Thursday, October 21
Northridge, Calif.
7:00 p.m.
California State University at Northridge
vs
Long Beach State
Photo by: Will Navarro
CSUN Hosts Long Beach State on Senior Night Thursday, UC Irvine on Sunday
10/20/2021 10:04:00 AM | Women's Soccer
FULL GAME NOTES
NORTHRIDGE, Calif.---With two weekends left in the women's soccer regular season, CSUN hosts a pair of pivotal Big West Conference matches this week at Matador Soccer Field. The Matadors (3-13, 2-4 Big West) take on Long Beach State on Senior Night this Thursday at 7 p.m. before facing UC Irvine on Sunday at 5 p.m. Both games will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Ghizal Hasan on the call.
Before Thursday's match, the Matadors will honor their seven-member senior class all concluding their careers at CSUN this season. Scheduled to be honored are Sydney Gilbert, Amanda Delgado, Cora Willcot, Briana Rios, Sophie Yanez, Kimberly Anderson and Sadie Armijo. A four-year letterwinner, Gilbert has played in the most games of any current Matador at 73 while she has four goals and 10 points. Delgado, who has served as a starting goalkeeper since her freshman season, has 17 career wins and 173 saves in 42 matches. Willcot has seen action in 37 games at CSUN, totaling three goals and seven points while Rios has played in 32 games and tallied three points. Yanez netted her first career goal this season and competed in 26 matches at CSUN. On the defensive side, Anderson has played in 30 matches to go with a goal while Armijo has made 34 appearances over the past four years.
Sunday's match against UC Irvine will be Angel FC Night at Matador Soccer Field. Fans will have the opportunity to win exclusive CSUN Athletics and Angel City FC gear at the match. Angel City FC is LA's new women's professional soccer team and the first and only professional team, majority owned and led by women, leading the game on and off the pitch. Angel City FC will be kicking off their first season at the Banc of California Stadium on April 2022.
After picking up three key points last week, the Matadors stand at six points in the Big West Conference standings. CSUN is six points back of the fourth and final spot for the Big West Women's Soccer Championship set to start Nov. 4. Fourth place in the league is currently occupied by three teams as UC Irvine (4-2), Cal State Fullerton (4-3) and UC Davis (4-4) all have 12 points. Atop the standings, Cal Poly (6-1) has 18 points followed by Long Beach State (5-1-1, 16 points) and UC Santa Barbara (5-1-1, 16 points). Below the Matadors is UC Riverside at five points followed by Hawai'i (0-5-2, two points) and CSU Bakersfield (0-5-1, one point). UC San Diego (2-3-1, seven points) does not qualify for postseason play.
Last week, the Matadors snapped a four-match skid with a thrilling 1-0 win over UC Riverside on Thursday night at Matador Soccer Field. The teams went scoreless over 84 minutes of action until Cindy Arteaga found Gilbert for a breakaway goal. The tally would hold up as the Matador defense picked up their first shutout of the season. In net, Delgado racked up four saves including three in the second half to notch her 12th career clean sheet.
For her efforts against UCR, Delgado earned her third career Big West Defensive Player of the Week award last Monday. She had previously won the honor in the 2018 and 2019 seasons. Delgado would move into sole possession of fifth place on CSUN's all-time career wins list. Delgado has racked up 47 saves in 11 starts this season to go with a 2.40 goals-against-average.
Heading into the weekend, Christiane Sundstrom and Arteaga share the team lead in points with six. Arteaga, who picked up her fourth assist last week, is sixth in the Big West in assists. The quartet of Sundstrom, Gilbert, Brooke Mobeck and Gabriela Robles each have a team-high two goals this season. In total, 12 Matadors have a goal on the year while 15 have at least one point.
The Beach lead the Matadors in the all-time series at 14-9-3. Thursday's match will be the second meeting already this season as Long Beach State took the season opener from CSUN, 2-0, in a non-conference match on Aug. 19. The Matadors snapped a seven-match winless streak against the Beach on Oct. 31, 2019, in a 1-0 victory, which was the teams' last match in Big West Conference play. Overall, CSUN has gone 7-5-1 all-time at home against Long Beach State.
