CSUN Hosts Big West Matches with Cal Poly, CBU This Week

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CSUN Hosts Big West Matches with Cal Poly, CBU This Week

10/13/2026 11:38:00 AM | Women's Soccer

WSOC Game Notes - Oct. 13

NORTHRIDGE, Calif.---CSUN Women's Soccer returns to the Matador Soccer Field pitch this week for a pair of Big West tests. The Matadors face defending Big West tournament champions Cal Poly on Wednesday before meeting California Baptist for the first time as a Big West member on Saturday. Both matches will kickoff at 7:00 p.m. Ghizal Hasan has the call for Thursday's match on ESPN+.

FOR STARTERS
The Matadors reach the midway point of the Big West schedule this week as they enter Wednesday's match just one point out of first place in the conference standings. Winners of a season-high three straight matches, CSUN sits at 5-5-4 overall and 3-1-1 in Big West play for 10 points. Cal State Fullerton and Utah Valley share the Big West lead with 3-0-2 conference records and 11 points apiece.

Counting this week's matches, CSUN plays four of its final six matches at the friendly confines of Matador Soccer Field. Next week, the Matadors play their final two road matches of the regular season at UC Riverside (Oct. 21) and Sacramento State (Oct. 24) before returning home to play UC Santa Barbara (Oct. 28) and Utah Valley (Oct. 31).

LAST TIME OUT
CSUN wrapped up a three-match road stretch with an impressive 4-2 victory at UC Irvine last Saturday. The win was the Matadors' first at Anteater Stadium since the 2016 season. Jordyn Canister put the Matadors on the scoreboard first in the 20th minute via a penalty kick while the lead extended in the 54th minute when Canister set up Ariana Lopez-Angel for a goal. Lopez-Angel's strike began a wild four-minute stretch where three goals would be scored between the two teams. The Anteaters pulled to within 2-1 at the 57:11 mark, but Lopez-Angel answered just 34 seconds later with an unassisted goal. Lopez-Angel capped off her big second half by assisting Michelle Monroy on a 75th-minute goal to put the game out of reach.

LOPEZ-ANGEL NABS BIG WEST OFFENSIVE HONORS
Sophomore midfielder Ariana Lopez-Angel received her first career Big West Offensive Player of the Week award on Oct. 12. Lopez-Angel picked up the honor after totaling five points in the 4-2 victory over UC Irvine. All of her points were recorded in the second half as she posted her first career brace and added an assist in the victory. She also scored her two goals within a four-minute span. Lopez-Angel is the third Matador to be named Big West Offensive Player of the Week this season, joining Yasmin Azar (Sept. 14) and Malea Johnson (Oct. 5).

LIGHTING UP THE SCOREBOARD
CSUN kept up its offensive tear as of late in the victory at UC Irvine, marking the third straight match the team has scored four goals. Over the past three Matador matches, all of which wins, CSUN has outscored the opposition 12-6. The Matadors have now scored multiple goals in seven of their last eight matches including recording three or more in four of those contests. Overall, CSUN has tallied four goals in four total games this season, tying the school record set by the 2005 team. CSUN's recent offensive exploits has moved the team into third place in the Big West in goals scored (26) while its ranked fourth in assists (26) and points (78).

The Matadors have three players in the top-10 in the Big West in scoring as the trio of Yasmin Azar, Jordyn Canister and Ariana Lopez-Angel are tied for eighth place with four goals scored each. Behind those three players, Lia Peterson and Jana Akins have three goals apiece followed by Keilani Claiborne and Malea Johnson with two each. As a team, CSUN has scored 26 total goals, which are the most by a Matador team since the 2015 campaign.

SCOUTING CAL POLY
The Mustangs are 5-5-3 overall and 2-2-1 in Big West play. The team dropped a tight 2-1 decision to Utah Valley last Saturday. All five of the team's games have been decided by either one goal or ended in a draw. Cal Poly currently ranks third in the Big West in goals-against-average at a .926 clip while the team is ninth in goals scored (14) and 10th in goals per game (1.08). Goalkeeper Shannon Porubski sports a 0.96 GAA to rank third in the Big West to go with three shutouts and 33 saves. Miah Thomas tops the Mustangs with six goals scored, good enough for third place in the Big West. Sam Liaty is second on the team with two goals and five points.

Series History: The Mustangs are 12-9 against the Matadors in the all-time series. The teams played to a 1-1 draw last season in San Luis Obispo. Prior to that tie, Cal Poly had won four in a row in the series. CSUN's last win in the series was a 2-0 decision in 2019 at Matador Soccer Field.

SCOUTING CALIFORNIA BAPTIST
The Lancers are 6-2-3 overall while going 1-2-2 in their first season in the Big West. Prior to Big West play, CBU had gone 5-0-1 in non-conference play with no goals allowed. Overall, the team has only surrendered three goals this season to rank first in the Big West. The Lancers are also second in the nation in GAA at a 0.27 clip. On the offensive side, CBU has scored 12 goals and average 1.09 goals per game. Mikayla O'Brien holds a 0.38 GAA on the year to go with five shutouts. Anja Jestrovic has hit the net a team-high three times to go with 10 points while three other Lancers have two goals apiece.

Series History: CBU leads CSUN 2-1 in the all-time head-to-head series, which began in 2022. The Lancers have collected 1-0 victories over the Matadors in each of the past two seasons. CSUN's only win over CBU came on the road by a 2-1 score in that 2022 season.

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