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2002 WAC TOURNAMENT QuarterfinalsFresno State vs. Tulsa Leading the charge for fifth-seeded Fresno State was the freshman tandem of Katri Nokso-Koivisto and Kortney Lewis, who both notched two goals in the win for the Bulldogs. Fresno State matched its highest scoring output of the season.
Rice vs. Hawaii Rice earn its third-straight win knocking off Hawaii, 2-0. The Owls, who won their last two regular season games to get into the tournament, relied on two goals from sophomore defender Caitlin Curry.
SemifinalsFresno State vs. SMU Top seeded SMU landed in its ninth overtime match of the season, defeating fifth-seeded Fresno State, 2-1, in double overtime to advance to its fourth WAC Championship Match. First team all-WAC midfielder, Jill Heinemann scored in the 107th minute, giving the Mustangs the win.
UTEP vs. Rice Second seeded UTEP advanced to its first ever WAC Championship match, defeating sixth seeded Rice, 6-2, in the 2002 WAC Championship semifinals. Seniors Miranda Cuthbertson and Holly Cohen combined for five goals.
ChampionshipSMU vs. UTEP Top seeded SMU won its second WAC title in as many seasons, defeating second UTEP, 3-1. Laura Mussalem scored the game winning goal, with 21 minutes left in the match. Miner midfielder, Kate Stevens received a red card at the 53 minute mark, leaving UTEP down a man for the rest of the match. SMU took the advantage, taking a 2-1 lead, off the Mussallem goal, unassisted. With the goal, the Mustangs kept the momentum and the game.
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM The 2002 WAC all-Tournament fields 11 athletes from four different teams. UTEP led the way, landing four on the team. Both Fresno State and champion SMU had three, while Rice landed one. For UTEP, forwards Holly Cohen and Miranda Cuthberson were selected. Cohen earned the tournaments MVP honor, notching a hat trick against Rice, while Cuthbertson picked up two goals and an assist. Also for the Miners, midfielder Kelly Parker who had an assist and defender Kat McShane were selected. For Fresno State, goalkeeper Mary-tyler Wahl had 10 saves, including five in a double overtime loss to SMU. Both Katri Nokso-Koivisto and Kortney Lewis scored two goals for the Bulldogs, giving them all-tournament honors. Champion SMU placed forward Kim Harvey, who had one goal, midfielder Jill Heinemann, who had a goal and an assist, and sweeper Diana Kelm on the tournament team.
2002 All-Tournament TeamF Holly Cohen, Sr, UTEP
F Miranda Cuthbertson, Sr, UTEP
F Kim Harvey, Jr., SMU
F Kortney Lewis, Fr., Fresno State
MF Jill Heinemann, So., SMU
MF Katri Nokso-Koivisto, Fr., Fresno State
MF Kelly Parker, Sr., UTEP
D Caitlin Currie, So., Rice
D Diana Kelm, Sr., SMU
D Kat McShane, Sr., UTEP
GK Mary-tyler Wahl, Sr., Fresno State
MVP: Holly Cohen, Sr., F, UTEP
SMU IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT The SMU Mustangs won their second straight WAC Soccer title, November 9, giving them the WAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The bid is SMU's eighth overall, fourth while being a member of the WAC. The Mustangs (12-5-4) will face Texas (15-4-1) in the first round in College Station, Texas. The winner will face the winner of host Texas A&M (17-4-1) and Northwestern (La.) State (12-5-5).
This is the second-straight season that SMU will face Texas in the first round. The Mustangs beat Texas, 2-1, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in 2001, before falling to Texas A&M, 2-1, in overtime in the second round.
The semifinals and championship will be held at Mike A. Meyers Stadium and Soccer Field on the campus of the University of Texas, December 6 and 8.
SMU has a 6-7 all-time record in the NCAA Tournament.
SMU in the College Cup1990 at Colorado College L, 3-1
1992 at Duke L, 0-1
1993 at North Carolina L, 1-4
1995 Texas A&M W, 2-1
North Carolina State W, 4-3
Portland L, 4-2
*1997 at Texas A&M W, 1-0
UCLA L, 3-2
*1999 Baylor W, 4-0
at USC W, 1-0
at Penn State L, 5-0
*2001 vs. Texas W, 2-1
at Texas A&M L, 2-1 (OT)
*2002 vs. Texas Nov. 15
*as a member of the WAC
WOMENS COLLEGE CUP IN AUSTIN The 2002 edition of the NCAA Womens Soccer Championship will be held at Mike A. Meyers Stadium and Soccer Field on the campus of the University of Texas, December 6 and 8. The field of 64 will begin play at hosts sites, November 15.
SMU VS. THE COMPETITION There are 15 teams that SMU has the possibility to play before the semifinal match. The following are the records versus each competitor.
Texas, 6-0-1
Texas A&M, 14-8-1
Northwestern St., 0-0
UCLA, 0-1
Loyola Marymount, 0-0-1
San Diego, 0-0
Tennessee, 1-0
Furman, 0-0
Kentucky, 0-0
Cincinnati ,2-1
William & Mary, 1-2-1
Wake Forest, 0-0
Radford, 0-0
North Carolina, 0-9
WAC NCAA LEADERS UTEP is in the top 10 in three NCAA categories. The Miners lead the nation, averaging 4.53 goals per match, scoring 77 goals on the season, 17 higher than the next team. Their 0.882 winning percentage is tied for seventh in the country. Hawaii moved into a tie for 25th in the nation with its 2.58 goals per match.
