Friday, October 14
Boulder, Colo.
3:00 PM
Colorado
vs
Washington
Stephanie Zuniga
Photo by: Grey Gibbs
CU Looks For 10th Consecutive Win On Friday At Home
October 11, 2016 | Soccer
BOULDER - Colorado will host Washington on Friday at 3 p.m. at Prentup Field. The Buffs will be looking for their 10th consecutive win as they try to go 6-0 in the Pac-12 this season. It was also be part of Homecoming and alumni weekend as many former Buffs will be in attendance and will be recognized during the match.
Complete notes are attached in the PDF to the right.
NOTES:
Up Next
•   CU carries a nine-match winning streak into Friday's match with Washington.
•   CU is off to its first 5-0 conference start in school history and is alone atop the Pac-12 table.
•   The current nine-match winning streak is the second-longest in school history (record is 11 in 2003).
•   The current five-match conference winning streak is the longest since joining the Pac-12 and ties the longest in school history.
•   The longest conference winning streak is five matches (twice), both coming in the Big 12 in 2003 and again in 2004.
Winning Streaks
•   The current nine-match overall winning streak is the second-longest in school history and the five-match conference winning streak ties the longest ever.
Longest Winning Streaks
1.   Aug. 31, 2003 - Oct. 10, 2003   11 matches
2.   Sept. 4, 2016 - current   9 matches
3.   Aug. 29 - Sept. 26, 2008   8 matches
4.   Sept. 4 - Sept. 24, 2004   6 matches
   Aug. 23 - Sept. 8, 2013   6 matches
Longest Conference Winning Streaks
1.   Sept. 26 - Oct. 5, 2003   *5 matches
   Oct. 15 - Oct. 29, 2004   *5 matches
   Sept. 23, 2016 - current   5 matches
* Big 12 Conference
Top 25
•   CU is ranked No. 23 this week, its first appearance in the NSCAA poll since being No. 23 on Sept. 15, 2009.
•   CU is also ranked No. 22 by Soccer America.
20th Anniversary, 200 Wins
•   2016 is the 20th anniverary of the first season of soccer at CU in 1996.
•   CU won its 200th match in school history on Sept. 23 with a 1-0 victory at Washington State.
Best Pac-12 Start
•   For the first time since joining the Pac-12 in 2011, CU started conference play with a 5-0-0 record.
•   The Buffs will be looking to go 6-0-0 against Washington on Friday.
•   The only other time CU started Pac-12 play with a win was in 2015 when the Buffs beat California 2-1 in overtime in the conference-opener.
•   CU has also now won three consecutive conference road matches for the first time in school history.
Best Starts In Conference Play
   Year   Start   First loss/tie
1.   2016   5-0-0   ???
   2003   *4-0-0   Oct. 12 tied 0-0 at Oklahoma
   2009   *4-0-0   Oct. 4 lost 2-1 at Baylor
*Big 12 Conference
Tompkins Breaks Brunner's Record
•   Redshirt freshman Jalen Tompkins broke the school record for longest individual shutout streak, reaching 480:43 before surrendering a goal.
•   She stopped 24 consecutive shots on goal during the streak, which began on Sept. 9 in a 3-1 win over Hawai'i and ended in a 3-1 win over Oregon on Oct. 6.
•   Current assistant Annie Brunner had the previous record of 477:11 and set that mark in 2013.
•   The team's shutout streak stretched to 444:40, the third-longest streak in school history (record is 551:54, stretching from 2012 to 2013).
Kornieck Records/Historic Performances
•   Taylor Kornieck became the first CU freshman ever to have back-to-back two-goal games when she scored twice (and had an assist) against Drexel and scored two more times against Hawai'i on Sept. 4 and 9.
•   She is the first CU player ever to score a game-winning goal in three consecutive matches.
•   Her current five-match goal streak has beaten Nikki Marshall's school record of four matches in a row with a goal and Marshall did it three times (twice in 2006, once in 2007).
•   Kornieck had five points (two goals and one assist) in a 5-0 win over Drexel and it was just the third time in CU history a freshman has recorded five points in a match.
