THE SCHEDULE
Match 11 - Homecoming Weekend
vs. No. 7 Cal State Stanislaus (10-1, 3-1 CCAA)
Friday, Oct. 10 • 4:30 p.m.
Triton Soccer Stadium • La Jolla
Live Stats

Match 12 - Homecoming Weekend
vs. Cal State East Bay (5-4-2, 2-2 CCAA)
Sunday, Oct. 12 • 12 p.m.
Triton Soccer Stadium • La Jolla
Live Stats

TRITONS FACE SECOND STRAIGHT HOME DATE WITH TOP-10 FOE
The UC San Diego women's soccer team continues California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) play this weekend. The Tritons will welcome a second straight top-10 opponent into Triton Soccer Stadium this Friday, Oct. 10, when No. 7 Cal State Stanislaus, the reigning CCAA champion, visits for a 4:30 p.m. showdown. UCSD knocked off then-eighth-ranked and previously-undefeated Cal State San Bernardino, 1-0, just last week on Friday, Oct. 3. This Sunday, Oct. 12, the Tritons take on Cal State East Bay. Kickoff for that one at Triton Soccer Stadium is now set for 12 p.m. That is a new start time, having originally been at 11:30 a.m. Both games will precede the Triton men at 7 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., respectively. The games this week will have live stats. All regular-season matches at Triton Soccer Stadium are free to attend.

FREE POSTERS SUNDAY
Free posters featuring both the UCSD men's and women's soccer teams will be available throughout the doubleheader at Triton Soccer Stadium this Sunday, Oct. 12, against Cal State East Bay. The posters are courtesy of Pepsi and UCSD Dining Services. The women's match kicks off at 12 p.m., with the men right after at 2:30 p.m.

A LOOK BACK AT LAST WEEK
UCSD got in the win column in the CCAA last week, knocking off then-eighth-ranked and previously-undefeated Cal State San Bernardino, 1-0, in front of 549 fans at Triton Soccer Stadium on Friday, Oct. 3. The lone goal came in the 80th minute as Cassie Callahan (Coronado/Coronado HS) volleyed in Jordyn McNutt's (San Diego/University City HS) left-sided corner kick at the near post. Kelcie Brodsky made four saves for her first individual clean sheet of the season. On Sunday, Oct. 5, the Tritons played to a 1-1 draw at Chico State. Katie O'Laughlin (Carlsbad/Pacific Ridge School), a true freshman making a second straight start at a forward spot, tallied her first collegiate goal in the 14th minute off of Kiley Leshin's first assist of the year, but the host 'Cats answered back with a set-piece strike at the 67:00 mark.

GOALS KEEP COMING FOR CALLAHAN
All-American central midfielder Cassie Callahan notched her 20th career goal to cap the scoring in a 3-0 win at Saint Martin's on Sept. 6. She has since tallied two more to give her 22 for her career, with no fewer than 11 of those strikes, including two this season, coming off of headers. Callahan's most important strike so far in 2014 was her 80th-minute game-winning volley to hand No. 8 Cal State San Bernardino its first loss on Oct. 3. The graduate of Coronado High School led UCSD in goals, assists, total points, shots and shots on goal in each of the past two seasons. She is currently tied with Jordyn McNutt atop UCSD's goal chart. Callahan and fellow senior Izzy Pozurama, a 2012 All-CCAA Second Team selection, are second-year captains in 2014.

GREAT COLLEGIATE INTRODUCTION FOR LOCAL ROOKIE
Jordyn McNutt, a San Diego native and true freshman out of nearby University City High School, has made an exceptional impression thus far in her very first year of college soccer. From her position as a wing midfielder, she paces UCSD with three goals (tied), five assists and 11 points. Her assist total ranks her in a four-way tie for third in the CCAA, with the most recent helper coming on Cassie Callahan's late winner against No. 8 CSUSB on Oct. 3. McNutt earlier provided a pair of two-assist efforts against Saint Martin's and Azusa Pacific, setting up both goals in the latter contest, a come-from-behind 2-1 triumph in double overtime. She has appeared in nine of 10 matches with eight starts, having been forced to miss the league opener at Cal State L.A. on Sept. 26 through injury. Three of McNutt's assists have come on corner kicks.

NEW MARK FOR BRODSKY
Junior Triton goalkeeper Kelcie Brodsky's 13 saves in a 1-1 home draw with Cal State L.A. on Sept. 22 marked a new UCSD record for the NCAA Division II era (since 2000). It fell just one shy of matching the school mark of 14 set by Jennelle Welling in 1991 against Cal State Dominguez Hills. The 31 shots Brodsky faced that evening, is believed to be a new program record for a UCSD opponent. The Agoura Hills product has started all 10 matches in 2014. She leads the CCAA with 45 saves, and is fourth with an .804 save percentage.