CSUN is 11-9-4 in the all-time head-to-head series with UC Irvine. The Anteaters also won an earlier season meeting with CSUN as UCI posted a 2-1 win in overtime on Aug. 29. The Matadors had previously won four of the last five meetings before losing to UCI earlier this season in non-conference play. CSUN has posted a 6-3-2 record at home in the series including winning the last three matches at Matador Soccer Field.
A Closer Look at Long Beach State
The Beach (8-5-2) are 5-1-1 in Big West play after posting 1-0 road wins at UC Davis and CSU Bakersfield last week. While going just 2-3 at home this season, the Beach have posted an impressive 6-2-2 record on the road. LBSU was predicted to finish as league champion prior to the season and come into the week two points out of first place. Mauricio Ingrassia is in his 17th year at the helm of the program.
Lena Silano leads the Big West with 24 points and 11 goals. Only one other Beach player has more than one goal this season. Kaylee Ramirez is tied for second in the Big West in assists with six. As a team, the Beach have limited the opposition to a league-low 13 goals. Morgan Houston-Shepherd has seen the most minutes on the team in net (982 minutes) and accumulated 44 saves and a 1.01 goals-against-average.
A Closer Look at UC Irvine
The Anteaters (9-5) split their two games last week to move to 4-2 in Big West play. UCI won at Hawai'i 4-1 before dropping a 2-1 decision to UC Davis at home last week. Tied for fourth place in the Big West at 12 points, UCI was projected to finish third in the Big West before the season. Head coach Scott Juniper is in his 14th season leading UC Irvine on the sidelines.
Two UCI players won Big West Player of the Week honors as Scarlett Camberos was named Offensive Player of the Week while Desiree Mendoza earned Freshman of the Week on Monday. Camberos is second in the league in points (20) and third in goals (8). The trio of Alyssa Moore, Sophie Gillies and Laila El Behery have three goals apiece for UCI. As a team, UCI is second in the Big West in goals (26) and goals allowed (16). In net, Glo Hinojosa tops the Big West with a 0.95 GAA while she ranks second with four shutouts.
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif.---With two weekends left in the women's soccer regular season, CSUN hosts a pair of pivotal Big West Conference matches this week at Matador Soccer Field. The Matadors (3-13, 2-4 Big West) take on Long Beach State on Senior Night this Thursday at 7 p.m. before facing UC Irvine on Sunday at 5 p.m. Both games will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Ghizal Hasan on the call.
Before Thursday's match, the Matadors will honor their seven-member senior class all concluding their careers at CSUN this season. Scheduled to be honored are Sydney Gilbert, Amanda Delgado, Cora Willcot, Briana Rios, Sophie Yanez, Kimberly Anderson and Sadie Armijo. A four-year letterwinner, Gilbert has played in the most games of any current Matador at 73 while she has four goals and 10 points. Delgado, who has served as a starting goalkeeper since her freshman season, has 17 career wins and 173 saves in 42 matches. Willcot has seen action in 37 games at CSUN, totaling three goals and seven points while Rios has played in 32 games and tallied three points. Yanez netted her first career goal this season and competed in 26 matches at CSUN. On the defensive side, Anderson has played in 30 matches to go with a goal while Armijo has made 34 appearances over the past four years.
Sunday's match against UC Irvine will be Angel FC Night at Matador Soccer Field. Fans will have the opportunity to win exclusive CSUN Athletics and Angel City FC gear at the match. Angel City FC is LA's new women's professional soccer team and the first and only professional team, majority owned and led by women, leading the game on and off the pitch. Angel City FC will be kicking off their first season at the Banc of California Stadium on April 2022.
