Csun Takes on Uc Santa Barbara in Big West Tournament Semifinal
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November 4, 2019 CONTACT: NICK BOCANEGRA E-MAIL: [email protected] GoMatadors.com @GoMatadors @CSUNWSoccer SCHEDULE 2019 & RESULTS CSUN TAKES ON UC SANTA BARBARA IN OVERALL: 11-6-3 BIG WEST: 5-3-0 AUG. 22 @ UNLV W, 1-0 BIG WEST TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL AUG. 24 VS. SOUTHERN UTAH 2 W, 4-0 AUG. 30 @ TEXAS A&M L, 0-4 SEPT. 1 @ HOUSTON W, 2-1 UC SANTA BARBARA VS. CSUN SEPT. 6 VS. KANSAS STATE T, 0-0 (2OT) MATCH #21 DATE: Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019 SEPT. 8 VS. EASTERN WASHINGTON W, 1-0 TIME: 5 p.m. LOCATION: Fullerton, CA VENUE: Titan Stadium SEPT. 13 VS. CSU BAKERSFIELD T, 1-1 (2OT) LIVE STATS: Link at GoMatadors.com LIVE VIDEO: BigWest.TV SEPT. 15 VS. SAN DIEGO W, 1-0 IN-GAME TWITTER: @CSUNWSoccer SEPT. 20 @ ARIZONA STATE T, 1-1 (2OT) MATADORS MAKE EIGHTH BIG WEST TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE UNDER WEST CSUN Women’s Soccer (11-6-3) begins postseason play this Thursday when the Matadors take on UC Santa Barbara SEPT. 22 @ GRAND CANYON W, 2-0 in a Big West Tournament semifinal match at 5 p.m. The game will stream live from Cal State Fullerton on BigWest. TV. The winner of the match will advance to Sunday’s Big West championship game at 5 p.m. SEPT. 26 VS. PEPPERDINE L, 0-1 The Matadors split their two matches last week to finish 5-3 in league play. A season after finishing in eighth place in the conference, the Matadors concluded the year tied for second place in the Big West standings with SEPT. 29 VS. DENVER L, 0-1 UCSB and Hawai’i. Cal State Fullerton won the league and as a result, earned the opportunity to host the Big West Tournament. The Titans will take on the Rainbow Wahine in the other semifinal match. The winner of the four-team OCT. 3 @ HAWAI’I 1 L, 1-2 (OT) tournament will receive the Big West’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. OCT. 6 @ UC RIVERSIDE 1 W, 3-1 CSUN wrapped up its home schedule with a 1-0 win over Long Beach State last Thursday behind a first-half goal from Bethany Fitzsimmons. The Matadors went 4-0 against league opponents at home this season, earning shut- OCT. 10 VS. CAL POLY 1 W, 2-0 outs in each win. The perfect home conference record was the program’s first since the 2010 season and its second since joining the Big West Conference. OCT. 17 VS. UC SANTA BARBARA 1 W, 1-0 On Sunday, the Matadors had an opportunity to win the regular season championship when they visited Cal State Fullerton. CSUN took a 1-0 lead in the 43rd minute on Cindy Arteaga’s second goal of the season. The lead lasted OCT. 24 VS. UC IRVINE 1 W, 1-0 (OT) until the 68th minute when Cal State Fullerton evened the match up. The Titans added another goal in the 77th minute to go up 2-1, which proved to be the final score. 1 OCT. 27 @ UC DAVIS L, 1-2 CSUN PROBABLE STARTERS No. Name Pos. Year GP-GS MIN GAA SV W-L-T SHO OCT. 31 VS. LONG BEACH STATE 1 W, 1-0 1 Amanda Delgado GK So. 17-17 1554:04 0.87 63 8-6-3 7 No. Name Pos. Year GP-GS GOALS AST PTS SH SOG NOV. 3 @ CAL STATE FULLERTON 1 L, 1-2 3 Bethany Fitzsimmons F RS-Jr. 20-20 6 2 14 38 19 4 Alexis White F So. 20-3 5 1 11 28 13 NOV. 7 VS. UC SANTA BARBARA 3 5 P.M. 7 Gabriella Hinojosa MF RS-Jr. 20-20 1 1 3 4 3 13 Kimberly Anderson MF RS-Fr. 19-18 1 0 2 8 2 NOV. 10 BIG WEST TOURNAMENT FINAL 3 5 P.M. 14 Ify Mbeledogu D RS-Fr. 10-2 0 0 0 1 1 18 Sydney Gilbert MF Jr. 20-20 1 1 3 15 6 All dates, times, and opponents are subject to change without notice. 19 Gabriela Robles D So. 20-18 0 0 0 2 1 All times are Pacific HOME GAMES IN BOLD AT MATADOR SOCCER FIELD 22 Amber Edemann D RS-Sr. 19-19 0 1 1 1 0 1 - Big West Conference Game 2 - Match played at UNLV (Las Vegas, NV) 23 Avery DeWitt MF Jr. 18-15 1 2 4 11 4 3 - Big West Tournament at Fullerton, Calif. 24 Kacie Garrity D Fr. 20-20 1 1 3 7 4 @CSUNWSoccer @CSUNWomensSoccer @GoMatadors @GoMatadors CSUN WOMEN’S SOCCER // NOVEMBER 6, 2019 Heading into the Big West Tournament, the Matadors are one win away from matching the program’s single-sea- FOR YOUR INFORMATION son record of 12 wins. CSUN has hit that mark three times in its 25-year history with the last being in 2010 under head coach Keith West. The Matadors also won 12 games in 2001 and 2004. The team’s 11 wins this season are General Information the program’s most since the 2016 campaign. Name ... California State University, Northridge Abbreviation ......................... CSUN CSUN’s stingy defense ranks first in the Big West in goals-against-average (0.77) and shutouts (10) after the Mailing Address ....... 