Anteaters Continue Big West Elite Status in 2013
November 12, 2013 | Women's Soccer
FINAL NUMBERS
Overall record: 11-7-0
Home record: 4-4-0
Away record: 7-2-0
Neutral record: 0-1-0
Non-conference record: 5-4-0
Big West record: 6-2-0 (2nd place)
Postseason record: 0-1-0
vs. Ranked schools: 1-2-0
One-goal matches: 6-5
Leading at the half: 10-0-0
Trailing at the half: 0-5-0
GOAL SCORING
Scoring by minute
Middle 15' 5
Last 15' 4
First 15' 3
Middle 15' 6
Last 15' 4
First Overtime 0
Second Overtime 0
Goals off corners 4
Goals off free kicks 3
Penalty kick attempts 0-0
Kicked goals 23
Header goals 6
Inside the box 24
Outside the box 5
1v1 goals 2
SENIOR STANDOUTS
- The senior class finished with 53 wins, 22 losses, and 9 draws. The 53 wins and .685 winning percentage are the best in the conference during the last four seasons.
- Zoya Farzaneh was named Big West Defensive Player of the Year, her first all-conference accolade, and the third defensive POTY from the 'Eaters in the last four seasons.
- Three other seniors (Jordan Bruce, Natalia Ledezma, Mady Solow) joined her on the All-Big West squad for a program record eight honorees.
- Four seniors (Jordan Bruce, Natalia Ledezma, Zoya Farzaneh, Mady Solow) played over 1,450 minutes this season while also starting and playing in all 18 matches.
- Seniors accounted for 13 goals and seven game-winners.
- Natalia Ledezma finished amongst the Anteater record-holders in multiple categories:
21 goals - Tied for 8th all-time
15 assists - 7th all-time
8 game-winning goals - Tied for 3rd all-time
5 game-winning goals in 2013 - Tied for 3rd-most in a single season
- Zoya Farzaneh's 78 matches played ties her with Mar Rodriguez for 10th-most in program history. Three others (Ledezma, Bruce, Solow) played over 56 career matches played.
- Seniors racked in four Big West Player of the Week awards including three from Jordan Bruce and one via Natalia Ledezma.
THIRD-YEAR THREATS
- Three juniors were featured on the All-Big West teams (Jenna Pellegrino, Cami Privett, Laura McGrail).
- Laura McGrail was the lone junior named Big West POTW.
- That trio each eclipsed 1,000 minutes played in 2013 along with transfer Bianca Frontino who fell 22 minutes short of the mark while playing in all 18 matches.
- Juniors made up nearly half (14) of the team's goals, three of the game-winners, and nine assists.
- Jenna Pellegrino took 63 of UCI's 84 corner kicks. The remaining 21 were taken by seniors.
KEEPING THE FAITH
- Another junior, Jenn Randazzo, kept watch of the net alongside sophomore Corey Tobin in 2013. Combined, the duo stopped 46 shots while putting up a 1.27 goals-against-average.
- Randazzo's eight saves at Oregon was the only match in which the keepers were called on to stop more than four shots. She also saved seven in an exhibition draw against No. 12 Texas A&M.
- Tobin held the advantage in most every category starting in all 11 matches she played in playing in 1,001 minutes.
- Tobin stopped two more shots than Randazzo, but Randazzo averaged 0.5 more saves per match.
- Randazzo allowed five less goals, but Tobin's 1.26 GAA finished a shade below Randazzo's 1.28 GAA.
- Each keeper recorded three shutouts. Randazzo stopped a season high nine consecutive shots and recorded shutout streaks of 203 and 184 minutes. Tobin topped 100 minutes once with 122.
- In her career, Tobin is now 11-3-3 in Big West conference matches.
- Both keepers are making a move in the career records:
Randazzo Tobin
Career shutouts 11 (6th) 6 (T-9th)
Career GAA 1.21 (6th) 1.06 (4th)
Career wins 24 (4th) 12 (T-7th)
Career win percentage .638 (4th) .667 (3rd)
SOPHOMORES STEP UP
- Along with Tobin, four other sophomore saw considerable time. Jasmine Nickelberry and Alana Sooy each had a hand in all 18 matches, while Sooy, Clarissa Robles, and Haley O'Brien reached 1,000 minutes.
- Nickelberry scored the lone sophomore goal, a game-winner. Robles added an assist to go with Nickelberry's.
FRESH PRODUCE
- Four freshmen saw notable time in 2013. Sammie James scored 30 seconds into her Anteater career and saw time in 13 matches earning her all-freshman team honors.
- Kelsey Texeira led all freshmen with four starts and 538 minutes. Tatyana Garrett logged 140 minutes in 12 matches while Victoria Hernandez started one match, the season opener, logging 75 minutes on the season.
ADDITIONAL BOOKINGS
11 - UCI has now won 11 or more matches in five of Coach Juniper's seven seasons at the helm and made the Big West tourney six of those years.
+6 - The Anteaters led the Big West with a goal differential of +6 (29 goals, 23 goals allowed)
4,672 - UC Irvine traveled to Provo, Utah and dropped the No. 6 team in the nation, BYU, with a goal in the 90th minute in front of 4,672 fans
4x2 - Four Anteaters (Jordan Bruce, Laura McGrail, Jasmine Nickelberry, Jenna Pellegrino) each recorded two assists in a match in 2013
87 - UCI's non-conference opponents combined for 87 wins and included 6 10-win programs.
5 - Along with the Big West's Cal State Fullerton, four other opponents (BYU, Denver, Washington State, Cal) reached the NCAA Tournament. A sixth in Texas A&M can be included who UCI tied with in an exhibition match.
10 - The Big West Tournament match was Zoya Farzaneh's 10th in her career postseason appearances tying the program high.
6.87 - UCI scored a goal every 6.87 shots in Big West matches, second-best in the conference.
SOCCER AT THE NEXT LEVEL
- CoCo Goodson was drafted by Sky Blue FC of the National Women's Soccer League based in New Jersey. Sky Blue FC fell 2-0 to Abby Wambach and Carli Lloyd of the Western New York Flash in the NWSL semifinals. During the season, Goodson scored one goal.
- Rachel Wood joined club HK Kopavogur / Vikingur Reykjavik of Iceland. The club finished 5-13-2, ninth in the Urvalsdeild league. Wood scored her first professional goal Aug. 13th in the 51st minute against Thor / KA, and added a second in a 2-1 season finale win against Afturelding with the eventual game-winner in the 42nd minute.
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