THE SCHEDULE
Match 22 - NCAA Championship First Round
vs. Seattle Pacific (13-4-2, 7-3-2 GNAC)
Thursday, Nov. 12 • 7 p.m.
Harrington Field • Bellingham, Wash.
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Match 23 - NCAA Championship Second Round
at No. 2 Western Washington (18-1-1, 11-0-1 GNAC)
Saturday, Nov. 14 • 1 p.m.
Harrington Field • Bellingham, Wash.
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#ROADTOFLORIDA BEGINS IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOR TRITONS
The UC San Diego women's soccer team traveled to Bellingham, Wash., on Tuesday, by way of Oakland and Seattle, arriving late at night, to await the start of the 2015 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Championship. The Tritons (15-5-1), the California Collegiate Athletic Association's (CCAA) automatic entrant as its tournament champion, are the fourth seed. They will be the designated home team when opening the championship against fifth-seeded Seattle Pacific (13-4-2, 7-3-2 GNAC) on Thursday night, Nov. 12, in primetime. Kickoff at host Western Washington's Harrington Field is set for 7 p.m.

Thursday's winners will take on second-ranked, top-seeded Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) champion Western Washington in the second round on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 1 p.m. Harrington Field has a turf surface. UCSD has played one game on turf thus far in 2015, a 1-0 victory at Humboldt State on Oct. 16. The Tritons are 6-3 away from home this season, with three straight wins outside of La Jolla. They were last in the Pacific Northwest to begin the 2014 campaign, falling 2-1 at Seattle Pacific before defeating Saint Martin's, 3-0.

MATCHDAY
Tickets this week in Bellingham are $7 for general admission and $5 for students and seniors over 60. They are available by calling the WWU Box Office at (360) 650-2583, or in person at Harrington Field beginning one hour prior to kickoff. Both games will have a free video stream, pending inclement weather, and live stats. More information is available on the tournament page here, with all live links here.

FORMIDABLE FIELD
The Bellingham half of the West Regional will feature the winners of seven of the last 10 West Region champions. Host Western Washington is an unbeaten 16-0-1 over its last 17, while UCSD has won six straight and eight of its last nine. Three of SPU's four losses this season have come against WWU.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
The Tritons are in search of an eighth national title. The first five came during the NCAA Division III days, with the last two coming in UCSD's first two seasons at the Division II level (2000, 2001). UCSD has made its 13th Division II field in its 16th year since moving to Division II. The Tritons take a record of 23-9-3 (.700) in NCAA Division II Championship games heading into Thursday. They previously were 37-8-2 (.809) in 14 NCAA appearances in Division III.

WEST REGIONAL
Joining WWU, UCSD and Seattle Pacific on the other side of the West Regional in Azusa are second-seeded Azusa Pacific, third-seeded CCAA regular-season champion Sonoma State, and the Pacific West Conference (PacWest) champion Point Loma. APU is an at-large entrant from the PacWest. Sonoma State and Point Loma will face off at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday night, with the winner going up against Azusa Pacific at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

LAST TIME OUT
UCSD earned its record ninth CCAA Tournament banner this past weekend in Pomona. The Tritons first blanked then-10th-ranked top seed Sonoma State, the regular-season champion, 3-0, in Friday's semifinal. They held off sixth-seeded Stanislaus State, the 2014 West Region champion, 3-2, Sunday in the final after trotting out to a 3-0 advantage for the third successive contest. Kelcie Brodsky was named the CCAA Tournament Most Valuable Defensive Player, and Kiera Bocchino the Most Valuable Offensive Player. Bocchino scored two and set up the third in Friday's triumph over the Seawolves, when Brodsky made 10 saves to notch the clean sheet. They were joined on the All-Tournament Team by Meghan Berry, Jordyn McNutt, Katie O'Laughlin and Mary Reilly.

EIGHT ALL-CCAA
As announced last Thursday night, Nov. 5, in Pomona, UCSD had eight players earn postseason recognition by the CCAA. Mary Reilly is UCSD's sixth CCAA Freshman of the Year, and first since former All-American Cassie Callahanin 2011. She was joined on the All-CCAA First Team by Meghan Berry, Jordyn McNutt and Katie O'Laughlin. Jamie Benedetto and Kiera Bocchino both made the second team, with Kelcie Brodsky and Brie Diaz garnering honorable mention.