After picking up three key points last week, the Matadors stand at six points in the Big West Conference standings. CSUN is six points back of the fourth and final spot for the Big West Women's Soccer Championship set to start Nov. 4. Fourth place in the league is currently occupied by three teams as UC Irvine (4-2), Cal State Fullerton (4-3) and UC Davis (4-4) all have 12 points. Atop the standings, Cal Poly (6-1) has 18 points followed by Long Beach State (5-1-1, 16 points) and UC Santa Barbara (5-1-1, 16 points). Below the Matadors is UC Riverside at five points followed by Hawai'i (0-5-2, two points) and CSU Bakersfield (0-5-1, one point). UC San Diego (2-3-1, seven points) does not qualify for postseason play.
Last week, the Matadors snapped a four-match skid with a thrilling 1-0 win over UC Riverside on Thursday night at Matador Soccer Field. The teams went scoreless over 84 minutes of action until Cindy Arteaga found Gilbert for a breakaway goal. The tally would hold up as the Matador defense picked up their first shutout of the season. In net, Delgado racked up four saves including three in the second half to notch her 12th career clean sheet.
For her efforts against UCR, Delgado earned her third career Big West Defensive Player of the Week award last Monday. She had previously won the honor in the 2018 and 2019 seasons. Delgado would move into sole possession of fifth place on CSUN's all-time career wins list. Delgado has racked up 47 saves in 11 starts this season to go with a 2.40 goals-against-average.
Heading into the weekend, Christiane Sundstrom and Arteaga share the team lead in points with six. Arteaga, who picked up her fourth assist last week, is sixth in the Big West in assists. The quartet of Sundstrom, Gilbert, Brooke Mobeck and Gabriela Robles each have a team-high two goals this season. In total, 12 Matadors have a goal on the year while 15 have at least one point.
The Beach lead the Matadors in the all-time series at 14-9-3. Thursday's match will be the second meeting already this season as Long Beach State took the season opener from CSUN, 2-0, in a non-conference match on Aug. 19. The Matadors snapped a seven-match winless streak against the Beach on Oct. 31, 2019, in a 1-0 victory, which was the teams' last match in Big West Conference play. Overall, CSUN has gone 7-5-1 all-time at home against Long Beach State.
CSUN is 11-9-4 in the all-time head-to-head series with UC Irvine. The Anteaters also won an earlier season meeting with CSUN as UCI posted a 2-1 win in overtime on Aug. 29. The Matadors had previously won four of the last five meetings before losing to UCI earlier this season in non-conference play. CSUN has posted a 6-3-2 record at home in the series including winning the last three matches at Matador Soccer Field.
A Closer Look at Long Beach State
The Beach (8-5-2) are 5-1-1 in Big West play after posting 1-0 road wins at UC Davis and CSU Bakersfield last week. While going just 2-3 at home this season, the Beach have posted an impressive 6-2-2 record on the road. LBSU was predicted to finish as league champion prior to the season and come into the week two points out of first place. Mauricio Ingrassia is in his 17th year at the helm of the program.
Lena Silano leads the Big West with 24 points and 11 goals. Only one other Beach player has more than one goal this season. Kaylee Ramirez is tied for second in the Big West in assists with six. As a team, the Beach have limited the opposition to a league-low 13 goals. Morgan Houston-Shepherd has seen the most minutes on the team in net (982 minutes) and accumulated 44 saves and a 1.01 goals-against-average.
A Closer Look at UC Irvine
The Anteaters (9-5) split their two games last week to move to 4-2 in Big West play. UCI won at Hawai'i 4-1 before dropping a 2-1 decision to UC Davis at home last week. Tied for fourth place in the Big West at 12 points, UCI was projected to finish third in the Big West before the season. Head coach Scott Juniper is in his 14th season leading UC Irvine on the sidelines.
Two UCI players won Big West Player of the Week honors as Scarlett Camberos was named Offensive Player of the Week while Desiree Mendoza earned Freshman of the Week on Monday. Camberos is second in the league in points (20) and third in goals (8). The trio of Alyssa Moore, Sophie Gillies and Laila El Behery have three goals apiece for UCI. As a team, UCI is second in the Big West in goals (26) and goals allowed (16). In net, Glo Hinojosa tops the Big West with a 0.95 GAA while she ranks second with four shutouts.
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