The Stanislaus State women's soccer team makes its final road trip of the regular season South to take on Cal State L.A. and Cal State Dominguez Hills in hopes of qualifying for the CCAA Tournament.
Team Records: 10-4-2, 5-4-1 CCAA [
CCAA Standings]
Thursday
Warriors vs. Cal State LA (8-3-3, 6-2-2 CCAA), Jesse Owens Track, Los Angeles, 7 p.m. | [Live Stats] [Live Video]
Saturday
Warriors vs. Cal State Dominguez Hills (4-8-2, 3-5-2 CCAA), Toro Stadium, Carson, 2 p.m. | [Live Stats] [Live Video]
SERIES NOTES: The Warriors are 13-9-4 all-time against Cal State L.A. and are 1-1-0 in the last two meetings, both times in L.A. The last time the Warriors came out with a positive result in Los Angeles was a 1-1 tie on Oct. 13, 2013 (they played three straight matches at home against the Golden Eagles from 2013 to 2015) … Stan State is 5-2-0 in the last meetings against Cal State Dominguez Hills, but lost last year in Carson, 1-0 on Sept. 16, 2016. The Warriors are 5-19-0 overall against CSUDH (0-17 from 1998 to 2009).
RANKINGS: The Warriors moved up a spot on the United Soccer Coaches regional poll to No. 9 this week. 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 10. Dixie State …
| 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 |
| 8 (Oct. 24) |
NR |
9 |
TBA |
CCAA TO USE POINTS PER MATCH AVERAGE: Due to the wildfires that have plagued Northern California and forced cancellation of soccer matches earlier this month, the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) will revise its procedure for men's and women's soccer standings and seedings for the 2017 season. With the new calculations the current men's and women's soccer standings are as follows:
| Men's Soccer Standings (as of Oct. 23) |
|
Women's Soccer Standings (as of Oct. 23) |
| Rank |
Institution |
Points per match |
|
Rank |
Institution |
Points per match |
| 1 |
Chico State |
2.5 |
|
1 |
UC San Diego |
3.0 |
| 2 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
2.45 |
|
2 |
Sonoma State |
2.11 |
| 3 |
Cal State Dominguez Hills |
2.40 |
|
3 |
Cal State LA |
2.0 |
| 4 |
UC San Diego |
2.22 |
|
4 |
Cal State San Marcos |
1.67 |
| 5 |
Cal State San Bernardino |
1.45 |
|
T-5 |
Stanislaus State |
1.60 |
| 6 |
Sonoma State |
1.44 |
|
T-5 |
Chico State |
1.60 |
| T-7 |
Cal State LA |
1.40 |
|
7 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
1.54 |
| T-7 |
San Francisco State |
1.40 |
|
8 |
San Francisco State |
1.50 |
| 9 |
Humboldt State |
1.36 |
|
9 |
Cal State San Bernardino |
1.18 |
| 10 |
Stanislaus State |
1.30 |
|
10 |
Cal State Dominguez Hills |
1.10 |
| 11 |
Cal State Monterey Bay |
0.44 |
|
11 |
Cal State Monterey Bay |
0.70 |
| 12 |
Cal State San Marcos |
0.11 |
|
12 |
Humboldt State |
0.64 |
| 13 |
Cal State East Bay |
0.10 |
|
13 |
Cal State East Bay |
0.40 |
BRACING CHAMBERS: Mayah Chambers scored twice in Sunday's 4-0 win over Cal State East Bay for her second and third goals of the season. She's just the second Warrior to score two or more goals in a match this season
Jade Poon had a hatrick on Sept. 4 vs. Notre Dame de Namur and scored twice on Sept. 8 at Simon Fraser.
GAME-WINNING SHAWNA: Shawna McLaughlin scored the game-winner in back to back matches when she scored the sudden-victory goal last Friday to beat Cal State Monterey Bay. She had scored the winner the previous Sunday in the 1-0 win over Cal Poly Pomona.
OFFENSIVE STARS: Three other Warriors contributed to two goals over the weekend when the team scored six. Selia Torres had an assist and a goal,
Jenna Zuniga had two assists (one on each day) and
Ilena Rivera had two assists in Sunday's match. The other goal scorers were
Sadie Montague and
Rayana Plancarte.
UNBEATEN AT HOME: Stan State finished the 2017 regular season with a 7-0-2 in home matches. It is its second unbeaten regular season (The Warriors went 13-0 in 2013). The Warriors are now 67-18-8 since Warrior Stadium opened in 2009. The Warriors have won at least six matches at home each season since 2009.
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS: Cal State L.A. (20 points) is in third place based on points per match average heading into the final weekend. The Golden Eagles split last weekend's games in Arcata with a loss to Sonoma State (0-1) and a win against Humboldt State (1-0). Paulina Chaidez leads the CCAA with 9 goals and 22 points (4 assists) … Cal State Dominguez Hills shocked No. 19 Sonoma State on Sunday with a 2-2 tie by scoring two unanswered goals. The Toros are 1-1-2 in their last four games. Clarissa Chavez is the team's scoring leader with eight point (3 goals, 2 assists). Goalkeeper Ruth-Maria Soto was named the CCAA player of the week.
