SDSU Aztecs Thread [R]

Unfortunately, the SDSU Aztecs athletic department does not do their own websites for individual sports. Instead, they use that 'fans only' system of sites, and it hasn't been updated in some time.

Here is the schools main site: http://www.sdsu.edu/

Here is the main site for athletics: http://goaztecs.ocsn.com/

And this is the womens soccer site: http://goaztecs.ocsn.com/sports/w-soccer/sdsu-w-soccer-body.html

For those of you that do not know, SDSU has a soccer field that is called "The Sports Deck," and it is located on top of a two level parking structure!

http://goaztecs.ocsn.com/facilities/sdsu-sportsdeck.html

 

Players and Coaches Optimistic

From an SDSU team press release

Aug. 26, 2002

SAN DIEGO - As head coach Chuck Clegg embarks on his 10th season at the helm of San Diego State's women's soccer program, he is determined to recapture the success that has managed to elude his teams the previous two years.

Clegg and the SDSU Aztecs certainly are not strangers to success. Clegg boasts a 102-64-6 record as the women's head coach. From 1993-1999, the Aztecs posted seven consecutive winning seasons and made trips to the NCAA Tournament in 1998 and 1999, advancing to the round of sixteen in 1998, with Clegg garnering Soccer Buzz Far-West Coach of the Year honors.

This season, a surge of positive energy permeates the women's soccer program on Montezuma Mesa. SDSU's 2002 soccer team fields familiar faces and welcomes newcomers that will assist the Aztecs in their quest for the Mountain West Conference Championship. Clegg is convinced this team is capable of achieving its goal to be a contender in the Mountain West as long as the athletes play smart, consistent soccer.

The team returns 16 letterwinners. Seven seniors will play in their final season of collegiate soccer, two overcoming injury to compete. SDSU adds to the mix 10 accomplished recruits and a new assistant coach, Angela Morrison.

Both coaches are looking for leadership from the returning players, exemplifying what Division I soccer demands.

Aztec opponents will face two first-rate scoring threats in Kim Castellanos and the return of Nicole Findlay. Findlay suffered a severe leg injury during the third match of the 2001 season. Castellanos, a highly-decorated athlete who earned first-team all-Mountain West Conference honors the previous two seasons, as well as MWC co-Freshman of the Year in 2000, led SDSU during the 2001 campaign in goals (10), shots (66) and points (22). The Escondido native was also awarded MVP and the Golden Boot at the U-19 National championships. Her San Diego Surf Club team earned the National club crown for the second time in three years.

Findlay received a medical redshirt after sustaining her injury, but made the most of her short season, as she knocked in three goals and took seven shots in the games against Montana and Eastern Washington. Clegg noted that the loss of Findlay had an enormous impact on the team's performance in 2001.

"We have proven goal scorers on our team," said Clegg. "When Nicole went down early in the season, the scoring burden fell to Kim, allowing teams to double and triple-team her and she still scored 10 goals. With both of them healthy and ready to play, we will give opposing teams something to think about."

Joining Castellanos and Findlay on the front line are seniors Arinda Alvarez and Jamie Harlor, sophomore Annie Klotovich and UC Riverside transfer Courtney Burns.

The midfield offers an abundance of players with a variety of strengths including experience, speed and versatility. Returning midfielders include seniors Boo Robinson Tinling and Michele Wagner, junior Annette Shinn and sophomores Noelle Jouglet and Gina Salinas. The Aztecs have added Brianna Weymouth, a transfer from the University of Massachusetts, and freshmen Erica Lopez, Lisette Martinez and Alexis Solovij.

Tinling, a team captain, and Wagner are three-year letterwinners for SDSU. The pair lead this position in experience, having seen action in 40 or more matches in the course of their collegiate careers.

Clegg attributes Salinas' speed and Jouglet's intelligent play as assets to the midfield. "I think Gina stepped forward as a freshman last year, proving she can compete with the best in Division I and, with her speed, will continue to improve this year."

Clegg added that Jouglet's great field of vision always puts her in the right position to create a scoring threat. Martinez competed in Canada in the U-19 World Championships for the Mexican National team during the 2002 summer, gaining invaluable international experience.

