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By Kristen Davis
Arizona Daily Wildcat
October 14, 1996
This season it seems as if there is no middle ground in Arizona's soccer games.There have been only four occasions in which both Arizona and its opponent have scored goals in the same game this season.
The Wildcats (5-8 overall, 0-4 in the Pacific 10 Conference) seem to either shut out their opponents, or, more often, get shutout themselves.
In Arizona's 13 games this season, it has lost five games without scoring a goal and has recorded four shutout victories.
This weekend Arizona traveled to California and the result was no different. The Wildcats split their two games, losing to No. 16 California 3-0 Friday afternoon and beating the St. Mary's Gaels (7-6) 1-0 yesterday afternoon in Moraga, Calif..
In the St. Mary's victory, Arizona's only goal came from sophomore defender Jillian Bressler, her first of the season. Bressler headed the ball into the net off a corner kick by senior forward and co-captain Christine Keeley seven minutes into the game.
The Wildcats were able to win the game despite being outshot by the Gaels 14-8.
The Wildcats, however, suffered their second straight Pac-10 shutout loss on Friday to Cal at Witter Field in Berkeley. Last Sunday Arizona lost to Oregon State 4-0.
"We didn't have as many opportunities offensively as we would have liked to have had," senior defender and co-captain Jennifer Rickard said. "But again, they got the goals in and we didn't get the goals in.
"The score wasn't representative of how we played. The second half we were in their end just as much as they were in ours, if not more at times."
The Golden Bears (9-1-1, 3-0) scored all three goals in the first half and took 32 shots, compared to the Wildcats' seven.
"Obviously we had a breakdown here and there, but I don't think that as a whole we were playing bad," Rickard said.
Sophomore goalkeeper Christa Conway took over as Arizona's force in front of the net after senior goalkeeper Jen Weibel suffered a hyperextended knee last month.
Conway made 11 saves Friday and three in yesterday's victory, increasing her total saves this season to 26.
The Golden Bears converted two of their three goals in a four-minute span 15 minutes into the game. The last goal of the game was converted 11 minutes before the first half expired.
"It was a lack of mental preparation in the first half of the game," Rickard said. "We came out passive and reactive to what they were going to do to us, which is not the way to play if you want to take ownership of the game from the beginning."
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