Five seniors will appear in their final home games — in the regular season — this weekend when the Warriors host Cal State Monterey Bay and Cal State East Bay.
Team Records: 8-4-2, 3-4-1 CCAA [
CCAA Standings]
Friday
Warriors vs. Cal State Monterey Bay (5-6-3, 2-5-1 CCAA), Warrior Stadium, Turlock, 4:30 p.m. | [Live Stats] [Live Video]
Sunday
Warriors vs. Cal State East Bay (4-10-0, 1-7-0 CCAA), Warrior Stadium, Turlock, 11:30 a.m. | [Live Stats] [Live Video]
SERIES NOTES: The Warriors have a two-match winning streak, and are 6-1 since 2012, against Cal State Monterey Bay. Stan State had a 9-match winning streak against the Otters from 2007 to 2011 and is 23-3-1 all-time against CSUMB … Stanislaus State has also dominated the series against Cal State East Bay with an eight-match winning streak. The Warriors have not lost to the Pioneers since Sept. 23, 2011. Stan State is 14-3-1 against CSUEB all-time.
RANKINGS: The Warriors return to the United Soccer Coaches regional poll at No. 10 after the weekend sweep. The rest of the regional Top 10 are 1. Western Washington, 2. UC San Diego, 3. Sonoma State, 4. Concordia (Ore.), 5. California Baptist, 6. Cal State L.A., 7. Chico State, 8. Cal Poly Pomona and 9. Azusa Pacific … Perhaps more importantly the Warriors are ranked No. 7 in the first NCAA West Region poll with the top six teams invited to play in the NCAA Tournament.
| Week |
National
(USC) |
Regional
(USC) |
Regional
(NCAA) |
| Preseason |
NR |
— |
— |
| 1 (Sept. 5) |
NR |
8 |
— |
| 2 (Sept. 12) |
RV |
4 |
— |
| 3 (Sept. 19) |
NR |
5 |
— |
| 4 (Sept. 26) |
NR |
10 |
— |
| 5 (Oct. 3) |
NR |
NR |
— |
| 6 (Oct. 10) |
NR |
NR |
— |
| 7 (Oct. 17) |
NR |
10 |
7 |
150 WINS: Gabriel Bolton earned his 150th career win at Stanislaus State on Friday. He added another on Sunday and is now 151-79-26 in 13 seasons.
POON EARNS ANOTHER CCAA PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONOR: Jade Poon was named this week's CCAA Women's Soccer Player of the Week with her sudden victory header goal that beat Cal State San Bernardino on Friday. She also had an assist on the equalizer score that extended the game into extra time. This was Poon's second time earning the conference weekly award.
NO. 2 IN GWGs: Friday night's game-winner was Poon's 12th game-winning-goal, moving her up to No. 2 on the Stan State record book. She's already No. 2 in goals (34) and points (84) behind only Karenee Demery. Poon is tied for eighth with 16 assists. Her seven goals this season is second best in the CCAA (Cal State L.A.'s Paulina Chaidez has nine).
SENIOR LEADERS: Three Warrior seniors lead the team in goal scoring this season with Jade Poon at the top with seven goals. She's followed by seniors Gabriela Vargas and Shawna McLaughlin each with three. The trio accounts for 13 of the team's 23 goals with eight different players scoring the other 10 … The other two seniors to be recognized in the pregame event on Sunday are Clarissa Sandoval and Mireya Magana.
PROTECT THIS HOUSE: Stan State improved to 5-0-2 in home matches this season and is now 65-18-8 since Warrior Stadium opened in 2009. The Warriors have won at least six matches at home each season since 2009.
10-WIN SEASONS: The Warriors are two wins away from another 10-win season, their ninth straight. In 20 years of women's soccer, the program has only failed to win 10 matches in a given year five times.
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS: Cal State Monterey Bay has lost three CCAA matches. They took a 1-0 win over UC Santa Cruz on Sunday. The Otters are led by Hannah Kind and Haley Nishimoto, each with four goals … Cal State East Bay snapped a seven-match losing streak on Friday with a 2-0 win over UC Santa Cruz. Aulni Fernandez has four goals to lead the Pioneers.
