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Everything you wanted to know about 2013 CU soccer, and then some
Aug 16th
QUICKLY: The University of Colorado women’s soccer team enters its third season in the Pac-12 Conference and its second under head coach Danny Sanchez. Nine newcomers and 16 returning players will face a schedule that includes four instate opponents and four opponents who rank in the NSCAA pre-season top 25.
ALUMNI GAME: CU welcomes back 17 former players for the 2013 Alumni Game. Jen (Almquist) Lehman (1996), Devan (Hansen) Haas (1999-2001), Ellen (Falender) McCready (’01-04), Fran Munnelly, Darci Smerchek and Ashlie Mihalcin (’02-05), Orly Ripmaster (2003), Laura Munnelly (’03-06), Ally Goodman (’06-09), Kim Lowry (’07-10), Maggi Steury and Caroline Danneberg (’08-11), Kelly Moore (’09-10), Quinn Krier, Shaye Marshall and Lauren Shaner (’09-12) and Kayla Millar (’10-12) will all be in attendance. Players and head coach Danny Sanchez will be available after the game for the first media opportunity of the season.
PRENTUP PASS: General admission and parking are still free at Prentup Field for all CU soccer games. However, fans interested in supporting CU soccer while receiving great benefits can purchase a Prentup Pass, Prentup Pass Gold or Prentup Pass Platinum for the 2013 season. For more information please visit CUBuffs.com/prentuppass.
WHO’S RETURNING: The Buffaloes return 16 players, including 13 letterwinners and eight starters. Four of the team’s top five scorers return, led by senior Anne Stuller, who netted eight goals and had two assists last season. Fellow seniors and co-captains Hayley Hughes (two goals and three assists) and Annie Brunner (70 saves and 7.1 shutouts) hope to lead the team to victory in the 2013 season. The team also has a strong young presence. Sophomores Madison Krauser, a member of the Pac-12 Freshman Team, andEmily Paxton combined for a total of 11 points in their first season.
WHO’S GONE: The Buffs bid farewell to nine players, including six seniors, three of whom were starters. Midfielder Amy Barczukconcluded her career at CU by breaking numerous records and earning a place on the All-Pac-12 Second Team. Barczuk has continued her soccer career as a second round draft pick by the Western New York Flash in the inaugural NWSL Draft. Other 2012 senior starters Shaye Marshall and Quinn Krier combined for eight assists in the midfield. Reserve keeper Kayla Millar closed out a career that included helping CU to its first win in the Pac-12. CU also lost two more seniors, Lauren Shaner and Erin Bricker, who provided extra minutes off the bench. Jenna Glad, Courtney Dudley and Elise Romano, who played a combined 386 minutes in their freshmen campaigns, will not be returning this season.
WHO’S NEW: CU welcomes nine newcomers. The group includes seven freshmen and two transfers. Californians lead the pack with four players: Alyssa Herwatt, Hannah Dearborn, Mikaela Kraus and Tori Cooper. Washington follows with two: Sydney Carlson andBrianna Hooks. Three other players expand Buff Nation, becoming the first players from their respective states. Kenzie Tillitt hails from Nevada, Brooke Rice from Wyoming and Alex Huynh from New South Wales, Australia. Cooper and Rice both have two seasons of collegiate experience under their belts, coming to Colorado by way of Georgia and Santa Clara, respectively.
PAC-12 COACHES POLL: Colorado finished 10th in the 2013 Pac-12 Women’s Soccer Coaches Poll. UCLA led the group with seven out of 11 possible first-place votes. Four-time defending conference champion and 2012 NCAA runner-up Stanford was just two points shy of the top stop in the poll.
1. UCLA
2. Stanford
3. California
4. Washington
5. Arizona State
6. Oregon State
Washington State
8. USC
9. Utah
10. Colorado
11. Oregon
12. Arizona
STIFF COMPETITION: Four of the Buffs’ opponents this season found a place on the NSCAA Preseason Rankings. Stanford and UCLA both made the top 5, at No. 2 and No. 5, respectively. California also represents the conference at No. 20, and regional foe Denver rounds out the top 25 with the final spot. Two more Pac-12 competitors, USC and Arizona State, also received votes.
2013 CAPTAINS: Colorado natives Hayley Hughes and Annie Brunner are the 2013 captains. Both seniors had terrific campaigns last season. As a forward in 2012, Hughes started all 20 games and scored two goals and added three assists. She was named to the DU Invitational All-Tournament Team early in the season, helping lead the Buffs to 2-1 victory over Cincinnati. She was also a first-team Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-District and NSCAA Scholar All-West Region honorable mention selection. Brunner played all 20 games, recording 70 saves and a 1.14 goals-against average. Her record-setting three shutouts to open the season helped her to the first Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week title of the year. She earned CU Athlete of the Week honors for helping shutout out more back-to-back opponents in September. Both excelled in the classroom, with Hughes earning Pac-12 All-Academic first-team and Brunner receiving honorable mention honors.
BUFFS IN THE LEAGUE: Three former Buffs are currently competing in the newly formed National Women’s Soccer League. Amy Barczuk (2009-12) was selected by the Western New York Flash in the second round (the 14th overall pick) of the inaugural NWSL draft. After playing for multiple teams in multiple leagues, Nikki Marshall (2006-09) signed as a free agent with Portland Thorns FC for the inaugural season. Michelle Wenino (2005-08) returned to the Chicago Red Stars as a third round selection in the supplemental draft. The NWSL regular season concludes on Sunday, Aug. 18, with the top four teams moving on to the playoff semifinals on Saturday, Aug. 24.
