Men's Soccer Starts Big West at No. 24 Wolverines, vs. Titans

THIS WEEK IN ANTEATER SOCCER

UC Irvine Anteaters (4-4-1) at #24 Utah Valley Wolverines (4-0-2)
UCCU Stadium - Orem, Utah
Wednesday - 6:00 PM PT | ESPN+ | Live Stats

UC Irvine Anteaters (4-4-1) vs. Cal State Fullerton Titans (3-3-3)
Anteater Stadium - Irvine, Calif.
Saturday - 6:00 PM | ESPN+ | Live Stats

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Storylines

+ Anteater scoring has come in bunches with three 3-goal games to begin the season. Outside the two shutouts, UCI has been the first two score in every match they've produced a goal

+ Goalkeeping has been a near-even split between Joe O'Shaughnessy and Scott Williams who have split the 22 total saves. Williams has the team's three shutouts, and his 0.60 goals-against-average ranks him 13th nationally.

+ Career match milestones continue to be reached with Brady Treinen on the precipice of 70 career matches. Isaac Powell is close behind just three away while Gage Lyons reached recently between his careers at Army West Point and UCI

+ UC Irvine has seen 12 Anteater debuts and nine making collegiate debuts with the most recent Bobby Jacobs vs. California Baptist. That has included two goals, two assists, and three shutout wins from keeper Scott Williams who is in his sixth collegiate season. Matthew MIranda earned his first career starts in the CBU match

+ UCI has been prodigious in earning corner kicks with 6.67 per match good for tops in the Big West and 20th in the country that includes 13 earned in their match against UNLV.

Last Week

+ California Baptist came to town, and the sides put on a spirited and even match with defense reigning supreme as the Lancers came away with a 1-0 victory Thursday night

Award Rundown

+ Scott Williams snagged Big West Defensive Player of the Week with shutout wins over UCR and UCSD. He now has three career weekly honors joining two he won in the America East conference

+ James Arteaga joined Williams with Big West Rookie of the Week following two assists vs. UC Riverside, his first career assists and points.

+ Javier Bedolla Vera earned UCI's first Big West award named Big West Rookie of the Week following his first career goal at Pacific

Wednesday at the Wolverines

+ Utah Valley is one of the few unbeatens at 4-0-2 and #24 in the nation. Wins include vs. Pacific and at No. 12 Marshall

+ All-time UCI leads 2-1 with the last meeting in 2019. The road teams has taken every matchup with UCI's wins both coming in overtime

+ The Wolverines go through senior Jose Luis Martin Montealegre leading the spread out scoring with two goals, two assists, and 13 shots. Jackson Medina and Kolby Sessions in goal are each 2-0-1

Saturday vs. the Titans

+ Cal State Fullerton have won three straight over SJSU, UCSD, and SDSU to get to 3-3-3.

+ All-time UCI leads 30-25-10 with a 6-3-1 record since bringing on head coach Yossi Raz

+ The Titans have Fernando Valenzuela and his 34 shots and 5 goals. Asger Hemmer has 25 saves and was named Big West Defensive Player of the Week

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