CSUDH Women's Soccer Weekly Release
October 17, 2001

THIS WEEK IN TOROS SOCCER
Oct 20 #17 CSUDH @ Cal State Stanislaus Warrior Field, 12:30 pm

ON TAP: CSUDH will play the first of their two final road games on Saturday at Cal State Stanislaus. The upstart Warriors are in second place, six points behind the Toros in the CCAA Central Division race.

TOROS SQUEEK OUT 2-1 OVERTIME VICTORY OVER UC DAVIS: Dianne Garza (Temple City HS) converted a penalty kick in the second overtime period to propel Cal State Dominguez Hills to a 2-1 CCAA win on Friday over UC Davis at Toro Field. It was a scoreless game until the 83rd minute when Garza scored the first of her two goals. Junior forward Shannon Donnelly (LB Poly HS) hit a shot from the left side of the box that Aggie keeper Christine Ogden made a diving save to her left on. However, Garza collected the rebound at the mouth of the goal and found the back of the net to give CSUDH a 1-0 lead with seven minutes remaining in regulation. UC Davis sent the game into overtime tallying the equalizer just over two minutes later tying the game with just over four minutes remaining in regulation. CSUDH had an opportunity to win the game in the first sudden-death period, however, Tanya Wilson's (Palm Springs HS) shot deflected off the top of the cross bar. Both team's defenses played well until an Aggie defender pulled down CSUDH's Jill Toda (Gahr HS) inside the box setting up Garza's penalty kick at 114:44. Garza set up and hit her shot to the near post for the game-winner. Davis controlled much of the game, especially in the first half where the Ags enjoyed a 10-4 shot advantage. However, Williams made several highlight saves to keep the game scoreless until the final minutes

CSUDH UPSET BY CHICO STATE 2-0: Chico State surprised then No. 13-ranked CSUDH last Sunday 2-0 at Toro Field. Despite out-shooting Chico State 22-10, the Toros could not finish any of their chances while the visitors made theirs count. Wildcat midfielder Katie Ferchland registered what would turn out to be the game-winning shot early in the game. Ferchland headed in a ball past Toros goalie Alba Garcia (Don Lugo HS) at 9:57 off a corner kick from Jacklyn Rogers making it 1-0. Forward Amy Swanson would add an insurance goal just three minutes later. At the 12:32-minute mark, Swanson took a crossing pass and beat Garcia to the near post. The Wildcats defense made it stand up as they kept the Toros scoreless for only the second time this year. The Toros appeared to cut the lead to 2-1 with over six minutes left in regulation. However, the goal was disallowed by the linesman who ruled the ball had not crossed over the goal line.

SERIES NOTES VERSUS WARRIORS: Saturday's match-up against Cal State Stanislaus marks only the 6th meeting all-time between the Warriors and the Toros. CSUDH enjoys a perfect 5-0 record against CSUS dating back to the 1998 season. Earlier this year on Sept. 5, the Toros shutout Stanislaus 3-0 here at Toro Field. In that game, Dianne Garza scored twice to lead CSUDH to their CCAA opening win.

WIN WILL CLINCH CCAA CENTRAL: A win on Saturday against CS Stanislaus, the second place team in the CCAA Central Division, will clinch the Central Division title for the Toros. CSUDH is six points up on the Warriors with three games to go. A win will secure a spot in the CCAA Championship Tournament with the Central Division title.

TOROS DROP TO #17 IN LATEST POLLS: The Toros dropped four spots in the latest National Soccer Coaches Association of America polls (NSCAA) after their 2-0 loss to unranked Chico State last weekend. CSUDH now checks in at No. 17 in the nation and #3 in the Far West Region rankings. The Toros highest ranking was during the week of Sept. 10 when they were ranked No. 8 in the country.

CCAA LEADERS: The Toros have three of the top six scorers in the CCAA Central including the CCAA scoring leader in Dianne Garza. Garza tops the conference with 35 points on 14 goals and 7 assists for a 2.33 points per game average. Tanya Wilson and Shannon Donnelly are tied for second in the central division with 18 points (1.13 ppg). Goalie Heather Williams leads the central division in the net. Williams has a 0.67 goals against average and an 8-1-1 record. Her GAA ranks her third among all CCAA goalkeeper's.

THE RUN OF THE TOROS: Garza continues to lead a foursome of CSUDH players scoring in double figures. Garza's team-high 35 points fall ahead of Tanya Wilson (18 pts./8g, 2a), Shannon Donnelly (18 pts./4g, 10a) and Sanoe Samatua (10 pts./4g, 2a). In goal, Williams has now compiled a paltry 0.67 goals against average and a 8-1-1 record. She has recorded three shutouts and has allowed only seven goals in 11 games. Sophomore Alba Garcia (Don Lugo HS) checks in with a 1.28 GAA and a 4-2 record. Garcia has notched two shutouts this year.