Golf Tournament
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Bobby Warshaw (’07)
December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Pac-10 Announces Men’s Soccer All-Conference Honors
Nov. 20, 2007
Nine Stanford men’s soccer players have been selected as Pac-10 All-Conference members, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced today. The list includes Freshman of the Year Bobby Warshaw, becoming the first player in Stanford history to be selected for the honor.
The Cardinal wrapped up the 2007 season with a 7-6-5 overall record, 4-4-2 in the Pac-10. Stanford ended the season on a high note with a 1-0 victory over cross-town rival No. 20 California last weekend.
First Team
Ely Allen* - F - Sr. - WASH
Tony Beltran - M - F - Jr. - UCLA
Scott Bolkan - D - Sr. - STAN
Kraig Chiles - MF - Sr. - SDSU
Stefan Frei - GK - So. - CAL
Andrew Jacobson** - MF - Sr. - CAL
George John - MF - Jr. - WASH
Jason Leopoldo - MF - Jr. - UCLA
Chance Myers - MF - So. - UCLA
Luke Sassano - MF/F - Sr. - CAL
Mike Zaher - D - Sr. - UCLA
Second Team
Javier Ayala-Hil - F - Sr. - CAL
Nick Cardenas - D - So. - SDSU
Raphael Cox - MF - Jr. - WASH
Kevin Forrest - F - Sr. - WASH
John Moore - GK - So. - STAN
Kyle Nakazawa - MF - So. - UCLA
Michael Strickland - MF - So. - STAN
Evan Toft - MF - So. - SDSU
Bobby Warshaw - MF/F - Fr. - STAN
Nick Webb - F - Sr. - OSU
Andrew Wiedman - F - Fr. - CAL
*two-time All-Pac-10 honoree **three-time All-Pac-10 honoree
College Soccer: Work pays off for former ‘Cats
November 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment
It was 13 years ago when Bobby Warshaw and Lauren Conner first crossed paths.
At the time, the 6-year-old Warshaw and the 7-year-old Conner were the superstars of the Mechanicsburg Recreation League and on that day, the two of them battled on the soccer field.
“At that age, they were both unstoppable,” said Conner’s father and soccer coach at the time, Chris. “We figured that the only way it would be a close game was if they guarded each other.”
According to Chris, Warshaw’s team, coached by Bobby’s father Allen, got the best of his ballclub that day.
“Allen’s team had the better of the play, but it was fun to watch the two of them go after each other,” Chris said. “It’s interesting how things turned out.”
Fast-forward to 2007, so much has happened. Both have gone through the school buses, the birthday parties, the homework and the proms of young life, culminating with their high school degrees from Mechanicsburg High School.
After all that life’s thrown at them, one thing has not changed — their passion for soccer.
Upon completion of their playing career for Wildcat boys’ and girls’ soccer coach Tony Lougee, it was time to move on.
A leap of faith
Davidson women’s soccer coach Greg Ashton called Conner’s decision to play for his team in Davidson, N.C. a “leap of faith.”
“We had never seen Lauren play before she came here,” Ashton said. “All we had were recommendations from high school and club coaches. She came only with the guarantee that she’d get the chance to work her way on the team.
“It was a big risk on her part to come to our athletics program.”
For Conner, her senior soccer season was winding down and she still had no idea where she wanted to go to college.
“Picking a college was a very hard decision for me,” Conner said. “I was looking for three things — a school with high academics, a small school and a school with a good soccer program. A lot of places had two of those three things, but none had all three.”
Then she made a college visit to Davidson.
Conner said. “It had all three things I was looking for, so that’s where I went.”
Conner made the soccer team and even got some minutes her freshman year, but she admitted that she didn’t exactly have the type of season that dreams are made of.
“I was nervous all the time,” Conner said. “I played a decent amount, but I wasn’t confident.”
But as the old adage goes, when the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Ashton said, “Lauren went back home to Mechanicsburg for the summer and I encouraged our team to do a summer workout and play as much as possible.
