Wednesday, October 28
San Luis Obispo, CA
7:00 PM
UC Riverside
at
Cal Poly
Photo by: Bobby R. Hester, (c) 2009
Men's Soccer Travels To Cal Poly Looking To Avenge Last Week's 1-0 Loss
10/22/2009 9:20:38 AM | Men's Soccer
The Big West Men's Soccer Season is heading into the home stretch as all seven teams still have a shot at a spot in the conference tournament.
The Highlanders are coming off of a 2-2 tie against third place Cal State Fullerton on Wednesday night in which redshirt freshman Alexander Racca (pictured) scored the first goal of his collegiate career.
UCR travels to second place Cal Poly on Wednesday, October 28 for a 7 pm PT tilt with the Mustangs. These two teams met just over a week ago on October 19 at the UCR Soccer Stadium with Ryan Anderson's goal for Cal Poly in the 18th minute serving as the lone score in a 1-0 Mustangs win.
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 Tyler Wilson, Joel Garcia and Cesar Diaz leading with two goals apiece.
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
The Highlanders are utilizing both of their primary keepers this season with Cody Suppé getting the call for nine starts and Ryan Schmitz picking up five on the year thus far. Suppé's goals against average is 1.73 while Schmitz's is 2.40.
This year's team goals against average of 1.96 is nearly a half goal better than last year's 2.39
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.
The Highlanders are coming off of a 2-2 tie against third place Cal State Fullerton on Wednesday night in which redshirt freshman Alexander Racca (pictured) scored the first goal of his collegiate career.
UCR travels to second place Cal Poly on Wednesday, October 28 for a 7 pm PT tilt with the Mustangs. These two teams met just over a week ago on October 19 at the UCR Soccer Stadium with Ryan Anderson's goal for Cal Poly in the 18th minute serving as the lone score in a 1-0 Mustangs win.
| Highlanders vs. Mustangs Game Capsule | ||
| UC Riverside | Cal Poly |
|
| 2008 Record & stats |
4-15-1, 1-9-0 | 11-6-6, 5-2-4 |
| 2009 Record & stats |
1-12-1, 0-5-1 |
7-8-1, 5-2-0 |
| 2009 Schedule | 2009 Schedule | |
| 2009 Roster | 2009 Roster | |
| Conference Web Site | Big West |
|
| Current Streak | T 1 |
W 1 |
| Most Recent Box Score |
T, 2-2 (2 OT) vs. Cal State Fullerton |
W, 3-1 vs. Cal State Northridge |
| Next Match | 10/31 at Cal State Northridge |
10/31 at UC Davis |
| Leading Scorers |  Junior 2 gls, 1 ast, 5 pts  Sophomore 2 gls, 1 ast, 5 pts |
 Junior 6 gls, 2 ast, 14 pts |
| Leading Goalkeeper |  RS Freshman 10 mp, 1.73 gaa, 53 svs |
 Junior 11 mp, 1.13 gaa, 52 svs |
| All-Time Record Against | 4-11-2 | |
| Current Streak Against |
L 3 |
|
| Highlanders vs. Mustangs All-Time Results |
||
| October 21, 2001 at Riverside, CA |
L 2-0 | |
| November 2, 2001 at San Luis Obispo, CA |
L, 3-1 | |
| October 12, 2002 at Riverside, CA |
W, 2-1 | |
| November 17, 2002 at San Luis Obispo, CA |
W, 3-2 | |
| October 29, 2003 at San Luis Obispo, CA |
L, 3-1 | |
| November 15, 2003 at Riverside, CA |
L, 1-0 (OT) | |
| October 17, 2004 at San Luis Obispo, CA |
W, 5-4 | |
| November 9, 2004 at Riverside, CA |
L, 3-2 | |
| October 16, 2005 at Riverside, CA |
W, 2-1 | |
| November 4, 2005 at San Luis Obispo, CA |
W, 5-0 | |
| October 4, 2006 at San Luis Obispo, CA |
L, 1-0 | |
| October 28, 2006 at Riverside, CA |
W, 2-0 | |
| October 6, 2007 at Riverside, CA |
T, 2-2 (2 OT) | |
| October 27, 2007 at San Luis Obispo, CA |
T, 0-0 (2 OT) | |
| October 8, 2008 at San Luis Obispo, CA |
L, 1-0 | |
| October 29, 2008 at Riverside, CA |
L, 3-2 | |
| October 17, 2009 at Riverside, CA |
L, 1-0 | |
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 Tyler Wilson, Joel Garcia and Cesar Diaz leading with two goals apiece.
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
The Highlanders are utilizing both of their primary keepers this season with Cody Suppé getting the call for nine starts and Ryan Schmitz picking up five on the year thus far. Suppé's goals against average is 1.73 while Schmitz's is 2.40.
This year's team goals against average of 1.96 is nearly a half goal better than last year's 2.39
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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