Friday, October 29, 2010

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.


Sunday, October 24, 2010

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.

Friday, October 22, 2010

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).




Tuesday, October 12, 2010

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.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

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.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

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!