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Utah Opens Season against Idaho State
8/25/1999 12:00 AM | Soccer
Aug. 25, 1999
Utes Host Idaho State: The Utah women's soccer program opens its 1999 season against Idaho State. The game is scheduled for Fri., Aug. 27 at 5:00 p.m. at Ute Field.
This is the first match-up between the Utes and the Bengals. In its 1998 inaugural season, Idaho State was 2-14-1. The team played only four of 14 games at home and lost in overtime four times. Of the 17 teams played, the Bengals faced only three new programs.
New Changes: The Utes compete in the newly formed Mountain West Conference bolstered by a roster of four seniors, one junior, four sophomores and fourteen freshmen. The MWC offers virtually the same competition the Utes faced in the old Western Athletic Conference Pacific Division. Since the inclusion of women's soccer in the WAC in 1995, the Pacific Division was the home of the conference's toughest and most talented teams. In the four years of tournament play, Pacific Divisions won the title three times.
The seven MWC teams include Brigham Young, a Sweet 16 team, and NCAA qualifier San Diego State. The other four schools are Wyoming, Air Force, UNLV and New Mexico. All seven teams will qualify for the MWC Tournament in November.
The Utes have also added a new assistant goalkeeper coach. Erin Fahey played in the 1995 NCAA final for the University of Portland. She also played for a professional women's team in Varonezh, Russia. For the last three years, Fahey has been the goalkeeping coach for Oregon's Olympic Development Program and the F.C. Portland team.
Utes to Watch: Senior Staci Burt, a 1998 WAC Pacific Division first team member, led the Utes in scoring and points with 13 goals and six assists totaling 32 points. She finished the season ranked third in the WAC in goals, fourth in scoring and 16th in assists. Burt broke the team records for career points with 76 and goals with 31 (both records previously held by Jacki Doman, 1995-96).
As a freshman, Amy Kofoed made a tremendous impact. She started 16 of 19 games played, scoring five goals (two game-winning goals) with four assists for 14 points. She was honored as the WAC Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 28, 1998. Before coming to the U., Kofoed had 46 career goals at Northridge High School (Utah). She was named to the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News all-state first team from 1996-97.
In her inaugural season, Alli Cerruti started all 19 of Utah's games as an attacking forward. She made 40 shots, scoring four goals and two assists for 10 points. At Philomath High School (Ore.), Cerruti scored 106 career goals and had 32 assists. She participated on the Oregon State Olympic Development Team for five years and was an Academic All-American from 1994-98.
Freshman Courtney Hills takes over in the box for the Utes this season following the graduation of four-year starter Tawni Martineau. Hills spent her first year on the Utah team as a redshirt prepping for her 1999 starting appointment. Prior to Utah, she was a four-year starter at Mountain View High School (Utah). She was named to the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News all-state first team from 1995-97. She set the Mountain View and Utah state records for most shutouts in a season with 12, and total career shutouts with 33.
Freshman forward/midfielder Megan Maxwell is expected to make an immediate impact on the Ute offensive lines. The Pasco, Wash., native was a four-time all-area pick and was Pasco High School's (Wash.) leading scorer from 1995-98. She scored more than 200 high school career goals and was a member of the Olympic Development Program from 1992-98. Maxwell also excelled in track as a four-time all-conference first team pick in the sprint relays. She was a member of the state champion 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 meter relay teams.
Last Season in Review: The 1998 Utah women's soccer team ended its season with the best record in Ute history, 12-7. The record-breaking season boosted the program's five year mark to 40-32-4, all under Head Coach Amy Freeman Winslow. The 1998 Utes finished with a 2-4 WAC mark and placed fifth in the Pacific Division.
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