UC Riverside
Sacramento State
Men's Soccer Begins Big West Play With Matches At Sacramento State And UC Davis
10/1/2014 11:26:00 AM | Men's Soccer
| Highlanders in Week Six | |
| at Sacramento State | at UC Davis |
| October 2 at 4:00 pm | October 4 at 3:00 pm |
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Sacramento, CA—The UC Riverside Men's Soccer Team begins Big West play this weekend with visits to Sacramento State on Thursday, October 2 at 4 pm PT and UC Davis on Saturday, October 4 at 3 pm.
The Highlanders are still trying to find their groove on offense this year. After scoring five goals in a season-opening victory over Pacific (box score/recap/video recap), UC Riverside has just two scores in its last seven matches. The defense has done its part allowing just four goals over the past four contests.
Sacramento State brings a 2-5-2 record into the weekend, and has not won since a 2-0 victory over Cleveland State on September 14. The Hornets most recent defeat was a 5-0 loss at Bakersfield.
Mez Chimdum leads Sac State's offense with four goals. He is the only member of the squad with more than a single score on the season. The Hornets have used three goalkeepers so far this season. Philip Bru is the team's top keeper with a goals against average of 1.51 in five matches.
The Highlanders are 3-3-3 all-time against Sacramento State (view results) including a 1-0 victory at home last season (box score/recap/video recap)
UC Davis has yet to lose a match this season, but the Aggies also have just two victories as seven of their contests have ended in ties. UCD is doing it with defense as the Aggies have yet to allow more than a single goal in a match, and have been scored upon just seven times in 969:43 minutes.
Matt Sheldon, Ian Palmer and Lucas Mohaqeq each have two scores on the year for UC Davis, while Kris Schultz has been the team's primary goalkeeper with a 0.72 goals against average in seven matches.
UC Riverside is 3-13-1 all-time against UC Davis, including a pair of losses to the Aggies last season—2-0 during the regular season (box score/recap) and 3-1 in the first round of the Big West Tournament (box score/recap).
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| Highlanders vs. Hornets and Aggies | |||||||||||
| UC Riverside | Sacramento State | UC Davis | |||||||||
| 2014 Stats & Record | 1-6-1 | 2-5-2 | 2-0-7 | ||||||||
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| Roster | Roster | Roster | |||||||||
| Conference | Big West | ||||||||||
| Current Streak | Â L 2 | L 1 | T 4 | ||||||||
| Last Box Score | L, 2-0 vs. UNLV | L, 5-0 vs. Bakersfield | T, 1-1 (2OT) vs. Saint Mary | ||||||||
| Top Scorer x x x x |  | Michael Salazar Junior 3 goals, 1 assist 7 points |  | Chimdum Mez Freshman 4 goals, 0 assists 8 points |  | Matt Sheldon Freshman 2 goals, 1 assist 5 points | |||||
| Top Goalkeeper x x x x |  | Ashkan Khosravi Junior 8 matches 1.33 gaa, 35 saves |  | Philip Bru Freshman 5 matches 1.51 gaa, 20 saves |  | Kris Schultz Junior 7 matches 0.72 gaa, 21 saves | |||||
| Record vs. | 3-3-3 (view results) | 3-13-1 (view results) | |||||||||
| Current Streak vs. | W 1 | L 3 | |||||||||
GAME NOTES
LET THE OCTOPI FLY
Michael Salazar became the first player in UC Riverside's Division I history to record a hat trick in the team's season-opening, 5-1 victory over visiting Pacific (box score/recap/video recap). He also added an assist, setting the program's Division I-era record for points in a match as well. The Big West and College Sports Madness honored Salazar with Offensive Player of the Week (story) and Player of the Week accolades respectively (story), while College Soccer News named him to their 12-man National Team of the Week (story).
GIMME FIVE
Ashkan Khosravi earned Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Week accolades (story) for the fifth time in his career on September 22 as he was honored following his shutout performance vs. San Diego (box score/recap/video recap).
BUMP IN THE ROAD
After scoring five goals in the season-opener, the Highlanders have been held to just two goals in their last seven matches.
BACK-TO-BACK-TO BACK
The Highlanders recorded their first winning season as a Division I program in 2011, and made it back-to-back-to-back winning campaigns in 2012 and 2013 posting records of 10-8-0 and 9-8-3. Those 10 victories also established a Division I-era, single-season record for the program.
NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS
With a 7-1-0 mark in non-conference matches in 2012, the Highlanders broke the program record for non-conference wins in a season established the previous season when UC Riverside finished the non-conference portion of their season with a 5-2-1 mark. Over the past three-plus seasons, UCR is 18-11-4 in non-conference matches, but just 1-6-1 in 2014.
POSTSEASON PLAY
The Highlanders advanced to their first-ever Big West Tournament in 2011, setting what was then the Division I era record for wins in the process. They advanced to their second conference tournament a year ago by finishing third in the South Division of the Big West.
TAKE ME TO THE TOP
Goalkeeper Ashkan Khosravi was the keeper of record in the Highlanders' season-opening win over Pacific giving him 15 victories in his career. Charles Alamo occupies the top spot in UC Riverside history for career wins with 21.
| Career Wins | ||
| Goalkeeper | Years | Wins |
| Charles Alamo | 2003-07 | 21 |
| Ashkan Khosravi | 2012-present | 15 |
| Cody Suppé | 2009-11 | 10 |
Khosravi also recently cracked the top five in career saves for the Highlanders, and is now in third place with 124.
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| Career Saves | ||
| Goalkeeper | Years | Saves |
| Charles Alamo | 2003-07 | 305 |
| Cody Suppé | 2009-11 | 155 |
| Ashkan Khosravi | 2012-present | 134 |
| Josh Alexander | 2001-03 | 118 |
