer GP GS G A PTSHaley Lentsch 18 18 7 5 19Becky Dellaria 18 18 5 6 16Amanda McMahon 18 18 4 4 12

Goalkeeper GP GS W-L-T MP GAA SV% SOKarli Kopietz 12 12 5-6-1 985:20 2.19 .730 1.0Marni Prall 10 5 1-4-1 680:30 2.65 .615 0.0

Aug. 29 Buffalo W 4-2Sept. 1 Creighton T (O2) 1-1Sept. 5 vs. Ohio @ L 1-3Sept. 7 vs. Florida Atlantic @ W 1-0Sept. 12 Western Illinois W 3-0Sept. 19 Purdue * L 0-2Sept. 21 Indiana * W 2-1Sept. 26 at Michigan State * L 2-4Sept. 28 at Michigan * L 0-1Oct. 3 Northwestern * W 2-1Oct. 5 Illinois (12) * L 1-3Oct. 10 at Colorado (6) L 0-6Oct. 12 Iowa * T (O2) 2-2Oct. 17 at Penn State (8) * L 1-8Oct. 19 at Ohio State (19) * L (OT) 0-1Oct. 24 Wisconsin * L 3-4Oct. 31 at Drake L 1-4Nov. 1 at Iowa State W 2-1

* Big Ten Conference game@ at Evanston, Ill.

2004Record: 8-10-0, 2-8-0 Big Ten (H: 3-4-0, A: 4-4-0, N: 1-2-0)Coach: Mikki Denney WrightPlayer GP GS G A PTSHaley Lentsch 18 16 5 2 12Becky Dellaria 18 17 3 6 12Regina Moench 18 18 3 2 8Kaitlin Neary 17 17 3 1 7

Goalkeeper GP GS W-L-T MP GAA SV% SOMolly Schneider 18 18 8-10-0 1,639:56 1.43 .794 5.0

Aug. 29 Northern Iowa W 1-0Sept. 3 vs. Vanderbilt @ W 1-0Sept. 5 vs. Central Florida @ L 0-3Sept. 10 at Boise State W 3-0Sept. 11 vs. Montana % L 1-2Sept. 17 at Indiana * L (OT) 1-2Sept. 19 at Purdue * L 0-1Sept. 24 Michigan (16) * L (O2) 0-1Sept. 26 Michigan State * L 0-1Oct. 1 at Illinois * L 0-4Oct. 3 at Northwestern * L 1-3Oct. 8 at Wisconsin * W 2-1Oct. 10 at Wisconsin-Green Bay W 1-0Oct. 15 Ohio State (16) * L 0-4Oct. 17 Penn State (3) * L 0-2Oct. 22 at Iowa * W 1-0Oct. 24 North Dakota State W 3-1Oct. 29 South Dakota State W 2-1

* Big Ten Conference game@ at Birmingham, Ala.% at Boise, Idaho

2005Record: 9-8-2, 6-4-0 Big Ten (H: 3-3-1, A: 6-3-1, N: 0-2-0)Coach: Mikki Denney WrightPlayer GP GS G A PTSLindsey Schwartz 19 19 6 5 17Becky Dellaria 19 15 4 2 10Clare Grimwood 19 19 0 7 7

Goalkeeper GP GS W-L-T MP GAA SV% SOMolly Schneider 19 19 9-8-2 1,818:58 .84 .870 7.0

Aug. 26 at Nebraska (17) L 1-3Aug. 29 at Drake W 2-0Sept. 2 at Baylor T (O2) 1-1Sept. 4 at Texas Tech W 2-0Sept. 9 at Northern Iowa W 3-1Sept. 11 South Dakota State T (O2) 0-0Sept. 16 at Dartmouth @ L (OT) 2-3Sept. 18 vs. Villanova @ L 0-1Sept. 23 Purdue * L 1-2Sept. 25 Indiana * W (OT) 2-1Sept. 30 at Wisconsin * W (O2) 1-0Oct. 2 at Northwestern * W 1-0Oct. 7 Iowa * W 1-0Oct. 9 Illinois * W 2-1Oct. 16 Ohio State * L (O2) 0-1Oct. 21 at Michigan State * L 0-1Oct. 23 at Michigan * W 1-0Oct. 28 Penn State (1) * L (O2) 0-1Nov. 3 vs. Illinois # L 0-1

* Big Ten Conference game@ adidas/Hypertherm Classic at Hanover, N.H.# Big Ten Conference Tournament (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

