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Saturday, September 15, 2007

Kansas soccer falls to Portland, 2-0

By J-W Staff Reports

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Portland, Ore. — Despite 10 saves from senior goalkeeper Colleen Quinn and three shots from senior Emily Strinden, Kansas University fell to No. 4 Portland, 2-0, in front of 3,060 fans in a nonconference soccer match Friday at Merlo Field.

The Pilots improves to 4-1, while the Jayhawks fell to 0-4-1.

Quinn made double-digit saves for the second time in a two-week span.

Portland got on the board in the 25th minute, as Kendra Chandhoke scored on a feed from Michelle Enyeart from six yards out. Enyeart added a goal 14 minutes later to give the Pilots their margin of victory.

Kansas held Portland's chances to a minimum in the second half and put some pressure on of its own. After being outshot 9-1 in the first half, KU collected five shots in the second half. Strinden led the offense with three shots, while Kim Boyer, Missy Geha and Shannon McCabe each recorded a shot in the second half.

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FlaHawk (anonymous) says...

Between VB and Soccer, the KU Woman's programs are winless this year. Lew is going to be restless as the Women's programs even with the large salaries (can we say Coach Bonnie and $$ at the same time) are not even a competitive as they were before he came!

September 15, 2007 at 9:51 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

Cornfed (anonymous) says...

Ya the Portland coach hopefully liked Kansas...........cause thats who needs to be our head coach.......just get us some facilities;)

As for VB haven't got my coach picked out.......

September 15, 2007 at 11:33 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

100 (anonymous) says...

I'm a basketball coach in Portland. I was at this game last night. KU is suffering from extreme speed and conditioning issues. We looked so out of shape. Portland, to their credit, is fantastic, and that was most of our battle. They spread the ball so well and have blinding speed around the corners. Real smart soccer. Facilities don't matter that much with soccer, Portland has been doing this for years without much other than great grass. It all starts with great recruiting. Their coaching model is also very unique -- rotation between 5 or so coaches throughout the year, coaching several different teams at once. What stuck out the most last night was our lack of dedication to simple conditioning -- in the offseason, if the Jayhawks aren't training for distance running and speed, it will be exposed against a national power.

September 15, 2007 at 5:12 p.m. ( | suggest removal )