2018 Schedule

@UCImsoc /UCIMSOC 2018 MEN’S SOCCER GAME NOTES @UCIAthletics MEDIA RELATIONS: Alex Croteau // PHONE: (949) 824-5814 // EMAIL: [email protected] // www.ucirvinesports.com 2018 Record 6-3-1 Live Stats ucirvinesports.com 2018 Schedule 2017 Record 8-8-3 (3-5-2 Big West South) Anteater Stadium Capacity: 2,500 Head Coach Yossi Raz Overall record: 6-3-1 // Big West Record: 0-0 Record at UCI 14-11-4, 2nd year Home: 4-1 // Away: 2-2-1 // Neutral: 0-0 AUGUST UC IRVINE ANTEATERS AT #10 SAINT MARY’S GAELS 16 Thurs. ^ Bakersfield (Exh.) W, 2-0 SATURDAY, SEP. 29 // 1:00 PM // SAINT MARY’S STADIUM - MORAGA, CALIF. 19 Sun. ^ at UCLA (Exh.) L, 0-1 24 Fri. at San Diego T, 0-0 All-Time Series SMC leads, 6-3-1 27 Mon. at UCF W(OT), 1-0 2018 Record 9-0-0 Series at Moraga SMC leads, 3-1-1 31 Fri. Utah Valley L, 1-2 2017 Record 6-6-5 (3-2-2 WCC) Head Coach Adam Cooper Streak L2 Years at SMC 13th year SEPTEMBER Last Meeting UCI 1-2 (2OT) SMC 2 Sun. James Madison W(2OT), 2-1 At Irvine (Nov. 20, 2011) 7 Fri. Loyola Marymount W, 2-0 9 Sun. at San Diego State L(OT), 1-2 FINAL NON-CONFERENCE TEST GOES THROUGH #10 SAINT MARY’S 14 Fri. Pomona-Pitzer W, 4-0 16 Sun. Brown W, 3-0 The Anteaters have one last non-conference opponent to battle before Big West play becomes the focus, and it’s a 20 Thurs. at San Francisco W, 4-1 buzzsaw in Saint Mary’s ranked 10th in the nation with a perfect 9-0-0 record 23 Sun. at Pacific L, 2-4 29 Sat. at #10 Saint Mary’s 1:00 PM Storylines • UC Irvine has taken the conference lead in scoring with 20 goals, 2.0 per match, and multiple goals in four straight matches OCTOBER 3 Wed. * at UC Riverside 7:00 PM • UCI had two first-time goal scorers as senior Jose Soto started the weekend with a goal off a corner kick, and freshman Michael 6 Sat. * Sacramento State 7:00 PM Orozco whipped in a set piece Sunday in the 89th minute to bookend the matches 10 Wed. * at UC Davis 4:00 PM • Ivan Canales scored his 19th goal of his career on Thursday needing one more to become the 12th Anteater with 20 or more 13 Sat. * UC Santa Barbara 7:00 PM goals over a career. With two more assists, he will become the third ‘Eater with at least 20 assists all-time 17 Wed. * Cal State Fullerton 7:00 PM • The Anteaters have played the second-most minutes in the nation (938) trailing USD at 958, and Greg Patenaude is also second 21 Sun. * at Cal Poly 7:00 PM with 893 of the minutes behind only Big West counterpart Paul-Andre Guerin from Cal State Fullerton at 929 27 Sat. * at CSUN 7:00 PM • Jose Ortiz’s six goals tie him atop the Big West scoring leaders, Ivan Canales is the conference’s leader in game-winning goals 31 Wed. % Big West Quarterfinal TBD with three, and the pair are joined by Alvaro Quezada in the top 10 in Big West points (9) NOVEMBER 3 Sat. % Big West Semifinal TBD About Saint Mary’s 10 Sat. % Big West Final TBD • The Gaels are perfect with a 9-0-0 record, 1 of 2 teams in the NCAA that can boast that (Wake Forest, 8-0-0), and most of it has 15 Thurs. $ NCAA Tournament begins come at the Big West’s expense winning its last five matches against Cal Poly, Sac State, UC Riverside, UCSB, and UC Davis. Saint Mary’s will play at New Mexico on Wednesday prior hosting the Anteaters ^ Exhibition match * Big West Conference game • Saint Mary’s ran middle of the road in 2017 going 6-6-5 overall with a 3-2-2 mark in West Coast Conference play. The preseason % Big West Tournament poll projected the Gaels to finish third with junior Jake Rudel as part of the All-WCC Preseason team $ NCAA Tournament • The Gaels have outscored its opponents 27-4 behind the scoring horses of Rudel (7 G, 1 A) and fellow junior Andres Engebretsen (6 G, 3 A), five other Gaels have at least five points including three goals and three assists each from midfielders Jakub Svehlik and Home games in bold played at Anteater Stadium All times listed are Pacific Stephen Dougherty, the backline of Filippo Zattarin, Jeremiah Michael, James Person, and Valentin Sponer have formed a formidable unit, and behind them is junior keeper Remi Prieur whose stopped 30 shots in 824 minutes • The last time UCI and Saint Mary’s met was actually in postseason play when UC Irvine hosted the Gaels in a first round matchup back in 2011. The Gaels came back for the 2-1 win in 2OT to end the Anteaters’ season 20 UC Irvine’s 20 goals this season lead the Big With a win... West as does its 2.0 goals per match having • ...or draw, UCI will stop a brief two-match losing streak it has to the Gaels dating back to 2009. It would also extended a brief scored at least 2 goals in 4 straight matches unbeaten streak it holds at Moraga where it is 1-0-1 in its last two matches