Big West Men’s Soccer Week 11: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 Men’s Soccer Contact: Mike Villamor, Assistant Commissioner/External Affairs - [email protected] www.bigwest.org Mailing Address: 2 Corporate Park, Suite 206, Irvine, CA 92606 @BigWest_MSoccer Phone: (949) 261-2525 • Fax: (949) 261-2528 Cal Poly • Cal State Fullerton • Cal State Northridge • Sacramento State• UC Davis • UC Irvine • UC Riverside • UC Santa Barbara 2013 Standings Offensive Player Of The Week Conference Overall Mats Bjurman • UC Irvine North Division W L T Pts. Pct. W L T Pct. Hm Rd Neut. So. • 5-11 • Midfielder ^UC Santa Barbara 6 0 2 20 .875 11 4 2 .706 6-3-1 5-1-1 0-0-0 Irvine, Calif./Irvine HS Cal Poly 3 3 2 11 .500 10 6 2 .611 7-3-2 3-3-0 0-0-0 UC Irvine sophomore Mats Bjurman turned in the best UC Davis 2 4 2 8 .375 6 8 3 .441 3-4-0 3-4-3 0-0-0 offensive performance of his career into Big West Men’s Sacramento State 1 7 0 3 .125 3 10 3 .281 0-4-2 3-6-1 0-0-0 Soccer Player of the Week honors. ^ Division champion The midfielder registered the first three-point match of his career with a goal and an assist as the Anteaters South Division W L T Pts. Pct. W L T Pct. Hm Rd Neut. knocked off Cal State Fullerton, 2-1. He got UCI on UC Irvine 5 2 1 16 .688 10 4 3 .677 5-2-1 5-2-2 0-0-0 the board early in the second half as he took a tough, Cal State Northridge 4 3 1 13 .563 12 4 1 .735 7-4-0 4-0-1 1-0-0 overhead pass and flicked it by a charging Titan keeper. UC Riverside 3 4 1 10 .438 8 6 3 .559 4-2-1 2-4-2 2-0-0 Cal State Fullerton 3 4 1 10 .438 6 9 1 .406 3-2-1 2-6-0 1-1-0 Bjurman notched the game-winning assist later as he fed Christopher Santana with a free kick, leading to a goal at the 72:34 mark. It was Bjurman’s fourth assist of the Schedule season - all coming during conference play.

This Week’s Schedule Last Week’s Results The win moved UCI into sole possession of first place Wednesday, November 6 Saturday, November 2 in the South Division with 16 points. UC Santa Barbara at Sacramento State* 2 pm at UC Irvine 2, Cal State Fullerton 1* Cal Poly at UC Davis* 3 pm at Cal Poly 4, Sacramento State 2* Others nominated: Mackenzie Pridham (Cal Poly); Cal State Northridge at Cal State Fullerton* 7 pm at UC Santa Barbara 1, UC Davis 1 (2OT)* Edwin Luna (Sacramento State); Juan Mendoza (UC UC Irvine at UC Riverside* 7 pm UC Riverside 1, at Cal State Northridge 0* Riverside)

Saturday, November 9 * match Defensive Player Of The Week UC Davis at Sacramento State* 2 pm Big West teams in bold Cal State Fullerton at UC Riverside* 7 pm Ashkan Khosravi • UC Riverside So. • 6-1 • Goalkeeper Cal State Northridge at UC Irvine* 7 pm Dallas, Tex./Plano West HS Cal Poly at UC Santa Barbara* (FS West) 8:10 pm In a must-win situation, UC Riverside goalkeeper * Big West Conference match Ashkan Khosravi came through in the clutch as the Big West teams in bold Big West Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week. All times Pacific The sophomore made three saves to lead the High- landers to a 1-0 road win against nationally-ranked Cal State Northridge. It was Khosravi’s third shutout PLAYERS OF THE WEEK in six matches. Date Player Team Year 9/2 Goffin Boyoko (O) UC Santa Barbara Sr. The win also scooted the Highlanders into a tie for third Hayden Leslie (D) UC Riverside Sr. place in the South Division with Cal State Fullerton, and 9/9 Brian Behrad (O) Cal State Northridge Sr. gives them a tiebreaker advantage over CSUN. Wade Hamilton (D) Cal Poly So. 9/16 Sagi Lev-Ari (O) Cal State Northridge Jr. The shutout was also UCR’s program record seventh Cesar Castillo (D) Sacramento State Sr. of the season. 9/23 Enrique Cardenas (O) UC Irvine Sr. KC John (D) UC Riverside Jr. Others nominated: Tarek Morad (UC Irvine) 9/30 Mackenzie Pridham (O) Cal Poly Sr. Omar Zeenni (D) UC Davis Sr. 10/7 Edwin Rivas (O) Cal State Northridge Jr. Josh McNeely (D) UC Santa Barbara Fr. 10/14 Sagi Lev-Ari (O) Cal State Northridge Jr. Peter Schmetz (D) UC Santa Barbara Sr. 10/21 Drew Murphy (O) UC Santa Barbara Fr. Ashkan Khosravi (D) UC Riverside So. 10/28 Mitchell Alvarez (O) UC Irvine Jr. Marco Franco (D) UC Irvine Sr. 11/4 Mats Bjurman (O) UC Irvine So. Ashkan Khosravi (D) UC Riverside So. 11/11 BIG WEST MEN’S SOCCER NSCAA/Continental Tire Poll Big West Conference vs. Nonconference Opponents (39-21-8, .590) as of November 5, 2013 America East ...... 