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@UCIwsoc /UCIWSOC 2019 WOMEN’S SOCCER GAME NOTES @UCIwsoc MEDIA RELATIONS: Alex Croteau // PHONE: (949) 824-5814 // EMAIL: [email protected] // www.ucirvinesports.com 2019 Schedule UC IRVINE ANTEATERS (1-9-0) at UC RIVERSIDE HIGHLANDERS (2-7-1) MATCH INFORMATION 2018 Record 11-4-3 (2-4-2, Big West) Date Thursday, October 3 Overall record: 1-9-0 // Big West Record: 0-0-0 Head Coach Nat Gonzalez Time 7:00 PM Home: 1-4-0 // Away: 0-3-0 // Neutral: 0-2 Record at UC Riverside 61-70-17, 8th year Location Irvine, Calif. Home games in bold played at Anteater Stadium All-Time Series UC Irvine leads series, 13-4-2 Stadium Anteater Stadium (2,500) AUGUST Last meeting Oct. 11, 2018 at Riverside - UCI 1-1 UCR Video ESPN3 16 Fri. ! Cal Baptist (Exhibition) L, 1-3 Live Stats ucirvinesports.com 18 Sun. ! #4 UCLA (Exhibition) L, 1-2 2018 Record 8-7-4 (4-1-3), Big West) Twitter @UCIwsoc 23 Fri. at #9 Virginia L, 0-7 Head Coach Scott Juniper Home vs. UC Riverside 7-1-1 25 Sun. Iowa State L, 0-1 Record at UCI 130-96-29, 13th year Away/Neutral vs. UC Riverside 6-3-1 30 Fri. #9 Vanderbilt L, 0-1 Assistant Coach P.J. Woolridge (6th year) Coach Juniper vs. the Highlanders 10-2-1 Assistant Coach Danielle de Seriere (6th year) ESPN3 Regular Season record 4-1-0 SEPTEMBER 1 Sun. Northern Colorado W, 2-0 6 Fri. # vs. Arizona State L, 1-3 UC IRVINE ANTEATERS (1-9-0) vs. UC DAVIS AGGIES (5-5-0) MATCH INFORMATION 8 Sun. at Arizona L, 0-4 2018 Record 7-8-4 (4-2-2, Big West) Date Sunday, October 6 13 Fri. Cal < L, 0-1 Head Coach Tracy Hamm Time 1:00 PM 15 Sun. ^ vs. Texas Tech < L, 2-4 Record at UC Davis 5-5-0, 1st year Location Irvine, Calif. 22 Sun. UCF < L(OT), 0-1 All-Time Series UC Davis leads series, 10-9-4 Stadium Anteater Stadium (2,500) 28 Sat. at #5 BYU L, 2-4 Last meeting Oct. 14, 2018 at Davis - UCI 0-0 UCD Live Stats ucirvinesports.com Twitter @UCIwsoc OCTOBER 2018 Record 8-7-4 (4-1-3), Big West) Head Coach Scott Juniper Home vs. UC Davis 4-5-1 3 Thurs. * UC Riverside (ESPN3) 7:00 PM Record at UCI 130-96-29, 13th year Away vs. UC Davis 5-5-3 6 Sun. * UC Davis 1:00 PM Assistant Coach P.J. Woolridge (6th year) Coach Juniper vs. the Aggies 6-3-3 10 Thurs. * at Hawai’i 10:00 PM Assistant Coach Danielle de Seriere (6th year) Senior Day record under Juniper 8-2-2 18 Fri. * Cal State Fullerton < 7:00 PM 24 Thurs. * at CSUN 7:00 PM 27 Sun. * Long Beach State 6:00 PM ANTEATERS READY FOR BIG WEST PLAY WITH UCR, UCD, ESPN3 NOVEMBER FIRST TOUCHES 1 Fri. * at Cal Poly 7:00 PM UC Irvine’s grueling non-conference schedule finished with a promising 4-2 loss at No. 5 BYU Saturday as the ‘Eaters tripled the amount 3 Sun. * at UC Santa Barbara 2:00 PM of goals BYU had allowed on the season. The eight-match Big West season begins now with UCI starting at home for the first two 7 Thurs. + Big West Semifinal 5 / 7:30 PM hosting a pair of schools they drew with in 2019 beginning with UC Riverside Thursday night with ESPN3 in the building 10 Sun. + Big West Final 1:00 PM STORYLINES Aleah Kelley was named a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award last week, the third in program history and only from the Big West Nov. 15 - Dec. 8 $ NCAA Tournament in 2019. Finalists will be named in the coming weeks to see who best exemplifies character, community, classroom, and competition ! - Exhibition match at Anteater Stadium (Irvine, Calif.) ESPN3 makes their annual trip to Anteater Stadium for Thursday night’s matchup with UC Riverside. It’s the sixth straight year they # - Neutral site match at Tucson, Ariz. set up shop in Anteater Stadium for the regular season with UCI a healthy 4-1-0 in the previous matchups. The ‘Eaters will also wear ^ - Neutral site match at Pullman, Wash. their pink jerseys Thursday night as part of the Breast Cancer Awareness match * - Big West Conference game + - Big West Tournament (site TBD) The Anteaters were turned away from an upset at No. 5 BYU over the weekend in a 4-2 defeat, but the two goals were more than the < - Receiving votes in national poll undefeated Cougars had allowed all season up to that point. The offense came from Kyndal McKinney who gave UCI the lead in the second minute with her first career goal heading home a corner kick. Jessica Miclat added her sixth of her career strike, and had a chance for a second missing a late penalty kick 88th UCI has taken on three top-10 opponents adding No. 5 BYU to the