Wrapping Up the Season

What a great year! The Lady Seasider's had the most successful season in school history with the school's first trip to the NCAA 2nd Round, finishing with a record of 14-2-2.  And they are being recognized for it! The team has received numerous awards and honors for their hard work and success this season.

• Senior Emily Mearns was named to CoSIDA/ESPN All-Academic Second Team for College Division Women's Soccer in Region VII.

• PacWest All Conference Awards
• 1st Team All Conference Honors:
• Kami Strait, 
  
• Emily Mearns
• Tasha Aiono
• Kim Micheletti
• Megan McCain.
• Honorable Mention  
• Lauran Wang
• Brenna Rhoades
• Freshman of the Year
• Kim Micheletti
• Goalkeeper of the Year
• Megan McCain
• Coach of the Year
• Carolyn Theurer

• Daktronics West Region All Region Awards* first time any players have been named to an all-region team
• 1st Team All Region Honors:
• Tasha Aiono
• Kami Strait
• 2nd Team All Region:
• Megan McCain

13-0-2!!

PacWest Champs! 
Our win yesterday against UH-Hilo clinched the PacWest title outright, guaranteeing a seed in regionals.  The challenge is now to finish out our last 2 games strongly in hopes to gain a higher seed and possibly host the regional tournament.
Here's the write up from our athletic department.

Seasiders Clinch PacWest Title

Hilo, HI- The 18th-ranked Brigham Young University-Hawaii women’s soccer team defeated UH-Hilo 3-0 today to clinch the Pacific West Conference title.  The Seasiders, now 13-0-2 overall and 11-0-1 in the PacWest, won their second PacWest title in the last three years and will also be playing in the NCAA II Tournament for the second time in three years next month.
After a scoreless first half, freshman Kim Micheletti scored the opening goal of the game for BYU–Hawaii, her eighth of the year, in the 54th minute off an assist from Emily Mearns.  Natalie Cude tallied in the 62nd minute, with Micheletti getting the assist, and Natasha Aiono closed out the scoring with a goal in the 73rd minute, again with Micheletti getting the assist. The Seasiders out-shot the Vulcans 15-8 for the game.  BYU–Hawaii goalie Megan McCain saved six shots to record the shutout.The Seasiders will play on Tuesday against Hawaii Pacific at 3:00 pm in Laie.

vs Notre Dame de Namur
Here's a video done by the Athletics Media Department on our last game against Notre Dame de Namur.

Road Trip
We also have some late pictures from our road trip.  On one of our rest days, we took a trip to Snow Canyon National Park in St. George.  We hiked along the butterfly trail and enjoyed some beautiful scenery.

Laie Temple Open House
This week we went as a team to the Open House for the Laie, Hawaii Temple.  After 20 months of being closed for renovations, it has finally been reopened...and is open to the public through November 13th.
Below is a video the school newspaper put together about the open house, and our pictures.

vs Notre Dame

Seasiders Remain Undefeated

Laie, HI- The seventh-ranked Brigham Young University-Hawaii women’s soccer team defeated Notre Dame de Namur in a 5-1 Pacific West Conference match this afternoon.  With the win the Seasiders’ record now stands at 9-0-1 in the conference and 11-0-2 overall.
Lauran Wang scored the first goal in the fourth minute off an assist by Emily Mearns.  Kim Micheletti scored the second goal of the game in the 41st minute.  Near the close of the first half, Notre Dame de Namur’s Samantha Paetz scored their first and only goal. 
The Seasiders answered at the beginning of the second half in the 46th minute as Sadie Simon scored another goal for the Seasiders.  Emily Mearns, aided from an assist by Natalie Cude and Megan McCain, scored the fourth goal for the Seasiders in the 68th minute.  Britt Edman scored the fifth and final goal in the 83rd minute.
The Seasiders out-shot the Argonauts 17-6 during the match. 
The Seasiders will play on Monday, October 25 in Honolulu, Hawaii against Chaminade at 12:30 in the afternoon.
Box Score

Some shots of our game from the school newspaper.

