THE SCHEDULE
Match 11
vs. Cal State San Marcos (2-6-2, 0-5-1 CCAA)
Wednesday, Oct. 4 • 7 p.m.
Triton Soccer Stadium • La Jolla
Live Video • Live Stats

Match 12 - Senior Night
vs. SF State (7-1-1, 2-1-1 CCAA)
Friday, Oct. 6 • 4:30 p.m.
Triton Soccer Stadium • La Jolla
Live Video • Live Stats

TRITONS CONCLUDE HOME SCHEDULE LOOKING FOR FIRST PLACE
The University of California San Diego men's soccer program hosts two California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) opponents at Triton Soccer Stadium on North Campus in La Jolla this week to round out both a season-long four-game home stretch, as well as the home portion already of its 2017 schedule. The second-place Tritons (6-1-3, 4-1-1 CCAA) take on city rival Cal State San Marcos (2-6-2, 0-5-1 CCAA) in a primetime midweek derby on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m. A win would pull them even with leader Chico State, which is idle. UCSD then awaits SF State (7-1-1, 2-1-1 CCAA) on Friday, Oct. 6, at 4:30 p.m. Both games are part of doubleheaders with the seventh-ranked and first-place Triton women.

TRITON SOCCER MATCHDAY
Once again in 2017, all regular-season home matches at Triton Soccer Stadium are free to attend. Parking permits are required, however, on weeknights on the UC San Diego campus. Parking permits can be purchased at machines situated at corners of either of the nearest parking lots, behind the spectator stand, as well as the Hopkins Parking Structure adjacent to RIMAC. Parking is free on Saturday and Sunday.

TRITON SOCCER ON UCSDTRITONS.TV
This week's last two regular-season home dates will feature a live video stream on UCSDtritons.tv. Broadcasts are in high definition and can be viewed from smartphones and tablets alongside desktop and laptop computers. Local media personality Taylor Quellman (@TJQuellman) handles the play-by-play duties. The single-day fee is $5.99, meaning the men's and women's games can be seen together for one price, though viewing is still free from UCSD campus IP addresses. Events are archived. All games have live stats. Fans can access live coverage from the Schedule/Results page, or by clicking on the links above. Starting lineups, live in-game updates and other news and notes can be found by following Triton Soccer all season long on the UCSD Athletics Twitter handle (@UCSDtritons). Finally, check out the CCAA live scoreboard here to keep up on results around the league.

SENIOR NIGHT FRIDAY
Eight outstanding Tritons will be recognized just prior to the 4:30 p.m. kickoff against SF State this Friday, Oct. 6. That group is made up of Malek Bashti, Uly de la Cal, Danny Glascock, Zachary Lagotta, Nolan Mac, Steven Ortiz, Kyle Panganiban and Eric Young.

FREE TRITON GAME DAY T-SHIRTS!
The first 500 UC San Diego students arriving for this Friday night's women's match against SF State at approximately 7 p.m. will receive their 2017-18 Triton game day t-shirt for free courtesy of Toyota.

HOMECOMING AND HALL OF FAME WEEKEND
This Friday through Sunday, Oct. 6-8, is Homecoming for UC San Diego Athletics. Four more outstanding Tritons will also be officially inducted into the UCSD Athletics Hall of Fame on Sunday, Oct. 8. One of them is legendary UCSD men's soccer head coach Derek Armstrong, who compiled 326 wins in 26 seasons from 1982 to 2007, and led the Tritons to all three of their NCAA Division III national championships in 1988, 1991 and 1993. At halftime of Friday night's match, Coach Armstrong will be recognized on the field.

FREE POSTERS!
Free posters of the 2017 UCSD fall sports will be available at Triton Soccer Stadium this Wednesday and Friday night.

A LOOK BACK AT LAST WEEK
UCSD produced its first six-point weekend of the CCAA season to vault into sole possession of second place in the league table. The Tritons rallied from a 1-0 deficit to upend then-17th-ranked rival Cal Poly Pomona in overtime on Friday night, 2-1. Freshman Jonathan Sabouri scored his first goals, tapping in the rebound of Steven Ortiz's saved shot in the 70th for the equalizer, and then getting on the end of a great free-kick organization at 94:09 for the decider. Assists went to Jonathan Stoop and Jeff Powers with the free kick on that one. Then on Sunday afternoon, Uly de la Cal's lone strike, set up by Ortiz, was the difference in the 79th minute for a 1-0 triumph. Pedro Enciso kept a fifth shutout in goal for the Tritons.

