TUCSON, Ariz . - The Cats are set to host Denver for the first round of the NCAA tournament at 7 p.m. Friday night at Mulcahy Stadium. The last time Arizona 12-5-2 (5-4-2) faced the Pioneers 13-5-2 (7-1-0), the Wildcats came out on top with a 3-0 victory. 

Nov. 9th at 7:00 p.m. MST
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FIRST TOUCH

• Arizona will host the University of Denver for the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
   
• Friday's match marks Arizona's sixth NCAA Tournament appearance as well as their fourth in five seasons. The Wildcats are also hosting their third NCAA Tournament.
   
• Head coach Tony Amato is the only coach in school history to lead Arizona to four NCAA Tournaments.
   
• Arizona finished up regular season play with a record of 12-5-2 (5-4-2 Pac-12) after a 1-0 win over Arizona State this past Friday.

 
Pac-12 Finale
Arizona took on Arizona State this past Friday and came out on top 1-0, beating the Sun Devils for the third-straight season for the first time in school history. The goal was scored in the seventh minute by Morgan McGarry, her third of the season.
 
Conference Honors
Four Wildcats earned postseason honors by the Pac-12 on Tuesday afternoon with goalkeeper Lainey Burdett, forward Jada Talley and midfielder Amanda Porter earning Third Team All-Pac-12 while midfielder/forward Emily Knous made the All-Freshmen team, as voted on by the Pac-12 coaches. Of all the schools in the Pac-12, Arizona had the fourth-most honorees between the three All-Conference teams and the All-Freshmen team.
 
Feeling Generous
Amanda Porter leads the team in assists with seven so far this year, which is also tied for the seventh-most in the Pac-12. Porter was able to get on the scoresheet for the third time this season with a goal against Oregon State, and scored the game-winning goal against Washington State, giving her 13 points on the season which is the third-most on the team. Porter needs three more assists to break the single-season record for assists set by Mallory Miller.
 
Starting off on the Right Foot
Opponents have scored just four goals in the first half of Arizona's 19 games this season, while Arizona has scored 12 first-half goals.
 
Neat and Tidy
Arizona allowed just 16 goals in 19 to their opponents and had a stretch of 523 minutes where they didn't allow a single goal earlier this season, keeping five-straight clean sheets for the first time in school history. In its last five games, Arizona has allowed just two goals with only one coming in regulation (allowed a goal in the 95th minute to Oregon).
 
The Burd Cage
Burdett, who earned her second-straight All-Pac-12 honor, has recorded eight shutouts this season and allowed just 16 goals in 19 games. Those eight shutouts are tied for the second-most in the Pac-12 and her goals against average of 0.81 ranks third in the Pac-12 (min. 600 minutes played). Burdett's name is all over the Arizona record book as she has recorded the most shutouts in school history with 25 and is fourth all-time in career saves with 263. Burdett also has the second-best career goals against average in Arizona history with a mark of 0.96, which is the lowest goals against average of any Arizona goalkeeper to play four seasons.
 
Jada's Clutch Gene
Of Arizona's 12 wins, Jada Talley has scored the game-winner in four of those matches. Four game-winning goals is tied for the third-most in the Pac-12, while her 59 total shots is the eighth-most in the conference and her seven goals is tied for 12th. In 2017, Talley scored just one goal and took 13 shots in 18 games played.
 
The Young Guns
Arizona's five top point scorers are all underclassmen.
 
Jada Talley (15 pts, So.)
Amanda Porter (13 pts, So.)
Jill Aguilera (12 pts, RSo.)
Emily Knous (11 pts, Fr.)
Brooke Wilson (7 pts, Fr.)
 
Additionally, of Arizona's 34 goals scored this season, only nine have been scored by upperclassmen, (Morgan McGarry, Samantha Falasco, Kennedy Kieneker, Brynn Moga and Taryn Siegele,).
 
GOAT Status
On Sept. 9, 2018, Tony Amato became the winningest coach in school history with his 59th victory. It took Amato 107 games to become the winningest coach in school history while it took Dan Tobias 135 games to win his 58 games back in the mid to late 2000s. Collecting the most wins in school history is just a sliver of what Amato has done during his time at Arizona.
- Only coach to play in four NCAA Tournaments
- Only coach to have a record above .500
- Only coach to have three or more winning seasons
- Most conference wins in school history (30)