Sadie's Header Goal

Sweet Goal!! by Mearns (this photo is combination of 8 frames into one to show how the goal was made on this game.)

Mearns corner kick

Tasha workin on her Tango

Britt Edman

Post-Game....thanking the fans.

Q&A with Britt and Oz

It's been a while since out last blog update, so we needed to catch up a bit and try and get all our teammates some spot light before the season runs out.  This week we caught up with Britt Edman (junior forward) and Amanda Oswald (freshman GK).

Its Nice to be Home

The Lady Seasiders defeated UH-Hilo in a non-conference game at home yesterday, moving their record to 8-0-2 in the season.  There were goals by Tasha Aiono, Kim Micheletti, and Britt Edman. 
The Seasiders have also been recognized on the PacWest weekly honor roll.  Goalkeeper Megan McCain was chosen as player of the week for the second time this season, while Kim Micheletti and Britt Edman made it on the honor roll....congrats ladies.

Also very exciting is the regional rankings that came out today.  The BYUH Women's Soccer Team has been ranked at #1 in the region and #9 in the nation!!! Congrats ladies....we have such a great team this year and are looking forward to much more success.  This is the first time in the clubs history to have beaten Dixie twice in one year, to have gone undefeated on the roadtrip, and to have made it on the National Rankings list!  We can't wait for more!

And thanks for all your support! We had a great time on the mainland with all our friends and family.  We really appreciate all your time, support, and cheering! Thanks!
The girls will be playing Notre Dame de Namur in another important conference match-up at 3pm (Hawaii time) on Thursday.  You can view the live stats here.

Dixie Behind the Scenes

Well......we WON! After an amazing team effort, we were able to pull out a big win against Dixie.  Read the write up here....
See our behind the scenes video too!

Here are some of the pictures we found taken on their community newspaper.

Kim Herrera and Keeper Megan

Lauran Wang # 12

Nat Cude clearly beasting the Dixie Players

Kami Strait

Kaci McNeil

Toosh

GOAL!!!!

Were looking forward to another tough game against them tomorrow.

Road Trip Fun!

We've had a great road trip so far! So far we've played 2 games at Grand Canyon University and came out with a tie and a win against one of the top teams in our Conference and Region. Congrats girls! We're so grateful for all our wonderful fans that came out to support our games and we can't wait to meet up with more friends and family in St. George. We've been here for two nights now and its been very different from the weather we faced in Arizona. All day we've had rain, thunder and lightning! and we've been wearing jackets!!! Quite different from the weather we thought we'd see. Today we face a season defining game against Dixie State. They are a very strong team in the conference and will present a great challenge. You can follow our game with live stats here! We play at 1pm Mountain Standard Time.

Waiting in the Phoenix Airport

Waiting at the Honolulu Airport

Driving to St. George

We love In-N-Out!

Q&A with Nicole Slater

We caught up with Nicole after our 5-0 win against Academy of Arts. 
Nicole is a sophomore outside midfielder from Sandy, Utah.  Nicole has had 4 assists in the season so far!

Seasider Chain

We made this video as an advertisement for the soccer team.  It will be played for the school at our BYUH-Idol.  We had a great time making this video. In it are locations from all over campus, our field, and other places on the North Shore.  Everyone of our teammates + the coaches have a spot in the video.  Thanks for Mearnsy for doing such a great job with the production!



We also found this story that was written up of our very own Rachel Johnson.  She was interviewed for the Ke Alakai, our school newspaper.
Read the story here!

Seasiders in the News!

Good job girls on another great win yesterday against Academy of Arts.  Here's what the school's sports media department had to say:
click here

Also the school's online education department was at the Academy of Arts game and filmed some footage for us.  They are working on putting a promo video together to show the school.