RANKINGS REPORT
UC San Diego opened 2017 exactly where it ended 2016 in terms of national ranking, appearing in the No. 4 spot in the rebranded United Soccer Coaches (formerly National Soccer Coaches Association of America) preseason poll. It matched the program's highest position of its NCAA Division II era, since 2000, incidentally from the final 2016 poll. After drawing at Biola in their opener, the Tritons fell out of the national rankings. On Oct. 3, they moved up from ninth to fifth in the United Soccer Coaches' West Region listing.

ON THE CUSP OF 100
UCSD's next win will mark No. 100 for the career of 10th-year head coach Jon Pascale. The three-time and reigning CCAA Coach of the Year heads into the week with records of 99-50-36 overall and 69-40-25 in CCAA play.

HOME DOMINATION
UC San Diego had its 18-match home unbeaten streak that stretched out over nearly two full calendar years, ended by Chico State, 2-0, on Friday, Sept. 15. The Tritons are still 4-1-1 at home this season, after finishing an unbeaten 12-0-1 there in 2016 and 5-1-2 inside the friendly confines in 2015. They are 62-21-16 (.707) in La Jolla under Jon Pascale. UCSD is 18-1-3 (.886) in its last 22 at Triton Soccer Stadium, since a 2-1 loss to Stanislaus State on Sept. 27, 2015.

MAC ATTACK
Senior defender Nolan Mac did not find the back of the net over 35 career appearances his first three seasons in a UCSD uniform. In his final collegiate campaign, and still from his position at left back, he shares the team lead with fellow senior Uly de la Cal at three goals apiece, over nine games, with all three of them coming in the 80th minute or later. The latest was the equalizer at 79:38 at No. 19 Cal State Dominguez Hills on Friday, Sept. 22. The Tritons went on to win it, 2-1.

OVERTIME STREAK
Five of UCSD's 10 games thus far in 2017 have gone into overtime, with a dramatic road win at APU and a trio of double-overtime draws preceding last Friday night's thrilling home win over Cal Poly Pomona. UCSD is an unbeaten 7-0-17 in overtime contests since its last such loss in 2014.

PREMIER DEFENSE
UCSD has given up seven goals in 2017 after 248:31 of shutout soccer to begin the season. The Tritons are thus second in the CCAA, third in the West Region and 19th nationally with a 0.649 team goals-against average. They allowed just 13 goals over 24 matches a year ago for a 0.52 GAA, which ranked fourth in all of the NCAA Division II. Eight came from the run of play, with four penalties and one free kick. UCSD was second in save percentage (.857) and fifth in shutout percentage (0.58), with a Division II-era program-record 14 clean sheets. The team's longest shutout stretch last year was 513:54 through four-plus shutouts, with two more of 356:51 and 353:12. The Tritons boasted one of the top seven defenses nationally in Division II in terms of team GAA for three straight seasons between 2012-14, but fell back to the 48th spot in 2015 (1.09). They led the country in that category in 2012 with a then-CCAA-record mark of 0.44, before finishing fourth in 2013 (0.52) and seventh in 2014 (0.65).

TRITON NOTES
UCSD is the favorite to repeat as the CCAA champion, as voted on by league head coaches in the 2017 preseason poll, having accumulated 130 points and eight of the 13 first-place votes after being picked fifth a year ago and loudly defying that prognostication ... UCSD is 12-3-3 in season openers in the Division II era (since 2000), including the scoreless draw at Biola on Aug. 31, and is thus an unbeaten 3-0-2 in the last five years ... UCSD is 9-7-2 in CCAA openers with back-to-back shutout losses at home to Chico State (2-0) this year and at Cal State San Marcos (1-0) last season ... UCSD had a CCAA-best 39 goals over 24 games in 2016 after managing 15 in 18 matches in 2015, marking a program record for the Division II era ... The Tritons struck for four goals in a span of 16:30 of the first half and ultimately cruised to a 4-0 defeat of visiting Stanislaus State on Sept 17.

