UC Riverside
Cal State Northridge
Men's Soccer Travels To CSUN Saturday For 7 pm PT TIlt Against Matadors
10/16/2014 3:01:00 PM | Men's Soccer
| Highlanders in Week Eight |
| at CSUN |
| October 18 at 7:00 pm PT |
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Riverside—The UC Riverside Men's Soccer Team has just one match this week as the Highlanders travel to CSUN for a Saturday, October 18 meeting with the Matadors. Kickoff is slated for 7 pm PT.
UCR went 0-1-1 last week dropping a tough 1-0 decision to Cal Poly (box score/recap/video recap) and settling for a 1-1 tie against UC Santa Barbara (box score/recap/video recap). The Highlanders are still in third place in the South Division of the Big West Conference, however, and the top three advance to the Big West Conference Tournament. Six matches remain on the 2014 schedule, and all six are against divisional opponents.
The Matadors are 0-3-1 in conference after picking up their first points in Big West play in a 0-0, double overtime draw against UC Davis on Saturday.
Sagi Lev-Ari has been a one-man wrecking crew on offense for CSUN as he has seven of the team's 11 goals on the year and leads the Big West in scoring. Adam Hobbs has played all but two matches in goal for the Matadors, and boasts a goals against average of 0.94.
The Highlanders are 3-14-7 all-time against Northridge (view results), but 3-2-1 over the past six matches including a 1-0 road win last November 2 when the Matadors were ranked 12th in the nation (box score/recap).
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| Highlanders at Matadors | |||||||||
| UC Riverside | CSUN | ||||||||
| 2014 Stats & Record | 2-8-2, 1-2-1 | 4-7-2, 0-3-1 | |||||||
| xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | Schedule | Schedule | |||||||
| Roster | Roster | ||||||||
| Conference | Big West | Big West | |||||||
| Current Streak | T 1 | T 1 | |||||||
| Last Box Score | T, 1-1 (2OT) vs. UC Santa Barbara | Â T, 0-0 (2OT) vs. UC Davis | |||||||
| Next Opponent | Â October 22 vs. UC Irvine 7 pm PT | October 22 at Cal State Fullerton | |||||||
| Top Scorer x x x x |  | Michael Salazar Junior 4 goals, 1 assist 9 points |  | Sagi Lev-Ari Senior 7 goals, 0 assists 14 points | |||||
| Top Goalkeeper x x x x |  | Ashkan Khosravi Junior 11 matches 1.16 gaa, 46 saves |  | Adam Hobbs Junior 11 matches 0.94 gaa, 28 saves | |||||
| Record vs. | 3-14-7 (view results) | ||||||||
| Current Streak vs. | W 1 | ||||||||
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 (box score/recap/video recap), the Highlanders scored just two goals in their next seven matches. They exploded for four goals in their Big West opener in a shutout of Sacramento State (box score/recap), but since then have scored just one goal.
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 continues to close in on the Highlanders career wins record. Charles Alamo occupies the top spot in UC Riverside history with 21.
| Career Wins | ||
| Goalkeeper | Years | Wins |
| Charles Alamo | 2003-07 | 21 |
| Ashkan Khosravi | 2012-present | 16 |
| Cody Suppé | 2009-11 | 10 |
Khosravi also recently cracked the top five in career saves for the Highlanders, and is now in third place.
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| Career Saves | ||
| Goalkeeper | Years | Saves |
| Charles Alamo | 2003-07 | 305 |
| Cody Suppé | 2009-11 | 155 |
| Ashkan Khosravi | 2012-present | 145 |
| Josh Alexander | 2001-03 | 118 |
