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PAC-10 CONFERENCE PAC-12 CONFERENCE 1350 Treat Blvd., Suite 500, Walnut Creek, CA 94597 // PAC-12.COM // 925.932.4411 For Immediate Release // Tuesday, October 22, 2013 Contact // Kyra Geithman ([email protected]) 2013 PAC-12 CONFERENCE MEN’S SOCCER STANDINGS Conference Overall TP W L T PCT HOME AWAY W L T PCT HOME AWAY NEUT STREAK California 13 4 0 1 .900 2-0-1 2-0-0 10 0 2 .917 7-0-1 3-0-1 0-0-0 W 3 Washington 11 3 0 2 .800 2-0-1 1-0-1 10 0 4 .857 6-0-2 4-0-2 0-0-0 UCLA 8 2 1 2 .600 2-1-0 0-0-2 7 3 3 .654 5-2-0 2-1-2 0-0-1 Stanford 4 1 3 1 .300 0-1-1 1-2-0 6 4 2 .583 4-2-1 2-2-1 0-0-0 L 1 San Diego State 4 1 3 1 .300 1-1-0 0-2-1 4 7 1 .375 1-3-1 2-4-0 1-0-0 W 1 Oregon State 1 0 3 1 .100 0-1-1 0-3-0 7 6 1 .536 6-1-1 1-5-0 0-0-0 L 1 The Conference champion is determined by highest number of points (TP); Win = 3 pts, Tie = 1 pt, Loss = 0 pts. MEN’S SOCCER INTENSIFIES HALFWAY THROUGH CONFERENCE PLAY With just four weeks remaining in the regular season, Pac-12 men’s soccer continues to churn out thrilling performances. With two games ending in a tie and another two decided by merely one goal, the league enters the second half of Conference play this weekend mirroring last week’s schedule excepting CALIFOR- NIA and STANFORD... No. 3 WASHINGTON and No. 4 UCLA face each other for the second time in two weeks after playing to a 2-2 draw last weekend. The match will take place on Sunday and be broadcast on Pac-12 Networks... The undefeated Huskies also face SAN DIEGO STATE on the Aztecs’ home turf. Last Friday, Washington put on a dominating 5-3 performance over SDSU, despite two goals from Aztec senior forward Jordan Ongaro. San Diego State earned their first Conference victory last weekend, defeating OREGON STATE 1-0, and will take on the Beavers again this Sunday... UCLA played two ties over the course of the weekend, remaining at third in the Pac-12 standings with eight total points on the year... The Bay Area schools feature tough non-conference matchups as undefeated No. 1 California plays San Diego and STANFORD hosts San Francisco... Washington earned their third player of the week award of the season this week as freshman Cristian Roldan received his first-career weekly honor after scoring three goals over the course of the weekend. UPCOMING SCHEDULE PAC-12 IN THE RANKINGS Friday, October 25 San Diego at #1 California .......................................................3:30 p.m. PT This Week (Oct. 22) Oregon State at #4 UCLA .................................P12N...................6 p.m. PT NSCAA: California (1), Washington (3), UCLA (4) #3 Washington at San Diego State ................................................7 p.m. PT Soccer America: California (1), Washington (3), UCLA (4) College Soccer News: California (1), Washington (3), UCLA (8) Sunday, October 27 Oregon State at San Diego State ................................................. 12 p.m. PT CAL OSU SDSU STAN UCLA WASH #3 Washington at #4 UCLA ..............................P12N...................1 p.m. PT PRE x/x/x x/x/x x/x/x x/x/x 9/x/7 23/x/23 San Francisco at Stanford ............................................................7 p.m. PT 9/3 10/4/5 x/x/x x/x/x x/x/x 6/6/3 19/25/19 9/10 5/3/4 x/x/x x/x/x x/x/x 14/23/8 10/x/13 9/17 4/3/4 RV/x/x x/x/x RV/x/x 11/15/5 6/14/11 RECENT RESULTS 9/24 2/1/4 x/x/x x/x/x x/x/RV 13/12/11 5/8/5 10/1 1/1/2 x/x/x x/x/x RV/x/RV 10/9/11 3/4/3 Friday, October 18 10/8 1/1/2 x/x/x x/x/x x/x/RV 6/5/8 3/3/3 San Diego State at #3 Washington .................................... WASH 5, SDSU 3 10/15 1/1/1 x/x/x x/x/x x/x/RV 5/5/8 3/3/3 #5 UCLA at Oregon State .......................................... UCLA 1, OSU 1 (2OT) 10/22 1/1/1 x/x/x x/x/x x/x/x 4/4/8 3/3/3 Sunday, October 20 San Diego State at Oregon State .......................................... SDSU 1, OSU 0 MEN’S SOCCER ON SOCIAL MEDIA Stanford at #1 California ....................................................... CAL 1, STAN 0 CALIFORNIA STANFORD Monday, October 21 Twitter: @CalMensSoccer Twitter: @StanfordMSoccer #5 UCLA at #3 Washington .....................................UCLA 2, WASH 2 (2OT) Facebook.com/CalMensSoccer Facebook.com/StanfordMSoccer P12N - game televised on Pac-12 Networks. OREGON STATE UCLA Twitter: @OSUBeavers_MSOC Twitter: @UCLAMSoccer Facebook.com/OregonStateMSoccer Facebook.com/UCLAMSoccer SAN DIEGO STATE WASHINGTON Twitter: @GoAztecs Twitter: @UW_MSoccer Facebook.com/GoAztecs Facebook.com/UWMensSoccer PAC-12 VS. AROUND THE PAC-12 OTHER CONFERENCES • WASHINGTON’s Cristian Roldan earned Pac-12 Player of the Week honors for the week of Oct. 15-21. Atlantic Coast ...................................... 1-0-1 The freshman scored three goals over the course of the weekend to help the Huskies to back-to-back vic- Atlantic Sun ........................................ 