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Week 7 Recap: Hannah Stevens, Jaden DeGracie and Gabi Stoian all scored goals for Arizona last weekend. Rachel Estopare also made two starts and played her best game of the season against No. 23 Cal when she made eight saves and kept a clean sheet. The Wildcats defeated Cal by a score of 1-0 and fell to No. 5 Stanford 3-2 in double overtime.
Ironwoman: Sheaffer Skadsen has played every minute of every match since Arizona defeated Santa Clara back on Aug. 23. Last week, she played in all 90 minutes of the Cal match and played in 102 minutes of the Stanford match. All in all, the senior defender has played in 1,001 minutes this season.
Wildcats in the Rankings: After going 1-1 in week seven, Arizona jumped to 15th in the NSCAA and TopDrawer Soccer polls. The Wildcats also moved to 11th overall in this week's RPI. Arizona has now been ranked in the NSCAA top 25 for three straight weeks, which is the longest streak since the 2004 season.
Stoian in the Record Books: Stoian's goal against Stanford gave her six on the season and 19 for her career. She is now alone in fifth place on the all-time Arizona goal scoring list and is four away from being tied for third all time.
DeGracie's Dimes: Jaden DeGracie is alone in second place on the Arizona all-time assist list with a grand total of 15 assist, four behind Mallory Miller who has the most in school history.
Sharing the Cage: Although Rachel Estopare has made the last few starts for Arizona in the goal, her and Lainey Burdett have more or less split time this season. Burdett has spent just under 562 minutes in the cage while Estopare has played in about 543 minutes.
Not up in Here: Arizona has shutout their opponents six times this season which is tied for first in the Pac-12.
She Shoots, She Scores!: Hannah Stevens has been the definition of efficient for Arizona this season. She has collected three total goals, which is tied for the second most of anyone on the team. The impressive part is the fact that she has only taken three attempts at the goal and have all been headers.
Bringing Their A Game: Arizona has already beaten two teams that were ranked in the top 25 on the day of the match. That ties the school record for the most victories in a season against a top-25 opponent. It happened back in 2004 and 2005 as well. The Wildcats have already faced four teams this season that are in this week's rankings and have come away with two victories against those teams (Santa Clara & Washington).
Road Warriors: The Wildcats are packing their bags for their fourth road trip of the season this week. Coach Amato has led Arizona to a road record of 4-1 and have outscored their opponents 11-6 in those matches.
Rewarding the Passer: There have been 22 total goals scored by the Wildcats this season. 86% of those goals have been assisted by fellow Wildcats (19 total assists). Gabi Stoian leads the way with five assists while Jaden DeGracie and Charlotte Brascia are tied for second with three apiece. Eight Wildcats have dished out at least one assist and five have at least two.
On Target: 43% of Arizona's shots this season have been on target (78-181). Not surprisingly, Gabi Stoian leads the way for Arizona in that category of players who have taken at leads 10 shots. Of her 46 shots taken, 21 have been on goal, which equates to 46%. Arizona also has three players that have been incredibly efficient as well, even if they haven't taken as many shots. As mentioned before, all three of Hannah Stevens' shots have been goals, Kennedy Kieneker has taken five shots, all on target, and Kaitlyn Lopez has taken three shots, which have also all been on target.
A Model of Consistency: Only three Wildcats have started every match this season (Hayley Estopare, Sheaffer Skadsen and Alexa Montgomery).
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