Men's Soccer Ends Home Season
10/27/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Oct. 27, 2004
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Fri., Oct. 29 - Loyola Marymount, 3 p.m.
Sun., Oct. 31 - San Diego, 11 a.m.
Fri., Nov. 5 - at Santa Clara, 7 p.m.
BULLDOGS END HOME SEASON: Gonzaga University ends the home portion of the 2004 season this weekend when 22nd-ranked Loyola Marymount University visits Friday at 3 p.m. and the University of San Diego comes to town Sunday at 11 a.m.
THORARINSSON RETURNS TO BENCH: After 22 days and five matches Gonzaga University head coach Einar Thorarinsson was back on the bench last Sunday when the Bulldogs hosted the University of Portland. The 10-year Gonzaga head coach was injured Oct. 2 in Los Angeles in an automobile-bicycle accident. Among his injuries was a broken jaw that required surgery on Oct. 4, and other facial injuries were also repaired during the surgery.
RANKED FOES: No. 22-ranked Loyola Marymount University will be the fourth ranked team Gonzaga University has played this year, the Bulldogs still looking for a win over a ranked foe this year.
TWO MORE GOOSE EGGS: The University of Portland continued Gonzaga University's scoring woes last week, blanking the Bulldogs by identical 2-0 scores in the home-and-home series Friday in Portland and Sunday in Spokane. The Bulldogs have now lost 10 matches and, in somewhat of a rarity, the Bulldogs have yet to score a goal in any loss. The Bulldogs were blanked a school-record 12 times in 1987 in a 3-18-0 season. Since joining the West Coast Conference in 1993, the most the Bulldogs have been blanked in a season is nine in 1994, and one of those was a 0-0 deadlock with Loyola Marymount University.
PJETURSSON DUE BACK: Senior forward Arni Pjetursson, Gonzaga University's leading scorer with four goals and a pair of assists for 10 points, is due back in the lineup after sitting out last Sunday's match against the University of Portland. Pjetursson injured an ankle last Friday at Portland.
SENIOR DAY: Gonzaga University will bid adieu to three seniors on Sunday. Jon Baune (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho), Mike Herzog (Kalispell, Mont.) and Arni Pjetursson (Reykjavik, Iceland) will make their final home appearances. They will be honored prior to the match with Loyola Marymount University.
FALL BACK: Don't forget to set the clocks back one hour before going to bed Saturday night or you'll be early for Sunday's 11 a.m. match. Standard time officially begins at 2 a.m. Sunday.
BOO: Halloween hasn't been the friendliest of holidays for Gonzaga University's soccer team. The Bulldogs bring a ghostly 1-3-0 Halloween mark into Sunday's Trick-or-Treat contest against the University of San Diego. The Bulldogs have yet to scare up a win at home on Halloween, falling to USD 2-1 last year and to the University of Washington 1-0 in 1997. Gonzaga has played two road Halloween matches, losing at Saint Mary's College 2-0 in 1999 and winning at Loyola Marymount University 3-1 in 1992.
LION SPOILER: While Gonzaga University has been officially eliminated from the West Coast Conference title chase - the Bulldogs can get only 18 points while Loyola Marymount University currently has 19 - the Bulldogs could play the role of the spoiler Friday against LMU. Since joining the WCC in 1993 the Bulldogs have had the most luck with the Lions, posting a 7-4-1 mark in WCC play including this year's WCC opening 2-0 setback in Los Angeles. The Bulldogs also took a 3-1 non-league win in 1992, a year prior to joining the WCC. LMU has now won the last three meetings.
TOREROS WERE BULLISH: The University of San Diego took the first meeting with Gonzaga University this year in San Diego 4-0. The Toreros now lead the series 9-3-1 and have won two straight and three of the last five. The last Gonzaga win in the series was 3-2 in double overtime at USD in 2002, Gonzaga's only win on Torero turf.
REPEAT: Last Sunday's match with the University of Portland began Gonzaga University's second time around the West Coast Conference schedule. The WCC went to a double round-robin format this season for men's soccer. Following this weekend's home matches the Bulldogs will conclude the season with three straight WCC road outings at Santa Clara University, Saint Mary's College and the University of San Francisco. Gonzaga's lone WCC victory thus far this year was a 2-1 verdict over SMC in the first meeting in Spokane.
ON THE INTERNET: All Gonzaga University home matches and several road matches can be followed in real time on the Internet via Gametracker. Go to the Gonzaga web site at http://www.gozags.com and look for the Gametracker link in the Upcoming Events listing. Click on the link and follow the Bulldogs up to the minute. Gametracker is a service of College Sports Online, official athletic website provider for Gonzaga.
THE THORARINSSON TALE OF THE TAPE: Gonzaga University head coach Einar Thorarinsson is 84-74-10 in his 10th season with the Bulldogs. His overall record is 203-126-23 that includes nine seasons across town at Whitworth College. After going 3-10-2 in his first season of 1995, the Bulldogs have had winning seasons in six of the last eight seasons under Thorarinsson. His teams led the West Coast Conference in wins with a 14-4-0 record in 1997 and 12-4-2 mark in 1998, capturing WCC co-championships in each of those seasons. The Bulldogs were 9-5-2 in 2001, making their inaugural College Cup appearance.