2006Record: 8-9-2, 1-8-1 Big Ten (H: 5-4-1, A: 2-5-1, N: 1-0-0)Coach: Mikki Denney WrightPlayer GP GS G A PTSKaitlin Wagner 19 19 5 5 15Lindsey Schwartz 19 19 5 4 14Elena Fruci 19 17 4 2 10

Goalkeeper GP GS W-L-T MP GAA SV% SOLindsey Dare 13 12 6-4-2 1,166:10 0.93 .894 5Chelsey Turner 7 7 2-5-0 585:41 1.69 .788 2

Aug. 25 Drake W 3-0Aug. 27 North Dakota State W 2-0Sept. 1 Iowa State W 2-0Sept. 3 Missouri L 0-1Sept. 8 vs. Army @ W 1-0Sept. 10 at Brown @ T (O2) 2-2Sept. 15 Dartmouth % W 1-0Sept. 17 Northern Colorado % W 3-1Sept. 22 at Indiana * L 0-1Sept. 24 at Purdue (25) * L (OT) 0-1Sept. 29 Northwestern * L 0-1Oct. 1 Wisconsin * L 1-5Oct. 6 at Illinois (10) * L 0-3Oct. 8 at Iowa * W (OT) 1-0Oct. 13 at Penn State (11) * L 0-1Oct. 15 at South Dakota State W 2-1Oct. 20 Michigan * T (O2) 0-0Oct. 22 Michigan State * L 0-2Oct. 27 at Ohio State * L 1-4

* Big Ten Conference game@ Brown Invitational at Providence, R.I.% Gopher Invitational (Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium)

2007Record: 9-8-2, 5-5-0 Big Ten (H: 4-3-0, A: 4-4-1, N: 1-1-1)Coach: Mikki Denney WrightPlayer GP GS G A PTSLindsey Schwartz 19 19 9 4 22Katie Bethke 19 19 5 10 20Clare Grimwood 19 17 5 2 12

Goalkeeper GP GS W-L-T MP GAA SV% SOLindsey Dare 7 6 3-2-1 633:25 0.85 .800 3Chelsey Turner 13 12 5-6-1 1148:09 1.25 .771 4

Aug. 31 Central Florida @ L 2-1Sept. 2 at Tennessee @ L 0-1Sept. 7 Providence & W 3-0Sept. 9 at Dartmouth & W 4-1Sept. 14 vs. Dayton % L (OT) 2-3Sept. 16 vs. Montana % W 4-0Sept. 21 at Boston University T 1-1Sept. 23 at Northeastern W 3-0Sept. 28 Michigan * W 2-1Sept. 30 Michigan State * W 2-0Oct. 5 at Illinois * L 0-1Oct. 12 at Indiana * L 2-4Oct. 14 at Purdue (8) * L 1-3Oct. 19 Ohio State * L (OT) 1-2Oct. 21 Penn State (8) * W (O2) 1-0Oct. 26 at Northwestern W 1-0Oct. 28 at Wisconsin * W 1-0Nov. 2 Iowa * L 0-1Nov. 8 Illinois # + T (O2, 3-4 PK) 2-2

* Big Ten Conference game# Big Ten Tournament game@ Tennessee Lady Vol Invitational at Knoxville, Tenn.& Dartmouth Invitational at Hanover, N.H.% Gopher Invitational (Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium)+ Shootout loss

gopher history

2008BIG TEN CHAMPIONSNCAA SWEET SIXTEENRecord: 22-4-0, 8-2-0 Big Ten (H: 12-0-0, A: 7-3-0, N: 3-1-0)Coach: Mikki Denney WrightPlayer GP GS G A PTSLindsey Schwartz 26 26 8 7 23Kaitlin Wagner 26 26 6 5 17Molly Rouse 26 26 4 7 15

Goalkeeper GP GS W-L-T MP GAA SV% SOLindsey Dare 26 26 22-4-0 2378:19 0.45 .859 17

Aug. 22 Northern Iowa W 5-0Aug. 24 at Montana W 2-1Aug. 26 at South Dakota State W 2-0Aug. 31 at North Dakota State W 3-0Sept. 5 Ohio @ W 2-0Sept. 7 Creighton @ W 3-0Sept. 12 at Nevada W 2-1Sept. 14 vs. Idaho W (OT) 1-0Sept. 19 Brown % W 2-0Sept. 21 Boston University % W 1-0Sept. 26 at Michigan State * L 0-2Sept. 28 at Michigan * W 1-0Oct. 5 Indiana * W (OT) 1-0Oct. 10 Purdue * W (O2) 1-0Oct. 12 Illinois (16) * W 1-0Oct. 17 (23) at Penn State * L 0-2Oct. 19 (23) at Ohio State * W 2-0Oct. 24 (25) Wisconsin * W 2-1Oct. 26 (25) Northwestern * W 2-0Oct. 31 (25) at Iowa * W 1-0Nov. 6 (21) vs. Northwestern # W 2-0Nov. 7 (21) vs. Purdue # W 1-0Nov. 9 (21) vs. Penn State (23) # L 1-2Nov. 14 (22) Marquette & W 2-1Nov. 16 (22) South Dakota State & W 2-0Nov. 21 (22) at Notre Dame (1) & L (OT) 0-1

