ECU Invades Houston For Two C-USA Matches
October 15, 2010 | Soccer
Oct. 15, 2010
Friday - 8 p.m. (EST)
East Carolina 7-6-1 (2-3-1) at Houston Cougars 9-3-2 (4-1-1 C-USA)
Robertson Stadium
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Sunday - 2 p.m. (EST)
East Carolina at Rice 8-5-1 (5-0-1 C-USA)
Rice Track/Soccer Stadium
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GREENVILLE, N.C. - The East Carolina women's soccer team will invade Houston, Texas this weekend for a pair of Conference USA matches when they face Houston on Oct. 15 and Rice on Oct. 17.
Both ECU and Houston enter this weekend's action with 0-1-1 records on their most recent road trips. The Pirates lost a hard fought match Friday at Memphis, 2-0 and picked up a point in the league standings with a 1-1 tie against UAB. Amanda Malkiewicz netted the Pirates lone goal of the weekend, her fifth of the year, when she scored in the 22nd minute of the first period on a put back.
The Cougars lost a close match Friday to No. 19 UCF 1-2. Houston was able to get a draw on the road at Southern Miss on Sunday when Kaci Bush scored her first career goal off a corner kick to earn the point for Houston.
After three weekends of C-USA play, Rice is all alone at the top of the league standings with 5-0-1 C-USA ledger. The Owls are to their best conference start in school history, has already surpassed its conference win total from 2009 (4), and is just one victory away from matching its highest C-USA win total in a single-season (6 set in 2005 and again in 2008). The highest the Blue & Gray has ever finished in the C-USA standings is tied for third (2005). The Owls twice tied for second as members of the Western Athletic Conference from 2001 to 2004.
With five games remaining on the schedule for both teams, the Cougars stand in a tie with Memphis for third place in the league standings with 13 points, while ECU sits alone in seventh place seven points. The top six teams will advance to the C-USA Championships (Nov. 3-7) in Orlando, Fla.
Inside the Houston Series: ECU leads, 6-1-0
Sept. 23, 2001, W - 1-0 (Home)
Nov. 6, 2002, W - 2-0 (C-USA Tournament)
Sept. 28, 2003, W - 3-2 (Away)
Oct. 2, 2005, W - 1-0 (Away)
Oct. 19, 2007, W - 3-0 (Home)
Sept. 28, 2008, W - 1-0 (Away)
Sept. 27, 2009, L - 2-1 (Home)
Inside the Rice Series: Rice leads, 3-2-0
Sept. 30, 2005, L - 3-0 (Away)
Nov. 4, 2005, L - 2-0 (C-USA Tournament)
Oct. 21, 2007, W - 1-0 (Home)
Sept. 26, 2008, W - 2-0 (Away)
Sept. 25, 2009, W - 1-0 (Home)
ECU vs. C-USA (Current Members): 34-26-12
vs. Colorado College: 2-2-1
vs. Houston: 6-1-0
vs. Marshall: 4-0-1
vs. Memphis: 0-8-2
vs. Rice: 3-2-0
vs. SMU: 2-4-1
vs. Southern Miss: 9-0-0
vs. Tulsa: 5-0-0
vs. UAB: 1-2-4
vs. UCF: 0-6-2
vs. UTEP: 2-1-1
ECU's Points Leader:
Amanda Malkiewicz continues to lead the Pirates with 15 points heading into this weekend's play in the state of Texas ... The New Jersey native has scored six of her 15 points in C-USA action recording an assist at No. 23 UCF and then followed that with a three-point game at Southern Miss (G, A) to start the conference season ... Last week she netted her fifth goal of the year and 15th of her career in a 1-1 tie at UAB ... She is tied for the lead with five assists, four of them on game-winners (Niagara, N.C. State, William & Mary and Southern Miss) ... Currently she ranks among the league leaders in assists (t4th), assists per game (t6th), points (t6th), points per game (t6th) and goals (t10th) ... In 55 career games, Malkiewicz has scored 15 goals and ranks fourth all-time on the assists charts with 15.
