Men's Soccer Heads West To Face Loyola Marymount Lions

The UC Riverside Men's Soccer Team has one more non-conference match before the start of Big West competition as they head west to face off against Loyola Marymount, Thursday at 4:00 pm. Ryan Schmitz (pictured) has been the Highlanders goalkeeper of record in each of the past three matches, including the team's first win of the season in a 2-1 victory over San Jose State on September 13.

This is the fifth meeting between the Highlanders and Lions, but the first since the 2004 season. The teams squared off against one another once a year during the first four seasons of UCR's Division I era.

LMU's offensive attack is led by Rafael Baca who has five of the team's eight goals this season. His goals per game average of 0.83 is tied for 16th best in the nation.

Highlanders vs. Lions Game Capsule
	UC Riverside	LMU
2008 Record & stats	4-15-1, 1-9-0 BW	7-8-5
2009 Record & stats	1-5-0	4-2-0
	2009 Schedule	2009 Schedule
	2009 Roster	2009 Roster
Conference Web Site	Big West	West Coast
Current Streak	L 2	W 1
Most Recent Box Score	L, 3-0 vs. Illinois-Chicago	W, 3-2 vs. Dartmouth
Next Match	9/30 vs. Cal State Northridge	9/27 at CSU Bakersfield
Leading Scorer	Joel Garcia Sophomore 1 gl, 1 ast, 3 pts Normando Mariscal Junior 1 gl, 1 ast, 3 pts & Tyler Wilson Junior 1 gl, 1 ast, 3 pts	Rafael Baca Junior 5 gls, 0 asts, 10 pts
Leading Goalkeeper	Cody Suppé RS Freshman 3 mp, 1.98 gaa, 14 svs	Patrick Sampson Senior 3 mp, 1.60 gaa, 10 svs
All-Time Record Against	0-4-0
Current Streak Against	L 4
Highlanders vs. Lions All-Time Results
September 18, 2001 at Riverside, CA	L, 4-0
October 4, 2002 at Los Angeles, CA	L, 3-0
October 3, 2003 at Riverside, CA	L, 3-0
September 26, 2004 at Los Angeles, CA	L, 5-2

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, five different members of the Highlanders—Normando Mariscal, Tyler Wilson, Joel Gracia, Robert Cate and Jeremy Clay—have goals to their credit.

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
The Highlanders are utilizing both of their primary keepers this season with Cody Suppé and Ryan Schmitz each picking up three starts on the year thus far. Suppé's goals against average is 1.98 while Schmitz's is 2.33.

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.

OVERTIME BLUES
The last time UC Riverside won a match that went into overtime was on November 12, 2005 in a 2-1 win over Cal State Fullerton. Since that time, the Highlanders are 0-3-11 in overtime matches.

Men's Soccer Heads West To Face Loyola Marymount Lions

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