Women's Soccer This Week

NCAA Tournament Central
Match Notes

All-Big West Selections

(11-5-6, 3-2-5) UC Irvine Anteaters
vs. Brown Bears (13-2-2, 5-0-1)
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Friday, November 18 - 1:00 PM (3:00 PM CT) | Alabama Soccer Stadium (1,500)
All-time: First meeting | 2-0-2 vs. the Ivy League (Columbia: 1-0-1 | Princeton: 1-0 | Penn: 0-0-1)
 
NCAA Tournament History
2010: 1st Rd: W, 2-0 vs. Wake Forest | 2nd Rd: W, 2-1 vs. Arizona State | 3rd Rd: L(OT), 0-1 vs. Washington
2011: 1st Rd: T, 1-1 vs. San Diego (Lost 5-3 in Penalty Kicks)
2021: 1st Rd: W, 1-0 at #2 UCLA | 2nd Rd: L, 0-3 vs. Wisconsin
 

28 - 28 Anteaters received some kind of academic honor in 2021-22 with 19 returning to the team in 2022
3-0-1 - UCI is 3-0-1 in NCAA First Round matches and looks to reach the Third Round for a second time joining the 2010 squad
11th - Glo Hinojosa tied a program record with her coach, Danielle de Seriere, with her 11th shutout this season
2 - UCI has worn 5 different kits in 2022 with 2 that made debuts - black and Saturday's Stealth grays that each won in their debut
3rd - UCI was the first ever 6-seed in the Big West Tournament, and captured its 3rd tournament title (1997, 2021, 2022)
485:40 - Nat'l Player of the Week Glo Hinojosa and her defense has a 485:40 shutout streak; they set a team record in 2021 (554:57)

 · UCI's NCAA Tournament rolls on to Tuscaloosa, Alabama which will host the Second and Third Rounds. The 'Eaters match up with Brown in the Second Round playing Friday in the first meeting of the schools. The advancing team will play either No. 3 Alabama or Portland on Sunday
· The Anteaters return to the NCAA Tournament for a second straight year and fourth time overall joining the 2010, 2011, and 2021 squads. Two years in a row now UCI has topped a higher-seeded Pac-12 school in the First Round topping the nation's No. 3 squad, UCLA, 1-0, ending their 26-match unbeaten streak in one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history in 2021. Now in 2022, UCI takes down No. 14 USC, 2-0, on Saturday led by Destinee Manzo's 16th-minute goal and Glo Hinojosa's career high eight saves and shutout
· UCI is 4-2-1 all-time in the NCAAs and remains unbeaten in the First Round at 3-0-1
· The Anteaters broke out new uniforms Saturday - their Stealth grays - earning a win in its first appearance. It's the fifth uni worn in 2022 including their blacks that also debuted with a win
· Brown Bears are next up for UC Irvine in their third straight NCAA Tournament and ninth all-time. They pulled off an upset of their own winning 1-0 at No. 24 Rutgers. The Ivy League champs are on a streak like UCI winning five straight and 8-0-1 in their unbeaten streak. The Bear offense runs the show averaging three goals per game, second in the nation, and over eight shots on goal per game led by Ava Seelenfreund's 10 goals and Brittany Raphino's nine. This goes hand-in-hand with stats near the bottom of the NCAA in saves per match (2.06) and cautions (8). Awaiting for one team is a Third Round matchup Sunday vs. Alabama or Portland.
· UCI won its third Big West Championship over Long Beach State, 3-0, to claim back-to-back titles. UCI has made 11 trips under head coach Scott Juniper as he claims his second title.
· National Player of the Week Glo Hinojosa enters Friday's matchup among the program's goalkeeper leaders. Her career 0.88 GAA is second all-time at UCI, sixth with 27 wins, third in shutouts with 21, third-best win percentage at .663, and cracking the program's top 10 in saves with 154 after recording a career high eight at USC. She's played 2,020 minutes tied with Xavier's Maria Galley. The pair will take the national lead with 85 minutes played this weekend. She's tied coach de Seriere for the program record with 11 shutouts this season which includes four straight entering Friday and three in the Big West Tournament to earn tournament MVP.
· Amber Huff has contributed on nearly all of UCI's recent goals. She matched a program record with three assists vs. Hawai'i, the fourth 'Eater to do so and first since Tanya Taylor in 2010, and her throw-in led to the fourth goal in that match. She then added five assists on UCI's six Big West Championship goals to assist toward National Team of the Week recognition by Top Drawer. Her throw-in Saturday started the sequence toward Manzo's game-winning goal.
· UC Irvine's active stat leaders begin with Alyssa Moore's 11 career goals followed by 10 from Destinee Manzo. Moore shares the game-winning goal lead with Desiree Mendoza with five each. Amber Huff leads all 'Eaters with 14 career assists. Huff and Alex Jaquez each have over 70 career matches played, and three other players hit 60 matches this year - Gianna Creighton, Maddy Chavez, and Destinee Manzo - making a grand total of 92 Anteaters with 50 or more career matches. Manzo also holds the shot lead with 93 and 38 on goal.