TRITON NOTES
UCSD is back in the NSCAA's West Region poll this week at No. 9 ... Three of the Tritons' four goals in a 4-2 win at Cal State Dominguez Hills on Sept. 19 came on headers ... UCSD was picked to finish fifth by league head coaches in the CCAA preseason coaches' poll, garnering two of the 12 first-place votes ... The 2014 senior class is made up of Cassie Callahan, Kylie Hill, Kiley Leshin and Izzy Pozurama ... Opposite those four seniors and 18 total returners on the 27-player 2014 UCSD roster are nine newcomers ... Eight players are from San Diego, in Cassie Callahan (Coronado/Coronado HS), Maile Nilsson (San Diego/The Preuss School UCSD), Maxia Espino (Chula Vista/Hilltop HS), Devon Roncoroni (San Diego/Bonita Vista HS), and newcomers Jordyn McNutt (San Diego/University City HS), Katie O'Laughlin (Carlsbad/Pacific Ridge School), Anna Nilsson (San Diego/The Preuss School UCSD) and Taylor Ramos (San Diego/Coronado HS) ... Anna is the younger sister of Maile ... Another newcomer, redshirt sophomore midfielder Meghan Berry, calls Austin, Texas, home, but attended San Diego Miramar College the past two years after graduating from Mt. Carmel High School.

HEAD COACH BRIAN McMANUS
Brian McManus is in his 28th season in charge of the UCSD women's soccer program. With a career record of 445-77-49, he has achieved the second-most wins (three behind Gabe Mejail of Merrimack College) in NCAA Division II women's soccer history. McManus' career winning percentage heading into 2014 of .828, ranks among the top 10 in college women's soccer annals, both overall (No. 9) and Division II only (No. 4). He is fifth among all divisions in wins. McManus has directed UCSD to seven national championships and a record eight CCAA banners, with the Tritons advancing to the national semifinals a remarkable 15 times in his 27 years. Under his guidance, UCSD has qualified for the NCAA tournament all 13 seasons during the Division III days, and all but two of 14 years (2004, 2013) since the move up to Division II. Last season marked the first time McManus' Tritons missed a CCAA Championship, having qualified for 13 straight after joining the conference.

ABOUT THE WARRIORS
Cal State Stanislaus is 10-1 overall and 3-1 in the CCAA. The Warriors ascended back into the top 10 in the NSCAA national poll on Tuesday morning, from 17th, after a weekend home sweep of Humboldt State (2-0) and Sonoma State (4-3 in double overtime). They are the top-rated team in the coaches' association's West Region listing. All-everything forward Karenee Demery exhausted her eligibility following the 2013 campaign, but freshman forward Jade Poon has softened her absence. The Sacramento product was named Tuesday as the CCAA Player of the Week for the third time this season, and leads the league with 11 goals and 23 total points. Stanislaus is 4-1 outside of Turlock. Gabriel Bolton is the 10th-year Warrior head coach.

SERIES HISTORY
UCSD leads the all-time series, 11-4-2, but dropped the most recent meeting, 4-1, in Turlock last year. The teams faced off twice in 2012, with the visiting Warriors first taking the regular-season meeting in La Jolla, 1-0 on an Apryl Whitney goal at 86:41. The Tritons avenged that defeat with a 2-1 decision in the CCAA Championship semifinals in Carson, getting their own late winner at 86:09 from Gabi Hernandez after Cassie Callahan and Karenee Demery's strikes had cancelled each other out earlier in the second half.

ABOUT THE PIONEERS
Cal State East Bay is 5-4-2 overall and an even 2-2 CCAA heading into a match at Cal Poly Pomona on Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. The Pioneers are an undefeated 2-0-2 outside of Hayward so far in 2014. They are coming off of a weekend home split, with a 3-1 win over Cal State Monterey Bay on Sunday following Friday's 2-1 loss to nationally-ranked Sonoma State. Amy Gerace is in her 14th year in charge at her alma mater.

SERIES HISTORY
UCSD leads the all-time series, 6-1. The Tritons had taken the first six meetings after the Pioneers joined the CCAA for the 2009 season, prior to a 2-1 overtime loss in Hayward a season ago. UCSD had actually taken a 1-0 lead into the final seven minutes of regulation in that one, before the home side equalized and then stole it within two minutes in the first extra period. The Tritons stormed back from a 2-0 halftime deficit to down the Pioneers in double overtime, 3-2, in Hayward in 2012. Izzy Pozurama scored the unassisted winner at 101:47 after Cassie Callahan had levelled matters in the 79th minute. UCSD won the last meeting in La Jolla, 5-1 in 2011.

NEW YEAR, NEW FORMAT IN CCAA
The CCAA has made changes to its regular-season and tournament formats in men's and women's soccer for the 2014 season. The six-team, two-division alignment is no more, now with just one 12-team league table. Rather than a 16-game regular-season schedule with two matches against divisional opponents and one against out-of-division foes, each team faces one another once, for a total of 11 CCAA contests. The top six teams in the final standings advance to the CCAA Championship, up from four in prior years. The first- and second-place finishers get first-round byes, with those two games held at campus sites of the higher seeds. The venue for the 2014 CCAA Championship semifinals and final has been announced as Warrior Stadium on the campus of Cal State Stanislaus in Turlock for the second year in a row and the fifth time in the last six years. The winner on the women's side will once again gain automatic entry into the NCAA Championship.

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UP NEXT
Following this weekend, UCSD embarks on a season-long four-match road stretch. The Tritons will play at Cal State Monterey Bay on Oct. 17 and SF State on Oct. 19.

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