2-0 Southern ...... 0-0 Ranking Pts. Record Albany West Coast ...... 6-9-4 1. Notre Dame (18) 571 9-1-5 vs. Cal State Fullerton ...... W, 2-1 Gonzaga at Cal State Northridge ...... W, 3-0 2. UCLA (5) 556 10-3-4 at Cal Poly ...... L, 0-1 (OT) American Athletic ...... 2-1 at UC Santa Barbara ...... L, 0-2 3. Washington 522 11-1-4 Louisville Loyola Marymount 4. 506 11-2-2 UC Irvine ...... W, 1-0 at Cal State Fullerton ...... L, 0-2 5. Maryland 471 9-3-5 Memphis Sacramento State ...... L, 0-4 6. UMBC 455 13-1-2 vs. Cal State Fullerton ...... L, 0-1 UC Davis ...... T, 1-1 (2OT) at Cal State Northridge ...... W, 4-1 at UC Santa Barbara ...... W, 1-0 7. Louisville 416 11-3-3 Atlantic Coast ...... 0-0 Portland 8. Georgetown 412 12-4-1 Atlantic Sun ...... 0-0 UC Davis ...... L, 0-1 Saint Mary’s 9. Akron 368 12-3-1 Atlantic 10 ...... 0-0 10. Marquette 328 11-3-2 at Cal State Northridge ...... W, 2-1 (OT) Big East ...... 0-2 Sacramento State ...... T, 0-0 (2OT) 11. Penn State 318 11-4-1 Creighton UC Davis ...... W, 1-0 12. UC Santa Barbara 307 11-4-2 Cal Poly ...... L, 0-3 13. Wake Forest 289 8-4-5 Xavier Cal State Fullerton ...... L, 2-3 (2OT) 14. Connecticut 261 9-2-5 UC Irvine ...... L, 0-2 at Cal State Northridge ...... W, 2-1 Sacramento State ...... L, 1-2 15. Virginia 214 8-4-4 Big South ...... 0-0 Big Ten ...... 1-0-1 UC Davis ...... L, 0-1 16. Wisconsin 181 12-3-2 UC Riverside ...... T, 0-0 (2OT) Indiana San Francisco 17. UAB 174 11-4-1 UC Irvine ...... T, 1-1 (2OT) at Cal Poly ...... W, 2-0 18. Michigan State 167 9-3-3 Northwestern at Sacramento State ...... T, 1-1 (2OT) UC Santa Barbara ...... W, 3-1 19. North Carolina 164 7-3-5 at UC Davis ...... W, 1-0 20. Cal State Northridge 117 12-4-1 Colonial ...... 0-0 Santa Clara 21. Coastal Carolina 96 12-4-0 Conference USA ...... 2-1 at UC Irvine ...... L, 1-2 22. Xavier 84 10-5-2 New Mexico Western Athletic ...... 9-2-2 Cal State Northridge ...... W, 3-2 23. New Mexico 77 10-4-2 Air Force UC Davis ...... W, 2-1 Cal Poly ...... W, 5-1 24. UC Irvine 57 10-4-3 at UC Santa Barbara ...... L, 0-1 Cal State Bakersfield 25. Creighton 55 9-6-2 Horizon ...... 1-0 at Sacramento State ...... L, 0-3 Illinois-Chicago at UC Davis ...... L, 0-2 Others receiving votes: Elon 54, Clemson 53, Virginia UC Santa Barbara ...... W, 1-0 UC Irvine ...... W, 3-0 UC Riverside ...... T, 1-1 (2OT) Commonwealth 46, William & Mary 35, Furman 18, Syra- Ivy League ...... 4-1 Cornell Grand Canyon cuse 18, Saint Louis 16, Missouri State 12, Loyola Mary- Cal State Fullerton ...... L, 1-2 (OT) at Cal State Fullerton ...... W, 3-2 mount 11, Delaware 10, Old Dominion 9, Charlotte 6, Mon- Penn San Jose State mouth 6, UIC 3, Northwestern 2, Navy 1 at Cal Poly ...... W, 3-2 at Cal Poly ...... W, 6-1 at UC Santa Barbara ...... W, 2-1 (2OT) Sacramento State ...... W, 1-0 (2OT) Yale Seattle at Cal Poly ...... W, 3-2 (OT) at Sacramento State ...... T, 1-1 (2OT) Preseason Coaches Poll at UC Santa Barbara ...... W, 3-1 at UC Davis ...... W, 1-0 Metro Atlantic ...... 3-0-1 UNLV at Cal State Northridge ...... W, 2-1 Iona Sacramento State ...... W, 1-0 (OT) NORTH DIVISION at UC Irvine ...... T, 2-2 (2OT) at UC Riverside ...... W, 2-1 1. UC Santa Barbara (5) ...... 25 at UC Riverside ...... W, 1-0 2. UC Davis (3) ...... 23 Marist Independents ...... 1-0 Georgia State 3. Cal Poly ...... 21 at UC Irvine ...... W, 1-0 at UC Riverside ...... W, 2-0 vs. UC Riverside ...... W, 2-0 4. Sacramento State ...... 11 Mid-American ...... 0-0 Non-Division I ...... 0-1 Missouri Valley ...... 4-0 Incarnate Word at UC Riverside ...... L, 0-2 SOUTH DIVISION Bradley 1. Cal State Northridge (6) ...... 30 Cal State Northridge ...... W, 1-0 Reclassifying ...... 0-0 2. UC Irvine (1) ...... 21 vs. UC Riverside ...... W, 3-2 Top 25 ...... 6-5-1 3. Cal State Fullerton (1) ...... 