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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. \u2013 For the first time in five games, Portland Pilots Women’s Soccer is on the road, taking on the San Francisco Dons in WCC play. The two teams play on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. Check PortlandPilots.com for live stats and video options.<\/p>\n
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\nOpponent:\u00a0San Francisco Dons (3-5-1, 0-2-0)
\nDay:\u00a0Wednesday
\nDate:\u00a0Oct. 7, 2026
\nTime:\u00a06 PM
\nPlace:\u00a0San Francisco, Calif.
\nPitch:\u00a0Negoesco Stadium
\nVideo:\u00a0ESPN+<\/a>
\nStats:\u00a0PortlandPilots.com<\/a>
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\nPOR vs. USF
\nOverall Series:\u00a032-3-4
\nH:\u00a018-1-1 \u2022\u00a0\u00a0A:\u00a013-2-3 \u2022\u00a0\u00a0N:\u00a01-0-0
\nLast:\u00a0@POR 1, USF 0 (2025)<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 The Portland Pilots are 4-6-1 overall and 0-1-1 in WCC play following a tie against the Pacific Tigers last week.
\n\u2022 The Pilots drew the Tigers after Hailey Bagby’s 85th minute equalizer preserved the point for Portland. It was the first point for the Pilots in WCC play.
\n\u2022 Bagby now has two goals this season and is the third Pilot to tally multiple goals this year. Violet Rademacher and Ruby Settle both have multiple goals this year.
\n\u2022 Portland’s assist leader is Tayvi Khann, whose three assists makes her the first Pilot to have posted three assists or more in a season in two years.
\n\u2022 Bagby and Khann lead the Pilots in total points with five each, with Rademacher and Settle right behind at four points each.
\n\u2022 Portland’s goals-against average of 0.916 ranks third in the WCC and they have four shutouts on the season.
\n\u2022 Goalkeeper Sophia Hills ranks third in the conference in shutouts, having played in all four of Portland’s clean sheets, and is also second in goalie minutes played (982:29).
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\nLAST SEASON FOR THE PILOTS
\n\u2022 The Portland Pilots went 10-3-6 overall and 7-1-3 in WCC play. It was their best season in conference play since the 2013 season.
\n\u2022 Portland’s seven conference wins were the most they’ve posted in WCC play since that year and their win percentage the highest (.773) since that season. They took second in the conference.
\n\u2022 Portland shut out 10 opponents last season, the most clean sheets in a season since 2023.
\n\u2022 Sophia Hills has been in goal for 10 nine of those clean sheets. It’s the most by any Pilot goalkeeper since Bre Norris in 2023.
\n\u2022 Seven different Pilots have scored this season: Violet Rademacher (7), Hailey Still (3), Hailey Bagby (2), Mao Ito (2), Aliyah Dockter (1), Tayvi Khann (1) and Jillian McBride (1).
\n\u2022 The Pilots ranked second in the conference in goals-against average (.632) and shutout percentage (.526), allowing just 12 goals in 19 matches. They were 11th and 22nd nationally in those respective categories.
\n\u2022 Numerous Pilots earned postseason honors last year, with five garnering All-WCC honors: Keeley Dockter, Violet Rademacher, Sophia Hills, Hailey Bagby and Aliyah Dockter.
\n\u2022 Keeley Dockter earned WCC Defender of the Year honors as well as first team recognition, becoming the first Pilot to win that honor since 2013. Dockter also made the United Soccer Coaches All-West Region First Team.
\n\u2022 Rademacher, a center back, racked up numerous honors, making the first team for All-WCC as well as the second team for All-West Region. Portland’s leading scorer last year with seven goals, Rademacher was also the first Pilot to earn United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American honors since 2009.
\n\u2022 Rademacher made the Scholar All-West Region Second Team as well, along with fellow Pilot midfielder Aliyah Dockter. Dockter earned All-WCC Honorable Mention for her performance on the field and All-West Region second team recognition.
\n\u2022 Hills was stellar in her first full season in goal, earning All-WCC and All-West Region Second Team honors. She led the conference and ranked 11th nationally in goals-against average (.595) while also ranking second in shutouts (10) and save percentage (.838).
\n\u2022 Bagby rounds out the honorees after earning All-WCC honorable mention last year. She was one of five players to score multiple goals last year.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 The Pilots were picked to finish second in the 2026 Preseason Coaches Poll, the highest they’ve been picked in the poll under head coach Michelle French.
\n\u2022 Three Pilots made the Preseason All-WCC team: Violet Rademacher, Aliyah Dockter and Hailey Bagby. It’s the first time any of the three players have made the preseason team.
\n\u2022 Rademacher and Dockter have both earned national recognition as well, with Rademacher making the United Soccer Coaches 2026 Defenders to Watch List and Dockter the Midfielders to Watch List.
\n\u2022 Sophia Hills was also named to the Goalkeepers to Watch List for United Soccer Coaches, making it three players for Portland.
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\nALL ABOUT THE PLAYERS
\n\u2022 The Pilots have 20 players returning this fall from last season’s squad and nine newcomers, including four of their five All-WCC honorees last year (Rademacher, A. Dockter, Hills and Bagby).
\n\u2022 Eight of Portland’s available returners played over 800 minutes last year and six over 1,000. Seven Pilots started in over 10 games for Portland last year.
\n\u2022 Along with the All-WCC returners, the Pilots bring back fifth-year players Eli Rapp and Ruby Settle.