* Big Ten Conference game# Big Ten Tournament game (Iowa City, Iowa)@ Regina Moench Memorial Tournament (St. Paul, Minn.)& NCAA Tournament Game% Minnesota Gold Classic (St. Paul, Minn.)

Ranking listed prior to opponent indicates Minnesota’s NSCAAnational ranking the week of the game (ISAA rankings were useduntil 1996). Ranking after the opponent name indicates opponent’sranking.

All-Time OpponentsOpponent Games Wins Losses Ties Pct.BIG TENIllinois 14 5 8 1 .393Indiana 19 10 7 2 .632Iowa 12 8 3 1 .708Michigan 16 10 5 1 .656Michigan State 18 9 8 1 .528Northwestern 18 11 6 1 .639Ohio State 18 9 8 1 .528Penn State 18 3 15 0 .167Purdue 12 5 7 0 .417Wisconsin 19 9 10 0 .474Total 164 79 77 8 .506

AMERICA EASTBoston University 2 1 0 1 .750Total 2 1 0 1 .750

ATLANTIC 10Dayton 1 0 1 0 .000George Washington 1 0 0 1 .500Xavier 1 1 0 0 1.000Total 3 1 1 1 .500

ATLANTIC COASTNorth Carolina 1 0 1 0 .000North Carolina State 1 0 1 0 .000Virginia Tech 1 1 0 0 1.000Total 3 1 2 0 .333

BIG EASTCincinnati 4 1 3 0 .250Notre Dame 1 0 1 0 .000Marquette 3 2 0 1 .833Providence 1 1 0 0 1.000Rutgers 1 0 1 0 .000Villanova 1 0 1 0 .000Total 11 4 6 1 .409

BIG SKYMontana 8 6 2 0 .750Northern Colorado 1 1 0 0 1.000Total 9 7 2 0 .778

BIG XIIBaylor 2 1 0 1 .750Colorado 2 1 1 0 .500Iowa State 6 5 1 0 .833Kansas 1 1 0 0 1.000Missouri 1 0 1 0 .000Nebraska 5 0 5 0 .000Texas 1 0 1 0 .000Texas Tech 1 1 0 0 1.000Total 19 9 9 1 .500

COLONIALJames Madison 1 0 1 0 .000Northeastern 1 1 0 0 1.000William & Mary 1 0 1 0 .000Total 3 1 2 0 .333

CONFERENCE USACentral Florida 2 0 2 0 .000Southern Methodist 2 1 1 0 .500Total 4 1 3 0 .250

IVY LEAGUEBrown 2 1 0 1 .750Dartmouth 3 2 1 0 .667Total 5 3 1 1 .700

HORIZON LEAGUEButler 3 3 0 0 1.000Detroit Mercy 2 1 1 0 .500Wisconsin-Green Bay 4 3 1 0 .750Wisconsin-Milwaukee 9 5 2 2 .667Wright State 1 1 0 0 1.000Total 19 13 4 2 .737

MID-AMERICABuffalo 1 1 0 0 1.000Eastern Michigan 1 1 0 0 1.000Northern Illinois 4 4 0 0 1.000Ohio 2 1 1 0 .500Total 8 7 1 0 .875

METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETICCanisius 1 1 0 0 1.000Total 1 1 0 0 1.000

MID-CONTINENTValparaiso 4 4 0 0 1.000Western Illinois 1 1 0 0 1.000Total 5 5 0 0 1.000

MISSOURI VALLEYCreighton 4 1 2 1 .375Drake 4 3 1 0 .750Evansville 3 2 1 0 .667Illinois State 1 1 0 0 1.000Missouri State 1 1 0 0 1.000Northern Iowa 3 3 0 0 1.000Total 16 11 4 1 .688

MOUNTAIN WESTBrigham Young 2 0 2 0 .000New Mexico 3 3 0 0 1.000San Diego State 1 0 1 0 .000TCU 2 2 0 0 1.000UNLV 1 1 0 0 1.000Total 9 6 3 0 .667