16 Central Arkansas vs. Cal State Northridge ...... W, 4-1 4. UC Riverside ...... 13 Drake Cal Poly ...... W, 4-2 ( ) Denotes first place votes Northeast ...... 0-0 Pac-12 ...... 3-5 Oregon State Big West Coaching Records UC Davis ...... L, 0-2 San Diego State (Records consist of their tenure in the Big West only - UC Irvine ...... W, 1-0 Stanford sorted by conference wins) at UC Santa Barbara ...... L, 1-2 (OT) UCLA Conf. Overall Cal Poly ...... W, 3-0 Coach, School (Yrs.) W-L-T W-L-T at Cal State Northridge ...... L, 2-4 at UC Irvine ...... W, 3-1 , UCSB (13) 90-26-14 186-65-31 UC Riverside ...... L, 0-3 Terry Davila, CSUN (13) 66-42-22 134-86-36 UC Santa Barbara ...... L, 0-1 George Kuntz, UCI (13) 60-48-22 136-91-38 Patriot ...... 0-1 Paul Holocher, CP (8) 37-27-16 72-57-25 Colgate Dwyane Shaffer, UCD (7) 32-27-11 60-57-19 Cal State Fullerton ...... L, 1-3 Bob Ammann, CSF (8) 23-47-10 55-84-16 Summit ...... 1-1 Denver Mike Linenberger, SAC (2) 6-11-1 11-18-5 Cal Poly ...... L, 1-2 Tim Cupello, UCR (1) 3-4-1 8-6-3 Nebraska-Omaha Cal State Fullerton ...... W, 3-0 BIG WEST MEN’S SOCCER Cal Poly | 10-6-2 (3-3-2) Cal State Fullerton | 6-9-1 (3-4-1) Cal State Northridge | 12-4-1 (4-3-1)

Tournament Bound: Cal Backpedaling: After enjoying Stuck In Molasses: One of Poly locked up a berth in the a stretch with five wins in a the nation’s top goal scoring Big West Tournament with six-game span, the Titans teams suddenly seems like Saturday’s 4-2 win against have gone winless in their last it’s forgotten how to find the Sacramento State. The Mus- four outings. Cal State Ful- back of the net. For the third www.gopoly.com www.fullertontitans.com www.gomatadors.com tangs can assure themselves lerton’s losing streak reached time in the last four matches, @CPMensSoccer @CSUFMensSoccer a hosting opportunity in a three in a row after falling at @CSUNMensSoccer Cal State Northridge was first-round match on Nov. 12 with a victory over UC Davis UC Irvine on Saturday, with each setback coming by an held without a goal, and the Matadors were shutout for the on Wednesday. identical 2-1 score. second straight time in Saturday’s 1-0 loss to UC Riverside.

Pridham Ties Career Goals Mark: Senior Mackenzie Vasquez Joins Scoring Fray: Junior Mark Vasquez scored Road Kinder?: Normally a juggernaut on its home turf, the Pridham scored the 26th goal of his career in Saturday’s a late goal in the UC Irvine match for his first of the year. Matadors have lost four of their last six matches played at win, matching the Cal Poly career record set by Clay Harty He became the 13th different Titan to record a goal this Matador Soccer Field. In contrast, CSUN has not lost a (1995-96) and matched by David Zamora (2007-10). In season. The Titans are the only team in the Big West with road or neutral-site match this season, posting a 5-0-1 mark. registering his career-high 13th goal of the season, Pridham that many goal scorers, although no player owns more also maintained his grip on the Big West lead. than three goals. Much On The Line: CSUN’s two-game losing streak al- lowed UC Irvine to take over the South Division lead at Game-Winning Greatness: Pridham’s goal also accounted What’s In Store: The Titans are tied with UC Riverside for 16 points with two regular season games left to play. The for his fifth game-winner of the year and 12th of his career, third place in the Big West South Division with 10 points. Matadors sit in second place with 13 points. CSUN is still which gives him sole possession of third place in Big West The top three teams in the division advance to the Big West in contention to capture the division with games this week annals. Tournament. CSF hosts Cal State Northridge and visits at Cal State Fullerton and UCI. UCR in two key contests this week. A number of possible All-Time Best: The Mustangs now have a program single- scenarios exist that affect CSF’s postseason hopes, so stay Defense Strong: The CSUN defense remains solid, having season record 41 goals, eclipsing the 40 by the 1995 team. tuned for this week’s action. yielded just six goals over the last nine contests.