•   Former USWNT player and current volunteer assistant Nikki Marshall is the only other Buff to have five points in a match as a freshman and she did it twice in 2006.
First Win In Pullman, 200th Win Ever
•   CU's 1-0 win at Washington State on Sept. 23 was big in several ways as it was the first-ever win for the Buffs in Pullman, Wash., and first win over WSU since joining the Pac-12 in 2011.
•   It was also the 200th win in school history.
•   It was also head coach Danny Sanchez's 50th win at CU.
•   Taylor Kornieck became the first freshman since 2010 to score in a conference opener (Hayley Hughes and Lizzy Herzl scored in a 2-1 win over No. 6 Texas A&M in 2010 when CU was in the Big 12).
Tompkins Earns Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week
•   Jalen Tompkins made seven saves in a 1-0 win at Washington State on Sept. 23 and was named Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week on Sept. 27.
•   With the match still scoreless in the 86th minute, Tompkins made a spectacular diving save on a shot from inside the box to keep WSU off the board and allow for Taylor Kornieck's game-winning goal just three minutes later.
Tompkins and Kornieck Earn Pac-12 Weekly Awards
•   Taylor Kornieck (offensive) and Jalen Tompkins (goalkeeper) both earned Pac-12 player of the week awards on Oct. 4.
•   It is the first time since CU joined the Pac-12 in 2011 that two Buffs have earned player of the week honors in the same week.
•    Kornieck scored the game-winning goal in both games for CU this week and is now the Pac-12 co-leader in goals scored.
•    Both of her goals were the only tallies in a pair of 1-0 wins.
•    Tompkins led CU to two 1-0 road wins with nine saves with her second weekly award of the year.
•    She had six saves at ASU, including a save on a breakaway in the 63rd minute and two saves in the 83rd minute.
Offense Breaks Out
•   After having several unlucky losses where CU outshot its opponents considerably and dominated possession, the offense broke out of its slump with a 5-0 win over Drexel on Sept. 4, converting five of its 26 shot attempts (14 on goal).
•   Taylor Kornieck (see note above) had the biggest performance, but Sarah Kinzner, Danica Evans and Stephanie Zuniga also got in the scoring column against the Dragons.
•   Heading into the Drexel match, CU has outshot its opponents 79-52 over the previous four matches, yet the team had been outscored 6-4.
•   Over the next three matches, CU outscored its opponents 12-2.
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•   Danica Evans and Taylor Kornieck came in at No. 2 on SportsCenter's Top 10 on Sept. 9 after an impressive goal in the third minute a 3-1 win over Hawai'i.
•   Evans used her traditional flip throw-in to throw the ball into play from the left sideline and Kornieck headed the throw into the far side of the net.
Newcomers Making an Impact
•   In 14 matches this season, newcomers have 14 of the team's 28 goals (50 percent), six assists (27 percent) and 122 shot attempts (53 percent), while combining for 51 starts.
•   Freshman Taylor Kornieck leads the team in most offensive categories, including goals, points and shot attempts.
•   Additionally, redshirt freshman Jalen Tompkins has made 12 starts and leads the goalkeepers with a 0.49 GAA and .900 save percentage, while posting a 11-2-0 record (her 11 wins are the most ever for a CU freshman).