Congrats Megan, for the awesome write up from the Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Oahu's newspaper)

read it here
 

Our school newspaper the Ke Alakai made a video highlight for our Chaminade Game (fastforward to 3:20)





This week's regional ranking poll by NSCAA/Addidas!  We moved back up to #6.
check it here

We're looking forward to leaving on our roadtrip today!  We have some big games against Grand Canyon and Dixie coming up! Stay posted for the results.  We'll see you all in Utah!

More Chaminade Pics (from the first half)

Our school newspaper just posted some more pictures for us.  I thought we'd show some more girls doing there thing!

Defender Kim H

Kassy

Kaci's Goal!

Outside Mid- Nicole

Midfielder Kaci

At Halftime

Center-Mid Tasha

Keeper Megan

Big B dominating the center!

Midfielders Chloe, Tasha, and Kaci

Feel free to check out the rest of the photos on their Facebook Page.
use these links!
First Half
Second Half

New Pics from the Chaminade Game

The school newspaper was out at our game on Saturday to record our 6-0 win over Chaminade!  Rumor is they will be making a video with some of the highlights from our game too!  Check back for updates.
We had an awesome day on Saturday! All of our injury-free players got playing time!  We had goals by 6 different girls: Lo, Tasha, Kim2, Kassy, Kaci, and Chloe.  Not to mention 3 assists by Nicole!  Our great keepers Megan and Oz recorded the 4th shutout on the season!  Way to go girls!
Here's some of the pictures they got.

Forward-Kim Micheletti #14

Defender Rachel Johnson #4

 Forward- Emily Mearns #24

Midfielder Nat Cude #7

Forward- Sadie Simon #16

Defender Kami Strait #15

Also check out a new video that the Media Department put out! We love our Seniors!

Q&A with Kim Micheletti

Freshman forward/midfielder Kim Micheletti took some time with us to have a little Q&A. Kim score her first goal of the season in the 9/18 game against HPU. She's looking forward to even more success in the game tomorrow again Chaminade University. Check the sports.byuh.edu website to get live stats. Game starts at 12:30 Hawaii Time.

More SPU Tape

Our athletics media department put this together after our game against SPU.

Fan T-Shirts

everyone...we're working on getting some t-shirts available to our fans.  the first one to come is the BYUH 12th Man shirt.....
below is a copy

 Please let us know if you would be interested in purchasing one....it would cost $10.
visit our facebook page to vote please!
12th Man Shirt Poll
Thanks

Photoshoot Video

New Video by the BYUH Sports Media Department

Q&A with Kami Strait

Kami is a junior defender from Colorado Springs.  She has led a solid Seasider defensive line for 3 years now and has been elected captain for the past 2 years.  She is known for her lightning fast ability to chase down forwards and really white teeth.

BYUH vs SPU

Here's a behind the scenes look at our game vs SPU on Wednesday. Although we didn't get the win, everyone battled hard the entire 110 minutes. We definitely have something to be proud of.

Here's the write up from our sports media department.


BYUH Ties #17 Seattle Pacific
Waipio, HI—The Brigham Young University Hawaii women’s soccer battled 17th-ranked Seattle Pacific through two overtimes tonight without either team finding the net in a 0-0 non-conference match at the Waipio Soccer Stadium.  The Seasiders and Falcons both had scoring opportunities during the course of the game but neither could generate a score over 110 minutes of play.

Seattle Pacific, picked as the favorite in the Great Northwest Conference this season, out-shot the Seasiders by a 29-11 margin but BYU–Hawaii freshman goalie Megan McCain saved 11 shots in turning in her second shutout of the season in as many matches for the 1-0-1 Seasiders.  Maddie Dickinson made six saves for Seattle Pacific in turning in her third straight shutout for the 2-0-1 Falcons.

BYU–Hawaii’s defense was tested severely by the Falcons, who got off 12 shots in both the first and second halves and five more in the two overtime periods, but refused to succumb to the pressure.  Kami Strait and Rachel Johnson led the defense in repeatedly turning away the Seattle Pacific attack.

