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 * Big West Conference 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. California 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 San Diego 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