ECU Set To Play SMU And Tulsa
September 30, 2010 | Soccer
Sept. 30, 2010
GREENVILLE, N.C. - The East Carolina women's soccer team will look to improve to 3-1 in Conference USA action when they square off against SMU (Oct. 1) and Tulsa (Oct. 3) this weekend at the North Campus Recreation Complex.
The Pirates (6-4-0, 1-1-0) split their first two road contests in league play last weekend dropping a 5-3 decision to No. 23 UCF and cruising to a 4-1 win over Southern Miss. Junior captain Jessica Woodward netterd her third goal of the season and added two assists in the C-USA opener against UCF, while fellow upperclassmen Bailey Wilcox (2 G, A) and Amanda Malkiewicz (G, A) helped pace ECU its ninth-straight victory over Southern Miss.
The match against the Golden Hurricane will be held in conjunction with the Second Annual Riley's Army Auction.
ECU vs. C-USA: 33-24-11
vs. Colorado College 2-2-1
vs. Houston: 6-1-0
vs. Marshall: 4-0-1
vs. Memphis: 0-7-2
vs. Rice: 3-2-0
vs. SMU: 2-3-1
vs. Southern Miss: 9-0-0
vs. Tulsa: 4-0-0
vs. UAB: 1-2-3
vs. UCF: 0-6-2
vs. UTEP: 2-1-1
Inside the Series: SMU leads, 3-2-1
Oct. 23, 2005 - L, 2-0 (Home)
Nov. 2, 2005 - T, 0-0 (Neutral) *
* ECU won in penalty kicks (C-USA Tournamnet)
Oct. 22, 2006 - L, 1-0 (Home)
Oct. 12, 2008 - W, 2-1 (Home)
Nov. 5, 2008 - W, 1-0 (Neutral)
Oct. 11, 2009 - L, 2-1 (Away)
ECU Receiving Votes In NSCAA Central Region:
After winning 5 of its last 7 matches the Pirates are receiving votes in the NSCAA Central Region rankings, which are released every week by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America ... Joining the Pirates in the weekly rankings are UCF (No. 3), Memphis (No. 6), Colorado College (No. 9) and UTEP (No. 10).
ECU's Points Leader:
Amanda Malkiewicz leads the Pirates with 13 points heading into this weekend's play ... The New Jersey native scored four points during the opening weekend of C-USA action ... Malkiewicz recorded an assist against No. 23 UCF then followed that with a three-point game at Southern Miss (G, A) ... She leads the Pirates with five assists, four of them on game-winners (Niagara, N.C. State, William & Mary and Southern Miss) ... Currently she ranks among the national leaders in assists (17th) and assists per game (20th) ... In C-USA action she is among the leaders in assists and assists per game (2nd), points (5th), goals (t-7th), goals per game (t-10th).
Spreading The Love:
Eight different players have netted goals on the season with Chrissy Gratz and Amanda Malkiewicz leading the way with four scores each ... Caty Butler, Bailey Wilcox and Jessica Woodward are all tied for third with three goals, while Amanda Broz, Kimmy Cummings and Amanda Windsor have one a piece ... The Pirates have dished out 19 assists on their 20 goals, nine 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 ... Gratz is also tied for 10th in goals, while ranking among the league leaders in goals per game, points and points per game.
Streaks Extended:
Four Pirates extended their current starting streaks against last weekend when ECU opened league play on the road ... Junior's Amanda Malkiewicz and Jessica Woodward pushed their consecutive starting streaks to 51 games, while Preseason All-Conference USA selection Bailey Wilcox extended hers to 29-straight matches dating back to the start of the 2009 campaign ... Two other players currently have streaks in double-digits heading into this weekend's action (Amanda Broz/ 18 and Candace Mowery/13) ... Stephanie Shaw's streak was snapped at 12 games vs. WFU.
Win Streak Stops At Three:
The Pirates' 1-0 loss to in-state rival and former Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) foe UNC Wilmington halted their win streak at three games on Sept. 16 ... Prior to the loss, ECU had picked up wins against ODU (3-2), Niagara (2-1/OT) and N.C. State (1-0) ... During the streak, the Pirates outscored their opponents six goals to three.
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 ... ECU will have a chance of facing its third ranked opponent of the season when they travel to No. 25 Memphis on Oct. 8.
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 second-most in C-USA this season, in 90-minutes of work ... Currently Cordero is tied for second in saves (37) and saves per game (4.62 pg), while ranking among the league leaders in GAA (1.27/t-7th), save percentage (.787/t-7th) and shutouts (1/t-8th) ... She boasts a 5-3 overall record in eight starts.
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 eight games for the Pirates.
Collegiate Debuts:
Six Pirates have made their collegiate debuts through eight games in 2010 ... Cordero experienced action in the season opener posting her first collegiate start, while Brittany Batts (MF/1 G), Ashley James (F/3 G's), Katlin Povich (F/MF/1 G), Amanda Reynolds (D/MF/ 6 G's) and Anne Workman (MF/D/ 1 G) got on the field against Francis Marion in the home opener.