Team captains Shawni Flint and Hannah Garl, both seniors, are the heart of the Aztec defense in 2002. Garl has played in more SDSU matches (60) than any player on the San Diego State roster. Flint has anchored the Aztec defense as a vocal leader since her arrival in 2000, starting 16 games last season.

Clegg feels the biggest strength in the defense is the maturity level of these two athletes. Flint and Garl's play will add to the intensity junior Becky Prilaman and sophomore Jessica Roysdon bring to the back line.

"The defense should be solid," notes Clegg. "With the strength, depth and athleticism of so many of the midfielders, we have the option of sliding some of them into the defense. Our focus will be finding the right combination."

With the loss of seniors Linnea Quiñones, a two-time all-Mountain West Conference selection drafted by the San Jose Cyber Rays of the WUSA, and Erin Haentjens, the position at the net is one that is wide open. Junior Stephanie Pearson, who appeared in one game last season and did not allow a goal, is the lone returning keeper.

Sophia Perez and Amber Aspinall will join Pearson guarding the net. Perez notched 64 saves and posted a .538 goals-against-average last year at Mesa College, while Aspinall was a member of the Canadian National team pool.

Coach Morrison has been a goalkeeper at both the collegiate and professional level, as well as the goalkeeper coach at the University of Maine. She comes to SDSU via the University of North Dakota, where she served as the program's head coach last season. Her extensive playing experience in the net will certainly benefit the keepers, but her head coaching experience will provide great support for Clegg and the team as a whole.

The enthusiasm and optimism for the 2002 season cannot be denied. Coach Clegg looks forward to the approaching season, secure in the potential of his squad.

"I am genuinely excited, and the women are excited, too," said Clegg. "When you see the players being this excited, you know something great is going to happen. They won't have it any other way."

 

08-30-02 SDSU-UCR Game [R]

(this is my account of the game...)

An experienced San Diego State Aztec team was able to easily defeat a sophomore and freshman laden UC Riverside Highlander squad by a 5-1 score.

In a game whose starting time had been moved back to 4pm from the original 1pm, all-conference forward Kim Castellanos scored two goals and assisted on two others. Freshman substitute Lisette Martinez, from Chula Vista CA., also hit the back of the net twice. Forward Arinda Alvarez tallied the other SDSU goal.

UCR has 25 returning players this year, but that is because the Highlanders are only a second-year program. Their one junior player, Kerri Fahres, was able to score at 14:05 when Renee Schachetti found her unmarked in the middle of the box with a chip pass from the right side. Three Aztec defenders had pulled toward Schachetti when she was able to run onto a long pass – one of the few mistakes by the SDSU back line.

The Riverside keeper, Katie Blank, could not be faulted for any of the goals, except perhaps only in part on the last one, where she might have come out sooner and been able to get to the ball before Castellanos. But she made several other very good saves, including tipping the ball over the cross bar on two consecutive shots, one of which was a screamer by Nicole Findlay. Her defense, especially in the middle of the box, let her down on a number of occasions. All five goals were scored by wide-open Aztecs. Three were from the middle of the box, one from the left of the middle of the box, and the other was from a ball that was headed from the right side of the box off a corner kick from the left side.

When the game started there were fewer than 50 people in attendance, and more than half of them were UCR supporters. The Highlanders wore blue shirts and shorts, with the Aztecs attired in their home white tops and black shorts. By halftime, I would estimate that there were over 300 in the crowd. No attendance was announced – in fact, only the first 2 goals were announced, so what I’m listing below is quite unofficial. Unofficial shots count was 15 for SDSU and 3 for their opponents. That doesn’t count a number of Aztec efforts that were well wide or high of the mark on long distance shots and balls mis-headed off corner kicks.

08:17 1-0 SDSU Castellanos (Alvarez, Salinas)
14:05 1-1 UCR Fahres (Schachetti)
29:00 2-1 SDSU Martinez (Castellanos)
32:40 3-1 SDSU Alvarez (Castellanos)
35:45 4-1 SDSU Martinez (Lopez)
84:10 5-1 SDSU Castellanos (???)

