THE SCHEDULE
Match 9 - First Friday
vs. No. 8 Cal State San Bernardino (9-0, 2-0 CCAA)
Friday, Oct. 3 • 7 p.m.
Triton Soccer Stadium • La Jolla
Live Stats

Match 10
at Chico State (4-3-1, 1-1 CCAA)
Sunday, Oct. 5 • 2 p.m.
University Soccer Stadium • Chico
Live Stats

FIRST FRIDAY SHOWDOWN WITH NO. 8 COYOTES ON TAP
The UC San Diego women's soccer team continues California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) play this weekend. The Tritons are still searching for their first league win of 2014, at 3-4-1 overall and 0-2 in the CCAA. They host eighth-ranked and undefeated Cal State San Bernardino this Friday night, Oct. 3. Kickoff on First Friday (first Friday of 2014-15 academic year) at Triton Soccer Stadium is slated for 7 p.m., after the men take on the Coyotes at 4:30 p.m. UCSD then travels up to rival Chico State for a 2 p.m. start on Sunday, Oct. 5. All games this week will have live stats. All regular-season matches at Triton Soccer Stadium are free to attend.

FREE T-SHIRTS FRIDAY
This is UCSD Welcome Week, with students finally back on campus and the fall quarter in session as of Thursday, Oct. 2. The first 1000 UCSD students at Friday's doubleheader will receive their free Triton Gameday t-shirt. Tweet, Instagram and Facebook pictures from Triton Soccer Stadium using the #UCSDWelcomeWeek and #TritonsRising hashtags.

A LOOK BACK AT LAST WEEK
UCSD suffered back-to-back 1-0 losses to begin CCAA play last week, first at Cal State L.A. on Friday, Sept. 26, and then at home against Cal Poly Pomona two days later. The decisive goals came in the 47th and third minute, respectively. In their four defeats, the Tritons have allowed a goal within the first 20 minutes in three of them, with a goal in the first three minutes in two. They also conceded a goal 40 seconds into their lone tie.

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.

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 currently paces UCSD with three goals, four assists and 10 total points. McNutt 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 seven of eight matches with six starts, having been forced to miss the league opener at Cal State L.A. on Sept. 26 through injury.

MILESTONE STRIKE 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 her 21st, with no fewer than 11 of those strikes, including both so far this season, coming off of headers. Callahan led UCSD in goals, assists, total points, shots and shots on goal in each of the past two seasons. She and fellow senior Izzy Pozurama, a 2012 All-CCAA Second Team selection, are second-year captains in 2014.

TRITON NOTES
UCSD has opened CCAA play at 0-2 for the first time ever, having joined the conference for the 2000 season ... 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.

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 444-77-48, he has achieved the second-most wins (four 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 COYOTES
Cal State San Bernardino (9-0, 2-0 CCAA) moved up from 12th to eighth in this week's national rankings after a perfect start to their league season. The Coyotes remain undefeated, and have allowed just two goals in their nine games, while scoring 18. They have posted five straight shutout victories, having not allowed a goal in 507:42. CSUSB, the top-rated team in the West Region, won at Cal Poly Pomona, 1-0, last Friday, and then 2-0 at home over Cal State Dominguez Hills on Sunday. Travis Clarke is in his sixth year at the CSUSB helm.

SERIES HISTORY
UCSD has largely dominated the all-time series at 31-5-6. Last season, the teams played to a 1-1 draw in San Bernardino, before the Tritons won 2-1 in La Jolla. They split their two meetings in 2012, with the Coyotes grabbing a rare win, 1-0 in overtime, in La Jolla after the Tritons had earlier posted a 1-0 victory of their own in double overtime.

ABOUT THE WILDCATS
Chico State (4-3-1, 1-1 CCAA) hosts Cal Poly Pomona on Friday night at 7 p.m. prior to welcoming UCSD on Sunday. The Wildcats are ranked No. 9 by the NSCAA in the West Region, and are 2-1 at home in 2014. They are coming off of a road split of the first CCAA weekend of the season, with a 2-0 win at CSUDH followed by a 2-1 defeat at CSULA. Kim Sutton is in her 14th season in charge of the Wildcats.

SERIES HISTORY
UCSD leads the all-time series, 11-5-2. Last year, the teams tied in Chico, 2-2, with UCSD winning 2-0 at home. The Tritons have gone 3-0-2 in the last five regular-season match-ups since a 2-0 loss in Chico in 2009. Chico State did, however, end UCSD's 2011 campaign in La Jolla with a 1-0 victory in the second round of the NCAA Championship.

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
The Tritons are in La Jolla for a pair of CCAA games on Homecoming weekend. UCSD will host Cal State Stanislaus on Friday, Oct. 10 (4:30 p.m.) and Cal State East Bay on Sunday, Oct. 12 (11:30 a.m.) at Triton Soccer Stadium.

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