“Lauren went above and beyond for her team.”
Summer intensity
Last summer was Conner’s chance to gain an edge.
“I ran almost every day and lifted two, three times a week,” Conner said. “I also played for two different club teams.”
In the little spare time she had remaining, Conner spent it playing soccer with members of the Mechanicsburg boys’ high school team.
“The guy’s game is a different game,” Conner said. “Every practice I went to helped me get better and helped me learn what I needed.”
And by the time the 2007 soccer season rolled around, Conner was blowing people away.
“We immediately saw results,” Ashton said. “From the first day of camp, her competitive nature was standing out. There are more talented players on the team, but I don’t think they worked as hard as Lauren did.”
This season, Conner was one of just a handful of players to start every game for the Wildcats.
“I don’t think she ever took for granted that she was a starter,” Ashton said. “Not only was she starting for us, she was scoring goals.”
Make that game-winning goals.
The biggest of Conner’s four game-winners was probably the strike that broke up Appalachian State’s unbeaten season on Sept. 27. Conner’s goal in the 108th minute pushed Davidson to a 2-1 overtime victory.
“It was a great feeling,” Conner said. “It’s all a blur now. Everyone contributed to that win.”
Looking to the future
Davidson recently ended its 14-5-1 season with a 1-0 loss to Furman in the Southern Conference semifinals. But with the return of players like Conner (5 goals, 3 assists), Kyri Bye-Nagel (12 goals, 1 assist), Blakely Low (6 goals, 2 assists) and Suzanne Sittko (5 goals, 2 assists) — all sophomores — the Wildcats have a lot to look forward to next season.
“All of these girls are better than I thought they would be at this stage,” Ashton said. “I’m very fortunate to have such a great attacking group.”
“We have such a good group of forwards and such a good group of defenders,” Conner said. “We’re going to practice against each other and only get better.
“We’re going to have a strong core of players coming back. Hopefully we have a good recruiting class and hopefully we can make it to the NCAA’s next year.”
Bobby Warshaw: a down-to-earth kind of guy
Pamon Forouhar is just a normal college student living the normal college life.
So when Warshaw, a big-time athlete playing at a Division I program, moved in right across the hall from Forouhar in Stanford’s Larkin Hall, Forouhar wasn’t sure what to expect.
“I came in thinking he would be arrogant,” Forouhar said. “I definitely did not expect to find him to be as nice, smart and caring as he actually is.”
Warshaw’s good attitude earned him a lot of friends, and a lot of fans.
“Bobby has a huge entourage in the dorm,” Forouhar said. “We all like to go to his games, cheer his name and make signs for him. Bobby is one of the coolest people in the world, hands down.”
Coolness aside, Warshaw wishes he could’ve played better to give fans something more to cheer about.
“I feel bad for not playing well enough,” Warshaw said. “We should’ve won more games than we did.”
Keep in mind that Warshaw’s a freshman — a freshman that led his team in scoring with five goals and a pair of assists.
With the Cardinals sitting on a 6-6-5 record with just one game to go, Warshaw believes there is much work to be done.
“We need to find a way to be consistent in every game,” Warshaw said. “From there, we need to up our general level of play.”
Stanford coach Bret Simon said he was extremely happy with the play of his fantastic freshman this season, but agrees that the world has yet to see the best of Warshaw.
“So far, we’re thrilled,” Simon said. “Bobby sees the game very quickly, he’s skillful and he’s capable of changing the game at any moment. He not only helps our team win games, he also plays on the psyche of the opponents.”
An easy choice
“I didn’t really play the recruiting game, I’ve always wanted to come here,” Warshaw said. “I liked the coach and I liked the weather so it wasn’t really a tough decision for me.”
Warshaw followed in the footsteps of his brother, Chris, who is now a graduate student at Stanford.
“Having Chris here made the decision easier,” Warshaw said. “It’s really nice to have an aspect of home here. Chris usually comes over to the cafeteria for a weekly dinner.”