Day Date Opponent Time/Results Day Date Opponent Time Day Date Opponent Time Fri. 8/30 at Drake W, 4-2 Ryan Rossi Memorial Tournament • Northridge, Calif. Ryan Rossi Memorial Tournament • Northridge, Calif. Sun. 9/1 at No. 6 Creighton L, 0-3 Fri. 8/30 vs. Memphis L, 0-1 Fri. 8/30 Albany (NY) W, 3-0 Thur. 9/5 at No. 6 UCLA W, 3-0 Sun. 9/1 vs. Albany (NY) W, 2-1 Sun. 9/1 Memphis W, 4-1 Sun. 9/8 Gonzaga L, 0-1 (OT) Fri. 9/6 Loyola Marymount L, 0-2 Fri. 9/6 San Diego W, 2-1 Fri. 9/13 Penn W, 3-2 Sun. 9/8 at San Diego L, 2-3 (2OT) Sun. 9/8 Saint Mary’s W, 2-1 (OT) Sun. 9/15 San Jose State W, 6-1 Fri. 9/13 at Cornell L,1-2 (OT) Lobo Invitational • Albuquerque, N.M. Fri. 9/20 San Francisco W, 2-0 Sun. 9/15 at Colgate L, 1-3 Fri. 9/13 vs. Central Arkansas W, 4-1 Sun. 9/22 Yale W, 3-2 (OT) Sat. 9/21 at Nebraska-Omaha W, 3-0 Sun. 9/15 at No. 7 New Mexico W, 3-2 Fri. 9/27 at Air Force W, 5-1 Sat. 9/28 Grand Canyon W, 3-2 Fri. 9/20 UNLV W, 2-1 Sun. 9/29 at Denver L, 1-2 Fri. 10/4 at UC Santa Barbara* L, 0-3 Sun. 9/22 No. 11 UCLA L, 2-4 Fri. 10/4 UC Riverside* W, 5-1 Sun. 10/6 at Cal Poly* W, 1-0 Sat. 9/28 at Bradley W, 1-0 Sun. 10/6 Cal State Fullerton* L, 0-1 Fri. 10/11 UC Davis* W, 1-0 Fri. 10/4 at Sacramento State* W, 3-0 Fri. 10/11 at UC Irvine* L, 0-2 Sun. 10/13 Sacramento State* W, 2-0 Sat. 10/6 at UC Davis* W, 2-0 Sun. 10/13 at No. 4 Cal State Northridge* L, 1-3 Fri. 10/19 UC Irvine* T, 2-2 (2OT) Fri. 10/11 UC Santa Barbara* L, 1-2 (OT) Sat. 10/19 at Sacramento State* W, 2-1 Wed. 10/23 at No. 5 Cal State Northridge* L, 1-2 (OT) Sun. 10/13 Cal Poly* W, 3-1 Tue. 10/22 UC Davis* T, 1-1 (2OT) Sat. 10/26 UC Riverside* L, 1-2 Sat. 10/19 at UC Riverside* T, 0-0 (2OT) Fri. 10/25 No. 21 UC Santa Barbara* T, 1-1 (2OT) Sat. 11/2 at No. 16 UC Irvine* L, 1-2 Wed. 10/23 Cal State Fullerton* W, 2-1 (OT) Sat. 11/2 Sacramento State* W, 4-2 Wed. 11/6 Cal State Northridge* 7 pm Sat. 10/26 UC Irvine* L, 0-1 Wed. 11/6 at UC Davis* 2 pm Sat. 11/9 at UC Riverside* 7 pm Sat. 11/2 UC Riverside* L, 0-1 Sat. 11/9 at UC Santa Barbara* (FS West) 8:10 pm Big West Conference Tournament Wed. 11/6 at Cal State Fullerton* 7 pm Big West Conference Tournament Tue. 11/12 First Round TBA Sat. 11/9 at UC Irvine* 7 pm Tue. 11/12 First Round TBA Fri. 11/15 Semifinals TBA Big West Conference Tournament Fri. 11/15 Semifinals TBA Sun. 11/17 Championship TBA Tue. 11/12 First Round TBA Sun. 11/17 Championship TBA Fri. 11/15 Semifinals TBA * Big West Conference match Sun. 11/17 Championship TBA * Big West Conference match All times Pacific All times Pacific Home matches in bold *Big West Conference match Home matches in bold All times Pacific Home matches in bold BIG WEST MEN’S SOCCER Sacramento State | 3-10-3 (1-7-0) UC Davis | 6-8-3 (2-4-2) UC Irvine | 10-4-3 (5-2-1) Still In Contention: The Hor- What’s Next: The Aggies Surging: UC Irvine’s late nets are clinging to Big West can reach the Big West Tour- season surge continued last Tournament hopes, but they nament for the fourth time week with a 2-1 victory at still have a chance. Sacra- in six years with a win in home against Cal State Fuller- www.hornetsports.com mento State needs to win www.ucdavisaggies.com their regular season home www.ucirvinesports.com ton. It was UCI’s third straight its final two games at home finale against Cal Poly on win, and the sixth overall this @SacStMSoccer @UCDavisAggies @UCImsoc against UC Santa Barbara and Wednesday. An Aggie loss season by a one goal margin. UC Davis, coupled with an Aggie loss or tie against Cal Poly. coupled with a Sacramento The Anteaters are 6-2 in one- Three North Division teams qualify for the tournament, and State win over UC Santa Barbara sets up a showdown on goal affairs, in sharp contrast to 2012 when they struggled the Hornets and Aggies are vying for the final spot. Saturday between the two Causeway Cup rivals for the to a 2-11 mark. final tourney spot. Luna Eclipse: Sophomore Edwin Luna became the first Another 