2011 Atlantic 10 Women's Soccer Championship
Host: University of Dayton
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Field: Baujan Field
Championship Bracket
Dates:
Thursday, Nov. 3 - Quarterfinals
5 p.m. - No. 4 UMass vs. No. 5 St. Bonaventure
7:30 p.m. - No. 3 Dayton vs. No. 6 Charlotte
Friday, Nov. 4 - Semifinals
No. 1 La Salle vs. Lowest Remaining Seed
No. 2 Richmond vs. Highest Remaining Seed
Sunday, Nov. 6 - Final
1 p.m.

Tickets: One-day tickets passes are $6 for adults, $4 for children 18 and under and $3 for Atlantic 10 students (with ID) and groups of 10 or more (in advance only). A 3-day pass is $15 for adults.

Game Notes: A-10 Championship

A-10 Championship Central

Dayton Virtual Guide

FLYERS VIE FOR EIGHTH A-10 TOURNEY TITLE
The Flyers are the No. 3 seed at the 19th Atlantic 10 Women’s Soccer Championship, to be hosted Nov. 3, 4 & 6 at Baujan Field, on the campus of the University of Dayton. Making a league-record 16th straight Championship appearance and vying for its eighth overall and third consecutive A-10 Championship crown, Dayton will play No. 6 seed Charlotte this Thursday, Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Prior to UD’s game is the 5 p.m. quarterfinal game pitting No. 4 seed Massachusetts against No. 5 seed St. Bonaventure. No. 1 seed La Salle and No. 2 seed Richmond earned first-round byes.

DAYTON’S A-10 BACKGROUND
• Dayton has won the A-10 Tournament Championship more than any other team in the conference: seven times (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010).
• UD has also won or shared 10 A-10 Regular Season titles (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010). The next closest is Massachusetts with five.
• The Flyers are 19-7 all-time in the conference tournament. Their .731 winning percentage is the best in the conference. Of the other teams in the tournament field this year, Charlotte’s  and Richmond’s .636 winning percentage (7-4) is next best. The 49ers have won the title twice and the Spiders have once. UMass has a .563 winning percentage (9-7) and has won the tournament title four times. La Salle and St. Bonaventure are both 1-4 in tourney action and have never advanced to a final.
• Dayton has reached the finals nine times and is 7-2 in the championship game.

HOW THE FLYERS STACK UP
Dayton went 1-2-0  this season and is 50-16-4 all-time against the teams in the field of the 2011 Atlantic 10 Women’s Soccer Championship.

	2011 Result	All-Time Record
Charlotte	W 3-1 (Oct. 30)	3-5-1
La Salle	L 2-1 ot (Oct. 7)	16-3-0
Massachusetts	DNP	11-4-0
Richmond	L 1-0 (Oct. 16)	7-3-1
St. Bonaventure	DNP	13-1-2

      
       
       
       
       
           


UP NEXT
The A-10 semifinals are Friday, Nov. 4 at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and the final will be played Sunday, Nov. 6 at 1 p.m. all at Baujan Field.

NCAA SELECTION SHOW
The 2011 NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship Selection show will be aired live on Monday, Nov. 7 at approximately 4:30 p.m. ET on NCAA.com: http://www.ncaa.com/sports/soccer-women/d1
 
FLYER NOTES
• The Flyers are 16-3-0, and 7-2-0 in the Atlantic 10.
• Dayton leads the A-10 in shots (353), points (138), goals scored (47) and is second in assists (44). UD has outscored A-10 opponents 22-7.
• Junior Colleen Williams leads the Flyers with 36 points (12 goals and 12 assists). Her 36 points are tied for first in the Atlantic 10 and are 20th in the nation. She is also fourth in the nation in assists. Freshman Kesley Smigel isn’t too far behind with 11 goals and five assists, and sophomore Juliana Libertin rounds out UD’s triple threat with eight goals and seven assists.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Jordin Melchert is 6-0 this season with a .83 GAA.

SERIES INFORMATION
VS. CHARLOTTE: Charlotte leads the Flyers 3-5-1 in the all-time series record, although Dayton has won the last three. UD is coming off a 3-1 victory over the 49ers, their final regular season game on Oct. 30. For the past two years these two teams have met up in the final of the Atlantic 10 Women’s Soccer Championship. In the 2010 Atlantic 10 Tournament final, Dayton upset the No. 1 seed 49ers by a score of 4-3 in double overtime. UD’s Alexis Garcia scored the game winning goal on her way to being named the A-10 Tournaments Most Outstanding Player.

SCOUTING THE COMPETITION
Charlotte:  Charlotte comes to Baujan Field with a 7-9-4 record. Senior Macky Wingo leads the team in goals (7) and assists (4). She is also second in the A-10 for shots (77), third in shots per game (3.85), 10th  in points (18) and 10th  in points per game (.90).