Like many freshmen, Warshaw is unsure of what he wants out of college.
“I think I want to study political science,” Warshaw said. “I might go for economics or policy-making as well — I’m just taking a lot of intro classes right now. It’s tough to plan classes when you don’t know what you want to be.”
Thirsting for improvement
While school is the top priority for Warshaw, working together with his soccer team to become better has to be a close second.
“I guess you could say the PAC-10 is a little bit different from the (Mid-Penn) Keystone Division,” Warshaw said. “In general, the athletes are more athletic and they come at you a little harder. Every game means something and every game is a battle.”
Warshaw said his team has no characters, just competitors, a formula he believes can be successful in the PAC-10.
“We don’t have any cliques or groups on this team,” Warshaw said. “We all want to win and try to make each other better.”
Warshaw buys into coach Simon’s philosophy that soccer is a team sport.
“Our emphasis is on the team, not the individual,” Simon said. “Bobby is going to be a mainstay on the team, but he will have a great cast around him as well.”
Warshaw said he is a team player, even if that means changing positions several times a season.
“We want to win and we will do whatever the coaches tell us to so that we can win,” Warshaw said. “Everyone has, at some point in the year, sacrificed for the team.”
There is one game remaining before the Cardinals send off their seniors and get ready for the 2008 fall season, which Simon hopes to be a big time for Warshaw.
“I think we’re going in a good direction,” Simon said. “Bobby has a lot of tools. I think we’re just scratching the surface of what he can accomplish.”
Lyndi Keiser (’05)
November 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Women soccer ends season with 1-0 loss to Kutztown – seniors Colleen Corcoran, Caroline Furmato, Kim Puchuta, Robyn Travisano and Anita Valerio honored in pregame ceremonies
MANSFIELD – Kim Kelty scored to game’s only goal in the 23rd minute to lift Kutztown to a 1-0 win over Mansfield in a PSAC East women’s soccer contest Saturday afternoon.
It was the final game of the 2007 season for both teams.
It was a hard –played game by both teams with Kutztown holding a 10-8 advantage in shots.
Mansfield pressed hard in the final minutes with Lyndi Keiser and Kim Pachuta each getting a shot on goal to no avail.
Justine Segear had six saves in goal for Mansfield while Kutztown’s Stfanie Bonsky was credited with five saves.
It was the fifth time this season the Mountaineers dropped a 1-0 decision and seventh one goal loss of the year.
Seniors Colleen Corcoran, Caroline Furmato, Kim Puchuta, Robyn Travisano and Anita Valerio were all honored in pregame ceremonies.
Mansfield ends the season 3-13-2 overall and 3-8-1 in the PSAC East.
Matt Gawlas (’05)
October 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment
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Jordan Smak (’07)
October 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Blue Jays Get by Bullets 1-0 in Overtime
BALTIMORE, Md. – Jane O’Conner connected on a header in the 96th minute to lift Johns Hopkins University to a 1-0 victory over visiting Gettysburg College in Centennial Conference action on Saturday afternoon. The loss spoiled a strong outing from Bullet keeper Danielle St. Pierre (Londonderry, N.H./Trinity), who made 10 saves.
Johns Hopkins (8-4-1, 4-1 CC) couldn’t find the back of the net during regulation despite firing off 19 shots. Gettysburg’s (3-9, 2-3 CC) defense held firm behind St. Pierre as the junior goalie made five stops in each half.
The Bullets had a handful of opportunities to crack the scoreboard in the second half as Shaina Wright (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg) took a pair of shots at the goal. Both attempts failed, however, finding the arms of Hopkins’ keeper Karen Guszkowski. Gettysburg had another pair of potential goals thwarted by Guszkowski in the latter stages of the period, the first coming off the foot of first-year Jordann Smak (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg) and the second off the head of fellow classmate Lauren Walsh (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield).
