THROW-INS
3rd - UCI can win a 3rd straight Big West title which would be the 3rd time it's happened (CSF from 2005-07 & 2013-15)
80 - Midfielder Gianna Creighton played her 80th career match at CSUN and became the 5th Anteater with 80 career starts
11 - Erin Covey became the 104th Anteater to play 50 career matches at CSUN making it 11 Anteaters this season to do it
#18 - For the second time in program history, the Anteaters finished the season in the top 25 at #18 in 2022 (#14 in 2010)
82 - UCI's frenetic scoring at CSUB saw them put home four goals in a 3:20-span and three in 82 seconds at Bakersfield
4 - Tati Fung doubled her season output with her 4-assist match at Bakersfield while setting a UCI single-game record
 

· UC Irvine finishes in a tie for sixth in the Big West standings after they were projected in the preseason to finish third and received three first-place votes. The Big West projected champion LBSU finished fourth with the regular season crown to Cal State Fullerton, projected fourth. UC San Diego claimed fifth in the standings, but are ineligible to participate in the postseason due to reclassification rules
· Glo Hinojosa leads one of the stingier defenses in the Big West with 33 career wins, 27 career shutouts, and 212 career saves. The 'Eaters allowed 23 goals all year with nine coming in Big West matches. Along with Gianna Creighton who has started in 81 career matches and played over 7,000 minutes, they allowed the least amount of shots on goal in Big West play - 35.
· UC Irvine's offense put home one more goal than it allowed all year, 24, with half coming in Big West matches, both middle of the pack. They're one of the higher-volume attacks with 108 total corners earned, second in the conference, and with the third-most shots in Big West matches all while being called for the second-least fouls in Big West action at 85.
· UC Irvine's offense exploded at Bakersfield in a 5-1 win which included the nation's fastest goals this season. UCI scored four times in a 3:20-span early in the second half with the first three goals coming with 82 seconds of each other and the final two goals of that coming 34 seconds apart, each by Desiree Mendoza. Tati Fung didn't score, but she registered a program record four assists in the match. Madison Goerlinger claimed her first goal, game-winner, and assist as an 'Eater all in the same match
 
All-Big West
· Season awards were handed out Saturday with five Anteaters recognized. First Teamers were Tati Fung, her first honor, and Alyssa Moore and Kiera Smeenge each their third time as All-Big West. Glo Hinojosa's third honor came on the Second Team, and as Honorable Mention was Gianna Creighton making her third career appearance

Sunday at Long Beach State - 6:00 PM
· Another rendition of the Black & Blue Rivalry Series goes down Sunday night. The two met in the regular season for a 1-1 draw in Long Beach extending UCI's unbeaten run in the series to five matches (3-0-2) with their last loss coming in 2018. The sides have met four times in the postseason with UCI winning once, last year in the final, 3-0. This is just the first time the programs will meet in anything other than a final.
· LBSU's numbers are fairly similar to UCI's when it comes to shots, corners, and fouls. UCI's rivals scored 17 in Big West matches, tied for the most, but gave up 14 goals, second-most among the championship teams. They have the Big West's season leader in goals, points, shots, and shots on goal with Cherrie Cox and Zora Standifer in net with just one conference shutout despite her and LBSU's backline allowing just 45 Big West shots on target

Big West Championship
· The 22nd Big West Championship will begin Sunday for UCI at Long Beach State. UCI is in it for the 15th time and the third straight year winning each of the last two. Since the field expanded to six teams in 2022, UCI has been the 5-or-6-seed benefitting from the change.