pair of No. 9s in Virginia and Vanderbilt, the third season all-time Carley Brown made the Starting XI in each facing three ranked foes. UCI opened with a 7-0 loss in their first trip to Virginia, the first time a coach Juniper squad had allowed more match in Tucson making her the 88th Anteater than four goals in a match. Elsewhere, the ‘Eaters have lost four one-goal matches, three against schools receiving votes. The Anteater schedule has been littered with challenges with six of their 10 opponents receiving votes in the national polls. Texas Tech and Cal in program history with 50 career matches have joined the top 25 since the match with UCI, and two conference opponents are also currently receiving votes. UCI also had a ranked opponent on its exhibition slate falling, 2-1, to UCLA who was ranked No. 4 in the preseason. UCI’s non-conference opponents 4-1-0 together form a record of 68-26-10, and the non-conference schedule is the fourth-strongest in the NCAA With a win or draw… UC Irvine welcomes the ESPN3 crew to Anteater Stadium for a 6th straight season. The ‘Eaters ...UCI would extend its stretch of six straight home Big West matches unbeaten since 2017 where UCI is 6-0-0 in that span ...UCI could even the series with UCD who holds the 10-9-4 advantage. UCI can extend a 13-4-2 series lead on UCR Thursday have a record of 4-1-0 in the previous ESPN3 visits dating back to 2014 UC RIVERSIDE HIGHLANDERS UC Riverside is a far cry from the staunch defense that took over in 2018. At 2-7-1 in 2019, UCR has fallen to tough competition like Cal, Pepperdine, and Santa Clara on the road while snagging a draw with Denver. The Highlanders settle near the bottom of the Big West on .702 offense with just five goals and seven shots per match. The defense has held its own with senior Annie Bailey (0-5-1, 24 SV) and freshman Caela Kaio (2-2-0, 21 SV) battling in the net. Alexis Vera (2 G, 1 A) and Amanda Roy (2 A, 3 YC) have started every match. UC Irvine’s rigorous non-conference ledger was UC DAVIS AGGIES the 4th-toughest in the nation this year with the UC Davis returns to Anteater Stadium for the first time since 2017 when the Aggies dished out UCI’s last Big West home loss, 1-0, on a group of opponents putting together a .702 PK rebound in the featured ESPN3 match. Davis is under new control with first-year coach Tracy Hamm at the helm. She has the team winning percentage (68-26-10) to this point at 5-5-0 with results against teams like Pacific and Nevada along with a one-goal defeat at a formidable Tennessee side. UCD is the featuring eight programs with winning records conference’s leader in shots and have scored 14 goals in 10 matches led by three-goal seasons from second-years Casey Palmer and Leslie Fregoso. Jessica Lima and Nicki Rucki have split time in net stopping 45 shots with a 1.10 GAA, third in the Big West of the 10 schools, five ranked schools, two oth- ers receiving votes nationally The ‘Eaters will also celebrate Senior Day on Sunday with eight seniors to be recognized following the match Quick Facts UCI played two exhibition matches at home. The Anteater starters played a half vs. Cal Baptist leading 1-0 before GENERAL reserves from both sides entered and CBU took over scoring three goals. UCI braced for No. 4 UCLA in the second match with starters on both sides playing full 90s. UCLA began with a 30th minute goal, but UCI equalized in the 48th minute School ....................... UC Irvine (University of California, Irvine) before the Bruins found the winner in the 87th minute to complete a 2-1 victory Location .................................................................. Irvine, Calif. Nickname ..................................................... Anteaters (‘Eaters) The preseason polls for the Big West came out with UC Irvine projected to finish third much like 2018 when UCI Colors ................................................................... Blue and Gold finished third and reached the conference tournament for a second straight season. UCI had three players on the Founded (Opened) .................................................. 1962 (1965) Preseason All-Big West squad in Aleah Kelley, Jessica Miclat, and Maddie Newsom, eclipsing the two total preseason Enrollment ...................................................................... 35,895 honorees from the last four years combined Chancellor .............................................