The Blue Jays pressed the action early in the extra session, taking two shots in the first four minutes. After getting a corner kick at 94:56, Chrissy McCurdy controlled the ball and lifted it to the middle of the goal where O’Conner completed the connection.
Next up for the Bullets is a non-conference contest at York College on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 4 p.m.
Lauren Conner (’05)
October 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Conner Chalks Up Second W. Soccer SoCon Player of Week Honor
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| Conner has team bests of five goals and 11 points in her nine games played this year. |
DAVIDSON, N.C. –– For the second week in a row, the Davidson women’s soccer team earned the Southern Conference Player of the Week as sophomore Lauren Conner (Mechanicsburg, Pa.) was given the honor today after tallying two game-winning goals for the week of Sept. 25-Oct. 2. Fellow sophomore Kyri Bye-Nagel (Hanau, Germany) garnered the award for the week of Sept. 18-25.
Conner helped the Wildcats open up SoCon play 2-0 for the third time in the past four years with a thrilling 2-1 double-overtime win against Appalachian State on Thursday, before finishing off the week with a 5-0 victory over The Citadel on Sunday.
The sophomore had a hand in each of the two wins. On Thursday night with the scored 1-1 in the second overtime, Bye-Nagel drove down the left side and sent a cross from the far side of the field that was blocked in the 18-yard box. Junior Tiffany Mumby (Houston, Texas) then controlled the loose ball, took one touch and sent a left-footed cross to the six-yard box to Conner, who slipped the ball in for the game-winner in the 107th minute.
It was the sophomore’s second thrilling overtime goal of the season after scoring the game-winner against High Point (1-0) on Sept. 2.
The midfielder then scored the initial goal in Davidson’s 5-0 win at The Citadel on Sunday afternoon for the Wildcats’ seventh straight win over the Bulldogs. The score was her team-leading fifth goal of the season to go along with a team-best 11 points.
With her third and fourth game-winners last week, Conner became the SoCon leader.
She has also been a big part of Davidson’s latest offensive outburst. Since scoring just two goals in their first four contests, the Wildcats have found the back of the net 15 times in the past five games. In those five games, Conner has four goals and an assist. Currently, she has scored in three straight contests, while picking up at least a point in five straight.
Davidson will take its five-game winning streak on the road when it heads to Greenville, S.C., for a matchup of the top-two teams in the SoCon standings. The Wildcats will play Furman on Thursday at 7 p.m., looking to rebound from a 2-1 defeat to the Paladins last year at Alumni Stadium.
Jordan Smak (’07)
September 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Newcomers Propel Gettysburg to Win at Players Cup
Lauren Walsh
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GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The Gettysburg College women’s soccer team took only four shots in its non-conference match against the University of Mary Washington, but a pair of freshmen made their attempts count as the Bullets walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Eagles in the final contest of the Gettysburg Players Cup on Sunday afternoon.
Gettysburg (1-1) managed to even its season record, but Mary Washington (1-1) controlled the tempo for most of the game, out-shooting the hosts 17-4 and taking all five corner kicks. The Bullets connected when it mattered most, however, as freshman Lauren Walsh (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) kicked home a loose ball in the 35th minute.
The Eagles continued the pressure in the second stanza, sending 11 shots at Gettysburg goalkeeper Danielle St. Pierre (Londonderry, N.H./Trinity), but the junior held firm, making seven of her game-high nine saves in the final period.
With their goalkeeper holding firm, the Bullets were able to capitalize on another rare scoring opportunity almost 20 minutes into the second half. Walsh once again pressed the action with a shot that was saved by the keeper, and after the ball bounded off another Gettysburg player, freshman Jordann Smak (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg) lived up to her surname and smacked the ball into the top of the net to give the hosts a comfortable 2-0 advantage. The Bullet defense led by St. Pierre, Shaina Wright (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg), Kelly Burke (Greenwood Village, Colo./St. Mary’s Academy), and Casey Harper (Ocean View, N.J./Ocean City) contained the Eagle attack the rest of the way to preserve the victory.
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