2022 BYU Cougars women's soccer team

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2022 BYU Cougars women's soccer
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Conference West Coast Conference
Record11–3–7 (6–0–3 WCC)
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Home stadium South Field
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Seasons
  2021
2023  
2022 West Coast Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 22 Santa Clara  y702 .8891273 .614
No. 14 BYU  y603 .8331137 .690
Gonzaga  513 .7221035 .694
Portland  y540 .5561254 .667
Pepperdine  333 .500945 .639
San Francisco  333 .500856 .579
Pacific  234 .4447310 .600
Saint Mary's  144 .333567 .472
Loyola Marymount  180 .111386 .353
San Diego  072 .1112125 .237
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of December 6, 2022
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:West Coast Conference

The 2022 BYU Cougars women's soccer team represented Brigham Young University during the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cougars were coached for a 28th consecutive season by Jennifer Rockwood, who was co-coach in 1995 and became the solo head coach in 1996. Before 1995 BYU women's soccer competed as a club team and not as a member of the NCAA. Overall the Cougars had made the NCAA tournament in 22 of the 27 seasons that Rockwood had been the head coach. Joining Rockwood as assistant coaches are Brent Anderson (6th season) [1] and Steve Magleby (5th season) [2] with volunteer assistants Rachel Jorgensen (7th season) and Madie Gates (9th season). The Cougars came off of a season where they were co-champions in the WCC and went 17–4–3, 8–1–0 in the WCC. The Cougars went on to advance to their first ever College Cup, and tied in the championship with Florida State before losing on penalties to finish as national runner–up. [3] The Cougars staff was also named the Women's Staff of the Year. [4] The Cougars enter 2022 having been picked to win the WCC Championship [5] in their final season before heading to the Big 12 Conference for the 2023 season. [6]

Contents

Personnel

Roster

No.PositionPlayerHeightHometownYear
2 MF, D Olivia Smith 5'6" Eagle, ID RS Sophomore
4 F, MF Avery Frischknecht5'10" Mapleton, UT Freshman
5 D Zoe Jacobs5'5" Kaysville, UT Junior
6 MF Sierra Pennock5'5" Lindon, UT Freshman
7 F Erin Bailey5'5" Layton, UT Freshman
8 MF, D Abbie Kotter5'3" Providence, UT Sophomore
9 MF Emma Neff5'5" Salt Lake City, UT Freshman
10 MF, F Olivia Wade5'8" Kaysville, UT Junior
11 MF, F Ellie Maughan5'8" North Ogden, UT Junior
12 MF Jamie Shepherd 5'7" American Fork, UT Junior
13 F, MF Brecken Mozingo 5'6" Sandy, UT Junior
16 MF, D Kendell Petersen5'8" South Weber, UT Junior
19 F, MF Paola Garcia5'3" Mapleton, UT Sophomore
20 F Camryn Jorgensen5'5" Highland, UT Freshman
21 D Tara Warner5'6" Springville, UT Sophomore
22 F, MF Bella Folino5'6" Aliso Viejo, CA RS Junior
23 F Allie Fryer5'7" Spanish Fork, UT Freshman
24 MF, D Izzi Stratton5'11" Alpine, UT Freshman
25 F Ruby Hladek5'7" Ladera Ranch, CA RS Freshman
26 D Laveni Vaka 5'6" Sandy, UT Junior
27 F Daviana Vaka5'7" Sandy, UT RS Sophomore
28 D Natalee Wells5'7" Alpine, UT Senior
32 GK Taygan Sill5'8" Kaysville, UT Freshman
33 MF, F Rachel McCarthy 5'7" American Fork, UT Sophomore
66 GK Savanna Empey5'10" American Fork, UT Sophomore

Media

Television & Internet Streaming

Most BYU women's soccer will have a TV broadcast or internet video stream available. BYUtv and WCC Network will once again serve as the primary providers. Information on these television and streaming broadcasts can be found under each individual match.

Nu Skin BYU Sports Network

For a ninth consecutive season the BYU Sports Network will air BYU Cougars women's soccer games. Greg Wrubell will provide play-by-play for most games with Jason Shepherd filling-in when Wrubell has football or basketball duties. BYU Radio's KUMT station 107.9 FM will act as the flagship stations for women's soccer, though the BYU Radio App and byuradio.org will carry a few games exclusively.

Affiliates [7]

Schedule and results

2022 BYU Cougars women's soccer Game Log [8]
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie       = Canceled      Bold = BYU team member
Exhibition (0–1–0)
Regular season (10–2–6)
Postseason (1–1–1)
* indicates a non-conference game. All rankings from the United Soccer Coaches Poll on the date of the contest.

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United Soccer Coaches 3 [9] 961325RVRVRVRV1913151514
Top Drawer Soccer 4557141420NRNR22151716 (1st Round)
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