PAC-10Arizona State 2 1 0 1 .750Washington 1 1 0 0 1.000Washington State 3 2 1 0 .667Total 6 4 1 1 .750

PATRIOT LEAGUEArmy 1 1 0 0 1.000Total 1 1 0 0 1.000

SOUTHEASTERNAlabama 1 1 0 0 1.000Auburn 1 1 0 0 1.000Kentucky 3 2 1 0 .667Tennessee 1 0 1 0 .000Vanderbilt 1 1 0 0 1.000Total 7 5 2 0 .714

SUMMIT LEAGUENorth Dakota State 3 3 0 0 1.000South Dakota State 5 4 0 1 .900Total 8 7 0 1 .938

SUN BELTDenver 1 0 1 0 .000Florida Atlantic 1 1 0 0 1.000Total 2 1 1 0 .500

WEST COASTPortland 2 0 2 0 .000St. Mary’s (Calif.) 1 0 1 0 .000San Diego 1 0 1 0 .000Santa Clara 1 0 1 0 .000Total 5 0 5 0 .000

WESTERN ATHLETICBoise State 1 1 0 0 1.000Idaho 1 1 0 0 1.000Nevada 1 1 0 0 1.000Total 3 3 0 0 1.000

NON DIVISION IColorado College 1 0 0 1 .500Macalester 1 1 0 0 1.000Minnesota-Duluth 3 3 0 0 1.000St. Benedict 1 1 0 0 1.000St. Cloud State 1 1 0 0 1.000St. Scholastica 1 1 0 0 1.000St. Thomas 1 1 0 0 1.000Total 9 8 0 1 .944

All-Time Record 322 179 125 19 .585Home 142 95 39 8 .669Away 132 60 66 6 .477Neutral 52 27 20 5 .567Overtime 53 15 20 18 .453Shootouts (+) 3 0 3 0 .000NCAA Tournament 11 5 6 0 .455


ALABAMA (1-0-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 1-0-01999 10/31 W 1-0 N

ARIZONA STATE (1-0-1)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-0-1 � Neutral: 0-0-01999 9/4 W 1-0 H2000 10/29 T 1-1 (2OT) A

ARMY (1-0-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 1-0-02006 9/8 W 1-0 N

AUBURN (1-0-0)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01996 9/7 W 2-0 H

BAYLOR (1-0-1)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-0-1 � Neutral: 0-0-01997 9/26 W 3-0 H2005 9/2 T 1-1 (2OT) A

BOISE STATE (1-0-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 1-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02004 9/10 W 3-0 A

BOSTON UNIVERSITY (1-0-1)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-0-1 � Neutral: 0-0-02007 9/21 T 1-1 (2OT) A2008 9/21 W 1-0 H

BROWN (1-0-1)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-0-1 � Neutral: 0-0-02006 9/10 T 2-2 (2OT) A2008 9/19 W 2-0 H

BUFFALO (1-0-0)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02003 8/29 W 4-2 H

BRIGHAM YOUNG (0-2-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-2-02000 10/27 L 0-2 N2001 9/8 L 0-3 N

BUTLER (3-0-0)Home: 2-0-0 � Away: 1-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01995 10/13 W 3-0 H1996 9/2 W 3-1 A1997 10/24 W 2-0 H

CANISIUS (1-0-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 1-0-01993 9/26 W 4-0 N

CENTRAL FLORIDA (0-2-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-2-02004 9/5 L 0-3 N2007 8/31 L 1-2 N

CINCINNATI (1-3-0)Home: 1-1-0 � Away: 0-2-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01997 9/5 L 1-3 H1998 9/1 L 0-1 A2001 9/2 L 0-2 A2002 9/15 W 1-0 H

COLORADO (1-1-0)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-1-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02002 9/8 W 3-2 H2003 10/10 L 0-6 A

COLORADO COLLEGE (0-0-1)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-11994 9/17 T 1-1 (2OT) N

CREIGHTON (1-2-1)Home: 1-1-1 � Away: 0-1-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01993 9/4 L 2-3 H1993 10/1 L 0-1 (OT) A2003 9/1 T 1-1 (2OT) H2008 9/7 W 3-0 H

DARTMOUTH (2-1-0)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-1-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02005 9/16 L 2-3 (OT) A2006 9/15 W 1-0 H2007 9/9 W 4-1 A

DAYTON (0-1-0)Home: 0-1-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02007 9/14 L 2-3 (OT) H

DENVER (0-1-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-1-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02002 11/2 L 0-2 A

DETROIT MERCY (1-1-0)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-1-01995 10/8 W 3-1 H2000 9/10 L 1-2 N