PRO SOCCER: Kate Russell (2008-11), who got her professional start earlier this year as a reserve player with the Boston Breakers, recently signed overseas with LUV Graz in the Austrian Women’s Bundesliga. The team opened the season on August 11, with a 6-1 loss to USC Landhaus. Their next match is on August 25 versus ASV Spratzern.
UP NEXT – COLORADO CUP: The Buffs open the regular season with the 2013 Colorado Cup. The Buffs are undefeated in two Cups, taking home trophies in back-to-back seasons. CU looks for a three-peat as they take on Northern Colorado on Friday, Aug. 23 at 5 p.m. The Buffs host the final day, Sunday, Aug. 25. Denver will take on Northern Colorado in the opening match at Noon. Then, CU faces Colorado College at 2:30 p.m. Last year, CU shut out UNC 3-0 and CC 0-0 (2OT), winning the title by goal differential.
CU press release
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CU Football Single Game Tickets Go On Sale Tuesday, 9 a.m.
Jul 29th
BOULDER – Single game tickets to University of Colorado football games are on sale starting Tuesday, July 30 at 9 a.m.
Fans can purchase online at www.cubuffs.com/tickets, by phone at 303-492-8337, in person at the CU Athletic Ticket Office between gates 4 and 5 of Folsom Field, or at TicketsWest outlets.
The Buffs open the season on Sunday, Sept. 1 in Denver against Colorado State in the Rocky Mountain Showdown. The CSU game marks the debut of CU head coach Mike MacIntyre.
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Single game tickets for Folsom Field contests start at just $30 a game. The home opener for Colorado is Saturday, Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. against the University of Central Arkansas, followed by a September 14 tilt with Fresno State which will kickoff at noon.
Preseason Pac-12 favorite Oregon will headline Family Weekend on Saturday, October 5. That’s followed by a Homecoming date with Arizona and coach Rich Rodriguez three weeks later on October 26.
In November the Buffs will host a pair of games. First the Cal Bears on Saturday the 16th, then the Folsom Field season finale on Saturday the 23rd with the Trojans of USC.
Tickets for all games are still available. Buffs fans can also purchase Three Game Flex Plans starting at $126, and season tickets starting at $175. For more information or to buy, visit www.cubuffs.com/tickets or call 303-492-8337.
Troy Andre
Assistant SID/Internet Managing Editor
University of Colorado
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CU trackster Abrianna Torres finishes 3rd in PAC-12 heptathalon
May 6th
LOS ANGELES – University of Colorado redshirt freshman Abrianna Torres had a weekend to remember as she earned a third-place finish in the heptathlon on Sunday at the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships with a personal record of 5,357 points.
As a team, the Buffs picked up 12 points in the heptathlon with senior Brianne Beemer placing fifth (5,238) and junior Genny Mayden taking seventh overall (5,161).
Torres’ score moved her up to sixth on CU’s all-time performers list in the heptathlon. She narrowly beat out Cal’s Jaci Powell for the bronze as Powell was just six points behind Torres (5,351). Arizona State’s Keia Pinnick won with 5,801 points.
Torres had a great afternoon, recording personal bests in two of the three events. She jumped 19-4 to place second in the long jump and even though it wasn’t a PR, it was the best jump for her in a heptathlon and placed 10th on the school’s all-time heptathlon list. Torres launched a lifetime best in the javelin with the third best throw by a CU heptathlete (132-11), which also placed second. She finished strong and knocked over seven seconds off her previous PR in the 800, crossing the finish in 2:25.09 for seventh.
Beemer also had a nice day. She was eighth in the long jump after recording a jump of 16-10.50 and then PR’d in the javelin by almost four feet with a throw of 120-0. Beemer finished her day with a runner-up finish in the 800, clocking in at 2:15.56. She was half a second from the winner, Pinnick, who finished in 2:15.06.
Rounding out CU’s score in the heptathlon was Mayden. She was fifth in the long jump (18-2.50), which was just less than five inches of her PR. Mayden took seventh in the javelin after earning a mark of 118-4 and finished the day with a PR of 2:21.68 in the 800.
In the decathlon, Brock Emory picked up a point for the team score by placing eighth overall with a personal best of 6,927 points. The score is the 11th best in CU history and also put him sixth on the all-timer performer’s list for the Buffs. Oregon’s Dakotah Keys won the decathlon with 8,001 points.
Emory started the day in the 110-meter hurdles by clocking 15.01 for fourth place; which tied the seventh best time in the decathlon for the Buffs. He was third in the discus with a toss of 129-11 and that was also high in CU’s decathlon record book as it tied for sixth. Emory tied for ninth overall in the pole vault after clearing 13-1.50 and then was eighth in the javelin with a PR of 157-5. He ended the day by running 4:58.79 in the 1,500.
“There were many scenarios which I would have been thrilled with today,” assistant coach Lindsey Malone said. “Leaving the track with Colorado in the lead on the women’s side and having every Colorado athlete earn a spot on the podium means more than I can say. I’m so very proud of our team and thankful that we were able to represent CU on this level.”
The Pac-12 Championships will continue next weekend, May 11-12, at Katherine B. Locker Stadium on the campus of USC.
CU media release
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