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October 24, 2018 CONTACT: NICK BOCANEGRA PHONE: 818.677.7188 // FAX: 818.677.4950 E-MAIL: [email protected] WEB: GoMatadors.com 2016 BIG WEST CHAMPIONS // 2012 BIG WEST TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS // 2012 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE SCHEDULE 2018 & RESULTS CSUN VISITS UCSB, LONG BEACH OVERALL: 6-7-1 BIG WEST: 2-4-0 AUG. 16 @ ILLINOIS STATE T, 2-2 (2OT) STATE TO WRAP UP REGULAR SEASON Game Details Series History with UC Santa Barbara Thursday, October 25 • 7 p.m. UCSB Leads 15-9-1 AUG. 19 VS. NORTHERN ARIZONA L, 0-2 AT Harder Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA Home: 5-7-1 • Away: 4-7 • Neut: 0-1 Live Video: Big West.TV Last Meeting: at CSUN 1, UCSB 1 (10/5/17) AUG. 26 @ PORTLAND STATE W, 2-1 (OT) In-Game Twitter: @CSUNWSoccer Streak: CSUN +3 (Unbeaten last 4) Game Details Series History with Long Beach St AUG. 30 VS. UNLV L, 1-3 Sunday, October 28 • 2 p.m. LBSU Leads 13-8-3 AT George Allen Field • Long Beach, CA Home: 6-4-1 • Away: 2-9-2 Live Video: Big West.TV Last Meeting: at CSUN 2, LBSU 2 (10/26/17) SEPT. 2 VS. ARMY 2 CANCELLED In-Game Twitter: @CSUNWSoccer Streak: LBSU +4 (Winless Last 6) SEPT. 7 @ PACIFIC W, 1-0 (2OT) MATADORS LOOK TO STAY ALIVE IN TOURNAMENT RACE With Big West Tournament spots still up for grabs, CSUN Women’s Soccer (6-7-1, 2-4-0 BWC) hits the road for its final two matches of the regular season. The Matadors visit UC Santa Barbara on Thursday evening at 7 p.m. before SEPT. 9 @ SACRAMENTO STATE W, 2-1 (OT) heading to Long Beach State on Sunday at 2 p.m. Both games will be streamed live on Big West.TV. SEPT. 13 VS. #24 TEXAS TECH L, 0-2 CSUN enters the final week of the conference season needing two wins to stay alive for the Big West Tournament. The top four teams in the conference will advance to the tournament set to take place at UC Irvine starting Nov. 1. SEPT. 16 @ CSU BAKERSFIELD W, 2-0 In the standings, the Matadors are in eighth place with six points but they are just four points away from the fourth spot. UC Irvine sits in first place with 14 points followed by Long Beach State (13 points), UC Santa Barbara (12 points), UC Davis (10 points), Hawai’i (nine points), UC Riverside (eight points) and Cal Poly (seven points). Cal State SEPT. 28 @ CAL POLY 1 L, 0-1 Fullerton (one point) has been eliminated from tournament contention. The Matadors cannot catch UC Irvine or Long Beach State but can still finish anywhere from third to ninth in the league. CSUN owns the tiebreaker with UC 1 Riverside but does not own tiebreakers with UC Davis, Hawai’i or Cal Poly. UC Irvine and Cal Poly are the only teams SEPT. 30 VS. HAWAI’I L, 1-2 (OT) in the league that will play one match this week. OCT. 7 VS. CAL STATE FULLERTON 1 W, 2-1 The Matadors dropped a pair of matches last week to slip to 2-4 in conference play. UC Irvine posted a 3-0 home win over CSUN on Thursday while UC Davis collected a 1-0 victory in overtime on Senior Day last Sunday. CSUN and UC Davis played to a scoreless 90 minutes of action before the Aggies prevailed with a goal in the 91st minute. OCT. 14 VS. UC RIVERSIDE 1 W, 1-0 Senior Marissa Favela has an opportunity to move up on the all-time CSUN scoring list this week. Currently tied for eighth all time in school history with 12 career goals, Favela can move up to seventh place with one more goal and OCT. 18 @ UC IRVINE 1 L, 0-3 up to sixth place with three more goals. With 76 career appearances, senior defender Lindsay Kutscher will enter the Matadors’ all-time career Top 10 matches played list with her next appearance. Kutscher would move up seventh place on the list with two more appearances. OCT. 21 VS. UC DAVIS 1 L, 0-1 (OT) CSUN PROBABLE STARTERS No. Name Pos. Year GS MIN GAA SV W-L-T SHO 1 OCT. 25 @ UC SANTA BARBARA 7 P.M. 1 Amanda Delgado GK Fr. 10 926:58 1.07 40 5-5-0 3 No. Name Pos. Year GS GOALS AST PTS SH SOG OCT. 28 @ LONG BEACH STATE 1 2 P.M. 4 Alexis White F Fr. 2 0 1 1 4 2 5 Bret Guarino MF R-Jr. 10 0 0 0 9 3 6 Christina Nixon MF/D Sr. 14 0 1 1 18 6 NOV. 1,4 BIG WEST TOURNAMENT TBA 7 Kirsten Von Meter MF R-Sr. 12 0 0 0 6 3 8 Amy Aquino F So. 7 2 0 4 19 5 All dates, times, and opponents are subject to change without notice. All times are Pacific 10 Marissa Favela MF Sr. 14 5 0 10 32 15 HOME GAMES IN BOLD AT MATADOR SOCCER FIELD 1 - Big West Conference Game 17 Amanda Martin D R-Jr. 14 0 0 0 6 2 2 - Game played at Northern Arizona University 19 Gabriela Robles D Fr. 