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CAL POLY Athletics Communications Mott Athletics Center • 1 Grand Avenue • San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 (805) 470-0490 • gopoly.com • @CPMustangs Contact: Chris Giovannetti ([email protected]) MATCHES AND RESULTS Date Opponent Time (PT) / Result Fri., Aug. 30 at Utah Valley (RV) 6:30 p.m. Mon., Sept. 2 at San Diego 7 p.m. Tues., Sept. 10 Fresno Pacific 7 p.m. Sun., Sept. 15 Gonzaga 1 p.m. Thurs., Sept. 19 Westmont 7:30 p.m. Mon., Sept. 23 Seattle (RV) 7 p.m. Thurs., Sept. 26 Loyola Marymount 7 p.m. Mon., Sept. 30 at San Francisco 5 p.m. Sat., Oct. 5 at UC Santa Barbara 7 p.m. Big West Conference Wed., Oct. 9 UC Davis 7 p.m. Sat., Oct. 12 at UC Riverside 7 p.m. Wed., Oct. 16 Cal State Fullerton 7 p.m. Sun., Oct. 20 CSUN 5 p.m. Wed., Oct. 23 at Sacramento State 3 p.m. Sat., Oct. 26 at No. 25 UC Irvine 7 p.m. Sat., Nov. 2 UC Santa Barbara 5 p.m. Big West Conference Tournament (Sites TBA) Wed., Nov. 6 First Round TBA Sat., Nov. 9 Semifinal TBA Sat., Nov. 16 Championship TBA NCAA Tournament Senior captain Diego Alonso is Cal Poly’s active appearances leader with 41 caps. Thurs., Nov. 21 First Round TBA Sun., Nov. 24 Second Round TBA Cal Poly Opens 2019 at Utah Valley Sun., Dec. 1 Third Round TBA Dec. 6-8 Quarterfinal TBA on Friday, at San Diego on Monday Fri., Dec. 13 College Cup Semi. (Cary, N.C.) TBA Sun., Dec. 15 College Cup Final (Cary, N.C.) TBA Highlighted by the return of six starters and 17 CAL POLY VERSUS SAN DIEGO: The Opening Week: letterwinners from last season, a six-member Mustangs and Toreros are meeting for the first Aug. 30 & Sept. 2 senior class and the addition of 12 newcomers time since San Diego secured a 1-0 home victo- – including three graduate transfers – the Cal ry versus Cal Poly on Sept. 21, 2002. Cal Poly’s MATCHDAY 1: Poly men's soccer program opens the 2019 reg- solitary victory in three common Division I @Utah Valley (9 9 0, 2018) - - ular season and its 26th Division I campaign matchups versus the Toreros came on Sept. 19, Friday, Aug. 30 (6:30 p.m. PT) when visiting first-time opponent Utah Valley on 1997 as the Mustangs secured a 2-0 win in San Clyde Field (Orem, Utah) Friday, Aug. 30 at 6:30 p.m. PT. Cal Poly, which Diego. Live Stats / Video: GoPoly.com Series Record: First Meeting also brings back two of its top three goalscorers from a year ago as well as two of three goal- CRAM SESSION: Cal Poly completed an unde- keepers who saw action in 2018, closes its sea- feated run through its two exhibition tuneups MATCHDAY 2: son-opening road trip at San Diego on Monday, with the Mustangs posting a 1-0 victory at UNLV @San Diego (7 7 5, 2018) - - Sept. 2 at 7 p.m. Utah Valley (9-9-0, 2018), (Aug. 20) through graduate forward Spencer Monday, Sept. 2 (7 p.m.) which received two votes in the preseason edi- Held’s 55th-minute goal before drawing at Alex G. Spanos Stadium (San Luis Obispo) Live Stats / Video: GoPoly.com tion of the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll, home versus Cal State Monterey Bay (Aug. 24), Series Record: San Diego, 2-1-0 fell at No. 20 Portland, 1-0, in its lone exhibition 1-1. Junior forward Angel De Leon produced Last Meeting: San Diego, 1-0 (Aug. 23). San Diego (7-7-5), meanwhile, Cal Poly’s goal versus the Otters in the 85th (Sept. 21, 2002, at San Diego) topped Cal Poly Pomona in an Aug. 24 exhibi- minute. BIG WEST CONFERENCE tion, 2-0. The Toreros open their regular season STANDINGS (Aug. 28) on Friday evening when hosting San Diego HOME IS WHERE THE WINS ARE: Cal Poly State. enters its Sept. 10 home opener versus Fresno Pacific unbeaten in 23 of its last 31 home Big West Overall FOLLOW CAL POLY THIS WEEK: Live stats matches at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. Overall, W L T P W L T and streaming video from both Cal Poly’s Friday Cal Poly is 66-27-16 since the venue’s 2007 Cal Poly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 season opener at Utah Valley and Monday opening. During the last 12 seasons, the Cal State Fullerton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 matchup at San Diego will be available via Mustangs have recorded 34 shutout victories at CSUN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GoPoly.com, home while Cal Poly’s goalkeepers have kept Sacramento State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 clean sheets. Additionally, Cal Poly has UC Davis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CAL POLY VERSUS UTAH VALLEY: Friday’s drawn 1,000-plus spectators during 73 of 109 UC Irvine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 season opener marks Cal Poly’s first meeting (67.0 percent) matches at Spanos Stadium and UC Riverside 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 with Utah Valley and the Mustang program’s sold out the 11,075-capacity complex nine UC Santa Barbara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 first match in the state of Utah. times. Below is Cal Poly’s year-by-year record