DRAKE (3-1-0)Home: 2-0-0 � Away: 1-1-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02002 10/27 W 2-1 H2003 10/31 L 1-4 A2005 8/29 W 2-0 A2006 8/25 W 3-0 H

EASTERN MICHIGAN (1-0-0)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01999& 11/10 W 2-0 H

EVANSVILLE (2-1-0)Home: 1-1-0 � Away: 1-0-01996 11/3 L 1-2 H1997 8/30 W 1-0 H1999 10/24 W 4-0 A

FLORIDA ATLANTIC (1-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 1-0-02003 9/7 W 1-0 N

GEORGE WASHINGTON (0-0-1)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-11995 9/15 T 2-2 (2OT) N

IDAHO (1-0-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 1-0-02008 9/14 W 1-0 (OT) N

ILLINOIS (5-8-1)Home: 4-2-1 � Away: 1-5-0 � Neutral: 0-1-01997* 9/26 W 1-0 A1998* 10/18 W 3-1 H1999* 9/17 L 1-2 (2OT) A2000* 9/17 L 0-2 H2001* 9/28 W 2-0 H2002* 10/6 L 2-5 A2003* 10/5 L 1-3 H2004* 10/1 L 0-4 A2005* 10/9 W 2-1 H2005# 11/3 L 0-1 N2006* 10/6 L 0-3 A2007* 10/5 L 0-1 A2007# 11/8 T 2-2 (3-4 PK) H2008* 10/12 W 1-0 H

ILLINOIS STATE (1-0-0)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01999 10/17 W 3-0 H

INDIANA (10-7-2)Home: 7-1-1 � Away: 3-6-0� Neutral: 0-0-11993 9/19 W 3-1 H1993 10/23 L 0-5 A1994* 9/25 L 2-3 A1995* 10/15 T 1-1 (2OT) H1995# 11/4 W 3-2 A1996* 10/18 W 2-1 H1997* 10/10 W 3-1 A1998* 10/16 W 3-1 H1998#+ 11/6 T 2-2 (2OT; 4-5) N1999* 10/8 W 2-0 H2000* 10/8 W 2-0 A2001* 10/5 L 1-3 H2002* 9/22 L 0-1 A2003* 9/21 W 2-1 H2004* 9/17 L 1-2 (OT) A2005* 9/25 W 2-1 (OT) H


gopher history

Year-by-Year Records/Coaching HistoryOverall Big Ten Home Big Ten NCAA

Year Coach Record Pct. Record Pct. Record Pct. Finish Round1993 Sue Montagne 13-6-0 .684 n/a n/a 6-1-0 .857 n/a DNQ1994 Sue Montagne 10-6-4 .600 3-2-2 .571 6-1-2 .778 2nd DNQ1995 Sue Montagne 16-5-2 .739 5-1-1 .786 8-0-1 1.000 1st First1996 Sue Montagne 13-7-0 .650 5-2-0 .625 7-2-0 .778 5th-T First1997 Sue Montagne 18-3-2 .826 9-0-0 1.000 11-1-0 .917 1st Second1998 Sue Montagne 14-6-1 .690 5-4-0 .556 6-3-0 .667 6th Second1999 Sue Montagne 13-9-0 .591 6-4-0 .600 8-2-0 .800 4th Second2000 Barbara Wickstrand 8-10-1 .447 5-5-0 .500 5-3-0 .625 6th-T DNQ2001 Barbara Wickstrand 5-12-0 .294 3-7-0 .300 2-5-0 .285 10th DNQ2002 Barbara Wickstrand 7-11-1 .395 1-9-0 .100 5-4-0 .556 11th DNQ2003 Barbara Wickstrand 6-10-2 .389 2-7-1 .250 4-3-2 .556 10th DNQ2004 Mikki Denney Wright 8-10-0 .444 2-8-0 .200 3-4-0 .429 10th DNQ2005 Mikki Denney Wright 9-8-2 .526 6-4-0 .600 3-3-1 .500 5th DNQ2006 Mikki Denney Wright 8-9-2 .474 1-8-1 .150 5-4-1 .550 10th-T DNQ2007 Mikki Denney Wright 9-8-2 .526 5-5-1 .500 4-3-1 .563 6th DNQ2008 Mikki Denney Wright 22-4-0 .846 8-2-0 .800 12-0-0 1.000 1st-T Sweet SixteenTotals 14 Seasons 179-124-19 .585 66-68-6 .493 95-39-8 .669