SECOND WEEKLY NATIONAL HONOREE
On Tuesday, Mary Reilly was chosen as the NSCAA College Player of the Week for NCAA Division II women. She was UCSD's second such honoree this season after Kelcie Brodsky back on Oct. 27. Reilly guided the Tritons to their program-record ninth CCAA Tournament title, with two goals and three assists over their three matches last week.

POTENT DUO UP FRONT
UCSD's striker tandem has proven to be difficult for opponents to handle. Mary Reilly leads the CCAA with her 11 goals, and Katie O'Laughlin is right behind her with 10. They are the most prolific Triton goal-scoring tandem since Kelly Cochran and Kathy Sepulveda totaled 24 from 12 goals each back in 2006. With 21 goals combined, Reilly and O'Laughlin make up the top scoring duo in the conference. The underclassmen, with Reilly just a freshman and O'Laughlin a sophomore, are also 1-2 in the conference in shots (78-62) and shots on goal (51-27).

JORDY THE PROVIDER
Sophomore Jordyn McNutt, UCSD's starter on the right wing, paces the CCAA with her single-season career-high nine assists. The San Diego native now has 16 helpers for her career after totaling a team-best seven as a freshman in 2014, which also tied for the league lead. Mary Reilly (six), Kiera Bocchino and Elisa Martinez (four each) follow McNutt in the category, for first-year transfer Martinez particularly effective of late as the sophomore played a part in all three goals in Friday's 3-0 win over Sonoma State, and also sent Reilly on her way in Sunday's final on the play that resulted in McNutt's penalty-kick second, and a Warrior red card.

SHUTDOWN DEFENSE
Kristen Sampietro, Meghan Berry and Makenzie Brito have started left to right in front of goalkeeper Kelcie Brodskyin UCSD's 3-5-2 alignment over the entirety of this six-game win streak. The Tritons have allowed just three goals during this stretch, with two coming very late over the last five minutes in Sunday's CCAA final against Stanislaus State.

LATE-SEASON MAGIC DUPLICATED
With their backs against the wall last year, the Tritons went 5-0-1 over their last six conference matches, surrendering just a single goal with four of those contests on the road, to earn a return trip to the CCAA tournament after their first-ever absence from the event in 2013. This season, UCSD went 4-1 in its last five league tilts, again with only one goal conceded, that coming in a 1-0 loss at then-11th-ranked Sonoma State, to make it back to the postseason. Three of those games were away from home. The Tritons have gone on to win six straight and eight of their last nine. This is their longest win streak since taking the first seven matches of the 2012 season. UCSD had not conceded a goal for 399:29 prior to CPP's late tally in last Wednesday's CCAA first-round tilt.

REILLY REALLY MAKES MARK ON COLLEGE GAME
Mary Reilly, a true freshman locally out of Chula Vista and Hilltop High School, leads the CCAA with 11 goals scored, four game-winning goals (tied), 28 total points, 78 shots taken and 51 shots on goal. She has 24 more shots on goal than the next closest player. The forward hit for an incredible four goals in a 4-2 win at Cal State Dominguez Hills on Friday night, Oct. 2, becoming the first Triton to do so since former All-American Megan Dickey during an 11-0 home victory over Central Washington more than a decade before on Sept. 8, 2005. Reilly has set a new mark for most goals scored by a true freshman, at least for UCSD's Division II era, since 2000. She has the most goals by a Triton since Annette Ilg also hit for 11 in 2010.

BRODSKY BROADENS CAREER CREDENTIALS
Kelcie Brodsky continues to add to her stellar numbers as UCSD's fourth-year starting goalkeeper. Having set the program's single-season saves mark at 114 as a true freshman in 2012, she broke the career standard in that category in the final game of her junior campaign. She then eclipsed the 300-save mark with her seventh in the 56th minute at Azusa Pacific (9/10), reaching double figures for a single contest for the second time as she finished with 11. Brodsky's career total stands at 383. She is second in the CCAA with 98 on the year, having twice led the league in saves, in 2012 (114) and 2014 (83). At home against Point Loma (9/5), she kept her 20th individual shutout as a Triton, and has nine on the year and 28 in all. The Agoura Hills product has received postseason recognition from the CCAA for each of her four years. She made the All-CCAA Second Team as a freshman and junior, garnering All-CCAA honorable mention as a sophomore and senior. Brodsky is second this season in the CCAA in shutouts (tied) and goalie minutes (1932:34), and third in save percentage (.845) and goals-against average (0.84).

