CSUN Concludes Road Trip with Matchup Against Texas Tech

Monday, September 18

Lubbock, Texas

7:30 a.m.

California State University at Northridge

Texas Tech

Photo by: Paul Trafecanty

CSUN Concludes Road Trip with Matchup Against Texas Tech

9/15/2017 9:30:00 AM | Women's Soccer

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CSUN Women's Soccer (3-1-4) completes its longest road trip of the season at Texas Tech on Sunday at 5 p.m. (PT). Live stats will be available for the match and fans can purchase a live video stream of the event via TexasTech.TV.

The Matadors are coming off a pair of games in the Pacific Northwest as CSUN dropped a Friday match at Washington State 3-0 but bounced back to shut out Eastern Washington 2-0 on Sunday. On their current road trip, the Matadors have gone 1-1-1.

CSUN dug an early hole against Washington State as two goals in the first 7:06 of the contest would be too much to overcome. Senior goalkeeper Jenna Koziol saw a career-high 73 minutes in between the posts and collected three saves.

Against Eastern Washington, the Matadors were the ones to strike early as Amanda Martin found Marissa Favela for the junior's fourth goal of the season in the 14th minute. CSUN later added an insurance goal late in the second half courtesy of freshman Amy Aquino to secure the win. Despite being out shot 25-12, the Matadors held a 7-6 edge in shots on goal for the match. Jovani McCaskill collected her third shutout of the season after registering six saves. Aquino's goal, which came via an Eagle turnover, was her first career goal.

Favela continues to be one of the top scorers in the Big West Conference this season. She currently sits in second place in points (10) and in a second-place tie in goals and shots (23). Favela is also leading the Matadors in shots on goal with 12. Cynthia Sanchez is tied with Favela with 23 shots and tied for eighth place in the league with two goals. With three helpers, Sylvia Trinh is tied for second on the Big West's assist list.

McCaskill's third shutout of the year was also her 24th of her Matador career, which brings her within three of tying assistant coach Cynthia Rosas' all-time CSUN record. She also moved into fourth place on CSUN's all-time career saves list with 191. On the season, McCaskill is third in the Big West in save percentage (.833) and fourth in goals against average (0.74).

In the all time head-to-head series, Texas Tech leads CSUN 2-0. The Red Raiders pulled out a 2-1 double overtime win from the Matadors in the teams' last meeting two seasons ago. The Matadors' only trip to Lubbock, TX took place in 2013 as Texas Tech prevailed, 3-1. Facing teams from the Big 12 Conference, CSUN is 2-8 with its last win coming against Kansas (1-0) during the 2010 season.

A Closer Look at Texas Tech
The Red Raiders are 5-2 this season after splitting its two matches in Tuscon, AZ last week. Texas Tech defeated Arizona State (2-1) last Friday but fell to Arizona (1-0) two days later. A season ago, Texas Tech advanced to the NCAA Tournament and finished 9-9-2. Freshman Ally Griffin has scored a team-leading three goals this season while freshman Kirsten Davis has collected two goals. Freshman Marissa Zucchetto and junior Carissa Christensen have split time at the goalkeeper position with each player seeing action in every game this season. Zucchetto has posted an 0.55 GAA with six saves while Christensen has an 0.84 GAA with nine saves. Before facing the Matadors, Texas Tech will host San Diego State on Friday.