H A W A I I _ S P O R T S
Notebook
Saturday, October 21, 2000
Kickoff: Tomorrow, 5 p.m., Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium. WAHINE SOCCER PLAYBOOK
vs. Southern Methodist Mustangs
Coaches: Hawaii, Pinsoom Tenzing, 7th season (46-71-8, .400); Southern Methodist, George Van Linder, 5th season (64-36-4, .635).
Season records: Hawaii (4-12-2 overall, 1-4-1 Western Athletic Conference); Southern Methodist, (13-3-0 overall, 6-0-0 WAC).
Series record: SMU leads the series, 2-0.
Match keys: The Wahine will have to find a way to put Thursday's emotional defeat and the loss of their top striker behind them. Jen Starsiak, Dawn Dasher, Kelly Keohen or Lea Wakabayashi is going to have to step in and contribute big time. Defensively, Hawaii has to contain the most potent offense in the conference. With everything that has happened to the Wahine this year, this could be a match to build on for 2001 ... The Horned Frogs have numerous offensive weapons and will be trying to run the table and finish the conference with a 6-0-0 record. They can afford to celebrate clinching the No. 1 seed in the WAC tournament.
Top players: Hawaii, Veronica Flores, junior striker (3 goals, 4 assists); Jen Starsiak, junior striker (3 goals, 2 assists); Megan Lytle, senior midfielder (1 goals, 3 assists), and Tiffany Makue, sophomore midfielder (1 goal 2 assists) ... Southern Methodist, Sarah Harvey, junior striker (12 goals, 4 assists); KimHarvey, freshman midfielder (9 goals, 3 assists); Lorrie Tipton, junior striker (5 goals, 5 assists); Misty Noland, sophomore striker (5 goals, 3 assists), and Becca Lief, senior goalkeeper (0.89 goals allowed average).
Interesting facts: Veronica Flores is two career goals shy of tying all-time UH leader Trisha Nishikawa who put 15 into the net ... Flores and Jen Starsiak are closing in on Nishikawa's career points (36) total with 34 and 33, respectively ... Southern Methodist is No. 14 in this week's National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Adidas poll ... SMU's men's team is No. 3 in the NSCAA/Adidas poll and is ranked No. 1 by Soccer America.
On The Air: None.
Tickets: No admission or parking charge.
Al Chase, Star-Bulletin