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 - Big West Tournament at Irvine, CA 20 Jennifer Anderson MF Jr. 4 0 0 0 3 1 22 Lindsay Kutscher D R-Sr. 14 1 0 2 13 3 @CSUNWSoccer @CSUNWomensSoccer @GoMatadors @GoMatadors CSUN WOMEN’S SOCCER // OCTOBER 24, 2018 FOR YOUR INFORMATION Favela also enters this week tied for sixth in the Big West with five goals. Sophomore Bethany Fitzsimmons is second on the team with three goals followed by fellow sophomore Amy Aquino with two tallies. In net, freshman Amanda Delgado has posted a 1.07 goals against average with 40 saves and three shutouts in 10 starts. General Information Name ............................... CSUN UCSB leads the all-time series with the Matadors 15-9-1. The two teams battled to a 1-1 tie last season at Matador Abbreviation ......................... CSUN Soccer Field with Aquino scoring the Matadors’ lone goal. CSUN has recent success against the Gauchos, winning Mailing Address ....... 18111 Nordhoff Street five of the last seven meetings including three straight in Santa Barbara. Two seasons ago, CSUN earned a 1-0 . Northridge, CA 91330-8301 win at UCSB behind a golden goal from Cynthia Sanchez. The last seven decisions between the two teams have Founded .............................. 1958 all been decided by one goal. Enrollment ......................... 41,548 President ..............Dr. Dianne F. Harrison The Matadors trail the all-time series with Long Beach State 13-8-3. After dropping four straight in the series, the Matadors played to a pair of draws last season including a 1-1 tie at Long Beach. The trio of Kirsten Von Meter, Athletic Director ............... Michael Izzi Marissa Favela and Kutscher all hit the net against the 49ers last season. Over the last eight meetings between Associate A.D./SWA ............ Lizzie Gomez the two teams, four matches have gone to overtime while six games have been decided by one goal. CSUN is Faculty Athletic Rep .........Dr. Ed Jackiewicz seeking its first win at George Allen Field since 2012, and its first victory overall in the series since 2013. Nickname ........................ Matadors Colors ................. Red, White and Black WE ARE CSUN Conference ....................... Big West We are now “CSUN” (See-Sun) and request that CSUN be used to refer to the school and its Division I athletic pro- Home Field (Capacity) .... Matador Soccer Field (1,900) grams. Please do not refer to the school as “Cal State Northridge,” “CS Northridge,” “CSU Northridge,” “CS North” or “Northridge.” Both the men’s and women’s programs are the “Matadors” and there is no need to add “Lady” Coaching Information before any women’s athletic program. Head Coach ........ Keith West, (13th Season) FOLLOW YOUR MATADORS ONLINE Alma Mater ..................... CSUN, 2003 All games this season will include live stats coverage while select home games will stream live on the CSUN Sports Overall NCAA Record ....... 113-109-31 (.508) Network via GoMatadors.com. For road games, related links to the game, including for any live stats, audio and Record at CSUN ...................... Same video, will be posted before the game on the women’s soccer schedule page of GoMatadors.com. Fans are also Big West Record. 50-39-13 (.554) encouraged to check the CSUN Athletics’ official Twitter (@GoMatadors) and the women’s soccer’s team’s feed (@ Office Phone ................ (818) 677-6252 CSUNWSoccer) for updates of games in progress and news and notes throughout the week. Assistant Coach .. Jenny Ruiz-Williams (1st Season) Assistant Coach ..... Tony Castro (1st Season) KUTSCHER ANCHORS THE DEFENSE Volunteer Asst. Coach .. Ivan Alzate (8th Season) Redshirt senior Lindsay Kutscher has appeared in all 1316 minutes on defense this season • Hit her first goal of the season with two seconds left in regulation vs. Hawai’i (9/30/18) Sports Information • Selected to the 2018 Preseason All-Big West Conference Team • Earned first career All-Big West First Team and All-West Region Second Team honors in 2017 Assoc. AD, Sport Communications .... Matt Monroe • Received three career All-Big West honors including an All-Freshman Team selection in 2015 Women’s Soccer SID ........ Nick Bocanegra • Scored two goals and added an assist on the offensive end last season SID’s Office Phone ........... (818) 677-7188 • Netted a team-high four goals including three game-winning goals, and finished with nine points in 2016 SID’s Cell Phone ............