10-Win Season: The Anteaters reached the 10- Hornet to record multiple points in a match this season Rough-Housing: The rivalry between Davis and Santa win plateau for the fifth time in the last six seasons, and when he notched one goal and one assist versus Cal Poly. Barbara was in full force on Saturday, as the two squads doubled their win total from all of last season in Saturday’s Luna took over the team’s scoring lead with eight points. combined for 54 fouls in a 1-1 draw. It was the first tie triumph against CSF. between the two teams since 2008. Streak Ends: The Hornets had gone 17 straight games Multiple Weapons: Big goals have come from various without scoring multiple goals, but halted that streak in Sat- Sheldon Strikes: The Aggies are 3-0-2 on the year when sources throughout the 2013 season. Senior Christopher urday’s 4-2 loss to Cal Poly. The previous multi-goal effort junior Matt Sheldon scores a goal. UC Davis got its only Santana became the sixth different Anteater to notch a also took place against Cal Poly, a 3-2 win on Oct. 27, 2012. goal from Sheldon’s foot in the UCSB match. It was the game-winning goal when he scored in the 73rd minute team-leading fifth of the year for Sheldon. versus the Titans. Castillo Moves Into Top Five: Senior keeper Cesar Castillo picked up seven saves against Cal Poly, giving him 91 Overtime Talk: Three of the Aggies’ last four contests have Title Seekers: UCI is closing in on the North Division title for the year and moving him into fourth all-time in Hornet gone into overtime after playing just one match of that variety with a three-point lead and two matches to go. The ‘Eaters single-season annals. through the first 13. UC Davis is 0-1-3 in OT matches. are bidding for their third title in the last four seasons.

Day Date Opponent Time Day Date Opponent Time Day Date Opponent Time Fri. 8/30 at San Jose State W, 1-0 (2OT) Nike Portland Invitational • Portland & Corvallis, Ore. Fri. 8/30 Marist W, 1-0 Copa de Causeway • Sacramento, Calif. Fri. 8/30 at Portland L, 0-1 Sun. 9/1 Iona T, 2-2 (2OT) Fri. 9/6 Cal State Bakersfield L, 0-3 Sun. 9/1 at Oregon State L, 0-2 Sat. 9/7 at San Diego State W, 1-0 Sun. 9/8 Seattle T, 1-1 (2OT) Copa de Causeway • Davis, Calif. Tue. 9/10 at Xavier L, 0-2 Thur. 9/12 San Francisco T, 1-1 (2OT) Fri. 9/6 Seattle W, 1-0 Fri. 9/13 at No. 16 Louisville W, 1-0 Sat. 9/14 at Saint Mary’s T, 0-0 (2OT) Sun. 9/8 Cal State Bakersfield L, 0-2 Sun. 9/15 at No. 20 Indiana T, 1-1 (2OT) Fri. 9/20 at Loyola Marymount L, 0-4 Thur. 9/12 at Saint Mary’s W, 1-0 Thur. 9/19 No. 11 UCLA W, 3-1 Sun. 9/22 at San Diego L, 1-2 Sun. 9/15 San Francisco W, 1-0 Sun. 9/22 Santa Clara L, 1-2 Sat. 9/28 at UNLV W, 1-0 (OT) Fri. 9/20 at San Diego L, 0-1 Fri. 9/27 at Cal State Bakersfield W, 3-0 Fri. 10/4 No. 6 Cal State Northridge* L, 0-3 Sun. 9/22 at Loyola Marymount T, 1-1 (2OT) Fri. 10/4 at UC Davis* L, 0-2 Sat. 10/6 No. 18 UC Irvine* L, 1-2 Fri. 9/27 at No. 20 New Mexico W, 2-1 Sun. 10/6 at Sacramento State* W, 2-1 Fri. 10/11 at UC Riverside* L, 0-1 Fri. 10/4 No. 18 UC Irvine* W, 2-0 Fri. 10/11 Cal Poly* W, 2-0 Sun. 10/13 at Cal State Fullerton* L, 0-2 Sun. 10/6 No. 6 Cal State Northridge* L, 0-2 Sun. 10/13 UC Santa Barbara* L, 1-2 (2OT) Sat. 10/19 Cal Poly* L, 1-2 Fri. 10/11 at Cal State Fullerton* L, 0-1 Sat. 10/19 at Cal State Fullerton* T, 2-2 (2OT) Tue. 10/22 at No. 21 UC Santa Barbara* L, 1-2 Sun. 10/13 at UC Riverside* W, 2-0 Wed. 10/23 UC Riverside* W, 2-0 Sat. 10/26 at UC Davis* W, 1-0 Sat. 10/19 No. 20 UC Santa Barbara* L, 2-3 (2OT) Sat. 10/26 at No. 5 Cal State Northridge* W, 1-0 Sat. 11/2 at Cal Poly* L, 2-4 Tue. 10/22 at Cal Poly* T, 1-1 (2OT) Sat. 11/2 Cal State Fullerton* W, 2-1 Wed. 11/6 UC Santa Barbara* 2 pm Sat. 10/26 Sacramento State* L, 0-1 Wed. 11/6 at UC Riverside* 7 pm Sat. 11/9 UC Davis* 2 pm Sat. 11/2 at No. 16 UC Santa Barbara* T, 1-1 (2OT) Sat. 11/9 Cal State Northridge* 7 pm Big West Conference Tournament Wed. 