SUE MONTAGNESeven Seasons1993-9997-42-9

BARBARA WICKSTRANDFour Seasons2000-200326-43-4

MIKKI DENNEY WRIGHTFive Seasons2004-present56-39-6

All-Time Opponents


gopher history2006 9/22 L 0-1 A2007* 10/12 L 2-4 A2008* 10/5 W 1-0 (OT) H

IOWA (8-3-1)Home: 3-2-1 � Away: 5-1-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01997* 9/28 W 6-0 H1998* 9/18 W 3-0 A1999* 9/19 W 2-1 (2OT) A2000* 9/15 W 5-1 H2001* 9/30 L 0-1 H2002* 10/4 L 0-1 A2003* 10/12 T 2-2 (2OT) H2004* 10/22 W 1-0 A2005* 10/7 W 1-0 H2006* 10/8 W 1-0(OT) A2007* 11/2 L 0-1 H2008* 10/31 W 1-0 A

IOWA STATE (5-1-0)Home: 3-0-0 � Away: 2-1-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01999 9/10 L 0-1 A2000 9/3 W 1-0 H2001 10/31 W 1-0 (2OT) H2002 9/13 W 1-0 A2003 11/1 W 2-1 A2006 9/1 W 2-0 H

JAMES MADISON (0-1-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-1-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01995 9/17 L 3-4 A

KANSAS (1-0-0)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01995 10/7 W 5-1 H

KENTUCKY (2-1-0)Home: 2-0-0 � Away: 0-1-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01998& 11/11 W 6-0 H1999 10/29 L 0-2 A2000 9/1 W 1-0 H

MACALESTER (1-0-0)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01993 9/7 W 4-1 H

MARQUETTE (2-0-1)Home: 2-0-1 � Away: 1-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01993 10/30 W 6-1 A1994 10/23 T 0-0 (2OT) H2008& 11/14 W 2-1 H

MICHIGAN (10-5-1)Home: 4-2-1 � Away: 5--03 � Neutral: 1-0-01994* 9/23 W 2-1 A1995* 9/24 W 5-0 H1995# 11/3 W 2-0 N1996* 10/13 W 4-2 A1997* 10/3 W 4-3 (2OT) H1998* 10/4 W 1-0 A1999* 10/15 L 0-2 H2000* 9/24 L 0-4 A2001* 10/19 L 0-2 A2002* 9/29 W 4-0 H2003* 9/28 L 0-1 A2004* 9/24 L 0-1 (2OT) H2005* 10/23 W 1-0 A2006* 10/20 T 0-0 (2OT) H2007 9/28 W 2-1 H2008* 9/28 W 1-0 A

MICHIGAN STATE (9-8-1)Home: 4-3-1 � Away: 3-5-0 � Neutral: 2-0-01993 9/24 W 2-1 A1994* 9/4 T 1-1 (2OT) H1994# 11/5 W 1-0 N1995* 9/22 W 3-2 (OT) H1996* 10/11 W 2-1 A1997* 10/5 W 4-0 H1997# 11/6 W 2-0 N1998* 10/2 W 4-1 A1999* 9/24 W 2-0 H2000* 10/15 L 0-1 (2OT) A2001* 10/21 L 0-1 A2002* 9/27 L 0-1 H2003* 9/26 L 2-4 A2004* 9/26 L 0-1 H2005* 10/21 L 0-1 A2006* 10/22 L 0-2 H2007* 9/30 W 2-0 H2008* 9/26 L 0-2 A

MINNESOTA-DULUTH (3-0-0)Home: 3-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01995 9/13 W 9-0 H1996 10/6 W 5-0 H1998 9/7 W 7-0 H

MISSOURI (0-1-0)Home: 0-1-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02006 9/3 L 0-1 H

MISSOURI STATE (1-0-0)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02002 9/4 W 3-0 H

MONTANA (6-2-0)Home: 3-0-0 � Away: 3-0-0 � Neutral: 0-2-01994 10/14 W 4-1 H1995 9/4 W 6-2 A1997 8/31 W 5-3 H2000 9/8 L 1-3 N2002 9/1 W 1-0 A2004 9/11 L 1-2 N2007 9/16 W 4-0 H2008 8/24 W 2-1 A

NEBRASKA (0-5-0)Home: 0-1-0 � Away: 0-4-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01996& 11/17 L 2-3 (OT) A1997 11/2 L 1-3 A1999& 11/14 L 0-5 A2000 8/25 L 0-4 H2005 8/26 L 1-3 A

NEVADA (1-0-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 1-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02008 9/12 W 2-1 A

NEW MEXICO (3-0-0)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 1-0-0 � Neutral: 1-0-01995 9/2 W 2-0 N1996 9/8 W 1-0 H1998 11/1 W 2-1 A

