7 NCAA Tournament Appearances • 2011 NCAA Elite Eight • Five-Time Big West Regular Season Champions • 4 Big West Tournament Titles LONG BEACH STATE Women’s Soccer Assistant AD for Athletic Communications: Roger Kirk Office Phone: (562) 985-7565 | Cell Phone: (562) 505-0975 | Email: [email protected] | www.longbeachstate.com 2018 Schedule NCAA Tournament Appearance (12-6-3, 5-1-2 Big West) 2018 Big West Champions August 2018 Big West Tournament Champions Fri. 17 at #2 UCLA L, 1-0 2018 Big West Tournament MVP - Dana Fujikuni Sun. 19 SMU W, 1-0 -- Fri. 24 Northeastern W, 2-1 2018 Big West Midfielder of the Year -Dana Fujikuni Sun. 26 San Diego State W, 1-0 2018 Big West Defender of the Year - Sarah Maher Thu. 30 at #23 Texas L, 2-1 2018 Second Team Scholar All-America - Dana Fujikuni 2018 First Team All-West Region Long Beach State Dana Fujikuni, Ashley Gonzales September 12-6-3, 5-1-2 Big West 2018 First Team All-Big West Sun. 2 #17 Auburn L, 1-0 Dana Fujikuni, Ashley Gonzales, Sarah Maher Fri. 7 St. John’s W, 6-0 2018 Second Team All-Big West Fri. 14 at #3 USC L, 3-0 Katie Pingel Mon. 17 at BYU W, 3-1 2018 Honorable Mention All-Big West Sat. 22 Loyola Marymount T, 2-2 (2OT) Taylor Bistline Thu. 27 • at CS Fullerton T, 1-1 (2OT) 2018 Big West All-Freshman Team Elysia Laramie October Thu. 4 • at Hawai’i W, 3-2 Thu. 11 • Cal Poly W, 1-0 (2OT) BEFORE KICKOFF Sun. 14 • UC Santa Barbara W, 1-0 • Long Beach State closed out the 2018 season as Big West Champions and making their seventh Thu. 18 • at UC Riverside L, 1-0 NCAA Tournament appearance, falling in the opening round at USC to snap a five-game unbeaten streak down the stretch. Sun. 21 • UC Irvine W, 2-1 Thu. 25 • at UC Davis T, 3-3 (2OT) • The seniors for Long Beach State led the way in the Big West Tournament. Dana Fujikuni was Sun. 28 • CSUN W, 3-1 named the tournament MVP as the Big West Midfielder of the Year continued her great form, scoring in both games including the game-winner against UC Davis. Ashley Gonzales extended her career November goals record by scoring the winner in the championship game, and Imani McDonald made nine Thu. 1 (4) UC Davis W, 1-0 saves over two games while recording back-to-back shutouts. Sun. 4 (2) UC Santa Barbara W, 2-0 Fri. 9 at #6 USC L, 6-0 • Mauricio Ingrassia was named the Big West Coach of the Year after leading the squad to the Big West Championship, earning the honor for the second time. Two players also earned top honors from the conference, as senior Dana Fujikuni was named the Big West Midfielder of the Year, and Sarah Maher was picked as the Big West Defensive Player of the Year. • Fujikuni was the fifth separate Beach player to win Big West Midfielder of the Year, and Long Beach State midfielders have now won the award seven times in the last 13 years. Maher also 2018 Quick Facts extends Long Beach State’s streak of Defensive Player of the Year winners, as Kaitlin Fregulia was General Information the 2017 selection. Location ............................................ Long Beach, Calif. Founded ................................................................ 1949 • In all, six Long Beach State players were named to the All-Big West squads. Fujikuni, Maher Enrollment .......................................................... 36,822 and senior forward Ashley Gonzales were all selected First-Team All-Big West, Gonzales earning Nickname............................................... 49ers or Beach first-team honors for the third time. Katie Pingel was named to the second-team for the second Colors ........................................................Black & Gold straight season, while Taylor Bistline was named Honorable Mention and Elysia Laramie made the Conference ...................................................... Big West All-Freshman Team. President ................................. Dr. Jane Close Conoley Athletics Director ............................................ Andy Fee • Seniors Dana Fujikuni and Ashley Gonzales were both selected first-team All-West Region, be- coming the eighth and ninth players respectively from the program to be named first team all-region following a tremendous campaign. Team Information Head Coach..................... Mauricio Ingrassia, 15th year BEACH NOTES Record at LBSU ........................................ 155-96-36 • Long Beach State has made seven NCAA Tournament appearances since 2008. Career Record ................................................. Same • LBSU has won five Big West regular season titles: 2006-08, 2015 and 2018. 2017 Overall Record.............................................. 