UTEPs Holly Cohen is fourth in the nation in points per match (2.81), while fellow Miners Miranda Cuthbertson (2.53) and Kelly Parker (2.44) are ninth and 13th, respectively. Hawaiis Natasha Kai is 11th with 2.31 per contest. Cohen is also sixth in goals per match (1.19), while Cuthbertson is ninth (1.06) and Kai is tied for 12th (1.00). Parker is second in the nation in assists per contest with 1.00, one of only two with at least one per match. Nevadas Megan Tarpenning is 18th in the country in saves per match with 7.21.
REGULAR SEASON CHAMPION SMU earned its second-straight regular season WAC crown as the Mustangs defeated UTEP, 3-1, in Dallas. SMU improved to 10-5-4 (6-1-1 WAC) and entered the WAC Tournament as the top seed. UTEP snaped a three-game winning streak and falls to 15-2 overall (6-2 WAC).
2002 WAC TEAM RECORD SETTERS There were many single-season and conference-season records broken in 2002. With the offensive power UTEP showed in non-conference play, they have broken many records. As a team, UTEP had 30 assists in conference play, a new WAC record. Hawaii had 20 in 2001. The Miners 69 assists were three short of the record held by BYU in 1996. UTEP earned 86 points in WAC play, passing SMUs 2001 mark of 70, a new WAC-season record. The Miners 223 points all season were 28 shy of the season mark set by BYU in 96. UTEP also allowed only 16 goals all season, breaking the old mark of 18 held by Hawaii (99), San Diego State (98) and SMU (97).
2002 WAC INDIVIDUAL RECORD SETTERS UTEPs Kelly Parker has became the single-season assist leader, with a 17 assists in 2002, passing BYUs Jennifer Love who had 12 in 1996. In WAC play, Lauren Mussallem of SMU and Erin Quattromani of Hawaii each had seven assists, a new WAC-play record. Miranda Cuthbertson and Kaleita Roberts both assisted on four goals in a 10-1 win over Boise State (10/6), tying them with former Miner Jennifer Biondi, who posted four against Troy State in 1997, for most all-time in a single match. The mark is best in a conference match. Freshman Natasha Kai had 23 points in WAC play, breaking the record held by Kim Harvey of SMU, who had 20 in 2001. Kai posted 10 goals in WAC play, passing the mark of nine also set by Harvey in 01. Kai also had 14 shots in the Wahine win over Long Island (9/19). The 14 shots are a new WAC single-match record. The record was formerly held by Stacie Savage of San Jose State, when she had 12 against Wyoming in 1997. Nevadas Megan Tarpenning had 137 saves on the season, tying her with Amanda Smith (1998) of UTEP.
END OF THE DOMINANCE SMU was handed its first WAC loss since falling, 1-0, to San Jose State in 1999, when the Mustangs were defeated by Tulsa, 2-1 (Oct. 25). The defending regular season champions finished the 2001 conference season undefeated. After going 6-0-1 in the 2000 season, the Mustangs managed an 8-0 record last season. They had not lost a regular season conference match since 1999. The Mustangs were 8-0-2 over the last two seasons. Before the loss, the Mustangs had not fallen in 20-straight conference matches.
2002 HAT TRICKS WAC competitors turned in 13 total three-goal hat tricks this season. There was one all of last season (Arlene Devitt, UH). UTEP, and its high-scoring offense had seven on the season; three by Holly Cohen, two from Miranda Cuthbertson and one each from Kelly Parker and Kate Stevens. Tulsa freshman Danielle Fauteux notched three, while Hawaiis Natasha Kai posted two and SMUs Kim Harvey have both have one.
SMU IN CENTRAL REGION TOP 10 After starting the season with a No. 6 ranking, SMU returns to the NSCAA Central Region Top 10. The Mustangs are 6th in SoccerBuzz Magazines Central Region, while UTEP is receiving votes. Texas A&M and Texas top both polls.
VAN LINDER EARNS 50TH WIN SMU head coach George Van Linder earned his 50th SMU win, in a 4-2 victory of Baylor (9/20). Van Linder posts a .726 winning percentage at SMU (58-20-6). He is currently 92-47-9 overall in his seven-year Divison I career.
RECORD SETTING OVERTIMES SMU put in a bit of extra work this season, going into overtime a season record nine times. SMU squeezed out a, 2-1, win against Fresno State in double overtime, advancing to the WAC Championship match. It was the Mustangs ninth overtime match of the year. SMUs 1-1 tie with North Texas (10/23), was its eighth, extra-period match this season. SMU had a 2-2 draw with San Jose State (10/13). Along with North Texas and the Spartan match, SMU tied with TCU (10/2) in its sixth extra-period match of the season. The Mustangs are currently 2-2-3 in those affairs. SMU tied with Loyola Maryount on Sept. 27, 0-0. Along with the three draws, the Mustangs fell to Vanderbilt and Texas A&M, in double-overtime. The Lady Mustangs defeated Colorado College 3-2 in double OT, as well as knocking off Arizona State in one extra period, 2-1. SMU had five overtimes in a season three times before (1996, 99 and 00).
UTEP RECORD BREAKERS Senior Holly Cohen set UTEPs single-season records for goals (19) and points (45). Fellow senior Kelly Parker also set a single-season mark for a Miner, assisting on 17 goals. Along with her assists, she had 11 goals on the season for 39 points. She is also the new career leader in assists with 27. Miranda Cuthbertson earned 43 points on the season. The three are now the top three single-season points leaders in UTEP history.