UT Soccer News!

[Phil C]

The Ladies will be leaving for Michigan this weekend to play Michigan State and Michigan. As a note of historical interest the lady below is Alanna Makinano who was one of UT's first big stars. This is a 1997 picture of her in action.

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[AggieJohn]

and what does she have to do in reference to the michigan and mich st

[Phil C]

One way that players can make points is by goals and assists. Both ultimately mean a goal for a team but a player can make a point without being the scorer. For example if a player has 5 goals she is award 2 points for the goals which total ten points. If she has four assists (where she may have kicked the ball to a player who was able to score) then she gets one point for each assist which means she would get 4 points. The total would add up to 14 points for her on the 5 goals and 4 assists.

[Phil C]

In this picture Makinano achknowledges the fans as she is introduced in 1997.

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[Phil C]

Here is some Soccer History 101 for you. Very interesting information.

Soccer History 101: August & September
Ronnie Zamora, Texas Media Relations


Alanna Makinano

August 25: Kylee Wosnuk is the first Longhorns Player to earn a Big 12 Newcomer of the Week honor on August 25, 2000, after netting her first career goal against North Carolina.

August 27: Texas Head Coach Chris Petrucelli collects his first victory at UT with a 1-0 win over Oklahoma in the first match played at Myers Stadium on August 27, 1999.

August 29: Kelly McDonald collects a hat trick in UT's season-opening win at East Carolina on August 29, 2003.

September 1: Texas sets single-game records for points (36), goals (12), assists (12) and largest margin of victory in a 12-0 win over Pittsburgh on September 1, 1996. Additionally, Carol Finch sets the UT single-game record with four goals in the Longhorns' victory over the Panthers.

September 3: Heather Bethard collects UT's first Division I goal against Pepperdine on September 3, 1994.

September 5: Texas earns its first ever victory with a 2-1 win over Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo on September 5, 1994.

September 7: Current UT career point leader Kelly Wilson collects her first career goal against California on September 7, 2001.

September 16: Rachael Safirstein is the first Texas player to be named to Soccer America's National Team of the Week on September 16, 1997, after collecting two goals during the previous week in victories over Nebraska and Iowa State.

September 22: Texas ties a school record for shots in a game with 37 against Colorado on September 22, 2000.

September 28: Texas records its first victory in Big 12 play with a 3-2 win over Colorado on September 28, 2001, en route to posting a 9-1 conference record and claiming the first Big 12 Conference Championship in school history.

September 29: Alanna Makinano is the first Longhorns player to be named a Big 12 Conference Player of the Week on September 29, 1997, after posting 13 points (five goals and three assists) for the week in helping the Longhorns post wins over Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.

[Phil C]

The Soccer team won first place in the orientation skits by singing the 12 Days of Preseason! :)


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[Phil C]

Talk about edge of the seat excitement - this occured in UT's playoff game against West Virginia. UT had a 2 to 1 lead but West Virginia had the ball near the UT goal and had a chance to send the game into overtime. The player from WV kicked the ball toward the goal as time expired. The ball hit the crossbar and bounced back to the field of play and a WV player kicked it over the goal but too late. Time had expired and UT advanced. A thrilling game indeed!

[PhiI C]

The soccer program at UT is still fairly young compared to some other universities. The first UT team was in 1994 - 11 years ago.

[Phil C]

One good thing about soccer and all other sports like rowing and softball is that a lot of players can get scholarships. Some of them can get one at junior colleges and even if they don't get to play after two years at least they have had two years education provided for them.

[Phil C]

Tonight the ladies go to Michigan to play Michigan. The two teams have met twice before with Michigan winning in 1995 by 2 to 1 and Texas winning in 2004 by 4 - 1. Sunday the Ladies Play Michigan State. They have also met twice with Michigan State winning in 1995 by the score of 2 - 1 and Texas winning it in 1996 by 4 -1. After that the Lady Horns have a little well deserved time off from games (but not practice!) until Monday Sept 12 when they go play Utah at Provo, UT.

[PhiI C]

UT loses a close one to Michigan 3 to 2 on the road. Good game by the Lady Horns but this wasn't their night to win. Keep fighting Ladies!!

[PhiI C]

This is Priscilla Fite who plays midfield. She is one of the UT junior players here shown in action against Michigan.

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[PhiI C]

The UT Ladies tied Michigan State today 0 - 0. A good defensive game and we came close to getting a goal but the goalies were playing great. The game went into the two overtimes and since it was just a regular season game they didn't have the decisive free kicks like they do in playoffs. We didn't do too bad this weekend on the road having a loss and tie but we are a young team and need to work on the next level where we can win more games on the roads. I think the young team will work it out. Go Lady Horns!
Hook 'em!

[PhiI C]

Here is our goalie Dana Hall in action against Michigan State. She had a great game today.

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[PhiI C]

Next up for the Lady Horns will be Utah at Provo, UT on September 12 (Monday). Then a real treat on Friday September 16 at 7:30 P.M. when they play Portland who is always highly ranked and were national champions in 2002. This will be a good game for our Ladies and hopefully we will get revenge since Portland knocked us out of the playoffs last year in Portland by the score of 2 to 0. I know most of us will be busy with high school football games but those that are in Austin and not able to make any football games then please consider going to the game and supporting the Lady Horns against Portland.