UC Irvine Takes Its Talents to Idaho State, Utah
September 13, 2016 | Women's Soccer
UPCOMING OPPONENTS
UC Irvine Anteaters at Idaho State Bengals
Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 3:00 PM
Davis Field - Pocatello, Idaho
Video | Live Stats
UC Irvine Anteaters at Utah Utes
Sunday, September 18, 2016 - 12:00 PM
Ute Soccer Field - Salt Lake City, Utah
Video | Live Stats
Broadcast Information
Video
UC Irvine's match at Utah will be shown on Pac 12 Mountain Network and streamed online at Pac-12.com. Thursday's match at Idaho State will be streamed live via the Big Sky. Both links can be found at ucirvinesports.com
Audio
Idaho State will live stream a radio broadcast for Thursday's match, the link can be found on ucirvinesports.com
Live Stats
Live stats are available for every Anteater soccer game through ucirvinesports.com and the UCI Sports Front Row app.
Online
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+ The UC Irvine offense has scored 19 goals in eight matches, 22nd-most in the nation. It's 2.38 goals per match ranks 37th, and both marks lead the Big West
+ With the 19 goals have come 25 assists, second-most in the country behind Duke's 26. The 3.13 assists per match also rank fifth in the nation
+ Kiana Palacios has scored seven goals, three for game-winners, both ranking her sixth in the NCAA. She also has 19 points which is fourth in the country at an average of 2.38 per match, 11th-best
+ Three Anteaters are linked atop the stat sheet with five assists this season: Noel Baham, Grayson Galbraith, and Kiana Palacios. The trio each rank 13th in the country, and are 30th in the nation with 0.63 assists per match
+ Alex Karlowitsch is keeping pace as well with four assists, 30th in the nation
+ Noel Baham has also reached double-digit points with 11 putting her third in the conference and 59th nationwide
+ The defensive side has matched the offense after allowing just 12 total shots during its current three-match win streak and four on target. Opponents have not put a shot on goal in the last 128 minutes
+ Maddie Newsom has made just 13 saves on the season picking up four shutouts in net
+ Her 753 minutes played are 15th in the country and third in the Big West
+ She stands 54th in the country with a 0.71 goals-against-average
+ Four of five matches away from home have been settled by one goal with three of them needing overtime
+ UCI's one loss this season came on a Thursday on the road (1-0 at Nevada)
+ The 'Eaters are outscoring their opponents 10-0 in Sunday matches this season
UC Irvine continued to pepper the back of the net scoring seven times over the weekend to sweep the Fullerton Tournament and put up a second streak of three or more wins.
The 'Eaters kept up with Oregon on Friday equalizing after falling behind 1-0 and 2-1 to bang home the eventual game-winner in the 88th-minute of a nice follow from senior Sammie James to hand the Ducks their first loss of the year, 3-2.
The squad burst out for four goals on Sunday blanking UAB, 4-0, for the team's largest road win since 2011. Four different goalscorers were part of a 28-shot effort against the Blazers while the defense allowed just two attempts and none on target.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
UCI is back on the road for the middle part of five matches away from home beginning Thursday at Idaho State. UCI defeated the Bengals, 3-1, at home last season. ISU is 3-5 so far after earning just one win in 2015. They are coming off a split last weekend at home. Two of its three road matches have been one-goal losses to Boise State and Hawai'i. Freshman Michaela Didericksen has three goals while freshman Brooke Kortekaas and sophomore Nikolina Musto have each put up 20 shots. Junior keeper Shawna Hennings has made 35 saves playing all but 32 minutes in net.
Sunday features a date with Utah, a 4-2 Pac-12 squad whose losses have been shutouts at the hands of top-10 opponents, Minnesota and BYU. Sophomore Hailey Skomoski has shone with five goals to lead the Pac-12, and 13 of her 19 shots on frame. Six total Utes have multiple assists on the year. The stout defense has allowed 15 shots on target total, lowest in the Pac-12, but 40% of those have gone for goals, worst in the conference.
High Flying Weekend
UCI scored seven goals in its two wins at the Fullerton Tournament. The seven are the most in a single weekend since 2010 when it had a nine-goal weekend on two occasions. The team has scored 10 times in its last three matches, the fifth stretch with 10+ in three matches under coach Juniper and first since 2011.
Above and Baham
The best weekend individually belonged to junior Noel Baham who scored twice and assisted on three others for a seven point weekend post at goal and assist each in each match. She was rewarded with her first career Big West Offensive Player of the Week award. It's the first for the team this season, and first since 2014. Baham is the first offensive awardwinner for the 'Eaters since Laura McGrail in late 2013.
Crazy Eights
UC Irvine's 7-1 start is its best through eight matches under coach Juniper. The seven wins through eight contests matches the most for the program with the 1998 squad that went 7-0-1. The team has also deposited 19 goals in its first eight matches, the most since that same '98 squad that knocked 20 home.
Phenomenally Fresh
The 'Eaters are seeing more and more contributions from its freshmen. Maddie Newsom has stepped up in net since the start now with four shutouts and a 0.71 GAA. Jessica Miclat continues to shine having played in all eight matches with seven starts, and on Sunday, she collected her first point and goal, the game-winner to open things up in the 23rd minute. Hayley Mayne has played in each of the last three matches, the first three of her career, and she played 66 minutes over the weekend putting up four shots, one on target. Along with the flood of players that made an appearance on Sunday was freshman Jio Mamola who got her first collegiate minutes adding a shot on goal.
THROW-INS
+ UCI will make its only appearance against a Big Sky opponent on Thursday, its first on the road since 2010 at Eastern Washington.
+ All-time, the Anteaters are 19-4-3 against the conference. Its last loss came in 2007 with a neutral-site defeat to Northern Colorado
+ Sunday's matchup at Utah will be available on the Pac-12 Mountain Network. Fans can view all the action online at Pac-12.com
+ Utah and UCI will match up for the first time ever on Sunday leaving Colorado as the lone Pac 12 school left for UCI to face
+ Under coach Juniper, the Anteaters have seven wins and two draws in 19 meetings with the Pac 12 which includes the win over Oregon
+ Head Coach Scott Juniper won his 100th career match earlier in the season. Should the squad reach the 10-win mark in this season, it will mark 300 wins for the program in its 33-year history
+ Grayson Galbraith finished the weekend with a goal and three assists. Entering the weekend, she had one goal and three assists over the first 2+ years of her career
+ Kiana Palacios ahs multiple assists in consecutive matches giving her five in eight matches, one more than the four she had coming into the season in 34 matches
+ Her six career game-winning goals ranks just within the top 10 all-time among UCI records
+ She is approaching UCI's top 10 in goals and points as well needing four goals for 10th all-time (20) and 11 points (52)
+ Andrea Mensen's first career assist came on Palacios' header goal against Oregon to tie things up, 2-2
+ Two Anteaters reached 10 career assists over the weekend in Noel Baham and Alex Karlowitsch
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