Game Notes: Ducks Host No. 11 USC, No. 13 UCLA for Senior Week

Oregon celebrates Senior Week with the final two home matches of 2019. The Ducks host No. 11 USC on Thursday (7 p.m., Pac-12 Networks) and No. 13 UCLA on Sunday (1 p.m., Pac-12 Live Stream).

• Oregon's strength of schedule is ranked 27th nationally in the latest RPI report. Twelve of the Ducks' 19 2019 opponents are ranked in the top 45 of the RPI, including the Ducks' next three foes: USC (5), UCLA (11) and Oregon State (43).
• Oregon's 26 goals in the first 16 games of the season is the third-best total in the modern era. The 2007 club scored 28 times in 16 matches, while the 2001 team scored 27 times in 16 fixtures. The 26 goals is the sixth-best season total of the modern era.
• Of Oregon's 26 goals, 11 have been scored by sophomores and nine have been scored by freshmen.
• Nine different Ducks have scored so far in 2019. That's three more than the number of Ducks who scored goals all of last season.
• Thirteen different Ducks have recorded an assist this season led by Sakura Yoshida's six.
• Head coach Kat Mertz earned her 100th career coaching victory Sept. 22 against Buffalo (2-1).
• Jordan Wormdahl leads Oregon with seven goals on just 13 shot attempts.

STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE
Oregon's strength of schedule ranks as the 27th best nationally. Of the Ducks' 19 2019 opponents, 12 are in this week's RPI top 45: No. 1 Stanford (L), No. 5 USC (Oct. 31), No. 10 Washington (L), No. 11 UCLA (Nov. 3), No. 40 Santa Clara (L), No. 26 Washington State (L), No. 28 Arizona (L), No. 29 Clemson (T), No. 35 California (T), No. 36 Colorado (T), No. 43 Oregon State (Nov. 7) and No. 43 Portland (T).

YOUTH OF DUCK NATION
Of Oregon's 26 goals so far in 2019, 20 have been scored by freshmen or sophomores. The breakdown:
Senior Class - 3 goals (Eddy 3)
Junior Class - 3 goals (Curran, Hardy, Palmer)
Sophomore Class - 11 goals (Wormdahl 7, Hasenauer 4)
Freshman Class - 9 goals (Cook 5, Hahn 3, Lacey)

BONUS SOCCER
Oregon has played six overtime matches this season (1-0-5), which is the second-most in program history behind only the eight overtime matches played by the 2014 team

SCOREGON
The Ducks' 26 goals in the first 16 games to open the season is the third-best 14-game total in the modern era. The 2007 club scored 28 times in 16 matches, while the 2001 team scored 27 times in 16 fixtures. The 26 goals is the sixth-best season total of the modern era.

SCORING STREAK
The 2-0 loss to Utah on Oct. 6 marked the end of Oregon's modern-era record consecutive games scoring streak at 13. The only longer streak in team history is a 25-match streak that spanned the 1980 and 1981 seasons.

THE SPREAD OFFENSE
Through 16 games, 16 different Ducks have recorded at least one point (a goal or an assist). Nine different Oregon players have scored, while 13 Ducks have an assist this season.

WHAT'S COOKING?
Freshman forward Ally Cook scored in both games in Arizona. She tied the game against the Wildcats with a second half goal, and then netted the game-winner in the 16th minute Oct. 27 at Arizona State. Prior to that, she scored in three of four games - Villanova (Sept. 1), Furman (Sept. 8) and Portland (Sept. 13) - and had a 90th minute strike bounce off the post at No. 19 Clemson (Sept. 6) in between the Villanova and Furman matches. Cook scored the game-winning goal against Villanova.

HASENAUSER HAS A SHOT
Sophomore midfielder Zoe Hasneauer scored her fourth goal of the season Oct. 10 versus California. Hasenauer netted her first goal as a Duck, finishing her own deflected shot, Aug. 30 against Portland State. She attempted 10 shots versus the Vikings, one shy of the school record of 11 set by Beth Bowler in a 2001 game versus the Vikings. She followed that by scoring the game-winner Sept. 8 at Furman in the 86th minute. He third score of the year tied the Sept. 22 match with Buffalo, a game the Ducks won in extra time. Hasenauer has attempted at least eight shots three different times this season (Portland State, Buffalo, California).

CARTER CLEAN SHEET
Katelyn Carter and the defense came up with their best performance of the year in Oregon's last match. Carter made four difficult saves, and the back line kept Arizona State out of the net - including a clearance off the line by Alyssa Hinojosa - to preserve a 1-0 win. Earlier in the week Carter recorded a career-high nine saves at Arizona.

HASENAUSER HELPERS
Sophomore midfielder Zoe Hasneauer led the team in assists in 2018 (five) and picked up where she left off with four so far in 2019. The Simi Valley, Calif., native jumped to 10th on the UO career assists list with nine.

SAKI SETTING THEM UP
Freshman forward Sakura "Saki" Yoshida recently recorded an assist in four straight games, and leads the team with six on the season. That total ranks seventh in the Pac-12. She assisted both Jordan Wormdahl and Ally Cook against Furman (Sept. 8), Cook's score against Portland (Sept. 13), Zoe Hasenauer's goal against Buffalo (Sept. 22) and got the second assist on a corner kick at Washington (Sept. 27) that saw Emma Eddy head the ball home. She's just the second player in program history to record an assist in four straight games. Sierra Marsh recorded an assist in five straight games during the 1997 season.

WORMDAHL JOINS CLUB OF THREE
Sophomore forward Jordan Wormdahl, who leads the team with seven goals, scored a goal in each of the Ducks' first four games. She became just the third player in program history to score a goal in four straight matches. The other two are all-Pac-10 first team selection Jen Stoltenberg, who scored in five straight contests during the 2010 season, and UO Hall of Famer Michele Potestio, who scored in four straight in 1980.

IRON ALYSSA
Senior Alyssa Hinojosa saw her streak of 2,954 consecutive minutes played come to an end Oct. 10 versus California. The streak dated back to the second-to-last game of the 2017 season.

EDDY FINDS THE NET
Emma Eddy, who was second on the squad in goals a year ago with six, has found the net three times this season. She scored the golden goal in the 98th minute to lift Oregon to a 2-1 win over Buffalo on Sept. 22. She found the net again on Sept. 27 at Washington, heading in a centering pass from Alyssa Hinojosa. And she then recorded the game-tying goal at No. 17 Colorado on Oct. 2.