•   Kornieck and Tompkins rank among the nation's top freshmen:
NCAA Freshman Points Leaders
1.   Evelyne Viens, South Florida   25
2.   Sarah Bonney, UTRGV   24
3.   Allie Thornton, SMU   23
4.   Taylor Kornieck, Colorado   22
5.   Chandler Backes, Western Kentucky   21
6.   Kristina Fisher, Miami (Fla.)   20
7.   Aerial Chavarin, Yale   19
8.   Megan Greene, Charlotte   18
   Sarah Segan, William & Mary   18
10.   3 tied   17
Ranks first among players at Power Five schools
NCAA Freshman Goals Leaders
1.   Evelyne Viens, South Florida   11
2.   Taylor Kornieck, Colorado   10
   Chandler Backes, Western Kentucky   10
   Allie Thornton, SMU   10
   Sarah Bonney, UTRGV   10
6.   6 tied   8
Ranks first among players at Power Five schools
NCAA Freshman GAA Leaders
1.   Amanda Knaub, Monmouth   0.22
2.   Rylee Foster, West Virginia   0.36
3.   Katie Lund, TCU   0.40
4.   Emily Plotz, Stetson   0.42
5.   Mikayla Krzeczowski, South Carolina   0.45
6.   Jalen Tompkins, Colorado   0.49
7.   Justice Sanford, South Florida   0.50
8.   Sam Miller, Lehigh   0.52
9.   Kitty Qu, Penn   0.54
10.   Maddie Newsom, UC Irvine   0.62
Ranks fourth among players at Power Five schools
NCAA Freshman Save Percentage Leaders
1.   Emily Plotz, Stetson   .925
2.   Katie Lund, TCU   .917
3.   Jalen Tompkins, Colorado   .900
4.   Amanda Knaub, Monmouth   .895
5.   Sam Miller, Lehigh   .883
6.   Justice Sanford, South Florida   .878
7.   Annalena Kriebisch, Maine   .872
8.   Brooklyn Nielsen, Utah Valley   .864
9.   Rylee Foster, West Virginia   .862
10.   Mikayla Krzeczowski, South Carolina   .848
Ranks second among players at Power Five schools
Colorado Cup Notes (complete notes on pages 28-30)
•   CU won its fifth Colorado Cup in the competition's sixth season this year with a perfect 3-0-0 record.
•   CU opened the season with two of its three Colorado Cup matches, traveling to Air Force on Aug. 19 (won 2-0) and hosting Colorado State on Aug. 21 (won 2-1) and wrapped up the Colorado Cup on Sept. 17 with a 1-0 overtime win against Denver.
Below are the past champions (with Colorado's finish in parentheses)
   Team   Points
2011   Colorado   6
2012   Colorado   4
2013   Denver   6   (Colorado-2nd)
2014   Colorado   9
2015   Colorado   7
2016   Colorado   9
Season Opener Notes
•   CU is now 11-5-5 all-time in season-opening matches and 4-1-4 in season openers on the road.
•   CU is now unbeaten in its past 13 season openers (last loss in 2003 to Portland).
Home Opener Notes
•   CU's 2-1 win over Colorado State on Aug. 21 stretched the team's unbeaten streak in home openers to 13 matches and winning streak to eight, while improving the all-time record in home openers to 16-4-1.
•   The goal CU allowed in the first half was the first goal allowed in a home opener in 754 minutes and 19 seconds (the previous goal allowed in a home opener was in 2008 against Florida).
•   When Taylor Kornieck scored in the seventh minute against CSU, it made this the fourth consecutive season a freshman has scored in the home opener (Erin Greening 2015, Brittney Stark 2014, Brie Hooks 2013).
Kinzner's Late Score
•   Sarah Kinzner scored with three seconds left in the first half in CU's season-opening 2-0 win at Air Force for a 1-0 hafltime lead.
•   It was the latest goal ever scored in the first half by a CU player, besting the previous-latest of 44:44 by Storie Ledger in 2012 at Arizona.
•   It was only the fourth goal ever scored in the 45th minute by a Buffs player.
•   Taylor Kornieck scored the fifth 45th-minute goal on Oct. 2 at 44:28 in a 1-0 win at Arizona State.
International Flavor
•   The Buffs have five international players on their roster this season, the most ever in school history.
•   Through 14 matches, CU's international players have combined for six of the team's 28 goals (21 percent), six assists (27 percent) and 47 shot attempts (20 percent), while making 29 total starts.
•   Last season, CU had three international players and prior to last season, the most it had ever had was two.
•   Junior transfer Hannah Scheid, who will have to sit out this season due to NCAA eligibility rules, is the first Buff to come from Germany.
•   Sophomore Sarah Kinzner and freshman Camilla Shymka both hail from Calgary, Alberta, and are members of the Canada U-20 National Team.
•   Senior Kahlia Hogg and sophomore Isobel Dalton are both natives of Australia.
