| Sport: | women's soccer |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Team: | BYU Cougars |
| Conference: | West Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | WCC |
| Coachrank: | 24 |
| Record: | 13–5–1 |
| Conf Record: | 8–1–0 |
| Head Coach: | Jennifer Rockwood |
| Hc Year: | 24th |
| Stadium: | South Stadium |
The 2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team represents BYU during the 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cougars are coached for a 24th 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 have made the NCAA tournament in 18 of the 23 seasons that Rockwood has been the head coach. Joining Rockwood as assistant coaches are Brent Anderson (2nd season)[1] and Steve Magleby (1st season)[2] with volunteer assistants Rachel Jorgensen (5th season) and McKinzie Young 7th season). The Cougars came off of a season were they fourth in the WCC and went 7–8–4, 4–4–1 in the WCC. The Cougars were picked to finish third by the WCC media.[3] The Cougars stunned the conference and went 8–1 to win the WCC Championship and return to the NCAA Playoffs where they lost to TCU in the first round. The Cougars finished the season 13–5–1.
Most BYU women's soccer will have a TV broadcast or internet video stream available. BYUtv and TheW.tv will once again serve as the primary providers. Information on these television broadcasts can be found under each individual match.
See also: 2018 BYU Cougars football team, 2018 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team, 2018–19 BYU Cougars men's basketball team and 2018–19 BYU Cougars women's basketball team. For a fifth 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 or Robbie Bullough filling-in when Wrubell has football duties. Analysts will rotate. ESPN 960 and BYU Radio will act as the flagship stations for women's soccer.
Affiliates[4]
Series History: Series even 2–2–1
Broadcasters: Greg Wrubell & Jennie Smith (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)
Series History: BYU leads series 6–0–2
Broadcasters: Ryan Osborne (Big West TV)
Greg Wrubell & B.J. Pugmire (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)
Series History: Nebraska leads series 4–2–0
Broadcasters: No commentators (BTN+)
Greg Wrubell & Jennie Smith (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)
Series History: First Meeting
Broadcasters: David Ellis & Jeff Givens (SEC+)
Greg Wrubell & Elena Medeiros (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)
Series History: Series even 3–3–0
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Natalyn Lewis, & Lauren McClain (BYUtv)
Greg Wrubell & Paige Barker (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)
Series History: BYU leads 8–2–0
Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough & Paige Barker (TheW.tv/ESPN 960)
Game Name: Deseret First Duel
Series History: BYU leads series 21–7–2
Broadcasters: Kate Scott & Kelly Gray (P12 MTN)
Greg Wrubell & Paige Barker (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)
This match was originally scheduled for September 14 and 7:00 p.m. and scheduled to be broadcast by the Nu Skin BYU Sports Network. However a field power outage couldn't be resolved in time for the match to take place that evening, so it was rescheduled for Saturday.
Series History: Marquette leads series 2–1–1
Broadcasters: No commentary (MUTV)
Series History: BYU leads series 7–2–0
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Natalyn Lewis, & Lauren McClain (BYUtv.org)
Greg Wrubell & Paige Barker (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)
Game Name: UCCU Cross-Town Clash
Series History: BYU leads series 3–0–0
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Natalyn Lewis, & Lauren McClain (BYUtv)
Greg Wrubell & Paige Barker (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)
Series History: BYU leads series 10–0–0
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Carla Haslam, & Lauren McClain (BYUtv)
Greg Wrubell & Avery Walker (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)
Series History: BYU leads series 8–4–0
Broadcasters: Jason Shepherd & Avery Walker (TheW.tv/BYU Radio (KUMT only)/ESPN 960)
Series History: BYU leads series 7–3–0
Broadcasters: Nick Rice (TheW.tv)
Greg Wrubell & Jennie Smith (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)
Series History: Pepperdine leads series 5–4–0
Broadcasters: Al Epstein (TheW.tv)
Jason Shepherd & Avery Walker (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)
Series History: BYU leads series 8–1–0
Broadcasters: Jeff Dominick (TheW.tv)
Greg Wrubell & Elena Medeiros (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)
Series History: BYU leads series 7–0–1
Broadcasters: (TheW.tv)
Greg Wrubell & Elena Medeiros (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)
Series History: BYU leads series 6–2–0
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Carla Haslam, & Lauren McClain (BYUtv)
Greg Wrubell & Avery Walker (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)
Series History: Santa Clara leads series 7–1–4
Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough & Elena Medeiros (TheW.tv)
Jason Shepherd & Avery Walker (BYU Radio/ESPN 960)
Series History: BYU leads series 7–1–1
Broadcasters: Ray Ferrari (TheW.tv)
Jason Shepherd & Jennie Smith (BYU Radio (KUMT only)/ESPN 960)
Series History: BYU leads series 8–0–0
Broadcasters: Kyle Crews (HF TV)
Jason Shepherd & Avery Walker (BYU Radio (KUMT only)/ESPN 960)
| No. | Position | Player | Height | Hometown | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | MF | Makaylie Moore | Auburn, WA | ||
| 4 | MF | Lizzy Braby | Murray, UT | ||
| 5 | F | Elise Flake | Mapleton, UT | ||
| 6 | MF | Ashton Brockbank | Provo, UT | ||
| 7 | D | Danika Bowman Serassio | Redlands, CA | ||
| 8 | MF | Mikayla Colohan | Fruit Heights, UT | ||
| 9 | D | Shaylyn Redding | Draper, UT | ||
| 10 | MF, F | Olivia Wade | Kaysville, UT | ||
| 12 | F | Ella Ballstaedt | Midway, UT | ||
| 13 | F | Lytiana Akinaka | Haiku, HI | ||
| 14 | F | Josie Guinn | Murrieta, CA | ||
| 16 | F | Kendall Petersen | South Weber, UT | ||
| 18 | GK | Sabrina Macias Davis | Littleton, CO | [5] | |
| 19 | F | Natalie Clark | Mesa, AZ | ||
| 20 | F | Cameron Tucker | Highland, UT | ||
| 21 | MF | Madie Siddoway Gates | North Logan, UT | [6] | |
| 22 | MF | Bella Folino | Aliso Viejo, CA | ||
| 23 | MF | Rachel Bingham Lyman | Spanish Fork, UT | ||
| 24 | F, D | Josie Bush | Boise, ID | ||
| 25 | D | Brynlee Welch Buhler | Hyrum, UT | ||
| 28 | D | Alyssa Jefferson | Sandy, UT | ||
| 29 | GK | Josie Manwill | Layton, UT | ||
| 32 | GK | Cassidy Smith | Alpine, UT | ||
| + Regular Season Polls | Poll | Pre- Season | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 Postseason | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Soccer Coaches | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | NR | RV | RV | 24 | ||
| Soccer America | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 14 | 13 | ||
| Top Drawer Soccer | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 25 | 23 |
| Increase in ranking | |||
| Decrease in ranking | |||
| Not ranked previous week | |||
| (RV) | Received Votes |