Thursday September 2, 2010 6:02 PM Posted by staff
The Baylor soccer team (3-1-0) will return home for three-straight home games beginning with a pair this weekend. The Bears will welcome UTSA (3-1-0) on Friday at 7:00 p.m. and then face Houston (3-0-0) for a 1:00 p.m. showdown on Sunday at Betty Lou Mays Field.
"I think we learned quite a bit from last weekend that will make our team better," head coach Marci Jobson said. "This is going to be a tough weekend of games with two quality opponents coming in, but we are excited to be back on our home field and in front of our fans."
The Bears are coming off their first loss of the season, a 3-1 defeat at Arizona State on Aug. 29. Sophomore Hanna Gilmore is second in the Big 12 Conference in both points (nine) and goals (four). As a team, Baylor is leading the conference in goals (15) with a 3.75 average per game. The defense has also been stellar, ranking second in the Big 12 with three shutouts.
UTSA enters a 1-1 weekend that saw them fall to Texas 3-1, but come back to beat Houston Baptist at home, 2-1. The last time Baylor met UTSA was a 1-0 win overtime win at UTSA on Sept. 20, 2009. The Bears lead the all-time series, 3-0-1.
Houston, who has yet to surrender a goal this season, will face BU on Sunday following a matchup at TCU. The Cougars picked up road wins over Louisiana-Lafayette, 2-0 and McNeese State, 6-0 last weekend to remain perfect. The Bears and Cougars last met on Sept. 21, 2008, with BU pulling off a 1-0 win in Waco. Baylor has the overall series advantage with a 3-1 lead.
Friday will be Family Fun Night, as fans can purchase four tickets, four hot dogs and four drinks for $20. Sunday, kids 12 and under will get in free.
WACO - For the fifth consecutive year, Baylor soccer games will be broadcast on BaylorBears.com as seven contests can be heard on Baylor's official athletic website.
The live, audio feed is free for users; however, interested listeners will have to sign up for a free username and password at baylorbears.com in order to access the broadcast if they do not already have one.
Heath Nielsen and Kyle Cornish form the Baylor soccer broadcast team for the second-straight season as pre-game for all matches will begin approximately 10 minutes before kick-off.
Sophomore Lisa Sliwinski has received the national honor of being named to TopDrawerSoccer.com Women's College Team of the Week.
The sophomore is coming off a tremendous performance against Houston Baptist on Aug. 27, in which she scored three goals en route to a 6-0 win for Baylor. Sliwinski's three-goal game was the first for a BU player since Megan Sherrell did so on Oct. 19, 2007 at Nebraska.
The Plano, Texas native earned a national award last season after being named one of CollegeSoccer360.com's Primetime Performers of the week on Oct. 21, 2009.
TEMPE, Ariz. - Baylor (3-1-0) suffered its first defeat of the season after falling 3-1 to Arizona State (2-0) on Sunday afternoon at Sun Devil Soccer Stadium. The Sun Devils scored two goals in the first 14 minutes, as all four goals scored on the day came in the opening half.
"We made some mental errors in the first half which you can't do at this level," head coach Marci Jobson said. "We needed this game for our improvement and this team will be ready to move forward and improve on our weaknesses."
Arizona State struck first in the 11th minute, as Kristen Volpe took a cross from Sierra Cook and headed it into the goal for her second of the season and a 1-0 lead.
The Sun Devils doubled their lead just three minutes later when Jasmine Roth headed in a corner from Jill Shoquist.
Baylor fought back and cut the deficit in half in the 20th minute with a Staz Salinas header off a corner kick from Hannah Dismuke that marked her first goal of the season.
ASU took back the two-goal lead in the 32nd minute, as Volpe assisted Cook for a 3-1 lead.
Down 3-1 at the break, the Bears managed just one shot in the second half and were outshot 16-7 for the game.
BU goalie Courtney Seelhorst kept the game the Bears in the game with a season-high six saves on the afternoon.
Baylor will be back in action on Friday, Sept. 3 as it hosts UTSA at 7:00 p.m.
WACO, Texas - Lisa Sliwinski recorded a hat trick to help lead Baylor (3-0-0) to a 6-0 win over Houston Baptist (1-1-0) Friday night at Betty Lou Mays Field. The win marks the first 3-0 start for the Bears since 2003 and the third-straight shutout.
"I really like that we are getting goals from different players," head coach Marci Jobson said. "Tonight was another step in the right direction but we have a tough opponent coming up Sunday."
Sliwinski's three-goal game was the first for a BU player since Megan Sherrell did so on Oct. 19, 2007 at Nebraska. Hanna Gilmore added a pair of goals on the evening, while Brittany Hunemuller recorded a two assists.
Baylor got the first and only goal it would need in the fifth minute, when Gilmore took a pass from Dana Larsen and beat the keeper to the far post for the 1-0 lead.
Lotto Smith netted her first goal of the season just three minutes later, as a flick-on header from Lindsey Johnson found Smith's feet and she stuck it in the back of the net for a 2-0 advantage.
The Bears outshot the Huskies 9-2 in the first half and took a two-goal lead into the break.
Sliwinski knocked in her first just three minutes into the second half, as Hannah Dismuke played a perfect cross into the center of the box that allowed Sliwinski to one-touch it into the net for a 3-0 lead.
Gilmore struck again in the 54th minute, as a 35-yard cross from Hunemuller found her head and she buried it to make the game 4-0.
Sliwinski made it 5-0 off an assist from Carlie Davis, as she slotted the ball past the goalie with her left foot.
Her hat trick was complete in the 64th minute when her initial shot bounced off the post and back to her feet for an easy put back and a 6-0 cushion for the Bears.
Baylor, who had 28 players see action on the evening, dominated the shot category, 25-2 as the defense didn't allow a shot in the second half.
The Bears will hit the road for the first time this season, traveling to Arizona State (1-0-0) for a 3:00 p.m. CT game in Tempe, Ariz.