Spring Recap
•   CU finished the spring with a 4-0-2 record, defeating Air Force (1-0), Denver (2-1), Colorado College (1-0) and Nebraska (3-1), and tying Northern Colorado (1-1) and South Dakota State (1-1).
•   Spring goal scorers: Erin Greening 3, Danica Evans 2, Stephanie Zuniga 2, Sarah Kinzner 1, Joss Orejel 1
•   Evans also had two assists
•   Scout Watson and Jalen Tompkins split time in goal
Hogg Returns
•   Kahlia Hogg is back for her senior season after missing the majority of last season with an injury.
•   She started the first six matches last season and led CU to a 4-1-1 record during that time, but the Buffs went 3-9-2 without her in the lineup over the final 14 matches.
National Team Experience
•   Colorado has 13 players who have been involved with youth and women's national teams.
United States
   Emily Bruder (U-14, U-17, U-18, U-20)
   Danica Evans (U-17 player pool, U-18 player pool)
   Taylor Kornieck (U-15, U-18)
   Megan Massey (U-15)
   Morgan Stanton (U-14 player pool, U-17)
   Jalen Tompkins (U-15, U-16, U-17)
   Alex Vidger (U-20 training camp)
   Stephanie Zuniga (U-15 training camp, U-18 player pool)
Australia
   Isobel Dalton (U-15-16, U-17)
   Kahlia Hogg (U-17, U-19, U-20)
Canada
   Sarah Kinzner (U-17, U-20)
   Camilla Shymka (U-20)
Mexico
   Joss Orejel (U-17, U-20)
BOLD indicates current team member
National Team Notes
•   Kornieck traveled to England in July for two matches and training with the U-18 Women's National Team and started both matches against England.
•   Kinzner started all five matches for Canada at the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Honduras and scored two goals (one against Trinidad & Tobago and one against Jamaica), helping Canada reach the finals (United States won 1-0). (more details below)
•   Shymka also competed for Canada at the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Honduras and played in two matches as a reserve, totaling 27 minutes on the pitch.
Kinzner Shines at CONCACAF Championship
•   Sarah Kinzner competed for Canada at the 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship in Honduras in December.
•   Kinzner started all five matches and scored two goals, leading Canada to the finals against the United States.
•   Canada qualified for the 2016 U-20 World Cup by finishing in the top three (Canada lost 1-0 to the United States in the finals).
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Complete notes are attached in the PDF to the right.
NOTES:
Up Next
•   CU carries a nine-match winning streak into Friday's match with Washington.
•   CU is off to its first 5-0 conference start in school history and is alone atop the Pac-12 table.
•   The current nine-match winning streak is the second-longest in school history (record is 11 in 2003).
•   The current five-match conference winning streak is the longest since joining the Pac-12 and ties the longest in school history.
•   The longest conference winning streak is five matches (twice), both coming in the Big 12 in 2003 and again in 2004.
Winning Streaks
•   The current nine-match overall winning streak is the second-longest in school history and the five-match conference winning streak ties the longest ever.
Longest Winning Streaks
1.   Aug. 31, 2003 - Oct. 10, 2003   11 matches
2.   Sept. 4, 2016 - current   9 matches
3.   Aug. 29 - Sept. 26, 2008   8 matches
4.   Sept. 4 - Sept. 24, 2004   6 matches
   Aug. 23 - Sept. 8, 2013   6 matches
Longest Conference Winning Streaks
1.   Sept. 26 - Oct. 5, 2003   *5 matches
   Oct. 15 - Oct. 29, 2004   *5 matches
   Sept. 23, 2016 - current   5 matches
* Big 12 Conference
Top 25
•   CU is ranked No. 23 this week, its first appearance in the NSCAA poll since being No. 23 on Sept. 15, 2009.
•   CU is also ranked No. 22 by Soccer America.
20th Anniversary, 200 Wins
•   2016 is the 20th anniverary of the first season of soccer at CU in 1996.
•   CU won its 200th match in school history on Sept. 23 with a 1-0 victory at Washington State.
Best Pac-12 Start
•   For the first time since joining the Pac-12 in 2011, CU started conference play with a 5-0-0 record.