GoPoly.com CalPolyMustangs @CPMustangs • • 2019 CAL POLY inside Spanos Stadium. INFORMATION Year Home Mark (Big West) Goal Aggregate Shutouts GENERAL INFORMATION 2007 8-1-1 (4-1-1) 20-8 5 Official Athletics Name...................................................................Cal Poly 2008 7-1-1 (3-1-1) 18-5 5 Location.......................................................................San Luis Obispo, CA 2009 6-2-1 (4-0-1) 17-7 4 Founded .................................................................................................1901 Enrollment ..........................................................................................20,186 2010 4-1-3 (3-0-2) 10-9 3 Mascot ..........................................................................................Mustangs 2011 4-5-2 (2-2-0) 10-8 5 Colors ................Forest Green (343) / Copper (460) / Vegas Gold (116) 2012 7-3-0 (3-2-0) 15-9 4 Affiliation / Conference...NCAA Division I / Big West (Northern Division) Athletics Department Web Site..............................................GoPoly.com 2013 6-2-2 (2-1-2) 25-12 1 Home Stadium (Capacity) ...................Alex G. Spanos Stadium (11,075) 2014 5-4-2 (1-3-1) 14-11 3 Press Box Phone ................................................................(805) 756-6739 2015 7-0-2 (3-0-2) 12-5 5 President ......................................................................Jeffrey D. Armstrong Director of Athletics.........................................................Don Oberhelman 2016 4-2-2 (2-2-1) 6-7 2 2017* 4-3-0 (2-3-0) 14-9 1 COACHING STAFF 2018 4-3-0 (1-2-0) 12-7 3 Head Coach .......................................................................Steve Sampson Totals 66-27-16 (31-17-11) 179-98 41 Cal Poly Record (Big West) / Years........28-33-11 (12-18-8) / 5 Collegiate Record / Years...92-50-30 / 10 (Santa Clara, 1986-90) *One match played at Paso Robles Horse Park (Paso Robles, Calif.) Assistant Coach ....................................................................Billy McNicol ................................................................................Second Season CAL POLY PACKS THE HOUSE: Cal Poly has finished among the nation’s top 10 attendance Phone .....................................................................(805) 756-2905 E-mail........................................................whmcnico@calpoly.edu leaders during all previous 12 seasons at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. Below is a year-by-year listing Assistant Coach / Goalkeeper Trainer.....................Ignacio Hernandez of Cal Poly’s home attendance achievements among 205 Division I programs. .....................................................................................Fifth Season Phone .....................................................................(805) 756-7070 E-mail..........................................................ighernan@calpoly.edu Season NCAA Rank (Average) Average (Dates) Total Volunteer Assistant ....................................................................C.J. Sigler 2007 10 2,092 (10) 20,918 ......................................................................................First Season Director of Operations.........................................................Nick Semnani 2008 3 2,839 (9) 25,549 .....................................................................................First Season CAL POLY ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Phone .....................................................................(805) 756-7070 E-mail ........................................................nsemnani@calpoly.edu NO NAME POS YR HT WT HOMETOWN / LAST CLUB Men’s Soccer Office Location.....Crandall Gymnasium, College Avenue 0 Gabe Penner GK FR 6-3 195 Nipomo, CA / Santa Barbara Soccer Club 2 Jackson Brady D JR 5-9 155 Christchurch, New Zealand / Salt Lake City CC PROGRAM HISTORY 2018 Record (Big West) / Conference Finish........................................... 3 Freeman Dwamena D JR 6-0 173 Philadelphia, PA / Philadelphia Union Academy ........................................................................5-9-2 (1-5-1) / Eighth 4 Reagan Rice F SO 5-8 143 Las Vegas, NV / Sporting Kansas City Academy 2018 Big West Conference Tournament ............................................DNQ 2018 NCAA Tournament.........................................................Not Selected 5 Josh Graham D JR 6-2 180 Manchester, England / St. Louis Community College First Season of Division I Competition.............................................1994 6 Andrew Forth D JR 6-3 180 Lake Mary, FL / Orlando City SC Academy Overall Division I Record / Seasons ...............................188-223-56 / 26 7 JoeMack Leonardo F SR 6-1 175 Malibu, CA / Richmond, American Int’l Univ. (London) Big West All-Time Record / Seasons..................................63-87-29 / 18 All-Time Division I Conference Record / Seasons .........79-103-33 / 23 8 Eddie Melgoza D SR 5-9 160 Woodland, CA / Sac Republic