\n\u2022 Rapp played 1,571 minutes last year, the fourth most of any returning player in the field. AN outside back, she recorded one assist while guiding the defense.
\n\u2022 Settle played in 17 matches with 13 starts last year, notching two assists while Piloting the midfield.
\n\u2022 Mao Ito is one of four players returning who scored multiple goals last year with two. She appeared in 15 matches.
\n\u2022 Tayvi Khan, Kyah Zurek and Adison Bosa are the last three Pilots to have played in over 15 games last year.
\n\u2022 Khann played in all 19 games last year and scored one game-winning goal against Washington State. Zurek and Bosa played in 18 and 17 games respectively.
\n\u2022 Nine newcomers join the Pilots this season, with three joining via transfer.
\n\u2022 Rose Calkins joins the Pilots after spending the last two seasons at Arizona. She played in 27 matches during her time with the Wildcats, recording four assists.
\n\u2022 Justi Nelson joins Portland as a senior by way of SEMO. She played in 53 matches with 50 starts, scoring three goals with four assists. In 2023, she made the OVC All-Newcomer team.
\n\u2022 London Ingram shined with Butler Community College in her two years there, scoring 27 goals with three assists. She was an All-KJCCC First Team selection each of her two years with the Grizzlies.
\n\u2022 Journey Middleborn joins the Pilots from Washington State, playing in 18 games with seven starts. Middleborn scored three goals for the Cougars.
\n\u2022 Portland’s five freshmen this season are Cate Kovats, Lauren Efraimson, Sophia Ashtar, Jailynn Henry and Blayke Warner.
\n\u2022 Kovats (Washington), Efraimson (Oregon) and Warner (Washington) all hail from the Pacific Northwest while Ashtar and Henry come from Georgia and Nevada respectively.
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\nTHE STAFF
\n\u2022 UP alum Michelle French is entering her ninth year as head coach of the Pilots.
\n\u2022 French has posted a 74-50-27 record in her nine years as the head coach of Portland.
\n\u2022 French came to The Bluff after spending 12 years coaching in the U.S. Soccer system, most recently as an assistant coach with the Senior Women’s National Team.
\n\u2022 With the Pilots, French (1995-98) was an All-American defender, a four-year starter, and a finalist for National Player of the Year as a senior in 1998; she led the Pilots to three NCAA Final Four appearances as a player, including the NCAA title game in 1995.
\n\u2022 Associate head coaches Maite Zabala and Tina Frimpong Ellertson are in their ninth and fourth years with the women’s soccer program. They are the first and third associate head coaches in program history.
\n\u2022 The staff was named the West Region Staff of the Year by United Soccer Coaches, the first time they’ve earned the honor, in 2022.
\n\u2022 Frimpong Ellertson is a former US National Team player and was Pac-10 Player of the Year back in 2004 with the Washington Huskies.
\n\u2022 Ken Krolicki joined the Pilots in 2024 as an assistant coach. Krolicki was a two-time All-Big Ten selection with Michigan State, spent two seasons with C.F. Montreal and also one year with Portland Timbers 2.
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\nTHE HISTORY
\n\u2022 Portland has a strong women’s soccer tradition and is one of just eight programs to win multiple NCAA Championships in the sport (2002, 2005).
\n\u2022 The Pilots have made eight Final Four appearances (1994-96, 1998, 2000-02, 2005) and they’ve won 13 WCC Championships.
\n\u2022 The Pilots have advanced to the postseason 22 times overall.
\n\u2022 The Pilots led the nation in attendance for 10 consecutive seasons (2005-14); in 2018 UP ranked fourth in the country in attendance per game (1,679) and were sixth in overall attendance (18,474).
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\nPILOTS IN THE PROS
\n\u2022 The Portland women’s soccer program has a long tradition of sending players to the pros, both in the United States and in Europe.
\n\u2022 The Puget Sound area has been a popular landing spot for Portland graduates as eight women’s soccer alums have played for the Reign.
\n\u2022 Megan Rapinoe is one of the most famous alumni, winning a national championship with the Pilots back in 2005 before becoming a mainstay of women’s soccer.
\n\u2022 The Portland Thorns claim the legendary Christine Sinclair, who has spent her entire NWSL career in Portland before retiring in 2024.
\n\u2022 Sinclair helped the Thorns win three NWSL Championships (2013, 2017, 2022), two NWSL Shields in 2016 and 2021 and the Women’s International Champions Cup.
\n\u2022 Sophie Schmidt was a fixture for both Canada’s national team as well as the NWSL, spending her final seasons with the Houston Dash.
\n\u2022 Ellie Walker currently plays in New Zealand with the Wellington Phoenix in the A-League
\n\u2022 Former Pilot Larkin Russell plays for Swedish Malmo FF.
\n\u2022 Keeley Dockter earned the chance to play professionally, signing with Seattle Reign this past year.
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\nABOUT THE OPPONENTS
\n\u2022 The San Francisco Dons are 3-5-1 overall and 0-2-0 in WCC play, most recently falling to the Saint Mary’s Gaels 3-0.
\n\u2022 The Dons have already matched their win total from last season, when they went 3-11-4 overall and 2-7-2 in WCC play.
\n\u2022 The Pilots are 32-3-4 all-time against the Dons, having won their most recent matchup 1-0 in Portland.
\n\u2022 The Dons were picked to finish last in the annual WCC Preseason Coaches Poll.
\n\u2022 Alexis Mata is the interim coach for the Dons.
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