Malkiewicz Record Watch (Top-5)
Career Goals
1. Meghan McCallion - 39 in 80 gms. (2002-05)
2. Amanda Duffy - 33 in 74 gms. (1998-02)
3. Kim Sandhoff - 27 in 71 gms. (1997-00)
4. Kelly Gray - 21 in 70 gms. (1998-01)
5. Jennifer Reiley - 19 in 54 gms. (1996-99)
** Amanda Malkiewicz - 15 in 55 gms. (2008-pr.)
Career Assists
1. Kim Sandhoff - 28 in 71 gms. (1997-00)
2. Meghan McCallion - 18 in 80 gms (2002-05)
3. Amanda Duffy - 17 in 74 gms. (1998-02)
4. Amanda Malkiewicz - 15 in 55 gms. (2008-pr.)
5. Krystel Pabey - 14 in 74 gms. (2001-04)
Career Points
1. Meghan McCallion - 96 in 80 gms. (2002-05)
2. Amanda Duffy - 83 in 74 gms. (1998-02)
3. Kim Sandhoff - 82 in 71 gms. (1997-00)
4. Kelly Gray - 48 in 70 gms. (1998-00)
5. Jennifer Reiley - 46 in 70 gms. (1996-99)
** Amanda Malkiewicz - 45 in 55 gms. (2008-pr.)
Spreading The Love:
Eight different players have netted goals on the season Malkiewicz leading the way with five ... Chrissy Gratz and Bailey Wilcox are tied for second with four each, while Jessica Woodward and Caty Butler have scored three and Kimmy Cummings has two ... Amanda Broz and Amanda Windsor round out the scoring with one goal a piece ... The Pirates have dished out 23 assists on their 23 goals, 10 coming from different players.
Gratz Has Three Game-Winning Goals:
Sophomore Chrissy Gratz has three game-winning goals (Francis Marion, ODU and N.C. State) on the season, which is currently tied for second in Conference USA ... The sophomore from Sunrise, Fla. has established a new career-high with four goals in just 14 games, while tying her career-high in points (9).
Streaks Extended:
A trio of Pirates extended their current starting streaks to over 30-games last weekend at UAB ... Junior's Amanda Malkiewicz and Jessica Woodward pushed their consecutive starting streaks to 55 games, while Preseason All-Conference USA selection Bailey Wilcox extended hers to 33-straight matches dating back to the start of the 2009 campaign ... Below is a closer look at current double-digit starting streaks that are active heading into this weekend's matches:
55 Games - Amanda Malkiewicz (started 8/22/08)
55 Games - Jessica Woodward (started 8/22/08)
33 Games - Bailey Wilcox (started 8/21/09)
23 Games - Amanda Broz (started 10/2/09)
15 Games - Hali Oughton (started 10/30/09)
14 Games - Christiane Cordero (started 8/20/10)
14 Games - Kimmy Cummings (started 8/20/10)
13 Games - Candace Mowery (started 9/13/09)
ECU Against Nationally-Ranked Teams:
The Pirates dropped their second match this season to a nationally-ranked team when the fell to No. 23 UCF, 5-3, on Sept. 24 ... On Aug. 27, they hosted No. 10 Wake Forest at the North Campus Recreation Complex where they dropped a 2-1 contest ... As of this week (Oct. 11) four of ECU's 2010 opponents are ranked nationally or are receiving votes in the Top-25 polls (Wake Forest No. 19/Soccer Times; UCF No. 18/Soccer America; UNCG No. 20/Soccer America and No. 22/NSCAA; Memphis is receiving votes in NSCAA poll).
Cordero Records First Career Shutout:
Christiane Cordero recorded her first career shutout against in-state rival N.C. State on Sept. 10 ... The redshirt freshman logged a career-best 11 saves, which ranks as the third-most (all games) in C-USA this season, in her 90-minutes of work ... Currently Cordero ranks third in saves (63) and fifth in saves per game (4.50 pg) ... She sports a 7-6-1 overall record in 14 starts with 63 saves and a 1.49 goals against average ... She has already logged 1270 minutes in goal, which ranks among ECU's top-10 single-season leaders.
First Career Starts:
Christiane Cordero (GK) and Kimmy Cummings (F) recorded their first career starts in the season opener against UNC Greensboro ... Cordero allowed two goals in 90-minutes of action in the box, while Cummings logged 53 minutes at the forward position ... Since the opening weekend both have started all 14 games for the Pirates ... Sophomore Maddie Maurer has played in all 14 games (5 starts) and notched her first career start at home against No. 10 Wake Forest.
Collegiate Debuts:
Six Pirates have made their collegiate debuts through 14 games in 2010 ... Cordero experienced action in the season opener posting her first collegiate start, while Brittany Batts (MF/2 gms), Ashley James (F/3 gms), Katlin Povich (MF/1 gm), Amanda Reynolds (MF/ 11 gms) and Anne Workman (D/ 1 gm) got on the field against Francis Marion in the home opener.
