It's 8:30 on a Sunday Morning and while most on the West Coast might still be sleeping...yours truly is up and at 'em for the day. But why might you ask? Cause its a free futbol Sunday! (and hey, if it's free, I'm there!). The Spot himself (ok ok, more like the company who pays his bills, Barnes & Noble) will be
co-hosting the Pacific Women's Soccer Team's annual "Community Night" as they take on the Lady Hornets of Sacramento State at 6pm under the lights (by the 2nd half at least!) of UOP's Stagg Memorial Stadium. Rumor also has it that a certain "Big Red Dog" by the name of Clifford will also be making a special appearance...and yes kids, the rumor is true...feel free to grab him by the tail all you want!.
Which leads us to the Pacific Women's Soccer team itself. I could reinvent the wheel and give my season preview on the team...but hey, its way to early in the morning for that! So I give you the
Stockton Record preview of this year's team. To make a long story short...Coach Keith Coleman is excited about the prospects of this year's team and it looks like he has good reason to be. He returns midfielder Marciela Padilla, who scored 8 goals last year even though she missed more than half the season with injury, along with first team conference players Angelica Figueroa and Kylee Ah Choy.
After going 1-1 in Hawaii to start the season (win over the Univ. of Hawaii, loss to Wagner Univ.), Pacific starts an 8 game stretch which probably gives them one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the West Coast, including games vs. perennial power Santa Clara University and four PAC-10 foes (Stanford, Cal, Oregon, Oregon State).
Will this year result in the Tiger's first NCAA tournament apperance since 1998 (When they beat Cal to advance to the 2nd round)? That we'll have to wait to see...but in the meantime....if you're in the Stockton area...come on out to Pacific tonight at 6pm...it's fun, it's free...what a better way to end your weekend!
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