STAT OF THE YEAR
If there was one telling statistic from the 2016 campaign, it was that on seven occasions, the Tritons surrendered a game's first score before rallying for a 2-1 victory via late goals. It happened in each of their first two games at home to begin the year, and turned into an exhilirating trend. UCSD achieved that score line three times in La Jolla and four times away from home, those four all in succession before a final instance in the national quarterfinal at Triton Soccer Stadium on Nov. 20. So far in 2017, the Tritons have done it two more times, both against traditional rivals who were nationally-ranked at the time, at No. 19 Cal State Dominguez Hills on Sept. 22 with two goals over the final 10:22 of regulation, and then at home in overtime against No. 17 Cal Poly Pomona on Sept. 29. UCSD also fell behind 2-0 at home to Concordia on Sept. 9 before storming back for a 2-2 draw.

ROSTER NOTES
Among 27 players on the 2017 roster are 18 returners and nine newcomers, five of them true freshmen ... The eight seniors are Malek Bashti, Uly de la Cal, Danny Glascock, Zachary Lagotta, Nolan Mac, Steven Ortiz, Kyle Panganiban and Eric Young ... There are six local products in Lagotta (San Diego/Cathedral Catholic HS), junior forward Nathaniel Bloom (Encinitas/San Dieguito HS Academy), and freshmen Jonathan Sabouri (Carlsbad/San Dieguito HS Academy), Jordan Karam (San Diego/Torrey Pines HS), Oliver Nelson (Escondido/Escondido HS) and Pedro Enciso (Vista/Rancho Buena Vista HS) ... True freshman Darragh Buckley is the younger brother of former Triton Padraig Buckley (2010-13).

CCAA TOURNAMENT RETURNS TO LA JOLLA
UC San Diego is the proud host of the 2017 CCAA Tournament semifinals and finals, for the first time since 2008 and fourth in all. Two women's and two men's semifinals will be contested at Triton Soccer Stadium on Friday, Nov. 3, with the two finals set for Sunday, Nov. 5. Start times are to be determined. First-round matchups will take place on the campuses of the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds on Tuesday, Oct. 31. In all three previous instances that UCSD has served as host, in 2001, 2006 and 2008, the Triton men have been unable to qualify.

CCAA FORMAT UNCHANGED
For the fourth year in a row, the CCAA slate will consist of a single round robin, with all teams meeting once for 12 matches total, and the top six sides (based on most points; three points for a league win, one for a tie) in the final regular-season standings qualifying for the 2017 CCAA Tournament. Cal State San Marcos, a new addition in 2015, is eligible for the first time.

2017 SEASON OUTLOOK
Jon Pascale, the three-time and reigning CCAA Coach of the Year in his 10th year in charge, has had to replace eight valuable seniors, but still has a bevy of veterans to rely on in 2017. Included in that group are Malek Bashti, Christian Cordell, Uly de la Cal, Danny Glascock, Zachary Lagotta (San Diego/Cathedral Catholic HS), Nolan Mac, Matt Merrill, Steven Ortiz, Kyle Panganiban, Jeff Powers and Eric Young, all seniors academically or athletically. Bashti and Mac picked up All-CCAA honorable mentions a season ago, and Lagotta in 2015, with de la Cal the top returning point-getter with 16 from four goals and a team-best eight assists in 2016. Bashti, Lagotta, Mac, Merrill and Powers were regular starters, at forward, right wing, left back, holding central midfield and right back, respectively. Fifth-year Triton Bashti had three goals and seven assists. Cordell is the leading returning goal-scorer, with five off the bench as a sophomore.

LAST SEASON
UC San Diego is coming off of the most successful season of its Division II era, as the treble winner of the CCAA regular-season, CCAA tournament and West Region championships, all for the first time. UCSD shocked Cal Poly Pomona on the road, 2-1, on the final day to steal the CCAA regular-season title, and later also turned the 2015 West Region champions and national runners-up away in the West final in La Jolla, 1-0 in overtime. The Tritons advanced to the national semifinals in Kansas City, Mo., fell to the eventual champions and finished 19-3-2 overall and 9-2-1 in league play. They have now made four successive postseason appearances in the form of the CCAA Tournament, with NCAA Championship berths in 2013, 2014 and 2016. UCSD went an unbeaten 12-0-1 at home in 2016.

