April 19, 2010

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THIS WEEK
Friday, Apr. 23 - at Fresno State, 3 p.m.
Sunday, Apr. 25 - at Stanford, 1 p.m.

LAST WEEK
Thursday, Apr. 15 - at Saint Mary's (W, 14-13)
Saturday, Apr. 18 - OREGON (L, 6-14)

NOTES
TO RECAP: UC Davis (9-4, 2-2) split its games during the previous week, taking a one-goal win at Saint Mary's in a non-conference game, then falling to Oregon in its home finale... The Aggies held an 11-5 lead late in the first half against the Gaels, but SMC rallied back to a one-goal deficit with less than 12 minutes to go... Freshman Hannah Mirza won the next draw, and senior Britt Farquharson scored just seconds later to boost UC Davis back to two... Senior Molly Lapolla scored a career-high five goals against the Gaels, all in the first half... Junior Gina Hoffmire tallied four goals with an assists at SMC, then led the Aggies with a hat trick against Oregon... She continues to pace the team with 41 goals... Lapolla is right behind with 28 goals and a team-best 16 assists... Other statistical leaders are senior Molly Peterson, with 22 draw controls and 23 caused turnovers; and sophomore Vannessa Jamison, who has 31 ground balls.

BY THE NUMBERS: Hoffmire needs two goals to enter the school's season top 10 list... With 81 in her career, she ranks eighth all-time, needing seven to catch Patrice Clark (2006-09) for seventh... Lapolla is ninth behind Hoffmire with 79 career scores... Christina Corsa has moved into fifth on the career assists chart with 50, while Lapolla now sits seventh at 44... Peterson's 79 career caused turnovers puts her third in school history, with a shot of overtaking Megan O'Connor (91 from 2004-07) for second.

NATIONAL RANKINGS: With 41 goals in 13 games, Hoffmire ranks 13th in Division I with a 3.15 average... Peterson's 1.77 CTs per game (23 in 13) is tied for 30th... As a team, UC Davis is tied for 10th (our of 70 teams) in scoring offense at 14.31 pg.

UP NEXT: The Aggies complete their MPSF schedule with road games at Fresno State on Friday, Stanford on Sunday... Second-year program FRESNO STATE (0-11) fell to 0-4 in conference play with an 18-2 loss at Denver on Saturday... The Bulldogs' closest shots to a victory were a 11-9 loss to Central Connecticut State (Mar. 3) and a 9-6 setback at home vs. Iona (3/17)... Freshman Amanda Cross leads FSU with 20 goals and 15 caused turnovers... STANFORD (10-5, 4-1) tallied a season-high offensive output in Sunday's 21-5 win over Saint Mary's... Junior Sarah Flynn scored four goals with two assists, while Lauren Schmidt had a hat trick and two assists... The Senior Day win came off an 18-7 victory over Oregon on Friday, in which senior Dana Lindsay fired off five goals before the halftime break... Flynn leads the Cardinal with 33 goals, while junior midfielder Leslie Foard has won a Farm-best 31 draw controls.

HEAD COACH ELAINE JONES:
"Clearly, our turnovers hurt us. It's unfortunate, but I feel like the team's focus has been down. I want to get the team more polished and sharp, back to the way they were playing before. That will have to be a point of emphasis this week. Stanford will make us pay for turnovers, so we really need to value our possessions. Fresno State is also an aggressive team, so once again we need to protect the ball and limit our turnovers."

"Against Saint Mary's, our turnovers allowed them to get back into the game, and we lost a couple of draw controls in a row. We had a couple of silly turnovers after making a great defensive stand. We called a timeout to calm the team down and give them confidence. We still had control of the game, and we were still winning. The players stepped up. Hannah got a very crucial draw control, and Britt finished the shot. Then we had really good ball control for the last few minutes."