177 - UC Irvine carries a shutout streak of 420 minutes into this week, but it remains 177 minutes short of its all-time mark of 597 minutes without allowing a goal in 1988. This current streak is just the fourth all-time to surpass 400 minutes

99th - Thursday's match at LMU marks the 99th all-time meeting between UC Irvine and a West Coast Conference member. The all-time series between UCI and LMU is even at 5-5-3 while UCI has 30 wins against the WCC

113 - UCI's victory Sunday over Toledo marked head coach Scott Juniper's 113th career victory tying Marine Cano for the all-time program mark. Juniper has a career mark of 113-73-23 with 47 Big West wins

LAST WEEK RECAP
The Anteaters grew their unbeaten streak to four matches with a win and a draw over the weekend. The 'Eaters outshot Penn, 19-4, but still could not break through playing to a scoreless draw on Friday night.
 
UCI wasted no time on Sunday scoring in the second minute against Toledo and adding goals in the 22nd and 81st minutes en route to a 3-0 victory.
 
With the results, the Anteater defense added to its shutout streak which now stands at 420 minutes. It's only the fourth streak to reach 400 minutes in program history. The three longer streaks are 500 minutes (1990), 513 minutes (2007), and a unofficial program record 597-minute streak in 1988 spanning six matches from October 1-16.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
UC Irvine works a road match and home contest into the same week staying local to play at LMU before coming home for its recently-added match vs. Oregon.
 
LMU is flying high right now with a 3-1-1 record unbeaten in its last four fresh off a draw with No. 23 Northwestern and win over No. 17 Utah. Even their lone defeat came at the hands of No. 21 Rutgers. The Lions are coming off an 11-win season in 2016 that included two wins and a draw against ranked opponent. They've had the 'Eaters' number recently beating them in their last meeting in 2014, 2-1, which evened up the overall series at 5-5-3. Sarina Bolden has accounted for a pair of goals and an assist while leading the squad in shots and shots on goal. Ten other Lions have earned a point this season, but the backline has taken the headlines led by Charlee Pruitt who was recently named United Soccer Coaches' National Player of the Week following her shutouts and eight saves.
 
The 'Eaters will return home for a Sunday afternoon match against Oregon. The Ducks are also trending in the right direction winning three straight over Kansas State, Oklahoma, and Cal Poly. UO went 8-10-2 in 2016 including a 3-2 defeat to UCI where the 'Eaters netted the game-winner in the 88th minute. Kyra Fawcett has two goals already after returning from a five-goal campaign that led the club. Marissa Everett led with five assists last season, but has found her scoring touch with a pair of goals this year. Halla Hinriksdottir has made made 12 saves and allowed one goal over her last three matches in net.

WONDER WOMEN
The Anteaters' stellar week was rewarded with a pair of player of the week mentions from the Big West, the fourth time UCI has swept the weekly awards, but first since the 2013 finale when Jordan Bruce and Laura McGrail comboed on the effort.
 
Kiana Palacios was named player of the week on the offensive side after netting three goals and an assist, and putting away both game-winners. Surprisingly, it was her first weekly award as an Anteater for the former All-West Region and two-time All-Big West honoree.
 
The defensive side was handled by Reema Bzeih, her first honor as well, after totaling three assists on top of the three shutouts she and the backline commanded. Her two-assist match vs. Toledo was the second of her career while the shutout streak her defense has amassed is now the fourth-longest in program history now up to 420 minutes.

THROW-INS
+ LMU is the 2nd of 6 WCC schools on the Anteater docket. Five of the next six opponents for UCI are from the conference. This will be the 99th meeting between UCI and the WCC which has resulted in a 30-58-10 record in those matches. UCI is also 13-9-1 against Pacific, a current WCC school, who was a Big West member at the time
+ UCI's Sunday match will mark the fourth Pac-12 school on the 'Eaters' schedule this season counting the exhibition with USC. All-time, the 'Eaters are 18-48-8 against the Pac-12 Conference. They've had the most success vs. Oregon State (8 wins), won three each from Oregon and UCLA, and picked up single wins over Arizona, Arizona State, USC, and Washington State. The 'Eaters also have draws with Cal, Stanford, Arizona, a pair with UCLA, and four with USC including this year's exhibition. The only program UCI has yet to square off with is Colorado
+ UCI and LMU first matched up in 1993, a 2-0 Anteater victory
+ UCI and Oregon have never played at Anteater Stadium. UCI won 3-2 on a neutral site, and are 2-1 in matches at Oregon including the inaugural meeting in 1996, a 5-0 Anteater victory
+ Last season was the fourth time since 2000, all under coach Juniper, that the squad scored 30 or more goals
+ UCI allowed less than 20 goals in a season in 2016 for the seventh time in program history and third under coach Juniper
+ UCI currently leads the Big West in GAA, save percentage, and assists. Maddie Newsom is the conference's leader in GAA and save %
+ Five Anteaters have amassed 50 or more career matches played in Andrea Mensen, Alex Karlowitsch, Noel Baham, Kiana Palacios and Grayson Galbraith. The squad's active leaders are Baham with 63 matches played and Palacios with 53 starts
+ Kiana Palacios became the 12th Anteater to reach 20 career goals vs. Portland, and also became the 12th Anteater to reach 50 points for a career with three points vs. Toledo
+ Kiana Palacios scored three times in the U20 CONCACAF championships finishing third and earning a spot in the U20 Women's World Cup. She added three more goals in the U20WWC in which Mexico reached the Quarterfinals of the knockout round. From there, she has earned a spot with the Mexican National Team playing in friendlies over the offseason in Canada and Sweden alongside Anteater alums Janelly Farias and Clarissa Robles
+ Lili Andino has also earned some national team experience playing with the Puerto Rican national squad over the summer
+ Head Coach Scott Juniper won his 113th career match vs. Toledo to tie Marine Cano's 113 wins as the all-time winningest coach in UC Irvine history