11/6 Cal Poly* 2 pm Big West Conference Tournament Tue. 11/12 First Round TBA Sat. 11/9 at Sacramento State* 2 pm Tue. 11/12 First Round TBA Fri. 11/15 Semifinals TBA Big West Conference Tournament Fri. 11/15 Semifinals TBA Sun. 11/17 Championship TBA Tue. 11/12 First Round TBA Sun. 11/17 Championship TBA Fri. 11/15 Semifinals TBA *Big West Conference match Sun. 11/17 Championship TBA *Big West Conference match All times Pacific All times Pacific Home matches in bold *Big West Conference match Home matches in bold All times Pacific Home matches in bold BIG WEST MEN’S SOCCER UC Riverside | 8-6-3 (3-4-1) UC Santa Barbara | 11-4-2 (6-0-2) Top Drawer Soccer Poll Finishing Strong: UC Riv- Extra Time: UC Santa Bar- as of November 4, 2013 erside has won two straight bara’s last two games have Ranking Record crucial matches by one goal. ended up in 1-1 double over- 1. UCLA 10-3-4 2. Notre Dame 9-1-5 The Highlanders downed No. time draws, the latest on 3. Georgetown 12-4-1 13 Cal State Northridge, 1-0, www.gohighlanders.com www.ucsbgauchos.com Saturday against UC Davis. 4. Washington 11-1-4 on Saturday to move into a tie The Gauchos have played 5. California 11-2-2 @UCR_Athletics @UCSBMensSoccer for third place in the South Di- seven overtime games this 6. UMBC 13-1-2 vision with Cal State Fullerton. season and have posted a 7. Maryland 9-3-5 UCR hosts UC Irvine and CSF this week with a chance to 4-1-2 record. 8. Akron 12-3-1 land a berth in next week’s conference tournament. 9. Wake Forest 8-4-5 10. Louisville 11-3-3 Down But Never Out: In the last five overtime games that 11. Penn State 11-4-1 Mendoza Makes First Goal Count: Junior Juan Mendoza’s the Gauchos have participated in, they have trailed in the 12. Connecticut 9-2-5 first collegiate goal was an extra memorable one. The for- second half in all of them, only to provide heroics and come 13. Coastal Carolina 12-4-0 ward scored at the 11:35 mark for the game-winner against up the game-tying goal. 14. Marquette 10-4-2 CSUN Saturday. Mendoza, who tied the single-season 15. UC Santa Barbara 11-4-2 school record with eight assists last year, broke through in Under The Lights: UC Santa Barbara, the national leader in 16. Virginia 8-4-4 the goals column in a must-win game for the Highlanders. average home attendance for six straight seasons, expects 17. Wisconsin 12-3-2 18. Michigan State 9-3-3 another huge crowd for this Saturday’s rivalry game against 19. North Carolina 7-3-5 Contrasts: UC Riverside is 7-0-3 this season when allowing Cal Poly. The game will be televised on Fox Sports West at 20. Michigan 8-5-3 one goal or less. In games in which the Highlanders allow 8:10 p.m. The highest attended game for both 2011 (13,822) 21. Charlotte 8-5-3 two or more goals, they are 1-6. and 2012 (13,467) was represented by the Cal Poly at UC 22. New Mexico 10-4-2 Santa Barbara match. 23. Temple 10-3-4 Everyone’s In On The Act: A different Highlander has 24. Navy 12-3-2 25. UC Irvine 10-4-3 accounted for the game-winning goal in each of the team’s Ranking Update: UC Santa Barbara has reached a season- eight victories this season. best in national ranking at No. 12 in the NSCAA poll. Others nominated: Furman (10-4-2), UAB (11-4-1), UNC Wilmington (8-5-2), Cal State Northridge (12-4-1), Mis- Day Date Opponent Time Day Date Opponent Time souri State (10-3-2) Fri. 8/30 Iona W, 1-0 Fri. 8/30 at No. 19 Northwestern W, 3-1 Poll Sun. 9/1 Marist W, 2-0 Sun. 9/1 at Illinois-Chicago W, 1-0 as of November 5, 2013 UNLV Nike Invitational • Las Vegas, Nev. Fri. 9/6 Gonzaga L, 0-2 Ranking Record Fri. 9/6 vs. Georgia State W, 2-0 Fri. 9/13 at No. 14 UCLA (Pac-12 Network) L, 0-1 1. Notre Dame 9-1-5 Sun. 9/8 vs. Bradley W, 3-2 Sun. 9/15 Penn W, 2-1 (2OT) 2. UCLA 10-3-4 Fri. 9/13 at San Diego T, 0-0 (2OT) Fri. 9/20 Yale W, 3-1 3. California 11-2-2 Thur. 9/19 at Cal State Bakersfield T, 1-1 (2OT) Mon. 9/23 No. 14 New Mexico L, 0-1 4. Washington 11-1-4 Sun. 9/22 UNLV W, 