18111 Nordhoff Street regular season. Sophomore Amanda Delgado is first in the conference in shutouts (7) and GAA (0.87) while she . Northridge, CA 91330-8301 is second in wins (8) and third in saves (63). On the offensive end, the Matadors are third in the league in goals Founded .............................. 1958 scored (24). Fitzsimmons is tied for fifth in the conference with six goals and followed by sophomore Alexis White Enrollment ......................... 38,310 in ninth place with five goals. Fitzsimmons is also tied for fifth place in points with 14. In shots, Arteaga is ranked President ..............Dr. Dianne F. Harrison in fifth place with 41 attempts. Athletic Director ............... Michael Izzi Executive Associate A.D./SWA ... Valerie Richardson UCSB is 16-10-1 in 27 all-time meetings with the Matadors. CSUN won this season’s regular season match at Faculty Athletic Rep .........Dr. Ed Jackiewicz Matador Soccer Field, 1-0, behind a first-half goal from junior Avery DeWitt. The Matadors are undefeated in five Nickname ........................ Matadors of the last six meetings, winning four of those contests all by a one-goal margin. The teams have squared off Colors ................. Red, White and Black twice before at the Big West Tournament, with the Gauchos winning both meetings in 2004 (4-2) and 2009 (2-1). Conference ....................... Big West Home Field (Capacity) .... Matador Soccer Field (1,750) FOLLOW YOUR MATADORS ONLINE All games this season will include live stats coverage while select home games will stream live on the CSUN Sports Coaching Information Network via GoMatadors.com. For road games, related links to the game, including for any live stats, audio and Head Coach ........ Keith West, (14th Season) video, will be posted before the game on the women’s soccer schedule page of GoMatadors.com. Fans are also Alma Mater ..................... CSUN, 2003 encouraged to check the CSUN Athletics’ official Twitter (@GoMatadors) and the women’s soccer’s team’s feed (@ Overall NCAA Record ....... 124-117-34 (.513) CSUNWSoccer) for updates of games in progress and news and notes throughout the week. Record at CSUN ...................... Same Big West Record. 55-44-13 (.549) LAST LINE OF DEFENSE Office Phone ................ (818) 677-6252 Sophomore goalkeeper Amanda Delgado has collected 63 saves, a 0.87 GAA and seven shutouts in 17 starts Assistant Coach .. Lisa Oyen Ljubicic (1st Season) • Tops in the Big West in GAA and shutouts while she ranks second in wins (8) and third in saves Assistant Coach .... Tony Castro (2nd Season) • Posted four shutouts in league play against Cal Poly (10/10/19), UC Santa Barbara (10/17/19), UC Irvine Volunteer Asst. Coach .. Ivan Alzate (9th Season) (10/24/19) and Long Beach State (10/31/19) • Earned a shutout in her first career match while tallying a career-high nine saves at Pacific (9/7/18) Sports Information • Collected nine career clean sheets in two seasons with the Matadors Women’s Soccer SID ........ Nick Bocanegra • A two-time Big West Defensive Player of the Week including once this season on Sept. 9 Office Phone ................ (818) 677-7188 E-Mail ............ [email protected] FITZSIMMONS MOVING FORWARD Website ................... GoMatadors.com Junior Bethany Fitzsimmons leads the team in goals (6) and points (14) • Ranked fifth in the Big West in goals and points Team Information • Scored four game winners on the year including two in league play against UC Irvine (10/24/19) and Long 2018 Record ......................... 6-9-1 Beach State (10/31/19) 2018 Big West Record ........... 2-6-0 (8th) • Knocked in a penalty kick which proved to be the game winner vs. Eastern Washington (9/8/19) 2018 Postseason ....................... N/A • Top returning scorer from 2018: she finished with four goals, nine points and 12 shots with 11 on goal Letterwinners Returning/Lost ........... 18/9 • Scored 11 goals, including six game-winning goals, to go with three assists for 25 career points Starters Returning/Lost ..................6/5 • Missed the entire 2017 season due to injury and used a medical redshirt Redshirts Returning .......................6 Newcomers ............................. 11 WHITE FINISHES WITH THE BEST OF THEM Sophomore forward Alexis White is second on the team in goals (5) and points (11) Historical Information • Ranks ninth in the Big West in goals this season First Year of Women’s Soccer ..........