COUNTER ATTACKS
3,070 - Anteater freshmen have amassed 3,070 minutes this season with 31 starts between 7 players to see minutes
86th - Ashley Naylor came up big with a penalty save in the 86th minute to preserve a 2-1 win vs. CSUN
 
THROW-INS
104 - With three additions this year, UCI now has 104 players all-time with 50+ matches and four on the roster with 70+ for UCI
0 - Notably, UCI has not lost at night (2-0-3), not won in black unis (0-3), and not lost when scoring a second half goal (3-0-1)

SET PIECES
1st - UCI became the 2nd team to beat a 1-seed in the first round in 2023, but is now the 1st to also reach the Sweet Sixteen
7 - UCI joins UNC, Florida State, Penn State, Pittsburgh, BYU, and Memphis as the 7 programs to reach the last 2 Sweet 16s

 
· UCI's win at Cal Poly featured Laila El Behery's second game-winner of the year and fifth goal in her last six. Milan Heisdorf added her first career goal to make it a 2-0 match, and both goals coming on identical headers from corners dished by Lawson Willis and Mihaela Perez
· Ashley Naylor matched her season high in saves in consecutive matches last week with six in a shutout win over Cal Poly and again at UCSB. The 12 saves helped her reach 100 collegiate saves.
· Anteater milestones continue to fall in 2024:
Þ Four Anteaters have eclipsed 70 career matches as an Anteater this season. Smeenge hit 70 career starts at UCSD becoming the 18th Anteater to reach that mark. Overall, 104 'Eaters all-time have played 50 matches for UCI with Emilie Castagna, Aislynn Crowder, and Mihaela Perez joining that club in the 2024 season
Þ Lawson Willis' has eclipsed 80 collegiate matches and surpassed 5,000 career minutes. Six 'Eaters now have over 3,000 minutes with the program after Castagna did vs. CSUN
· Anteater freshmen have been called upon to play 3,070 minutes through 12 matches. Starting lineups have seen freshmen on 31 occasions spread out among the seven different 'Eaters
· The Anteaters introduced video replay for the first time last home match which came into play. After a suspected handball penalty was uphead earlier in the game, another was overturned in the 86th minute leading to a CSUN penalty shot in a 2-1 match that Ashley Naylor saved to preserve the victory
· UCI was on the road for almost the entirety of September going 28 days without a home match. On the trip, UCI went 1-0-2 with a win at Pacific and draws at Washington St. and UCSD.

Thursday vs. the Roadrunners
· UC Irvine and Cal State Bakersfield continue their new venture as Big West foes. UCI is 3-0-1 all-time against CSUB and 2-0-1 as conference mates, but in one meeting in Anteater Stadium finished in a 0-0 draw in 2022
· The 2023 matchup went all Anteaters. After a 1-0 halftime edge, UCI lit the fuse scoring four times in the span of 3:20 including Desiree Mendoza goals 34 seconds apart to win 5-1
· The Roadrunners are 4-8-2 already eclipsing last year's win total, and jumped out to a 2-1-1 Big West mark with a win at UC Davis part of that. Haven't been as lucky on the road with a 1-7 record, but Karen Flores (4 G, 1 A) leads the 13 different 'Runners to net a goal while in goal it will be Kamy Anaya (4 GS, 14 GA, 31 Sv) after a Hollee Hercik red card last match

Sunday vs. the Rainbow Wahine
· UC Irvine and Hawai'i have met 14 times before with UCI taking 11 wins along with a draw, are 5-1-1 in Anteater Stadium, and are on a three-match winning streak
· The 2023 match was a tight 1-0 win decided by a 30th-minute Laila El Behery goal in Hawai'i
· The Rainbow Wahine are ablaze at 8-6 and winners of six straight. They've had the luxury of playing mostly at home, but will be in UCI territory Sunday after Thursday at UCSD. The 19 goals are second in the conference with four each from Brynn Mitchell and Nalani Damacion with all of Damacion's as game-winners, and they are not afraid to shoot leading the Big West at 15.9 per match. Freshman goalie Kennedy Justin (15 GA, 44 Sv) is on a three-match shutout streak.