1-0-0 tories over Oregon State and San Diego State. Roldan’s eight points come the week after moving positions American Athletic ................................ 1-0-1 from left midfield to attacking center. Big East .............................................. 1-1-0 • The 31 victories posted by Pac-12 teams in the non-conference season are the most since 2002, when Big Ten ............................................... 1-1-1 Conference teams earned 36 victories before Pac-12 play began. The nine total losses are fewest since Big 12 ................................................. 0-0-0 2009, tying the nine losses in that year’s non-conference play. Big West ............................................. 5-2-0 Colonial Athletic Association ................ 2-0-0 • The national rankings have proven to be tumultuous over the opening of the season, but three Pac-12 Conference USA ................................. 0-1-0 teams have consistently remained in the top 25. California’s No. 1 ranking is the highest in school history, Horizon League ................................... 2-0-0 and Washington has stayed at the No. 3 spot for four-straight weeks. UCLA has remained in the top five Ivy League .......................................... 1-0-0 nationally for the past two weeks, moving up to No. 4 this week, their highest ranking of the season. Mid-American ..................................... 0-1-0 • Pac-12 teams are 5-2-2 against ranked teams in non-conference play, and all five wins have been Mid-Atlantic American ......................... 1-0-0 upsets. The league opened the year with a loud statement, as California posted upsets against No. 2 Missouri Valley .................................... 0-0-0 Maryland and No. 3 Georgetown, UCLA knocked off No. 1 Indiana, and San Diego State earned the W Mountain West .................................... 0-0-0 over then-No. 16 San Diego. Most recently, No. 11 UCLA upset No. 3 Cal State Northridge. Patriot League ..................................... 2-0-0 Summit League ................................... 0-1-0 • The league has seen not only outstanding blowout wins, but also numerous closely-fought battles. Sun Belt .............................................. 0-0-0 Eighteen total matches so far have gone past regulation as every Pac-12 team has played in at least one Western Athletic .................................. 6-0-0 overtime match. Ten of those overtime games have gone to double overtime, including all five overtime matches that Washington has played thus far. On the other hand, the largest margin of victory thus far West Coast .......................................... 8-1-0 has been five goals, scored in shutouts by Oregon State (vs. Northwest Christian, Sept. 27) and Washing- Independent ....................................... 1-0-2 ton (vs. Florida Gulf Coast, Sept. 20). Total-All ............................. 32-9-5 (.720) • California and Washington remain undefeated in both Conference and overall play, two of only three teams in the nation to hold an unblemished record. Both teams are ranked in the top five nationally, with the Bears holding on to the No. 1 spot and the Huskies to No. 3 for the fourth-consecutive week. Wash- MEN’S SOCCER SIDS ington and California enter the week ranked first and third, respectively, in win-loss-tied percentage. CAL ..........................................www.calbears.com • The Bears played Bay Area-rival Stanford, defeating the Cardinal 1-0 in both teams’ only match of ....................................................... Dean Caparaz the weekend. Steve Birnbaum scored the lone goal of the match, bringing his total number of goals this [email protected] season to eight, which leads the Conference outright and is tied for 20th nationally. California hosts San ...................................................... 510-642-5363 Diego on Friday in their sole game. OSU .................................... www.osubeavers.com • Washington opened their weekend with a wild match against San Diego State, defeating the Aztecs ....................................................... Trevor Cramer 5-3. Freshman Cristian Roldan, the Pac-12 Men’s Soccer Player of the Week, scored two goals and two [email protected] assists in the match to earn six points on the night, which ties the individual match high in the Confer- ...................................................................... TBD ence so far this year. Darwin Jones also had two goals of his own. The Huskies then went on to play No. 5 UCLA to a 2-2 draw on Monday night. SDSU ...................................... www.goaztecs.com ..........................................................Eric Harding • San Diego State earned its first Conference victory of the season in a closely-fought 1-0 victory over ......................................