(Notes: this 50-50 information also will be added to the CS360 Top Players section ... all research is courtesy of CollegeSoccer360.com and any reprinting/referencing to this data should include an appropriate credit.)
UPDATED: Nov. 14, 2009
Stanford senior forward Kelley O'Hara (left; Fayetteville, Ga.) assisted on all four of Stanford's goals in this week's pair of NCAA Tournament games while becoming the ninth player in the nation with double-digit goals (23) and assists (13) this season (59 total points).
(photo courtesy of Stanford/Rick Dale)
DOUBLE-50 PRETTY NIFTY – Stanford's current offensive duo of senior Kelley O'Hara (59 pts; 23G-13A) and junior Christen Press (51 pts; 19G-13A) on Nov. 14 became the 24th pair of teammates in Division I women's soccer history to reach 50 points in the same season. Press scored twice in the NCAA first round (2-0 vs. Northern Arizona) and again in the second round (2-0 vs. BYU), with O'Hara assisting on all four of the Cardinal goals so far in the NCAAs.
Entering the NCAAs, Press was one of only eight players in the nation with double-digit goal and assists, with O'Hara now joining Press on that short list of versatile offensive players.
Stanford junior forward Christen Press (left; Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.) – who several weeks ago became the first player in the nation with double-digit goals and assists – scored three of Stanford's four goals this week in a pair of 2-0 NCAA Tournament wins (vs. NAU & BYU). Her 51 points this season include 19 goals and 13 assists.
(photo courtesy of Stanford)
O'Hara and Press are only the third 50-50 combo in the past nine seasons (2001-09). Notre Dame's Kerri Hanks and Katie Thorlakson both totaled 71 points in the 2005 season, while Hanks (66 pts) and ND teammate Michele Weissenhofer (53) duplicated the 50-50 feat in 2006.
With a continued run of points in the NCAAs, O'Hara and Press also could become the fifth pair of teammates ever to each reach 60 points in the same season (O'Hara need only one more point to reach 60 while Press is nine shy).
50-POINT TEAMMATES IN NCAA HISTORY
research courtesy of CollegeSoccer360 founder/editor Pete LaFleur
(Stanford's Kelley O'Hara, 59 pts, and Christen Press, 51 pts, have become the 24th pair of Division I women's soccer teammates with 50-plus points in the same season)
SMU 1995 also 60-60/70-70
Danielle Garrett (later Fotopoulos) (83 pts; 32G-19A)
Courtney Linex (77; 31G-15A)
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Notre Dame 2005 also 60-60/70-70
Kerri Hanks (71; 28G-15A)
Katie Thorlakson (71; 18G-35A)
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Notre Dame 1996 also 60-60 (2 players)
Cindy Daws (72; 26G-20A)
Jenny Streiffer (66; 22G-22A)
Monica Gerardo (59; 23G-13A)
Holly Manthei (54; 5G-44A)
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North Carolina 1992 also 60-60
Mia Hamm (97; 32G-33A)
Kristine Lilly (65; 23G-19A)
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Connecticut 1997
Sara Whalen (64; 21G-22A)
Jen Carlson (59; 24G-11A)
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Florida 1999
Abby Wambach (62; 23G-16A)
Sarah Yohe (58; 24G-10A)
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Notre Dame 1997
Anne Makinen (58; 23G-12A)
Jenny Streiffer (58; 20G-18A)
Meotis Erikson (56; 22G-12A)
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North Carolina-Greensboro 1997
Kati Kantanen (68; 24G-20A)
Ali Lord (56; 24G-8A)
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North Carolina 1995
Debbie Keller (61; 23G-15A)
Robin Confer (56; 19G-18A)
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Florida 1996
Danielle (Garrett) Fotopoulos (81; 34G-13A)
Melissa Pini (55; 22G-11A)
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Connecticut 1996
Kerry Connors (58; 20G-18A)
Ginny Woodward (55; 21G-13A)
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NOTRE DAME 2006
Kerri Hanks (66; 22G-22A)
Michele Weissenhofer (53; 18G-17A)
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SMU 1987
Lisa Cole (87; 37G-13A)
Kathy Patterson (52; 14G-24A)
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North Carolina 1990
Mia Hamm (67; 24G-19A)
Kristine Lilly (52; 20G-12A)
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North Carolina 1984
April Heinrichs (5 9; 23G-13A)
Joan Dunlap (52; 21G-10A
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William & Mary 1997
Missy Wycinsky (58; 21G-16A)
Ann Cook (52; 16G-20A)
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Portland 1994
Tiffeny Milbrett (68; 30G-8A)
Shannon MacMillan (51; 22G-7A)
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Florida 1997
Andrea Sellers (61; 23G-15A)
Sarah Yohe (51; 20G-11A)
Melissa Pini (50; 18G-14A)
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STANFORD 2009
Kelley O'Hara (59; 23G-13A)
Christen Press (51; 19G-13A)
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Georgia State 1997
Kara Fitzgeralnd (52; 19G-14A
Anna Kaisa Moilanen (51; 19G-13A)
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Florida 1998
Danielle (Garrett) Fotopoulos (75; 32G-11A)
Abby Wambach (50; 19G-12A)
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Santa Clara 1999
Mandy Clemens (71; 24G-23A)
Jacqui Little (50; 21G-8A)
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Florida 2000
Abby Wambach (54; 23G-8A)
Andria Sellers (50; 20G-10A)
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North Carolina 1996
Debbie Keller (51; 18G-15A)
Robin Confer (50; 20G-10A)