BYU–Hawaii’s next game will be on September 18th against Hawaii Pacific in Kaneohe.  Game time is set for the Pacific West Conference contest at 3:00 pm.

Labor Day Beach Day

So we've all just finished off our First Term of school and now we get a week off before the next semester starts....so of course we all hit the beach. We went to the famous Waimea Beach, then to Acai Bowls, then off to scout SPU for our big game on Wednesday!

the famous Waimea beach

Kaci and Kassi getting their tan on!

getting ready to jump the rock

Acai Bowls- These things are famous around here! Everyone loves getting acai.  Its this purple goo smoothie in a bowl with granola, banana, strawberry, and honey.  One of the first places that we take the new freshman too when they get here it KavaRoots near Waimea Beach....they make it the best!

an acai bowl

Abbie and Rachel getting some Acai Bowls

Chloe, Megan, Tasha

Kelsie, Kim 2, Nat N, and Cathy

Our team over at Waipio Stadium in Town. We went there to check out the competition at the SPU v UH-Hilo game.  It was so awesome playing there last week under the lights! We can't wait for Wednesday when we take on SPU.

Getting to Know the Team: Tasha Aiono

Natasha Aiono-#9 (Tash, Tasha, Tooshie) is a senior center midfielder from South Jordan, Utah.  She has been with the Seasiders for four years and was elected captain for her leadership both on and off the field.  We were able to meet with Tash before practice for this short Q&A.

Catching Up

Here's the first post of our brand new blog.  We hope to keep this updated at least weekly so all you out there that love Seasider soccer can keep up with us.  In later weeks, you can look forward to player interviews, behind the practice interviews, and updates on our season.

Ok, so we're already 3 weeks into our season, but we thought we'd go back and remember some of our fun preseason team moments.  Our first two weeks of training was pretty intense and we definately say that our coaches know how to work us hard.  But lucky for us, we know how to play harder. Here's some memories from our adventures so far.

Team Hike to Maunawilli Falls

We left after one of our 6AM practices for Maunawilli, it was about a 45 minute hike to a beautiful waterfall. It was pretty crowded when we got there, but of course our team knows how to clear a path! We all squeezed our way up onto the waterfall and jumped off!

team pre-hike

trekking through the jungle

Brenna jumping from the high cliff (scary!)

team post-hike

Trip to PCC  

After double days were finished we were treated to a behind the scenes tour of PCC by our own Coach Mahoni.  He took us to the prayer meeting for the dancers, and we got to see how they get ready for each night.  He showed us all around the backstage and explained how the show works.  Then we got great seats for the show.....Thanks Coach!!

coach kacky and coach tire performing for us backstage

of course we took team pictures everywhere

Ash, Britt, Brenna, and Kami posing with one of Coach Mahoni's sons right after he danced at the nightshow

Team Dinner

We can eat almost as well as we can have fun, so of course we've had multiple team dinners. at Mearn's house, we had hawaiian haystacks and got to know each other; at Haliewa Eats for Britt's birthday bash! at Brenna and Kami's house for making team goals, and then for our pre-game against Regis, we all met at Coach Kacky's mansion and had delicious lasagna.

at haleiwa eats (thai food) for britt's birthday.

in coach kacky's mansion

after dinner at mearnsy's

Some other great activities that we've also gotten to do are

• Big and Little Sisters-Everyone on the team gets assigned a sister and we are responsible for looking out for our sister, motivating them, and most importantly making sure they're not late for practice!
• Fireside with the Men's Team- Coach Mahoni and his family put together an awesome fireside for us and the men's team.  We got to listen to some amazing musical numbers and hear testimony's from our coaches.

• BEAT REGIS!- after 2 weeks of hard work, we earned a very well deserved 4-0 win over Regis University, a Colorado DII school.  

some of our freshman, excited after their first collegiate win! (makelle, kaci, kassy, kim 2)