•   The Buffs will be looking to go 6-0-0 against Washington on Friday.
•   The only other time CU started Pac-12 play with a win was in 2015 when the Buffs beat California 2-1 in overtime in the conference-opener.
•   CU has also now won three consecutive conference road matches for the first time in school history.
Best Starts In Conference Play
   Year   Start   First loss/tie
1.   2016   5-0-0   ???
   2003   *4-0-0   Oct. 12 tied 0-0 at Oklahoma
   2009   *4-0-0   Oct. 4 lost 2-1 at Baylor
*Big 12 Conference
Tompkins Breaks Brunner's Record
•   Redshirt freshman Jalen Tompkins broke the school record for longest individual shutout streak, reaching 480:43 before surrendering a goal.
•   She stopped 24 consecutive shots on goal during the streak, which began on Sept. 9 in a 3-1 win over Hawai'i and ended in a 3-1 win over Oregon on Oct. 6.
•   Current assistant Annie Brunner had the previous record of 477:11 and set that mark in 2013.
•   The team's shutout streak stretched to 444:40, the third-longest streak in school history (record is 551:54, stretching from 2012 to 2013).
Kornieck Records/Historic Performances
•   Taylor Kornieck became the first CU freshman ever to have back-to-back two-goal games when she scored twice (and had an assist) against Drexel and scored two more times against Hawai'i on Sept. 4 and 9.
•   She is the first CU player ever to score a game-winning goal in three consecutive matches.
•   Her current five-match goal streak has beaten Nikki Marshall's school record of four matches in a row with a goal and Marshall did it three times (twice in 2006, once in 2007).
•   Kornieck had five points (two goals and one assist) in a 5-0 win over Drexel and it was just the third time in CU history a freshman has recorded five points in a match.
•   Former USWNT player and current volunteer assistant Nikki Marshall is the only other Buff to have five points in a match as a freshman and she did it twice in 2006.
First Win In Pullman, 200th Win Ever
•   CU's 1-0 win at Washington State on Sept. 23 was big in several ways as it was the first-ever win for the Buffs in Pullman, Wash., and first win over WSU since joining the Pac-12 in 2011.
•   It was also the 200th win in school history.
•   It was also head coach Danny Sanchez's 50th win at CU.
•   Taylor Kornieck became the first freshman since 2010 to score in a conference opener (Hayley Hughes and Lizzy Herzl scored in a 2-1 win over No. 6 Texas A&M in 2010 when CU was in the Big 12).
Tompkins Earns Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week
•   Jalen Tompkins made seven saves in a 1-0 win at Washington State on Sept. 23 and was named Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week on Sept. 27.
•   With the match still scoreless in the 86th minute, Tompkins made a spectacular diving save on a shot from inside the box to keep WSU off the board and allow for Taylor Kornieck's game-winning goal just three minutes later.
Tompkins and Kornieck Earn Pac-12 Weekly Awards
•   Taylor Kornieck (offensive) and Jalen Tompkins (goalkeeper) both earned Pac-12 player of the week awards on Oct. 4.
•   It is the first time since CU joined the Pac-12 in 2011 that two Buffs have earned player of the week honors in the same week.
•    Kornieck scored the game-winning goal in both games for CU this week and is now the Pac-12 co-leader in goals scored.
•    Both of her goals were the only tallies in a pair of 1-0 wins.
•    Tompkins led CU to two 1-0 road wins with nine saves with her second weekly award of the year.
•    She had six saves at ASU, including a save on a breakaway in the 63rd minute and two saves in the 83rd minute.
Offense Breaks Out
•   After having several unlucky losses where CU outshot its opponents considerably and dominated possession, the offense broke out of its slump with a 5-0 win over Drexel on Sept. 4, converting five of its 26 shot attempts (14 on goal).
•   Taylor Kornieck (see note above) had the biggest performance, but Sarah Kinzner, Danica Evans and Stephanie Zuniga also got in the scoring column against the Dragons.
•   Heading into the Drexel match, CU has outshot its opponents 79-52 over the previous four matches, yet the team had been outscored 6-4.
