THE RUNDOWN
SAN FRANCISCO – The University of San Francisco women's soccer team begins its conference slate of games this weekend, hosting Southern California foes Pepperdine on Friday and Loyola Marymount on Sunday. 
 
The Dons enter this week with a 4-5-2 overall record.  At the friendly confines of Negoesco Stadium, USF is 2-1-2 in 2017. Last weekend, USF went 1-1 with a thrilling 1-0 win over host UC Riverside in double overtime.  They followed that up with a 3-0 defeat at the hands of UC Irvine in the Dons' final non-conference game of the season.
 
As a team, USF has 11 goals on 134 shots this year, they sport a .470 shots on goal percentage.  Their opponents have scored 20 goals on 192 shots this season and have a .510 shots on goal percentage. 
 
Pepperdine enters this week with an overall record of 6-6-2.  Last week they went 1-0 with a 1-0 win over visiting UC Santa Barbara.  The Pepperdine defense has been stellar this year, giving up just five goals in 10 games and posting five shutouts. The Waves had a 338 minute scoreless streak earlier in the year and the team's 0.48 goals against average ranks 11th in the country and first in the WCC.
 
Loyola Marymount comes into the Bay Area with a 5-2-3 overall record.  Last week, the Lions went 1-0 with a 1-0 win at home against visiting Oklahoma.  As a team, LMU averages 10.8 shots per contest, while their opponents average 14.1, that hasn't stopped the Lions from outscoring their opponents 13-10 on the year.

COACHES MINUTE

Coaches Minute ?? | HC Jim Millinder breaks down this weekend @WCCsports matches against @WavesSoccer and @lmuwsoc #changemakers #USFDons pic.twitter.com/ECldR7RU3p

— USF Women's Soccer (@USFDonsWSoccer) September 28, 2017

 
 
Match #12 
San Francisco (4-5-2, 0-0-0 WCC) vs. Pepperdine (6-2-2,0-0-0 WCC) 
Friday, Sept. 29, 7:00 p.m. PT 
Negoesco Stadium
Live Stats | Live Video
 
Series History:
All-Time: Pepperdine leads the series 10-13-1
At Negoesco: Dons lead 8-4-0
First Match: Oct. 23, 1993 – Dons 3 – Pepperdine 0 at Negoesco Stadium
Last Match: Oct. 23, 2016 – Pepperdine 1 – Dons 0 at Tari Frahm Rokus Field
 
Match #13 
San Francisco (4-5-2, 0-0-0 WCC) vs. Loyola Marymount (5-2-3, 0-0-0) 
Saturday, Oct 1, 1:00 p.m. PT
Negoesco Stadium
Live Stats | Live Video
 
Series History:
All-Time: LMU leads the series 15-6-3
At Negoesco: LMU is 7-4-1
First Match: Oct. 15, 1993 – Dons 1 – LMU 0 – Sullivan Field
Last Match: Oct. 21, 2016 – LMU 3 – Dons 2 – Sullivan Field
 
QUICK HITS

• The Dons rank 18^th in the nation in saves per game, averaging 7.09.
• Sophomore keeper Olivia Camera is fourth in the nation with 75.0 total saves.
• She's 16^th in the nation in saves per game, averaging 6.82.
• Camera is also 11^th in the country in minutes played at 1070:32.
• Senior forward Sonja Giraud is 43^rd in the nation in total goals with 6.
• Giraud is currently tied with Meghan Daly (1999-2002) for seventh all-time at USF.
• The goal scored by Samantha Jehnings Jehning's goal in the 102nd minute is the latest goal scored of the year for the Dons, they had previously been held scoreless in overtime.
• With the win, the Dons improve to 1-2-2 in overtime this year. Their last win in double overtime win came on October 24, 2015 when the USF defeated San Diego 3-2.

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