2-1 Fri. 9/27 Stanford (NSCAATV.com) L, 1-2 (OT) 5. Maryland 9-3-5 Thur. 9/26 at No. 12 UCLA L, 0-3 Sun. 9/29 Loyola Marymount W, 1-0 6. Connecticut 9-2-5 7. Akron 12-3-1 Sun. 9/29 Incarnate Word L, 0-2 Fri. 10/4 Cal State Fullerton* W, 3-0 8. Louisville 11-3-3 Fri. 10/4 at Cal Poly* L, 1-5 Sun. 10/6 UC Riverside* W, 2-0 9. North Carolina 7-3-5 Sun. 10/6 at UC Santa Barbara* L, 0-2 Fri. 10/11 at No. 4 Cal State Northridge* W, 2-1 (OT) 10. Georgetown 12-4-1 Fri. 10/11 Sacramento State* W, 1-0 Sun. 10/13 at UC Irvine* W, 2-1 (2OT) 11. Penn State 11-4-1 Sun. 10/13 UC Davis* L, 0-2 Sat. 10/19 at UC Davis* W, 3-2 (2OT) 12. Virginia 8-4-4 Sat. 10/19 No. 6 Cal State Northridge* T, 0-0 (2OT) Tue. 10/22 Sacramento State* W, 2-1 13. Wake Forest 8-4-5 Wed. 10/23 at UC Irvine* L, 0-2 Fri. 10/25 at Cal Poly* T, 1-1 (2OT) 14. UC Santa Barbara 11-4-2 15. UC Irvine 10-4-3 Sat. 10/26 at Cal State Fullerton* W, 2-1 Sat. 11/2 UC Davis* T, 1-1 (2OT) 16. New Mexico 10-4-2 Sat. 11/2 at No. 13 Cal State Northridge* W, 1-0 Wed. 11/6 at Sacramento State* 2 pm 17. Wisconsin 12-3-2 Wed. 11/6 UC Irvine* 7 pm Sat. 11/9 Cal Poly* (FS West) 8:10 pm 18. UMBC 13-1-2 Sat. 11/9 Cal State Fullerton* 7 pm Big West Conference Tournament 19. Marquette 10-4-2 Big West Conference Tournament Tue. 11/12 First Round TBA 20. Elon 13-4-1 Tue. 11/12 First Round TBA Fri. 11/15 Semifinals TBA 21. Delaware 13-4-2 Fri. 11/15 Semifinals TBA Sun. 11/17 Championship TBA 22. Coastal Carolina 12-4-0 Sun. 11/17 Championship TBA 23. Saint Louis 10-4-2 24. Northwestern 9-5-3 *Big West Conference match 25. William & Mary 8-4-2 * Big West Conference match All times Pacific VCU 9-5-2 All times Pacific Home matches in bold UAB 11-4-1 Home matches in bold Preseason All-Conference Team

Name School Pos. Year Fifi Baiden UC Santa Barbara MF Senior Carlos Benavides Cal State Northridge MF Senior Achille Campion UC Santa Barbara F Senior Marco Franco UC Irvine D/MF Senior Isaac Ikyurav Sacramento State F Senior Cameron Iwasa UC Irvine F Junior Sagi Lev-Ari Cal State Northridge F Junior Aaron Long UC Riverside MF Senior Mackenzie Pridham Cal Poly F Senior Ian Ramos Cal State Fullerton MF Junior Edwin Rivas Cal State Northridge F Junior BIG WEST MEN’S SOCCER Awards Tally Big West Currently In MLS NOTEWORTHY Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week Cal Poly Pridham On Hermann Trophy Watch List Sept. 3 Patrick McLain Chivas USA Cal Poly senior Mackenzie Pridham earned preseason praise as one of 34 candidates selected to the Missouri Goffin Boyoko, UC Santa Barbara • Senior • Midfielder Athletic Club’s (MAC) Hermann Trophy Watch List. The Sagi Lev-Ari, Cal State Northridge • Junior • Forward Cal State Fullerton MAC Hermann Trophy is ’s most presti- Gabriel Farfan Chivas USA gious individual award presented to the nation’s top player. Michael Farfan Philadelphia Union Sept. 17 Josh Saunders A 6-foot-1 forward from Toronto, Canada, Pridham be- Trevor Morley, Cal State Northridge • Sophomore • Midfielder came the second Cal Poly player in program history to be Matt LaGrassa, Cal Poly • Sophomore • Midfielder Cal State Northridge named to the Hermann Trophy Watch List, joining Patrick Sigler in 2009. Pridham represents the ninth Big West Sean Franklin Galaxy player since 2005 to land on the Watch List. The Big West Sept. 24 Rafael Garcia Los Angeles Galaxy has had at least one player on the Watch List in eight of Daniel Paladini Chicago Fire the last nine seasons. Connor Drechsler, Cal Poly • Senior • Defender UC Davis Pridham produced 23 points on 11 goals and one assist Oct. 22 Quincy Amarikwa Chicago Fire in 2012 to capture Big West Offensive Player of the Year accolades. He also was recognized as a National Soccer Drew Murphy, UC Santa Barbara • Freshman • Midfielder Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Third Team All- UC Irvine Far West Region selection. College Soccer News National Player of the Week Brad Evans Seattle