BRODSKY SWEEPS NATIONAL AND CONFERENCE WEEKLY HONORS
Kelcie Brodsky was named on Oct. 27 both among the NSCAA College Players of the Week, and as the CCAA Player of the Week, for the week of Oct. 19-25. She made a total of 10 saves while keeping a pair of shutouts as UCSD won its final two CCAA contests, clinching a berth in the 2015 CCAA Tournament with the latter result on Oct. 23, a 4-0 decision at Chico State. Brodsky played a major role in UCSD going 4-1 over its final five conference matches with four shutout triumphs and just one goal surrendered during the stretch in a 1-0 road loss at then-11th-ranked league leader Sonoma State.

O'LAUGHLIN A CCAA PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sophomore striker Katie O'Laughlin earned CCAA Player of the Week distinction for the first time in her career on Sept. 29. The Carlsbad product accounted for the decisive goal in UCSD home victories on Sept. 25 and Sept. 27, representing her first game-winning tallies as a Triton. She is second on the team with 10 goals, three game-winners, 22 total points, 62 shots and 27 shots on goal for the year. O'Laughlin is second in the CCAA in goals, shots and shots on goal (tied), behind only strike partner Mary Reilly.

YOUTH BEING SERVED
A total of 32 of UCSD's 40 goals this season have come from first- or second-year collegians, with 11 by freshman Mary Reilly, 10 by sophomore Katie O'Laughlin, four by sophomore Jordyn McNutt, and three by freshman Megumi Barber. Other scores have come from freshmen Summer Bales and Danielle Nunn, sophomores Elisa Martinez and Taylor Ramos, redshirt junior Kiera Bocchino (four), junior Jamie Benedetto, and redshirt sophomore Maxia Espino(two). Underclassmen have also been the providers of 27 of 37 assists, with nine by McNutt, six by Reilly, four by Martinez, and two each by Bales, Barber and O'Laughlin. UCSD had a season high of six true freshmen or sophomores in its starting lineup in three straight matches from Sept. 12-18. Goalkeeper Kelcie Brodsky is the only senior who has seen action.

TRITON NOTES
UCSD has scored 18 goals during its current six-game win streak, and has its most wins since going 17-3-4 in 2012 as the national runner-up ... The Tritons completed the 12-game CCAA season alone in fourth with 22 points from a 7-4-1 league mark ... Seven of the 15 Triton wins in 2015 have been by one-goal margins ... UCSD is 7-5 in one-goal games ... UCSD is 14-1-1 in season openers in the Division II era, including this year's 2-1 overtime triumph at home vs. Concordia (9/3) ... UCSD is an even 8-8 in CCAA openers after back-to-back losses ... UCSD was picked to finish seventh in the 2015 CCAA race, as voted on in the preseason poll conducted by the league's 13 head coaches, with Cal State L.A. favored to repeat ... The Tritons went 9-6-3 overall and 6-3-2 in the CCAA a year ago, placing sixth.

ROSTER NOTES
UCSD's 31-player 2015 roster has three seniors in four-year starting goalkeeper Kelcie Brodsky, fourth-year midfielder Maile Nilsson (San Diego/The Preuss School UCSD) and third-year Triton Lyndsay Gehring ... Fourth-year Triton goalkeeper Itzel Gonzalez is redshirting ... Fourteen newcomers joined the program, including 11 true freshmen ... Nine new Tritons have made their debuts ... Back are 2014 All-CCAA Second Team picks Brodsky and Jordyn McNutt, who led the side in goals (tied-five), assists (seven) and points (17) as a freshman out of University City High School ... Kiera Bocchino (four goals, three assists), Aimee Ellis, Katie O'Laughlin (Carlsbad/Pacific Ridge School) and Kristen Sampietro also return as Tritons who started at least 10 matches in 2014 ... Bocchino, who primarily plays on the left wing, and new center back Meghan Berry, both redshirt juniors, are first-time co-captains ... Nine players are from San Diego in McNutt, Nilsson, O'Laughlin, Maxia Espino (Chula Vista/Hilltop HS), Anna Nilsson (San Diego/The Preuss School UCSD) and Taylor Ramos (San Diego/Coronado HS), and newcomers Megumi Barber (San Diego/Mt. Carmel HS), Elisa Martinez (El Cajon/Univ. of Sioux Falls/Francis Parker School) and Mary Reilly (Chula Vista/Hilltop HS) ... Anna is the younger sister of Maile ... Berry, a second-year Triton who attended San Diego Miramar College after Mt. Carmel High School, was born in Dallas and lists Austin, Texas, as her hometown.