NORTH CAROLINA (0-1-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-1-01996 10/25 L 0-2 N

NORTH CAROLINA STATE (0-1-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-1-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02001 11/5 L 0-3 A

NORTH DAKOTA STATE (3-0-0)Home: 2-0-0 � Away: 1-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02004 10/24 W 3-1 H2006 8/27 W 2-0 H2008 8/31 W 3-0 A

NORTHEASTERN (1-0-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 1-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02007 9/23 W 3-0 A

NORTHERN COLORADO (1-0-0)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02006 9/17 W 3-1 H

NORTHERN ILLINOIS (4-0-0)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 3-0-01993 9/12 W 4-3 N1993 10/2 W 1-0 N1995 9/10 W 10-0 H1996 10/27 W 3-1 N

NORTHERN IOWA (3-0-0)Home: 2-0-0 � Away: 1-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02004 8/29 W 1-0 H2005 9/9 W 3-1 A2008 8/22 W 5-0 H

NORTHWESTERN (11-6-1)Home: 5-3-0 � Away: 5-2-0 � Neutral: 1-1-11994* 10/16 W 5-1 H1995* 10/22 W 4-0 A1996* 9/27 W 1-0 H1996# 11/9 L 1-2 N1997* 9/19 W 1-0 A1997#+ 11/7 T 2-2 (2OT; 4-5) N1998* 9/27 L 1-2 H1999* 9/26 W 1-0 H2000* 10/22 W 2-1 (OT) A2001* 10/12 L 1-2 (OT) H2002* 10/13 L 1-2 A2003* 10/3 W 2-1 H2004* 10/3 L 1-3 A2005* 10/2 W 1-0 A2006* 9/29 L 0-1 H2007* 10/26 W 1-0 A2008* 10/26 W 2-0 H2008# 11/6 W 3-1 N

NOTRE DAME (0-1-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-1-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02008& 11/21 L 0-1 (OT) A

OHIO (1-1-0)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-1-02003 9/5 L 1-3 N2008 9/5 W 2-0 H

OHIO STATE (9-8-1)Home: 4-5-0 � Away: 3-3-1 � Neutral: 2-0-01993 10/16 W 2-0 H1994* 9/30 T 1-1 (2OT) A1994# 11/4 W 3-1 N1995* 9/8 W 2-0 H1996* 10/20 W 1-0 H1997* 10/12 W 2-1 (2OT) A1998* 10/11 L 0-1 H1999* 10/1 L 1-2 A1999# 11/5 W 2-0 N2000* 10/1 W 2-0 H2001* 9/21 W 1-0 A2002* 10/20 L 0-1 (2OT) H2003* 10/19 L 0-1 (OT) A2004* 10/15 L 0-4 H2005* 10/16 L 0-1 (2OT) H2006* 10/27 L 1-4 A2007* 10/19 L 1-2 (OT) H

2008* 10/19 W 2-0 A

PENN STATE (3-15-0)Home: 2-5-0 � Away: 1-7-0 � Neutral: 0-3-01994* 10/9 L 2-3 (2OT) H1995* 10/1 W 2-0 A1996* 9/22 L 2-3 (OT) A1997* 10/17 W 4-3 (OT) H1998* 10/9 L 2-3 (OT) A1999* 10/3 L 0-4 A1999# 11/5 L 1-2 N2000* 9/29 L 0-2 H2000# 11/3 L 0-1 N2001* 9/23 L 0-4 A2002* 10/18 L 1-2 H2003* 10/17 L 1-8 A2004* 10/17 L 0-2 H2005* 10/28 L 0-1 (2OT) H2006* 10/13 L 0-1 A2007* 10/21 W 1-0 (2OT) H2008* 10/17 L 0-2 A2008# 11/9 L 1-2 N

PORTLAND (0-2-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-2-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01996 9/14 L 2-3 A1998& 11/15 L 0-3 A

PROVIDENCE (1-0-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 1-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02007 9/7 W 3-0 A

PURDUE (5-7-0)Home: 3-3-0 � Away: 1-3-0 � Neutral: 1-1-01998 9/13 W 4-2 H1999* 10/10 W 4-0 H2000* 10/6 W 2-0 A2001* 10/7 L 0-3 H2002* 9/20 L 0-1 A2003* 9/19 L 0-2 H2004* 9/19 L 0-1 A2005* 9/23 L 1-2 H2006* 9/24 L 0-1(OT) A2007* 10/14 L 1-3 A2008* 10/10 W 1-0 (2OT) H2008# 11/7 W 1-0 N

