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Rob Garcia

Women's Soccer

Women's Soccer Hosts Vulcans, Silverswords

Match #7
ART U Urban Knights (0-6, 0-1 PacWest) vs. UH Hilo Vulcans (2-1-1, 0-0-1 PacWest)
Saturday, Sept. 24 2016 at 2:30 p.m.
San Francisco – CCSF

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Match #8
ART U Urban Knights (0-6, 0-1 PacWest) vs. Chaminade Silverswords (0-4, 0-1 PacWest)
Monday, Sept. 26 2016 at 1:00 p.m.
San Francisco – Beach Chalet

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MORE FROM THE ALOHA STATE
After squaring off with BYU-Hawaii in Tuesday's PacWest opener, the Urban Knights will close out their homestand with another pair of Hawaiian opponents: UH Hilo and Chaminade.
 
KICKOFF
Saturday's match versus UH Hilo will kick off at 2:30 p.m. at CCSF. Two days later, ART U and Chaminade will commence at 1:00 p.m. at Beach Chalet. Live coverage will be available at the links listed above, but as always, you can follow the Urban Knights on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
 
KNOTABLE KNIGHTS
Defender and midfielder Aly Morgan and Natalie Gabriel are two of just six players to start each of Academy of Art's six contests. The redshirt seniors also lead the team with 528 minutes each. Junior midfielders Abi Chavez and Aliya Salas lead the team with five shots apiece, but fellow junior mid Laney Haviland touts the most shots on goal (4).

VULCANS ALL TIED UP
UH Hilo is currently 2-1-1, 0-0-1 in conference, tying Dominican 1-1 in their first PacWest match on Thursday. Their other victory came in Nampa, Idaho against Northwest Nazarene on September 10. Tiera Arakawa has scored four of Hilo's five goals this season and leads the team with eight points. Her four goals are tied for the second-most in the conference.
 
SILVERSWORDS IN CALIFORNIA
Chaminade left Hawaii for the first time season when they took on Fresno Pacific on Thursday. The Silverswords will play Holy Names on Saturday, then conclude their road trip with Monday's match against ART U. Chaminade is currently 0-4 overall and 0-1 in the PacWest after falling 0-2 to the Sunbirds on Thursday.

PREVIOUS MATCH: ART U FLASHES DEFENSE IN LOSS TO SEASIDERS
Sept. 20 - Academy of Art women's soccer (0-6, 0-1 PacWest) welcomed in BYU-Hawaii (2-2-1, 1-0 PacWest) on Tuesday for their first Pacific West Conference match and just second home game of the season. The Seasiders would walk away with a win however, scoring twice in the second half despite a strong defensive effort in the opening period.
 

LOOKING AHEAD
After Monday's match with Chaminade, women's soccer will join the men's squad for a three-game road trip. Their stops will include: Holy Names, Point Loma, and Azusa Pacific.   
 
 
 

Players Mentioned

Natalie Gabriel

#6 Natalie Gabriel

M
5' 6"
Redshirt Senior
Laney Haviland

#7 Laney Haviland

M
5' 1"
Junior
Aly Morgan

#21 Aly Morgan

D
5' 6"
Redshirt Senior
Aliya Salas

#20 Aliya Salas

M
5' 6"
Junior
Abigail Chavez

#10 Abigail Chavez

M
5' 2"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Natalie Gabriel

#6 Natalie Gabriel

5' 6"
Redshirt Senior
M
Laney Haviland

#7 Laney Haviland

5' 1"
Junior
M
Aly Morgan

#21 Aly Morgan

5' 6"
Redshirt Senior
D
Aliya Salas

#20 Aliya Salas

5' 6"
Junior
M
Abigail Chavez

#10 Abigail Chavez

5' 2"
Junior
M