THREE TIMES AS SWEET
University of Dayton freshman Kelsey Smigel was named the Atlantic 10 women’s soccer Rookie of the Week and junior Colleen Williams was honored as the Co-Player of the Week for games through Oct. 30. Its the third honor for each player. Smigel was also named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Women’s College National Team of the Week. She scored three goals and had an assist. Williams had two goals and two assists this week. She led the Flyers with six shots on goal. Williams now has 12 goals and 12 assists on the season, and with her four points Sunday vs. Charlotte she is up to 107 career points, tied for second all-time at Dayton with Missy Gregg. She needs seven points to become UD’s all-time points leader, currently 113 held by Karen Kazmaier (1985-87). Williams is already UD’s career assists leader with 33. She became just the third Flyer women’s soccer player to score more than 100 points. This is the third A-10 Player of the Week honor for Williams this season.

LIBERTIN AND SMIGEL HONORED BY A-10
Sophomore Juliana Libertin received her first A-10 Player of the Week honor while freshman Kelsey Smigel received her second A-10 Rookie of the Week award for games played through Oct. 23.
 
VOTE FOR KATHLEEN
University of Dayton women’s soccer player Kathleen Beljan was one of 10 student-athletes selected as a finalist for the 2011 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in collegiate soccer. Fans can vote once a day for Kathleen here: http://www.seniorclassaward.com/vote/  You can also vote once daily on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LowesSeniorCLASSAward 

WILLY’S WISH
The University of Dayton women’s soccer team is continuing Willy’s Wish –Dollars for Dayton for the second consecutive season. Last year the Flyers fundraised more than $1,000 for a family in Dayton. Individuals are asked to donate just $1. The UD women’s soccer team will be collecting the $1 donations at their remaining four home games (Oct. 21, 23, 28 & 30). Willy’s Wish collection boxes will be located at both entrances of Baujan Field. Fans can also send donations to: University of Dayton, c/o Willy’s Wish - Women’s Soccer, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469-1220.

GOING GREEN
The Flyers will wear neon green shoe laces to support research in curing pediatric cancer. The shoelaces were provided by the Go4theGoal Foundation, which is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing support to children and their families affected by cancer, with the ultimate goal of curing cancer by funding innovative research and providing financial support to patients and their families.

LAST TIME OUT
The Flyers defeated Charlotte 3-1 in their final regular season game, Sunday, Oct. 30 at Baujan Field. Kelsey Smigel scored two goals and had an assist, while junior Colleen Williams dished two assists and scored a goal.

THE JERSEY SCORE
Junior forward Colleen Williams, a native of Titusville, N.J., leads the Atlantic 10 in assists (12) and assists per game (0.63). She is tied for first in points (36) and third in goals (12). Last season she was tied for second in the nation in points (48).

NATIONALLY-RANKED UD
The Flyers (16-3-0) moved back to No. 1 in the NSCAA Mid-Atlantic Region rankings, after being No. 2 last week. The Flyers have been ranked No. 1 for eight of 11 times this season. UD reached as high as No. 15 in the NSCAA National Rankings. Dayton is currently receiving 12 votes and comes in at No. 29. UD is ranked No.31 in the TopDrawerSoccer Tournament 64 Rankings. The Flyers are No. 31 in the latest NCAA RPI (Oct. 26).

LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM
Dayton women’s soccer players Josie Grant and Katrin Loo were featured in Our Game Magazine article “Living and Playing the American Dream” that focused on international players competing for U.S. NCAA Division I women’s soccer programs. Loo is a sophomore forward from Tallinn, Estonia who plays on the Estonian national team. Grant is a senior forward from Wigton, England and played at the Blackburn Rovers Academy.

BELIEVIN’ IN BAUJAN
The Flyers are 185-54-18 all-time in games played at Baujan Field. There have been 257 UD women’s soccer games played at the historic venue and the Flyers own a .755 winning percentage in those matches. Dayton is 8-1-0 this season at home.

ANOTHER BIG TEN TOURNEY WIN
Dayton won the 2011 Purdue Boilermaker Challenge Cup. Colleen Williams was named Offensive MVP, while senior Kelsey Miller was named the Defensive MVP. Seniors Kelsey Owen, Emily Kenyon and Kathleen Beljan, and sophomores Juliana Libertin and Sarah Senoyuit were named to the all-tournament team. This is the second tournament, hosted by a Big 10 school that the Flyers have won this season. They also won the Northwestern Lakeside Classic earlier this year. Owen and Senoyuit both scored their first goals of the season for the Flyers in the Purdue tourney.

GRANT YOU THREE WISHES
Senior Josie Grant notched her first collegiate hat trick in UD’s 7-2 win over Middle Tennessee State in the Flyers’ season opener. She has four goals and two assists on the season.

WILLIAMS DOES IT AGAIN
Junior forward Colleen Williams was named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Women’s College Team of the Week (Sept. 12) for her performance in the Purdue Boilermaker Challenge Cup. She was also named National Player of the Week by TopDrawerSoccer on Aug. 22. She was also named Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Week (Sept. 26) after she provided both assists in the 2-1 victory over Xavier and scored the game winning goal in the 2-1 victory over Oakland.

