Riverside—The UC Riverside Women's Soccer Team begins its 2017 season this weekend with home matches against Southern Utah on Friday, August 18, and Sunday, August 20 vs. Idaho. Both matches kick off at 7:30 pm PT.
 

Highlanders vs. Thunderbirds & Vandals
	UC Riverside		Southern Utah		Idaho
Stats & Record	0-0-0		0-0-0		0-0-0
	Schedule/Results		Schedule/Results		Schedule/Results
	Roster		Roster		Roster
Current Streak	T 1		L 2		L 1
Last Result	T 0-0 vs. LBSU		L, 3-0 at Northern AZ		L, 1-0 vs. Eastern WA
Top Returning Goals Leader	Quezada/Maxwell 2 goals		Ally Thimsen 7 goals		Baggerly/Goo 2 goals
Top Returning Assists Leader	Four Tied With 1 assist		Hartle/French 2 assists		Josilyn Daggs 5 assists
Top Returning GAA Leader	Alana Guzman 1.12 GAA		Kaitlyn Caldera 2.37 GAA		N/A
Record vs.			8-1-1		4-0-1
Current Streak vs.			T 1		T 1
Live Stats			Live Stats		Live Stats
Purchase Tickets			Tickets		Tickets

GAME NOTES
GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
The 2016 Highlanders' offense was led by a pair of seniors—Tayler Dragoo (4 goals, 1 assist) and Blanca Barrio (2 goals, 4 assists). Barrio graduated as the Highlanders' career leader in assists. Quinley Quezada (2 goals, 0 assists) and Hailey Maxwell (2 goals, 0 assists) are the team's top returning scorers.

SCORING DROUGHT
The Highlanders scored 18 goals in 19 matches last season. UC Riverside has averaged less than 1.00 goals per match just three times in its 15-year history—last season, 2010 (3 goals/18 matches), and 2009 (14 goals/19 matches).

DAZZLING DEBUT
Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Annie Bailey made her Highlanders debut last season in a 3-0 shutout victory at Akron on September 11 (box score/recap). The last member of the Highlanders to toss a shutout in their first start between the pipes was Sara Slaughter who blanked Pacific on October 9, 2012 (box score/recap).

BONUS SOCCER
The Highlanders had six matches last season go into overtime, and they were 0-2-4 in those matches. They were 0-4-0 in overtime matches the previous year, and last won an overtime contest on October 17, 2014 in a 3-2 victory over UC Santa Barbara (box score/recap). The program record for most overtime matches in a season is eight set in 2013

DOUBLE DIGITS
The Highlanders reached the 10-win plateau in 2015 for the first time since the 2006 season.
 

Year	W	L	T
2004	13	2	3
2003	11	7	3
2005	11	4	6
2015	11	9	0
2002	10	8	1
2006	10	7	1

THE MAGIC NUMBER IS TWO
The Highlanders are 36-5-2 over the past five-plus seasons when scoring two or more goals in a match. Their last loss when scoring two or more goals was a 3-2, double overtime decision vs. CSU Bakersfield from September 25 of 2016 (box score/recap).
 

Season	Record Scoring Two Or More Goals
2016	3-1-0
2015	9-1-0
2014	6-2-1
2013	7-1-0
2012	6-0-1
2011	6-0-0

RARIFIED AIR
The 2015 Highlanders' five conference wins tied the program record for most Big West wins in a season.
 

Season	W	L	T	Pts	Place
2003	5	3	1	16	Third
2015	5	3	0	15	Fourth
2005	4	0	3	15	Second
2002	4	4	1	13	Sixth
2013	4	4	0	12	Third