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Women's Soccer

Women's soccer makes final road trip of season

Oct. 27, 2015

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GONZAGA BULLDOGS (2-10-5, 1-5-1) AT PORTLAND PILOTS (6-11-0, 2-5-0)
GAME 18 | OCT. 31 | 4 P.M. | MERLO FIELD | PORTLAND, ORE.
SERIES: Portland leads 22-0-1 (11-0-0 in Portland)
FIRST MEETING: Sept. 7, 1992: 0-12 in Spokane
LAST MEETING: Nov. 8, 2014: 0-3 in Spokane
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LIVE STATS: GoZags.com
ONE LAST ROAD TRIP:
- The Zags make their final road trip of the regular season to Portland Friday.
- Gonzaga has won its last two final road games of the season, 3-2 at San Francisco last year, and 2-1 in overtime at Saint Mary's in 2013.
- The Bulldogs have posted a 0-5-2 record on the road so far this season.
HERE'S TO YOU TWO:
- This year's Zag roster features only two seniors, and they both will play their final road games with GU.
- Lexi Clark and Heather Johnson have combined for 114 appearances during their four-year stints.
- Clark has been a staple in the Gonzaga midfield and defense, while Johnson has set attacking records.
- The duo will be honored on Senior Day at Luger Field against Santa Clara on Nov. 7.
ANOTHER WEEK OF THE BEST:
- Karley Baggerly remains atop the West Coast Conference with seven goals scored this season.
- Loyola Marymount's Jocelyn Blankenship matched Baggerly's seven goals last weekend.
- Baggerly also tops the conference averaging 1.47 shots on goal per game.
- Christie Tombari leads the WCC with 90 saves this season.
SEASON RECORD WATCH:
- Baggerly is seventh in GU history with 16 points and seven goals scored in a single season. Her 48 shots are No. 10 for shots taken in a single season. She is three shots away from eighth and 13 from the top five.
- Tombari is 10th all-time at Gonzaga with 90 saves this season, three away from ninth and 16 from eighth.
CAREER RECORD WATCH:
- Heather Johnson rose to third all-time at GU with 173 shots taken in her career. She is 12 shots shy of second. Baggerly is seventh on the list with 119 career shots.
- Baggerly is fourth on the program's all-time list with 17 goals scored in her career. She is two goals from third. Baggerly is also fourth on the all-time list with 43 points. She is five points away from the top three.
- Christie Tombari is fourth all-time in program history with 258 career saves.
- Her career 1.52 goals against average and her 85 allowed goals are both fifth.
SCOUTING THE PILOTS:
- Portland enters the game on a three-game losing streak. All three losses have been 1-0, with the last coming in overtime at Pepperdine.
- The losses snapped a Pilots' stretch of 273 consecutive minutes without conceding a goal.
- The Pilots are third in the West Coast Conference with 1.18 assists per game.
- Allison Wetherington is third in the conference with five total assists this season.
- Cecilia Pedersen leads the team with four goals and 10 points this season. Eleven of her 20 shots have been on goal. She has added two assists.
- Wetherington and Noelle La Prevotte both have nine points this season.
- Portland has been alternating junior Hanna de Haan and freshman Rachel Lusby in goal; de Haan has two shutouts this fall and Lusby claimed her first career blank sheet at Pacific on Oct. 11.
- The Pilots have led the nation in attendance for an unprecedented 10 straight years.
MORE SERIES INFO:
- Portland has never lost to GU in the 23 all-time meetings.
- The Pilots have won the last two meetings, outscoring Gonzaga 5-1 in those victories.
- The Zags lone draw in the series came in 2012, 1-1, in Spokane.
- The draw snapped four-straight scoreless games for the Bulldogs.
- The last overtime game was in 2013, a 2-1 win for the Pilots.
- Portland won the first 20 meetings before the draw in 2012.
- The Pilots outscored GU, 95-3, during that 20-match win streak.
- Portland has outscored the Bulldogs all-time, 101-5.
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Players Mentioned

Christie Tombari

#0 Christie Tombari

Goalkeeper
5' 10"
Redshirt Sophomore
Heather Johnson

#5 Heather Johnson

Forward/Midfielder
5' 9"
Junior
Karley Baggerly

#13 Karley Baggerly

Forward
5' 9"
Sophomore
Lexi Clark

#19 Lexi Clark

Midfielder/Defender
5' 6"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Christie Tombari

#0 Christie Tombari

5' 10"
Redshirt Sophomore
Goalkeeper
Heather Johnson

#5 Heather Johnson

5' 9"
Junior
Forward/Midfielder
Karley Baggerly

#13 Karley Baggerly

5' 9"
Sophomore
Forward
Lexi Clark

#19 Lexi Clark

5' 6"
Junior
Midfielder/Defender