•   Over the next three matches, CU outscored its opponents 12-2.
#SCtop10
•   Danica Evans and Taylor Kornieck came in at No. 2 on SportsCenter's Top 10 on Sept. 9 after an impressive goal in the third minute a 3-1 win over Hawai'i.
•   Evans used her traditional flip throw-in to throw the ball into play from the left sideline and Kornieck headed the throw into the far side of the net.
Newcomers Making an Impact
•   In 14 matches this season, newcomers have 14 of the team's 28 goals (50 percent), six assists (27 percent) and 122 shot attempts (53 percent), while combining for 51 starts.
•   Freshman Taylor Kornieck leads the team in most offensive categories, including goals, points and shot attempts.
•   Additionally, redshirt freshman Jalen Tompkins has made 12 starts and leads the goalkeepers with a 0.49 GAA and .900 save percentage, while posting a 11-2-0 record (her 11 wins are the most ever for a CU freshman).
•   Kornieck and Tompkins rank among the nation's top freshmen:
NCAA Freshman Points Leaders
1.   Evelyne Viens, South Florida   25
2.   Sarah Bonney, UTRGV   24
3.   Allie Thornton, SMU   23
4.   Taylor Kornieck, Colorado   22
5.   Chandler Backes, Western Kentucky   21
6.   Kristina Fisher, Miami (Fla.)   20
7.   Aerial Chavarin, Yale   19
8.   Megan Greene, Charlotte   18
   Sarah Segan, William & Mary   18
10.   3 tied   17
Ranks first among players at Power Five schools
NCAA Freshman Goals Leaders
1.   Evelyne Viens, South Florida   11
2.   Taylor Kornieck, Colorado   10
   Chandler Backes, Western Kentucky   10
   Allie Thornton, SMU   10
   Sarah Bonney, UTRGV   10
6.   6 tied   8
Ranks first among players at Power Five schools
NCAA Freshman GAA Leaders
1.   Amanda Knaub, Monmouth   0.22
2.   Rylee Foster, West Virginia   0.36
3.   Katie Lund, TCU   0.40
4.   Emily Plotz, Stetson   0.42
5.   Mikayla Krzeczowski, South Carolina   0.45
6.   Jalen Tompkins, Colorado   0.49
7.   Justice Sanford, South Florida   0.50
8.   Sam Miller, Lehigh   0.52
9.   Kitty Qu, Penn   0.54
10.   Maddie Newsom, UC Irvine   0.62
Ranks fourth among players at Power Five schools
NCAA Freshman Save Percentage Leaders
1.   Emily Plotz, Stetson   .925
2.   Katie Lund, TCU   .917
3.   Jalen Tompkins, Colorado   .900
4.   Amanda Knaub, Monmouth   .895
5.   Sam Miller, Lehigh   .883
6.   Justice Sanford, South Florida   .878
7.   Annalena Kriebisch, Maine   .872
8.   Brooklyn Nielsen, Utah Valley   .864
9.   Rylee Foster, West Virginia   .862
10.   Mikayla Krzeczowski, South Carolina   .848
Ranks second among players at Power Five schools
Colorado Cup Notes (complete notes on pages 28-30)
•   CU won its fifth Colorado Cup in the competition's sixth season this year with a perfect 3-0-0 record.
•   CU opened the season with two of its three Colorado Cup matches, traveling to Air Force on Aug. 19 (won 2-0) and hosting Colorado State on Aug. 21 (won 2-1) and wrapped up the Colorado Cup on Sept. 17 with a 1-0 overtime win against Denver.
Below are the past champions (with Colorado's finish in parentheses)
   Team   Points
2011   Colorado   6
2012   Colorado   4
2013   Denver   6   (Colorado-2nd)
2014   Colorado   9
2015   Colorado   7
2016   Colorado   9
Season Opener Notes
•   CU is now 11-5-5 all-time in season-opening matches and 4-1-4 in season openers on the road.
•   CU is now unbeaten in its past 13 season openers (last loss in 2003 to Portland).
Home Opener Notes
•   CU's 2-1 win over Colorado State on Aug. 21 stretched the team's unbeaten streak in home openers to 13 matches and winning streak to eight, while improving the all-time record in home openers to 16-4-1.
