15   Beth Taruscio Class: Senior Hometown: Tulsa, Okla. High School: Jenks HS Height: 5-3 Position: Forward/Midfield Birthdate: 07/16/1979 Experience: 3L

TULSA – A three-year letterwinner and starter . . . has started all 57 games of her career . . . career totals include 10 goals and nine assists for 29 points.

SUMMER OF 2001 – Played for the Oklahoma Outrage, a W-League member of the United Soccer League.

JUNIOR (2000) – Started all 20 games . . . produced two goals and four assists for eight points . . . was selected to the all-WAC Tournament team . . . was named Tulsa’s Defensive Player of the Year . . . scored the game-winning goal for TU against Texas Tech (9/17) . . . tallied one goal and one assist for three points vs. Hawaii (10/15).

SUMMER OF 2000 – Played for the Oklahoma Outrage, a W-League member of the National Women’s Soccer League.

SOPHOMORE (1999) – Started all 18 games . . . scored one goal and collected one assist for three points . . . scored her only goal vs. Belmont (10/29) and added one assist vs. San Diego (9/7).

FRESHMAN (1998) – Was selected to the all-WAC first-team and named the WAC Mountain Division Freshman of the Year . . . was the first TU freshman soccer player to garner all-WAC first team honors . . . was named to the Soccer Buzz All-America Freshman Team, the Central Region all-Freshman team and the all-Central Region third team . . . started all 19 games and became the first freshman to lead the team in goals (7), assists (4) and points (18) . . . only the third player in TU history to lead the team in each scoring category . . . was named the WAC Mountain Division Player of the Week on Oct. 19 . . . scored game-winning goals against Wyoming (10/8) and Air Force (10/98) . . . was tabbed to the ORU Classic all-tournament squad . . . ended the 1998 season with an eight-game scoring streak.

PRIOR TO TULSA – Was a four-year letterwinner at Jenks High School.

PERSONAL – A psychology major . . . born July 16, 1979 . . . one of two children of Russ and Patti Taruscio.

Taruscio’s Career Totals
Year	G-GS	Shots	Goals	Ast	Pts
1998	19-19	21	7	4	18
1999	18-18	13	1	1	3
2000	20-20	12	2	4	8
Totals	57-57	46	10	9	29