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HELENA, Mont. -- The Eastern Oregon University women's soccer team travels to a pair of formidable foes this week. The weekly release is now available.

* Matches 3-4: Eastern Oregon (1-1, 0-0 CCC) at Northwest Nazarene and Whitman
* When: Thursday and Sunday, Sept. 1 and 4
* Where: Nampa, Idaho and Walla Walla, Wash.
* Live Stats: Not Available
* Series: EOU is 2-9-1 vs. Northwest Nazarene and 0-4 vs. Whitman.

NOTEWORTHY
• The Mountaineers win at Great Falls was their first non-conference win since Sept. 13, 2008.
• EOU has won in only two of its 10 trips to Northwest Nazarene.
• Eastern Oregon's last win in Nampa over NNU was a 3-1 decision on Sept. 5, 2008.
• Eastern and NNU have met in each of the Mountaineers 10 seasons.
• The Mountaineers have never beat Whitman in the four meetings between the schools.
• The Missionaries have outscored EOU 30-3 in the four all-time meetings.
• Whitman's 5-1 win last year in La Grande was the first time the teams met since 2003.
• Rachael Collins was the first Mountaineer to ever be named a Red Lion Conference POW.
• Chantal Schefers is currently fourth on the all-time wins list in the net for Eastern Oregon, nine behind the leader, Sarah Androlewicz.
• If EOU sweeps the week, then Keith Scarlett will have reached seven wins faster than any other coach in the program's history.

COLLINS NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Eastern Oregon University women's soccer student-athlete, Rachael Collins, was named the Cascade Collegiate Conference Red Lion Offensive Player of the Week Monday. Collins becomes the first women's soccer Mountaineer in program history to win the Red Lion Player of the Week award. The senior receives the award after recording her first collegiate hat trick. Collins scored three times last Thursday in a 6-2 win at the University of Great Falls. The Boise, Idaho native currently leads the conference in scoring.

SOCCER SLIDES IN AT SEVEN
The Eastern Oregon University soccer team was tabbed seventh in the Cascade Collegiate Conference preseason poll. The Mountaineers received 41 points in the 2011 preseason coaches' poll. EOU was seventh in the 2010 poll with 47 points, before finishing with a 4-8-1 record overall and a 4-5 conference record. Concordia was followed by Corban, last year's conference runner-up, which totaled 86 points. The Warriors were followed by College of Idaho (75), Southern Oregon (68), Northwest (56), Oregon Tech (48), Eastern Oregon (41), Northwest Christian (35), Warner Pacific (26), and Evergreen (15).

EASTERN ADDS NINE TO ROSTER
The Eastern Oregon University women's soccer team signed nine recruits for the 2011 season recently. The Mountaineers welcome Emily Fadenrecht, Addison Guevara, Sarah Hunter, Kelli Jones, Kiah Jones, Quincy Moore, Lexi Olivo, Allie Ukich, and Brandi Zaragoza to the program beginning next season.
Fadenrecht, an incoming 5'6” junior, will be transferring from Clackamas Community College. The Portland, Ore. native was an NWAACC All-Star while at Clackamas. She helped lead the Cougars to the NWAACC championships and a 14-0-0 record in league play in 2010. CCC was a NWAACC quarterfinalist in 2009.  For the complete release check the soccer page on EOUSports.com.