HEAD COACH BRIAN McMANUS
Brian McManus is in his 29th season in charge of the UCSD women's soccer program. With a career record of 465-84-51, he has achieved the most wins in NCAA Division II women's soccer history, and fifth-most for all divisions. McManus' career winning percentage heading into 2015 of .820, ranked among the top 10 in college women's soccer annals, both overall (No. 9) and Division II only (No. 4). He was also second in win percentage among active Division II coaches. McManus has directed UCSD to seven national titles and a record nine CCAA banners, with the Tritons advancing to the national semifinals a remarkable 15 times in his 28 years. Under his guidance, UCSD has qualified for the NCAA Championship all 13 seasons during the Division III days, and all but three (2004, 2013-14) of 16 years since the move up to Division II. McManus' Tritons have missed the CCAA Tournament just once in 2013, having earned 13 straight berths after joining the conference.

JONESY NOW ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH
Kristin Jones, a two-time national champion and two-time All-American as one of the greatest players to ever come through the storied UCSD women's soccer program, was elevated by Brian McManus to the position of associate head coach on Aug. 28. She is in her 16th straight year as a Triton, and 12th on the UCSD bench. Jones joined McManus' staff immediately upon exhausting her eligibility, ahead of the 2004 season, and became his top assistant in 2006.

ABOUT THE FALCONS
Seattle Pacific (13-4-2, 7-3-2 GNAC) had won four straight, all in shutout fashion, before suffering a 3-1 defeat to Western Washington in Saturday's GNAC final at Simon Fraser. Three of the Falcons' four losses in 2015 have come at the hands of the Vikings. They are 6-3-1 outside of Seattle in 2015. SPU has qualified for 13 consecutive NCAA Division II Championship fields and is 16-10-3 all-time. Arby Busey is in his first season in charge.

SERIES HISTORY
UCSD holds a 5-3 advantage in the all-time series, with five of those meetings (3-2) coming in the NCAA Division II Championship. The Tritons are 2-3 against the Falcons in Seattle. UCSD had beaten SPU four straight times between a 3-1 loss in Seattle in 2008, and a 2-1 defeat in the 2014 season opener for both sides. In the 2013 opener, the Tritons posted a come-from-behind, 2-1 decision over then-21st-ranked SPU.

ABOUT THE VIKINGS
No. 2 Western Washington last topped SPU, 3-1, in the final of the GNAC Tournament in Burnaby, B.C., on Saturday, to earn its league's automatic NCAA berth. The Vikings are an unbeaten 16-0-1 over their last 17, since their only loss, a 2-1 decision at UCSD's CCAA foe, Humboldt State. The Vikings are making their fourth straight NCAA appearance and sixth in all. They are 6-5 in the tournament. Travis Connell, the 2012 NSCAA Division II West Region Coach of the Year, is in his 13th season at the helm.

SERIES HISTORY
UCSD is 5-1-1 all-time against WWU, its only loss in the most recent meeting, a 1-0 defeat in La Jolla early in the 2013 season on Sept. 7. Jessica Bertucci scored the decider at 88:52 in what was the Vikings' opener. WWU had not scored in three prior trips to La Jolla, resulting in Triton triumphs of 1-0 (2001), 4-0 (2006) and 5-0 (2009). The then-23rd-ranked Vikings were edged, also 2-1, by UCSD in the NCAA Division II West Region final in Denver, Colo., on Nov. 16, 2012. Triton goals came from Ellen Wilson in the first half and fellow senior Gabi Hernandez 51 seconds into the first overtime period, completing a sequence started by Izzy Pozurama.

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UP NEXT
Should UCSD advance out of Bellingham, the Tritons would likely be on the road again next weekend at either Azusa Pacific or Sonoma State, for the West Region final. The highest remaining seed in the West would host the regional final and national quarterfinal against the South Central champion.

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