which came in 2008 and 2001 • ...UC Irvine would improve to 21-25-6 all-time against ranked squads • ...it would be UC Irvine’s second straight win over a ranked team after defeating No. 8 Denver, 1-0, last September 5 Over the last four matches, 5 Anteaters have Up Next deposited their first career goals including • UC Irvine begins Big West play as the calendar rolls over to October with a new format debuting where UCI will play each seniors Jose Soto and Daniel Crisotomo. The other three, Christian Gutierrez, Manny conference team once in a seven-game Big West season Acosta, and Michael Orozco earned their first career points along with the goal Keeping the Faith UC Irvine’s defense was tested over the weekend allowing five goals to USF and Pacific after giving up just five in eight matches leading up to it. Pacific scored four times in the first half on Sunday for the only four first half goals allowed by the ‘Eaters all season. Greg Patenaude continues to grade out near the top of the Big West with the fourth-best goals-against-average (1.01) and 300 his four shutouts are tied for the Big West lead all while playing the second-most minutes in the country (893) The UC Irvine program in its 35th season won game No. 300 over Pomona-Pitzer Cool Customers Yes the ‘Eaters do have a red card this season, but in terms of yellow cards, the ‘Eaters had accrued just two which was the least in Quick Facts the nation prior to the weekend. UCI is now up to six, still among the 15-least in the nation, and the 12.3 fouls committed GENERAL per match is the last in the Big West Conference. UCI has even earned a penalty kick which it converted and have done so School ........................UC Irvine (University of California, Irvine) six straight times dating back to 2015 Location................................................................... Irvine, Calif. Leaving A Mark Nickname ..................................................... Anteaters (‘Eaters) UC Irvine may have a chance to put the first blemish on Saint Mary’s perfect season as it enters the week at 9-0-0. The Colors .................................................................. Blue and Gold Gaels have slowly started to climb the United Soccer Coaches rankings standing at No. 10 this week. It’s the first ranked Founded (Opened) ................................................. 1962 (1965) opponent for the ’Eaters in 2018 after going 1-1-0 against them in 2017. All-time, UCI is 20-25-6 against ranked programs Enrollment ...................................................................... 35,895 and 8-15-3 against Top 10 opponents. Against schools ranked No. 10, this will mark UCI’s third such meeting having drawn Chancellor ............................................. Howard Gillman, Ph.D. with UC Davis, 0-0, in 2008, and falling to Providence, 0-1, in the 2014 NCAA Third Round matchup Interim Athletic Director ......................................... Paula Smith Home Field (Capacity) ....................... Anteater Stadium (2,500) First Touches Affiliation ........................................................... NCAA Division I • Three of UCI’s last four matches have featured a first career goal. Michael Orozco was the most recent addition off a set Conference ...................................................................Big West piece on Sunday to record his first career goal and point, and the first true freshman with either as well in 2018 • Jose Soto added his name as a goal scorer for the first time in Thursday’s win after 27 matches with UCI. The goals for HISTORY Soto and Orozco were also the first two from defenders this year First season ........................................................................ 1984 • Last week, three Anteaters opened their scoring accounts. Senior Daniel Crisostomo waited until his 60th career match All-time record ........................................................ 302-325-71 to find the back of the net converting his 72nd-minute penalty kick, he added his second career goal Thursday at San NCAA Tournament berths / Last .................................. 5 / 2014 Francisco. Big West titles - Season / Tourney...................................... 4 / 4 • Christian Gutierrez started the scoring Friday with a header in the 34th minute for his first career goal, point, and game- MAC Hermann Semifinalists ........................................ 1 (Iwasa) winning goal. He also added his second goal over the weekend opening UCI’s account on Sunday All-Americans ..........................................................................

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