University of California Riverside Athletics

Three days after honoring the team's seniors at the final home match of the 2009 season, the UC Riverside men's soccer team travels to Cal State Fullerton Saturday at 7 pm PT for the final regular season match of the year for both squads. The Titans and Highlanders met earlier this year on October 21 at the UCR Soccer Stadium and played to a 2-2 tie. Alexander Racca (pictured) and Joel Garcia scored goals on the night to give UCR its first conference points of the season.

Highlanders vs. Titans Game Capsule
	UC Riverside	Cal State Fullerton
2008 Record & stats	4-15-1, 1-9-0	5-14-1, 2-7-1
2009 Record & stats	1-15-1, 0-8-1	7-9-2, 3-5-1
	2009 Schedule	2009 Schedule
	2009 Roster	2009 Roster
Conference Web Site	Big West
Current Streak	L 3	L 3
Most Recent Box Score	L, 1-0 vs. UC Irvine	L, 1-0 at Cal State Northridge
Leading Scorers	Joel Garcia Sophomore 3 gls, 1 ast, 7 pts	Celso Alvarez Junior 5 gls, 1 ast, 11 pts
Leading Goalkeeper	Cody Suppé RS Freshman 10 mp, 1.76 gaa, 56 svs	Trevor Whiddon Sophomore 17 mp, 1.32 gaa, 68 svs
All-Time Record Against	5-10-2
Current Streak Against	T 2
Highlanders vs. Titans All-Time Results
September 26, 2001 at Fullerton, CA	L 2-0
November 11, 2001 at Riverside, CA	W, 4-1
October 19, 2002 at Fullerton, CA	L, 4-2
November 6, 2002 at Riverside, CA	L, 3-2 (2 OT)
October 12, 2003 at Riverside, CA	W, 2-1
October 18, 2003 at Fullerton, CA	W, 2-1
September 3, 2004 at Fullerton, CA	W, 2-1
November 3, 2004 at Riverside, CA	L, 2-1
October 14, 2005 at Riverside, CA	L, forfeit due to ineligible player
November 12, 2005 at Fullerton, CA	L, forfeit due to ineligible player
October 7, 2006 at Fullerton, CA	L, 4-2
November 1, 2006 at Riverside, CA	L, 4-2
October 10, 2007 at Fullerton, CA	W, 1-0
October 17, 2007 at Riverside, CA	T, 2-2 (2 OT)
October 22, 2008 at Fullerton, CA	L, 3-1
November 8, 2008 at Riverside, CA	L, 3-1
October 21, 2009 at Riverside, CA	T, 2-2 (2 OT)

GAME NOTES
THE REPLACEMENTS
The Highlanders, who scored 22 goals during the 2008 season, will need to replace the offensive production of their leading scorer from a year ago, Joel Crompton (8 goals, 1 assist, 17 points) who finished his UCR career ranked tied for second in career points and fourth in goals scored. Eight other Highlanders dented the back of the net in 2008 led by Cesar Diaz's four goals, Robert Cate's three and Nathan Paterson's two.

This season, seven different members of the Highlanders have goals to their credit with Joel Garcia leading the team with three scores.

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
The Highlanders are utilizing both of their primary keepers this season with Cody Suppé getting the call for 10 starts and Ryan Schmitz picking up five on the year thus far. Suppé's goals against average is 1.77 while Schmitz's is 2.50.

Alex Abelson earned his first start in goal as a collegian in UCR's match against Cal State Northridge. This year's team goals against average is 2.09 compared to 2.39 from  year ago.

ALL-TOURNEY TEAM
UC Riverside's David Lozano and Chris Smith were named to the Saint Mary's All-Tournament Team for their performances in the Highlanders' first two matches of the season against Sacramento State and Saint Mary's. The Highlanders dropped both games of the tournament by the thinnest of margins — 1-0 at Sacramento State on September 4 and 2-1 in overtime at Saint Mary's on September 6.