Match #13
ART U Urban Knights (4-8, 3-4 PWC) vs. Point Loma Sea Lions (8-4, 5-2 PWC)
Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 10:30 a.m.
Pacifica, Calif. – Fairmont Field
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Match #14
ART U Urban Knights (4-8, 3-4 PWC) vs. Azusa Pacific Cougars (9-2, 5-2 PWC)
Saturday, October 24, 2015 at Noon
San Francisco – CCSF
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SEA LIONS, COUGARS TRAVEL TO FACE ACADEMY OF ART
ART U women's soccer looks to make a move up in the Pacific West Conference standings this week as the Urban Knights' five-match homestand concludes with a pair of teams, Point Loma and No. 23 Azusa Pacific, each sporting 5-2 conference records coming in.

KICKOFF
Academy of Art opens the two-match week by hosting Point Loma this Thursday, Oct. 22 at Fairmont Field at 10:30 a.m. in Pacifica. Two days later, the Knights will be in action against No. 23 Azusa Pacific this Saturday, Oct. 24 at City College of San Francisco at noon. Live coverage will be available via the links above. Remember to follow @ARTU_Knights on Twitter & Instagram and "Like" the Urban Knights on Facebook for score updates, videos, and recaps.

KNIGHT WATCH
Heading into this week, a total of nine Urban Knights have contributed to scores after junior defender Laura Mick joined the group with her first goal of the year versus Dixie State. Among the scoring leaders are junior forward Rea Laudat, sophomore midfielder Laney Haviland, and freshman defender Natalie Rhodes each with two goals. Three players also have two assists apiece including Laudat, sophomore midfielder Kendall Bozart, and junior midfielder Natalie Gabriel. Laudat finds herself three assists away from tying Jasmine Sharpe the program lead in that category and she is both six goals and 11 points from tying career records holder Hannah Emmett.

Now with nine matches played apiece in goal, the Knights have split time between freshman Morgan Wirz and sophomore Maggie Alikpala-Wilson. Alikpala-Wilson has a team-high 40 saves with nine or more saves in her previous two starts including a career-high 10 stops against Fresno Pacific.

ON POINT
Moving into the start of PacWest play, Point Loma enjoyed two separate three-match winning streaks to win six of their last eight. Losses to California Baptist (Oct. 3) and Concordia (Oct. 17) are their only blemishes thus far while seven of their eight wins this year have been shutouts. A rather unselfish team, the squad is led by Keagan Bolibol's four assists (fourth in PacWest) and Easton Kawawaki's three goals. Defensively, Ariel Oriarte also paces the PacWest with seven shutouts in 2015. She has allowed just five goals in over 1,000 minutes through all 12 starts for the lowest goals against average in the conference (.416). The Sea Lions have won all three previous meetings with the Knights.

ZU LIFE
Ranked No. 23 nationally by the NSCAA, Azusa Pacific won its first five matches to start the year including 1-0 wins over then-ranked No. 10 Stanislaus State and then-ranked No. 14 Cal State Los Angeles. Following one-goal losses to Point Loma and Concordia (double overtime), the Cougars have returned to their winning ways, defeating their last four opponents with three shutouts in that span. APU comes off a 2-1 win over Fresno Pacific most recently and will face Notre Dame de Namur this Thursday prior to Saturday's matchup with ART U. With 10 points by way of five goals, Azusa Pacific's Katelyn Rogers ranks fifth in the PacWest. In a three-way tie for second in the conference in shutouts (4) is APU's Sarah Klinkenberg. She also has the second-lowest goals against average at .562. To date, the Red Storm are 9-0 against ART U.

RED STORM TOP KNIGHTS IN HIGH-SCORING MATCH
Academy of Art University women's soccer and Dixie State combined for five goals in a wild first half before the Red Storm added one more in the second period to win 4-2. Both senior forward Réa Laudat and junior defender Laura Mick were amid the offensive flurry for ART U out at City College of San Francisco on Oct. 17.

LOOKING AHEAD
Two final road matches are up next for Academy of Art at the conclusion of this week. On Thursday, Oct. 29, the Knights play Notre Dame de Namur in Belmont at 11 a.m. then cross the Golden Gate Bridge to face rival Dominican on Saturday, Oct. 31 at noon.