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PAC-10 CONFERENCE PAC-12 CONFERENCE 1350 Treat Blvd., Suite 500, Walnut Creek, CA 94597 // PAC-12.COM // 925.932.4411 For Immediate Release // Tuesday, October 1, 2013 Contact // Kyra Geithman ([email protected]) 2013 PAC-12 CONFERENCE MEN’S SOCCER STANDINGS Conference Overall TP W L T PCT HOME AWAY W L T PCT HOME AWAY NEUT STREAK California 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 6 0 1 .929 5-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 W 3 Washington 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 6 0 2 .875 4-0-1 2-0-1 0-0-0 W 1 Stanford 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 5 1 1 .786 3-1-1 2-0-0 0-0-0 W 5 Oregon State 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 7 2 0 .778 6-0-0 1-2-0 0-0-0 W 2 UCLA 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 5 2 1 .688 3-1-0 2-1-0 0-0-1 W 2 San Diego State 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 3 4 0 .429 1-2-0 1-2-0 1-0-0 L 1 The Conference champion is determined by highest number of points (TP); Win = 3 pts, Tie = 1 pt, Loss = 0 pts. #1 VS. #3 matcHUP KICKS OFF MEN’S SOCCER CONFERENCE PLAY The Conference season begins this weekend for men’s soccer and looks to be as competitive as ever as Pac-12 teams continue to move up in the rankings, after league teams posted a 5-0 record in their final week of non-conference play... CALIFORNIA moved into the top spot in both the NSCAA and the Soccer America national polls for the first time in school history. WASHINGTON is also in the top five in both polls, coming in at No. 3/4, and UCLA rounds out the ranked league teams at No. 10/9... The opening week of Pac-12 play features a top-five matchup as No. 1 California hosts No. 3 Washington in Berkeley. The match will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Networks, one of four matches over the course of the weekend to be shown on the Networks... The Huskies will also travel to STANFORD to face the Cardinal on its home turf. Stanford’s Jordan Morris was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week after scoring both goals in the 2-1 victory over UC Santa Barbara. The Cardinal plays host to OREGON STATE on Sunday, which also hits the road to play against California... No. 10 UCLA and SAN DIEGO STATE face off against each other in their Conference opener on Saturday. The Aztecs enter the match after a weekend off, hosting their an- nual alumni match. UPCOMING SCHEDULE PAC-12 IN THE NSCAA RANKINGS Thursday, October 3 #3 Washington at Stanford ...............................P12N...................7 p.m. PT This Week (Oct. 1) Oregon State at #1 California ........................................................4 p.m. PT NSCAA: California (1), Washington (3), UCLA (10) Soccer America: California (1), Washington (4), UCLA (9) Saturday, October 5 College Soccer News: California (2), Washington (3), UCLA (11) San Diego State at #10 UCLA ...........................P12N................. 12 p.m. PT CAL OSU SDSU STAN UCLA WASH Sunday, October 6 PRE x/x/x x/x/x x/x/x x/x/x 9/x/7 23/x/23 #3 Washington at #1 California .........................P12N................. 11 a.m. PT 9/3 10/4/5 x/x/x x/x/x x/x/x 6/6/3 19/25/19 Oregon State at Stanford ..................................P12N...................3 p.m. PT 9/10 5/3/4 x/x/x x/x/x x/x/x 14/23/8 10/x/13 9/17 4/3/4 RV/x/x x/x/x RV/x/x 11/15/5 6/14/11 9/24 2/1/4 x/x/x x/x/x x/x/RV 13/12/11 5/8/5 RECENT RESULTS 10/1 1/1/2 x/x/x x/x/x RV/x/RV 10/9/11 3/4/3 Thursday, September 26 10/8 #13 UCLA at UC Riverside ..................................... UCLA 3, UC Riverside 0 10/15 10/22 Friday, September 27 10/29 Northwest at OREGON STATE ..........................Oregon State 5, Northwest 0 11/5 STANFORD at UC Santa Barbara .......................... Stanford 2, UCSB 1 (OT) FINAL Santa Clara at #2 CALIFORNIA ....................California 1, Santa Clara 0 (OT) SMU at #5 WASHINGTON................................Washington 2, SMU 1 (2OT) PAC-12 MEN’S SOCCER ON SOCIAL MEDIA CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO STATE UCLA Twitter: @CalMensSoccer Twitter: @GoAztecs Twitter: @UCLAMSoccer Facebook.com/CalMensSoccer Facebook.com/GoAztecs Facebook.com/UCLAMSoccer OREGON STATE STANFORD WASHINGTON Twitter: @OSUBeavers_MSOC Twitter: @StanfordMSoccer Twitter: @UW_MSoccer Facebook.com/OregonStateMSoccer Facebook.com/StanfordMSoccer Facebook.com/UWMensSoccer PAC-12 VS. AROUND THE PAC-12 OTHER CONFERENCES • STANFORD’s Jordan Morris earned Pac-12 Men’s Soccer Player of the Week honors for the week of Atlantic Coast ...................................... 1-0-1 Sept. 24-30. Morris scored the only two goals in Stanford’s sole match of the weekend, a 2-1 victory Atlantic Sun ........................................ 1-0-0 against UC Santa Barbara. In front of a roaring home crowd of 7,750, Morris netted the game-winning American Athletic ................................ 