Wednesday, October 14
Irvine, CA
7:00 pm
UC Riverside
at
UC Irvine
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Men's Soccer Heads To No. 23 UC Irvine In Search Of First Big West Win
10/12/2009 9:27:02 AM | Men's Soccer
The UC Riverside Men's Soccer Team, coming off a close 1-0 loss to No. 7 UC Santa Barbara, takes on another Top-25 opponent on Wednesday as they travel to UC Irvine to face the No. 23 Anteaters. The Highlanders dropped the last two meetings against UC Irvine, with Cesar Diaz (pictured) connecting for UCR in a 3-1 loss to the Anteaters a year ago.
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, six different members of the Highlanders have goals to their credit led by Tyler Wilson's pair of scores.
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
The Highlanders are utilizing both of their primary keepers this season with Cody Suppé getting the call for seven starts and Ryan Schmitz picking up four on the year thus far. Suppé's goals against average is 1.68 while Schmitz's is 2.22.
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.
| Highlanders vs. Anteaters Game Capsule | ||
| UC Riverside | UC Irvine |
|
| 2008 Record & stats |
4-15-1, 1-9-0 | 15-2-6, 5-1-4 |
| 2009 Record & stats |
1-10-0, 0-3-0 |
8-4-0, 1-2-0 |
| 2009 Schedule | 2009 Schedule | |
| 2009 Roster | 2009 Roster | |
| Conference Web Site | Big West |
|
| Current Streak | L 7 |
W 2 |
| Most Recent Box Score |
L, 1-0 vs. UC Santa Barbara |
W, 3-0 at Cal State Northridge |
| Next Match | 10/17 vs. Cal Poly |
10/21 vs. Cal Poly |
| Leading Scorers |  Junior 1 gl, 1 ast, 3 pts  Junior 1 gl, 1 ast, 3 pts  Sophomore 1 gl, 1 ast, 3 pts |
 Senior 5 gls, 5 asts, 15 pts |
| Leading Goalkeeper |  RS Freshman 7 mp, 1.68 gaa, 38 svs |
 Sophomore 8 mp, 0.96 gaa, 26 svs |
| All-Time Record Against | 4-9-3 |
|
| Current Streak Against |
L 2 |
|
| Highlanders vs. Anteaters All-Time Results |
||
| October 19, 2001 at Irvine, CA |
L, 1-0 | |
| November 9, 2001 at Riverside, CA |
T, 0-0 (2 OT) | |
| November 11, 2002 at Riverside, CA |
L, 2-1 | |
| November 13, 2002 at Irvine, CA |
T, 0-0 (2 OT) | |
| October 25, 2003 at Irvine, CA |
L, 2-1 | |
| November 12, 2003 at Riverside, CA |
W, 1-0 | |
| October 6, 2004 at Irvine, CA |
W, 2-0 | |
| November 6, 2004 at Riverside, CA |
W, 1-0 (2 OT) | |
| October 1, 2005 at Irvine, CA |
L, 3-2 | |
| October 26, 2005 at Riverside, CA |
L, 1-0 | |
| September 23, 2006 at Riverside, CA |
L, 4-0 | |
| October 18, 2006 at Irvine, CA |
L, 2-0 | |
| November 7, 2007 at Riverside, CA |
W, 2-0 | |
| November 13, 2007 at Irvine, CA |
T, 1-1 (2 OT) | |
| October 11, 2008 at Riverside, CA |
L, 4-2 | |
| November 5, 2008 at Irvine, CA |
L, 3-1 | |
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, six different members of the Highlanders have goals to their credit led by Tyler Wilson's pair of scores.
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
The Highlanders are utilizing both of their primary keepers this season with Cody Suppé getting the call for seven starts and Ryan Schmitz picking up four on the year thus far. Suppé's goals against average is 1.68 while Schmitz's is 2.22.
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.
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