A BALANCED DIET OF GOALS
Twelve different Flyers have scored goals this season, and junior Colleen Williams leads the way with 12. Freshman Kelsey Smigel has scored 11, sophomore Juliana Libertin has scored eight and senior Josie Grant has put away four. Freshman Haley Keller has three and sophomore Alexis Garcia has two. Senior Kelsey Owen, junior Alysha Mallon and sophomores Katrin Loo, Steph Emery, Andrea Todak and Sarah Senoyuit have one goal each.

ALYSHA THE ASSISTER
Junior Alysha Mallon has dished out five assists for the Flyers, including two game-winning assists – against Cal State Northridge to help UD win the Purdue Boilermaker Challenge Cup (Sept. 11) and against No. 25 Ohio State (Sept. 14). She was named a CS360 Primetime Performer of the Week for games Sept. 12-18.

EXPERIENCED D
Seniors Kathleen Beljan, Emily Kenyon and Kelsey Miller have been a staple of the Flyer defense. In their four years, they have helped post 42 shutouts, including a program single season record of 15 in 2009 and 14 in 2010.

MOVING UP THE CHARTS
Junior Colleen Williams has 31 assists, breaking the record for most assists in UD history! Junior goalkeeper Katherine Boone has 19 career shutouts - third all-time on Dayton’s career list. She needs one shutout to take over second and 10 to tie with Stephanie Weisenfeld’s 29 clean sheets (1999-2002).

LIBERTIN THE DREAM
Sophomore outside mid Juliana Libertin, a member of the 2010 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team, has already scored eight goals this year, eclipsing her two goals scored in her freshman season. She is currently the third leading scorer on the team (8 g, 7 a, 23 pts). Her golden goal against Northwestern on Aug. 28 led the Flyers to the Lakeside Classic Championship. She also scored the game winner against Kentucky on Sept. 17. She is currently tied for sixth in the A-10 for points.

ONE OF THE NATION’S BEST
University of Dayton junior forward Colleen Williams is among 42 female athletes named to the Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy Watch List for the 2011 season. She was also one of 25 players selected as a Soccer America Preseason All-American. The MAC Hermann Trophy is the highest individual award in intercollegiate soccer. Her 12 assists are ranked fourth in the nation. Williams is averaging 1.89 ppg which is 20th best in the nation. She is also sixth in the NCAA in assists per game (.63).

FANTASTIC   FRESHMEN
Dayton’s freshmen have already made an impact. Kelsey Smigel has notched 11 goals and five assists in 19 games with 12 starts. Haley Keller has scored three goals, including two game-winning goals, and also added an assist in 18 games played with one start. Amanda Sivic (12 gp) and Lacey Engle (5 gp) have put in solid minutes as well on the offense, while Ally Klinefelter has contributed defensively, playing in 15 games.

STARTING STRONG
Colleen Williams was named the Atlantic 10 Women’s Soccer Player of the Week and she also headlined the TopDrawerSoccer.com Women’s College Team of the Week as the National Player of the Week. The Titusville, N.J. native was also named the SoccerSavings.com/Philly Soccer News Women’s College Player of the Week for the week ending August 21. She was also selected to the Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week. Williams began the 2011 campaign with a bang, scoring 10 points in Dayton’s first two games to lead the Flyers to a pair of victories. She scored two goals and had an assist in UD’s 7-2 win over Middle Tennessee State in the season opener. She repeated that two-goal, one-assist performance with the game-winner in a 3-1 victory over Cal Poly in UD’s home opener.

FLYERS PICKED FOR A-10 THREE-PEAT
The 10-time Atlantic 10 women’s soccer regular season champion University of Dayton was chosen to win its third consecutive conference title, in voting conducted among the league’s head coaches. The Flyers also led the way with six players selected to the Preseason A-10 All-Conference (Kathleen Beljan, Alexis Garcia, Colleen Williams) and All-Rookie Teams (Katrin Loo, Amanda Sivic, Kelsey Smigel).

SUCCESSFUL SENIORS
The Flyers have consistently won year in and year out. UD’s senior class owns the eighth best winning percentage in the country at .805 (66-13-8). The only teams ahead of them are: Stanford (.938), North Carolina (.844), Portland (.842), Notre Dame (.835), Oklahoma State (.815), UCLA (.813) and Denver (.809). Information courtesy of CollegeSoccer360.com.

JAMMIN JUNIORS
By winning percentage, the Dayton junior class is the secod best in the country. The juniors were 16-1-6 as freshmen, 19-3-1 as sophomores and 16-3-0 this season. That’s an .838 winning percentage. Only Stanford’s junior class is higher at .951.

FLYER SUCCESS
The Dayton women’s soccer program owns an overall record of 375-153-40 (.695) since it became a varsity program in 1984. The Flyers made NCAA Tournament Appearances in 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009 and 2010, advancing to the second round in both 2009 and 2010 and to the Sweet Sixteen in 2001.

DAYTON WOMEN’S SOCCER VIRTUAL GUIDE AVAILABLE
The University Of Dayton Department Of Athletics Communication is proud to announce the 2011 Flyer Women’s Soccer Virtual Guide. The interactive guide features a video for each coach and player. It also includes videos that highlight the UD offense and defense, as well as Baujan Field and the University of Dayton campus. The guide also has links to each coach and players’ complete biography on DaytonFlyers.com.