1-0-1 goal five minutes into overtime to secure the win for the Cardinal. Stanford is now on a five-game win streak, the longest streak since 2009 when the Cardinal posted six-straight victories and eventually Big East .............................................. 1-1-0 advanced to the round of 16 in the College Cup. Big Ten ............................................... 1-1-1 Big 12 ................................................. 0-0-0 • The 31 victories posted by Pac-12 teams in the non-conference season are the most since 2002, when Big West ............................................. 5-2-0 Conference teams earned 36 victories before Pac-12 play began. The nine total losses are fewest since Colonial Athletic Association ................ 2-0-0 2009, tying the nine losses in that year’s non-conference play. Conference USA ................................. 0-1-0 Horizon League ................................... 2-0-0 • The national rankings have proven to be tumultuous over the opening of the season, but three Pac-12 Ivy League .......................................... 1-0-0 teams have consistently remained in the top 25. California’s No. 1 ranking is the highest in school history, and Washington has broken into the national spotlight on a stellar 6-0-2 record. UCLA started out the Mid-American ..................................... 0-1-0 season ranked ninth and has hovered in the upper-middle portion of the rankings for the majority of the Mid-Atlantic American ......................... 1-0-0 year thus far. Missouri Valley .................................... 0-0-0 Mountain West .................................... 0-0-0 • Pac-12 teams are 5-2-2 against ranked teams, and all five wins thus far have been upsets. The league Patriot League ..................................... 2-0-0 opened the year with a loud statement, as California posted upsets against No. 2 Maryland and No. 3 Summit League ................................... 0-1-0 Georgetown, UCLA knocked off No. 1 Indiana, and San Diego State earned the W over then-No. 16 San Sun Belt .............................................. 0-0-0 Diego. Most recently, No. 11 UCLA upset No. 3 Cal State Northridge. Western Athletic .................................. 5-0-0 • The league has seen not only outstanding blowout wins, but also numerous closely-fought battles. West Coast .......................................... 8-1-0 Thirteen total matches so far have gone past regulation as every Pac-12 team has played in at least one Independent ....................................... 1-0-2 overtime match. Six of those overtime games have gone to double overtime, including all three overtime Total-All ............................. 31-9-5 (.720) matches that Washington has played thus far. On the other hand, the largest margin of victory thus far has been five goals, scored in shutouts by Oregon State (vs. Northwest Christian, Sept. 27) and Washing- ton (vs. Florida Gulf Coast, Sept. 20). MEN’S SOCCER SIDS • CALIFORNIA boosted to No. 1 in the NSCAA rankings, the first-ever top ranking in the poll for the Gold- en Bears. Cal remains No. 1 in the Soccer America rankings for the second-straight week; last week’s top CAL ..........................................www.calbears.com spot was the first-ever No. 1 recognition for the Bears in any poll. The team recorded a 1-0 overtime win ....................................................... Dean Caparaz over Santa Clara on Friday thanks to a golden goal from senior Alec Sundly, his second of the year. It was [email protected] also the second overtime match of the year for the Bears. ...................................................... 510-642-5363 • The Beavers shut down Northwest Christian in a dominating 5-0 shutout on Friday, with four of those OSU .................................... www.osubeavers.com goals coming in the second half. All five goals were scored by five different players, including two off of ....................................................... Trevor Cramer the bench. OREGON STATE hits the road for its Conference-opening weekend, facing No. 1 California on [email protected] Thurs., Oct. 3 and Stanford on Sun., Oct. 6. ...................................................................... TBD • SAN DIEGO STATE hosted their annual alumni match last weekend and enter the Conference season SDSU ...................................... www.goaztecs.com after a week off from competition. The Aztecs travel to UCLA on Sat., Oct. 5 in their first televised match ..........................................................Eric Harding of the year, as the game can be seen live on Pac-12 Networks. ....................................... [email protected] ...................................................... 619-594-5547 • UCLA rides a two-game win streak into Pac-12 play after shutting out UC Riverside 3-0 on Thursday night. The shutout is junior goalie Earl Edwards Jr.’s fourth of the season.