Sounders FC The 34-athlete panel, of which Pridham is one of 13 for- Sept. 2 UC Santa Barbara wards listed, will be trimmed to 15 in late October. Three Goffin Boyoko, UC Santa Barbara • Senior • Midfielder finalists will be announced in November, and the Hermann Eric Avila Chivas USA Trophy recipient will be revealed on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, Sam Garza during a banquet at the St. Louis-based Missouri Athletic College Soccer News National Team of the Week Dan Kennedy Chivas USA Club. Sept. 2 D.C. United Goffin Boyoko, UC Santa Barbara • Senior • Midfielder Luis Silva D.C. United BIG WEST ON THE HERMANN TROPHY WATCH LIST 2013 Mackenzie Pridham, Cal Poly Sagi Lev-Ari, Cal State Northridge • Junior • Forward 2012 None Big West Currently In The NASL 2011 Sam Garza, UC Santa Barbara Sept. 9 2010 Spencer Thompson, UC Irvine Cal State Fullerton 2009 Patrick Sigler, Cal Poly Brian Behrad, Cal State Northridge • Senior • Forward Bobby Reiss Atlanta Silverbacks FC 2008 Chris Pontius, UC Santa Barbara Kevin Venegas Minnesota United FC 2007 Andy Iro, UC Santa Barbara Sept. 16 Eric Avila, UC Santa Barbara 2006 Andy Iro, UC Santa Barbara Sagi Lev-Ari, Cal State Northridge • Junior • Forward UC Irvine 2005 Tyler Rosenlund, UC Santa Barbara Andrew Fontein Miguel Ibarra Minnesota United FC Sept. 23 Pridham Named Senior CLASS Award Finalist Amani Walker Tampa Bay Rowdies Achille Campion, UC Santa Barbara • Senior • Forward Cal Poly senior Mackenzie Pridham was selected one of 10 finalists for the 2013 Senior CLASS Award® in men’s Connor Drechsler, Cal Poly • Senior • Defender UC Santa Barbara soccer. The finalists were chosen by a media committee Danny Barrera Atlanta Silverbacks FC from the list of 30 men’s candidates announced in August. Sept. 30 Michael Nonni FC Edmonton An acronym of Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses Kyle Reynish Enrique Cardenas, UC Irvine • Senior • Midfielder on the total student-athlete and encourages students to Omar Zeenni, UC Davis • Senior • Goalkeeper use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. Pridham is the third Big West representative in the last four years to reach the fi- Oct. 28 nalist stage for the Senior CLASS Award. Mitchell Alvarez, UC Irvine • Junior • Midfielder Home Is Where The Wins Are Nov. 4 Big West schools traditionally have been solid on their home turf. Five teams – Cal Poly, Cal State Northridge, Mackenzie Pridham, Cal Poly • Senior • Forward UC Davis, UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara - have main- tained a .546 or better home winning percentage over the last five seasons. The top two juggernauts in terms of home field advantage are the Gauchos and Mustangs. UCSB is 44-16-7 at Meredith Field at Harder Stadium since 2008, winning 10 games on two occasions (2010 and 2011). Cal Poly has posted a 35-15-9 mark at Spanos Stadium over the same span, with a winning record in all Poll Tracker but one year.

Follow the progress of Big West teams in the national polls (NSCAA/Soccer America/Top Drawer Soccer) CP CSF CSUN SAC UCD UCI UCR UCSB PRE S2 S9 S16 S23 S30 O7 O14 O21 O28 N4 N11 F 2013 7-3-2 3-2-1 7-4 0-4-2 3-4 5-2-1 4-2-1 6-3-1 CP -/-/- -/-/- RV/-/- RV/-/RV RV/23/- -/-/RV -/-/- -/-/- -/-/- -/-/- -/-/- 2012 7-3 6-4-1 7-3 5-3-2 6-4 3-5 4-4 4-4-1 2011 4-5-2 3-3-2 3-5-2 – 4-3-3 8-4 5-1-3 10-2-1 CSUN RV/-/- 25/22/- 11/18/21 3/9/5 6/11/13 6/10/10 4/6/6 6/12/10 5/12/13 13/19/21 20/-/RV 2010 4-1-3 3-7 1-7 – 5-2 6-2-1 3-5-1 10-1-1 UCI -/-/- -/-/- -/-/- RV/25/25 RV/-/22 25/18/- -/-/- -/-/- -/-/- RV/16/RV 24/15/25 2009 6-2-1 4-3-1 6-1-1 – 3-4 5-5 1-5-1 10-2 UCR -/-/- -/-/- -/-/RV RV/-/RV RV/-/- -/-/- -/-/- -/-/- -/-/- -/-/- -/-/- 2008 7-1-1 1-7 4-3-1 – 7-0-3 8-1-2 2-5 4-4-3 Totals 35-15-9 20-26-5 28-23-4 5-7-4 28-17-6 35-19-4 19-22-6 44-16-7 UCSB RV/23/- 16/18/24 RV/-/- RV/-/- RV/-/- -/-/- -/-/- RV/20/23 21/17/18 16/14/14 12/14/15 Pct. .670 .441 .546 .438 .608 .638 .468 .709