HEAD COACH JON PASCALE
Jon Pascale, now a three-time CCAA Coach of the Year through back-to-back honors in 2012 and 2013 and another last season, has posted a 99-50-36 (.632) overall record in his 10th year in charge of the UC San Diego men's soccer program. He is 69-40-25 (.608) in arguably the toughest NCAA Division II conference in the nation, the CCAA. Last season, Pascale guided the Tritons to the very first CCAA regular-season, CCAA Tournament and Division II West Region titles in the program's 17 years as a league and Division II member. It was UCSD's seventh straight campaign with an overall record of .500 or better, with seven winning seasons out of Pascale's nine. The Tritons have earned four successive berths in the CCAA Tournament, with trips to the NCAA Championship in 2013, 2014 and 2016. A 1-0 home victory over Sonoma State on Sept. 29, 2013, gave Pascale career win No. 50, while a 2-0 triumph at Stanislaus State in the very next match on Oct. 4 marked his 100th contest at the Triton helm. He directed his first postseason tilt on Nov. 8, 2013, in Turlock, a come-from-behind, 2-1 overtime win over Chico State in a CCAA semifinal. He made his NCAA tourney debut as a head coach on Nov. 16, 2013, in La Jolla. A 2-0 home decision over Cal State East Bay on Oct. 12, 2014, meant CCAA win No. 50 for Pascale, who coached his 100th CCAA tilt at Cal State Monterey Bay five days later. The 2-0 decision versus Western Washington on Nov. 13, 2016, meant Pascale's first NCAA tournament win as a head coach.

ABOUT THE COUGARS
Cal State San Marcos (2-6-2, 0-5-1 CCAA) is in its third year as a CCAA member, eligible for the postseason for the first time, though the Cougars have struggled to date. They were picked to place 10th in the CCAA preseason poll, and are 1-3 on the road in 2017. CSUSM has dropped five straight and is 0-5-1 over its last six, without a goal in those contests. The Cougars' scoreless stretch is at 593:39. Ron Pulvers is in his 12th season in charge.

SERIES HISTORY
UCSD leads the all-time series, 4-2, though it dropped a tough 1-0 decision in San Marcos in both teams' 2016 CCAA opener through a rebound finish at 59:52 by Andrew Stalboerger. The Tritons posted shutout home victories in each of the previous two seasons. The Tritons won 4-0 in 2014 via two goals in each half, and then 1-0 in the first CCAA meeting in 2015 on a 76th-minute Eric Young header. The sides previously faced off in 2009, UCSD registering a 1-0 home win in the season opener. The series was witness to a thriller in La Jolla on Sept. 5, 2008. The Cougars began the scoring with a penalty kick at 84:31. UCSD equalized at 86:19, and stole it with a winner 36 seconds from the end of regulation. CSUSM took a 3-2 decision, again in La Jolla, on Sept. 21, 2007.

ABOUT THE GATORS
SF State (7-1-1, 2-1-1 CCAA) was picked seventh in the CCAA preseason poll. The Gators are 0-0 outside of San Francisco and are idle until their La Jolla visit on Friday. Former Cal assistant Javier Ayala-Hil is in his second year in charge of the Gators.

SERIES HISTORY
UCSD leads the all-time series, 11-5-4. Last year's meeting in San Francisco saw the Tritons rally from 1-0 down to win, 2-1. They did that seven times on the year. Justice Duerksen (78:57) and Uly de la Cal (81:08) scored the goals. The 2015 match ended as a scoreless draw in La Jolla. UCSD fell 2-0 in 2014 in San Francisco. The Tritons were 2-1 victors at home in 2013. In 2012, UCSD won 1-0 in La Jolla before the sides played to a goalless stalemate in San Francisco. The teams faced each other twice in 2011 as well, as fellow members of the CCAA South, with the Tritons pulling off a sweep. UCSD was an unbeaten 6-0-2 against SF State over eight matchups prior to 2014.

GEAR UP
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FOR THE YOUNGER CROWD
Got some young Triton fans in your family? If they are eighth grade or under, check out the Junior Triton Club. Membership includes a free t-shirt, admission to over 100 UCSD home athletic events, and much more!

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UP NEXT
The Tritons play their final five regular-season contests on the road, beginning next Friday, Oct. 13, at Humboldt State, and Sunday, Oct. 15, at Sonoma State.

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