Starting line up for the home team:

Castellanos – Findlay – Swiader
Salinas – Alvarez – Jouglet – Solovij
Wagner – Garl – Flint
Aspinal

And for the visitors:

Hurley – Armel – Plumlee
Fahres – Schachetti – Intrachote -
Bligh – Hellman – Camerlengo – Sweeney
Blank

 

SDSU account of the game

http://goaztecs.ocsn.com/sports/w-soccer/recaps/083002aaa.html

 

SDSU - Loyola Marymount [R]

Aztecs record evens at 1-1 with the overtime loss to the Lions.

http://goaztecs.ocsn.com/sports/w-soccer/recaps/090202aaa.html

 

Cal State Northridge game [R]

Freshman Lisette Martinez teamed up with Kim Castellanos and Nicole Findlay on both Aztec goals in a 2-1 win over the visiting Matadors. Next up, North Carolina State.

http://goaztecs.ocsn.com/sports/w-soccer/recaps/090402aaa.html

 

North Carolina State Game [R]

The Aztecs improved their home record to 3-0 as they defeated the visting Wolfpack 3-1, in a game played in wind and rain.

http://goaztecs.ocsn.com/sports/w-soccer/recaps/090602aaa.html

 

Weber State Game at Las Vegas Tourney

The Aztecs shut out the Wildcats 2-0, with Findlay and Castellanos scoring.

http://www.collegesports.com/sports/w-soccer/stories/091302acj.html

 

Montana Game [R]

The Aztecs defeated the Grizzlies 2-1 in a game that was played in 104 degree heat at the UNLV tournament.

http://goaztecs.ocsn.com/sports/w-soccer/recaps/091502aaa.html

 

CS Fullerton Game

The Aztecs, apparently rusty after a 12 day layoff, had their winning streak end with a 4-0 loss to the Titans.

http://goaztecs.ocsn.com/sports/w-soccer/recaps/092702aaa.html

 

UC Santa Barbara game 9-29-02

San Diego State's women's soccer team defeated the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, 2-1, Sunday afternoon at the SDSU Sports Deck. With the win, the Aztecs remain unbeaten at home (4-0) and improve their overall record to 6-2.

 

Pepperdine game

The short-handed Aztecs fell to the Wave 4-1....

http://goaztecs.ocsn.com/sports/w-soccer/recaps/100602aaa.html

 

New Mexico game

The Aztecs got Kim Castellanos back after missing two games to injury, but it didn't hel. They were shut out 1-0 by the Lobos, even though they got twice as many shots on goal.

 

Nevada-Reno game 10-13-02

The Aztecs got goals for the first time from 4 players en route to a 5-1 defeat of the Wolf Pack.

http://www.collegesports.com/sports/w-soccer/stories/101302acr.html

 

This week in Aztec Soccer

They face the Wyoming and Air Force teams...

http://goaztecs.ocsn.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/101402aaa.html

 

The Aztecs should be favored against both opponents. They have a 8-4-0 record, with the losses against teams with an aggregate record of 37-1-5. They have a 1661 A-J rating.

AFA has a 1402 rating and 5-7-0 record.

Wyoming has a 1344 rating and 4-8-2 record.

SDSU needs to make sure that they do not look ahead to the Utah game. The Utes are 8-1-2, losing only to St Mary's, and beating Portland.

 

Wyoming game

I wasn't able to get off early from work, so I missed this game. SDSU got 2 early goals and held on for a 2-1 win.

http://goaztecs.ocsn.com/sports/w-soccer/recaps/101802aaa.html

 

Air Force game

The Aztecs outshot the Falcons 18-2, but were only able to come away with a 1-0 overtime win.

http://goaztecs.ocsn.com/sports/w-soccer/recaps/102002aaa.html

 

Update

Although outshot 11-8 and 'out-cornered' 8-2, the Aztecs defeated the USF Dons 3-0 yesterday.

http://goaztecs.ocsn.com/sports/w-soccer/recaps/103102aaa.html

This came after consecutive 5-1 losses to BYU and Utah. Their last regular season game will be at home against UNLV.

 

UNLV away game

The Aztecs gain a 2-1 over time game over the Rebels.

http://goaztecs.ocsn.com/sports/w-soccer/recaps/110202aaa.html

 

Quarter Final Game in MWC tournament

The Aztecs were able to squeek by the Wolfpack via a penalty kick with less than 2 minutes left in regulation, winning 2-1. Goals by Flint and Castellanos.


http://www.collegesports.com/sports/w-soccer/stories/110602acd.html