•   The goal CU allowed in the first half was the first goal allowed in a home opener in 754 minutes and 19 seconds (the previous goal allowed in a home opener was in 2008 against Florida).
•   When Taylor Kornieck scored in the seventh minute against CSU, it made this the fourth consecutive season a freshman has scored in the home opener (Erin Greening 2015, Brittney Stark 2014, Brie Hooks 2013).
Kinzner's Late Score
•   Sarah Kinzner scored with three seconds left in the first half in CU's season-opening 2-0 win at Air Force for a 1-0 hafltime lead.
•   It was the latest goal ever scored in the first half by a CU player, besting the previous-latest of 44:44 by Storie Ledger in 2012 at Arizona.
•   It was only the fourth goal ever scored in the 45th minute by a Buffs player.
•   Taylor Kornieck scored the fifth 45th-minute goal on Oct. 2 at 44:28 in a 1-0 win at Arizona State.
International Flavor
•   The Buffs have five international players on their roster this season, the most ever in school history.
•   Through 14 matches, CU's international players have combined for six of the team's 28 goals (21 percent), six assists (27 percent) and 47 shot attempts (20 percent), while making 29 total starts.
•   Last season, CU had three international players and prior to last season, the most it had ever had was two.
•   Junior transfer Hannah Scheid, who will have to sit out this season due to NCAA eligibility rules, is the first Buff to come from Germany.
•   Sophomore Sarah Kinzner and freshman Camilla Shymka both hail from Calgary, Alberta, and are members of the Canada U-20 National Team.
•   Senior Kahlia Hogg and sophomore Isobel Dalton are both natives of Australia.
Spring Recap
•   CU finished the spring with a 4-0-2 record, defeating Air Force (1-0), Denver (2-1), Colorado College (1-0) and Nebraska (3-1), and tying Northern Colorado (1-1) and South Dakota State (1-1).
•   Spring goal scorers: Erin Greening 3, Danica Evans 2, Stephanie Zuniga 2, Sarah Kinzner 1, Joss Orejel 1
•   Evans also had two assists
•   Scout Watson and Jalen Tompkins split time in goal
Hogg Returns
•   Kahlia Hogg is back for her senior season after missing the majority of last season with an injury.
•   She started the first six matches last season and led CU to a 4-1-1 record during that time, but the Buffs went 3-9-2 without her in the lineup over the final 14 matches.
National Team Experience
•   Colorado has 13 players who have been involved with youth and women's national teams.
United States
   Emily Bruder (U-14, U-17, U-18, U-20)
   Danica Evans (U-17 player pool, U-18 player pool)
   Taylor Kornieck (U-15, U-18)
   Megan Massey (U-15)
   Morgan Stanton (U-14 player pool, U-17)
   Jalen Tompkins (U-15, U-16, U-17)
   Alex Vidger (U-20 training camp)
   Stephanie Zuniga (U-15 training camp, U-18 player pool)
Australia
   Isobel Dalton (U-15-16, U-17)
   Kahlia Hogg (U-17, U-19, U-20)
Canada
   Sarah Kinzner (U-17, U-20)
   Camilla Shymka (U-20)
Mexico
   Joss Orejel (U-17, U-20)
BOLD indicates current team member
National Team Notes
•   Kornieck traveled to England in July for two matches and training with the U-18 Women's National Team and started both matches against England.
•   Kinzner started all five matches for Canada at the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Honduras and scored two goals (one against Trinidad & Tobago and one against Jamaica), helping Canada reach the finals (United States won 1-0). (more details below)
•   Shymka also competed for Canada at the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Honduras and played in two matches as a reserve, totaling 27 minutes on the pitch.
Kinzner Shines at CONCACAF Championship
•   Sarah Kinzner competed for Canada at the 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship in Honduras in December.
•   Kinzner started all five matches and scored two goals, leading Canada to the finals against the United States.
•   Canada qualified for the 2016 U-20 World Cup by finishing in the top three (Canada lost 1-0 to the United States in the finals).
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