USD Women's Soccer 2003

USO Women's Soccer 2003

NSCAA/ A DIDAS 2003 P RESEASON Tor 25

Upperclassmen leaders, junior Brooke Roby (Poway, CA) and se– niors Katie Allen (Temecula, CA) and Brenna Mullen (San Diego, CA) are complemented by a proven group of second-year players. Sophomore forward Lee Ann Klopschinski (Upland, CA) led all San Diego players with nine goals last season and set a USD school record, scoring in six consecutive matches. Canadian products Marie-Claude Henry (St-Hyacinthe) and forward Michelle Rowe (Calgary, Alberta) posses all-league talent, with Claude-Henry post– ing 16 points as a junior transfer in 2002.

Rk

Rk School

2003

1 2 3 4 5 6

20-5-1 21-2-4 20-4-2 21-2-0 18-4-0 20-5-1 19-4-1 21-3-1 15-5-1 13-8-0 13-7-2 16-6-3 18-2-2 18-6-1 13-7-3 12-8-1 16-6-2 18-3-1 11-8-3 14-7-0 13-6-4 13-8-1 16-6-0 14-5-3

Santa Clara

2 3 1 5 7 6 4 8

North Carolina

Portland Stanford

UCLA

Texas A&M Penn State Connecticut

7 8 9

Texas

14 15 17 13 10 19 18 11 12 22 9

Notre Dame

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Seven of San Diego's 20 opponents this season are noted in the NSCAA/Adidas Preseason Top-25

Virginia

Nebraska Pepperdine Tennessee Florida State

The Toreros have been picked to finish fourth in the WCC in the 2003 preseason league poll. USD finished fourth in 2002 when the conference coaches tabbed them to finish fifth, a position the Toreros have not ended in since 1994. If San Diego can manage its way through the tough non-conference schedule and challenge some of the nation's best teams in its own league there is little reason to believe the Toreros will not return to the NCAA College Cup Tour– nament for the fifth consecutive season.

California Michigan

West Virginia

USC

25t

Clemson

10-10-2 NR

Florida

SMU

20 24 23 21

Maryland

BYU

Purdue

Others receiving votes: Arizona State, Richmond, Charlotte, Indiana, Rutgers

-Indicates 2003 Opponent

West Coast Conference 2003 PRESEASON POLL

Pts 46 46 35 29 26 22 12 8

Rk School (first place votes) 1. Portland (4) Santa Clara (4) 3. Pepperdine 4. San Diego 5. Loyola Marymount 6. St. Mary's 7. San Francisco 8. Gonzaga

Senior defensive leader Alexis Obeji

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