RUTGERS (0-1-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-1-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01995 9/29 L 1-3 A

ST. BENEDICT (1-0-0)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01993 10/18 W 4-0 H

ST. CLOUD STATE (1-0-0)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01994 9/11 W 9-0 H

ST. MARY’S (CALIF.) (0-1-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-1-02001 9/10 L 0-2 N

ST. SCHOLASTICA (1-0-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 1-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01993 9/21 W 7-0 A

ST. THOMAS (1-0-0)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01993 10/10 W 12-0 H

SAN DIEGO (0-1-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-1-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01994 10/28 L 1-2 A

gopher historySAN DIEGO STATE (0-1-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-1-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01994 10/30 L 1-2 A

SANTA CLARA (0-1-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-1-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01997& 11/22 L 1-5 A

SOUTHERN METHODIST (1-1-0)Home: 0-1-0 � Away: 1-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01998 10/25 W 2-1 A1999 9/12 L 1-3 H

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (4-0-1)Home: 2-0-1 � Away: 2-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02004 10/29 W 2-1 H2005 9/11 T 0-0 (2OT) H2006 10/15 W 2-1 A2008 8/26 W 2-0 A2008& 11/16 W 2-0 H

TENNESSEE (0-1-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-1-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02007 9/2 L 0-1 A

TEXAS (0-1-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-1-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01995 10/29 L 2-3 (OT) A

TCU (2-0-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 1-0-0 � Neutral: 1-0-01995 10/29 W 6-0 N1998 10/24 W 5-1 A

TEXAS TECH (1-0-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 1-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02005 9/4 W 2-0 A

UNLV (1-0-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 1-0-01998 10/30 W 3-0 N

VALPARAISO (4-0-0)Home: 2-0-0 � Away: 2-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01993 9/18 W 5-0 H1993 10/22 W 7-0 A1994 10/7 W 4-0 H1996 8/31 W 10-0 A

VANDERBILT (1-0-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 1-0-02004 9/3 W 1-0 N

VILLANOVA (0-1-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-1-02005 9/18 L 0-1 N

VIRGINIA TECH (1-0-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 1-0-01994 10/2 W 4-1 N

WASHINGTON (1-0-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 1-0-01996 9/15 W 2-1 N

WASHINGTON STATE (2-1-0)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 1-0-0 � Neutral: 0-1-01997 9/7 W 3-2 H1998 9/21 W 4-2 A2002 8/30 L 0-2 N

WESTERN ILLINOIS (1-0-0)Home: 1-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02003 9/12 W 3-0 H

WILLIAM & MARY (0-1-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 0-1-01994 9/18 L 0-2 N

WISCONSIN (9-10-0)Home: 3-5-0 � Away: 5-5-0 � Neutral: 1-0-01993 10/8 L 0-5 A1994* 10/22 W 2-0 H1994# 11/6 L 0-3 A1995* 10/20 L 1-5 A1995# 11/5 W 1-0 N1995& 11/11 L 0-1 A1996* 9/28 L 1-3 H1997* 9/21 W 4-1 A1998* 9/25 L 0-2 H1999* 10/22 W 1-0 H2000* 10/20 L 2-4 A2001* 10/14 W 2-1 (OT) A2002* 10/25 L 1-4 H2003* 10/24 L 3-4 H2004* 10/8 W 2-1 A2005* 9/30 W 1-0 (2OT) A2006* 10/1 L 1-5 H2007* 10/28 W 1-0 A2008* 10/24 W 2-1 H

WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY (3-1-0)Home: 2-0-0 � Away: 1-1-0 � Neutral: 0-0-01993 9/12 L 0-1 A1997 10/19 W 4-0 H1998 9/11 W 7-0 H2004 10/10 W 1-0 A

WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE (5-2-2)Home: 4-1-0 � Away: 1-1-2 � Neutral: 0-0-01993 10/31 L 2-5 A1994 9/9 W 5-1 H1996 9/20 W 1-0 H1997 9/12 T 2-2 (OT) A1997& 11/15 W 2-1 H1999 8/29 W 3-2 A2000 10/13 W 1-0 H2001 10/28 L 0-2 H2002 10/11 T 2-2 (2OT) A

WRIGHT STATE (1-0-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 0-0-0 � Neutral: 1-0-01997 9/14 W 2-0 N

XAVIER (1-0-0)Home: 0-0-0 � Away: 1-0-0 � Neutral: 0-0-02001 8/31 W 1-0 A* Big Ten match # Big Ten Tounament match

& NCAA Tournament match


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