9-6-3 2017 Big West Record...................................3-3-2 (5th) • The Beach has also won four Big West Tournament titles: 2010-11, 2016 and 2018 • Under Ingrassia Long Beach State has qualified for the Big West Tournament ten times. Program History • LBSU has won Big West Midfielder of the Year three of the last five seasons (Rangel 2014, 16, Fujikuni 2018) Years ......................................... 1983-86; 1998-present • The Beach also has won Big West Defender of the Year in back-to-back seasons (Fregulia/Maher) All-Time Record .........................238-183-56 (24th year) • Thanks to our fans who once again provided great support, second in the Big West. All-Time Big West Record .............82-61-22 (20th year) • Head coach Mauricio Ingrassia has recorded 167 victories and finished his 15th year at the Beach. • Senior Ashley Gonzales scored the game-winner against UCI, 2018 BIG WEST STANDINGS a critical goal that also set the senior atop the career goals Ashley Gonzales scored list at Long Beach State with 34, passing Janet Fettig. Among Career Leaders Big West Overall The 2016 Big West Offensive Player of the Year leads the Beach Goals 36 1st W-L-T Pts. W-L-T Pct. with seven goals and is tied for the team lead with 16 points this GW Goals 15 T1st Long Beach State 5-1-2 17 12-6-3 .643 season. Her winning goal in the Big West Championship also Shots 207 4th UC Santa Barbara 5-2-1 16 13-7-1 .643 tied her with Beach great Kim Silos for the most game-winners in Points 80 5th UC Irvine 4-1-3 15 8-7-4 .526 LBSU history. UC Davis 4-2-2 14 7-8-4 .474 Hawai’i 4-4-0 12 9-7-1 .559 • Dana Fujikuni received additional postseason honors after her outstanding final season. United UC Riverside 2-4-2 8 11-4-3 .694 Soccer Coaches selected the senior midfielder as a Scholar All-American, landing on the 12-player Cal Poly 2-4-2 8 2-12-5 .237 second team recognizing outstanding players with a cumulative GPA higher than 3.30. She was CSUN 2-6-0 6 6-9-1 .406 also chosen as part of Top Drawer Soccer’s Top 100 players in 2018, listing the best players in the Cal State Fullerton 1-5-2 5 4-12-3 .289 country. LBSU vs. USC • Long Beach State’s defense was outstanding so far in 2018, allowing only 20 goals in 20 regular USC leads 4-2-1 season games, including seven shutouts, and have only given up more than two goals twice. 2018 Comparative Team Stats • 14 different players combined to score Long Beach State’s 33 goals this season, with senior Dana LBSU USC Fujikuni scoring six goals and junior Katie Pingel each scoring four goals, just behind Gonzales’ 12-5-3 Overall Record 15-2-2 5-1-2 Conference Record 8-2-1 seven for the team lead while junior Taylor Bistline has scored three. 33-280 Goals-Shot Attempts 48-372 1.65 Goals Per Game 2.53 • Long Beach State’s defense was a strong point despite the absence of 2017 Big West Defensive .118 Shot Percentage .129 Player of the Year Kaitlin Fregulia. Senior Sarah Maher an anchor, playing nearly every minute this 133-280 Shots on Goal-Attempts 171-372 season on the way to earning Big West Defender of the Year honors. Sophomore Sarah Pilster .475 SOG Percentage .460 started all but three games in the back line, and those two were joined by junior Chloe Froment, 14.0 Shots Per Game 19.6 senior Alyssa Alvarez and sophomore Kaylee Ramirez to create a formidable unit in front of senior 81 Corner Kicks 110 1-2 Penalty Kicks 4-7 goaltender Imani McDonald. 86 Saves 59 7 Shutouts 13 • Senior Imani McDonald continues to rise up the career lists for goalkeeping at the Beach. Her 0.96 Goals Against Average 0.51 Goals Against Average of 1.16 is the seventh-best in school history, and she finishes her career ranked 4th in saves, 4th in minutes in goal and 3rd in shutouts all-time at Long Beach State. Last Ten Games Date Site Result • Further up front, Long Beach State’s tremendous depth has shown as 13 outfield players have 9/27/05 Los Angeles, Calif. L, 2-0 9/28/07 Long Beach, Calif. L, 3-0 played in every game this season. Seniors Ashley Gonzales, Dana Fujikuni, Sarah Maher, Rocio 9/19/11 Los Angeles, Calif. W, 2-1 Rodriguez and Alyssa Alvarez have played in every game as have juniors Taylor Bistline, Katie 8/22/14 San Diego, Calif. L, 1-0 Pingel and Chloe Froment. Underclassmen to feature in every game include Kaylee Ramirez, Rola 9/13/15 Los Angeles, Calif. T, 0-0 (2ot) Badawiya, Sarah Pilster, Kayla Cannon, and freshman Elysia Laramie. 8/26/16 Long Beach, Calif. W, 1-0 9/14/18 Los Angeles, Calif. L, 3-0 • The Beach has had four players on the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week.