SAN DIEGO – The San Diego women's soccer program (2-9-3, 0-4 WCC) is back in Torero Stadium for a quick, one game stint, hosting Santa Clara (7-6-1, 4-0 WCC) on Wednesday night at 7 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
The Toreros offense found a number of strong opportunities, but could not break through as they fell 2-0 to Loyola Marymount on Saturday night in Los Angeles. San Diego set a season-high with 15 shots and
Eden Quiroz rang a free kick off the crossbar, but were unable polish off their chances. Goalkeeper
Sophine Kevorkian made four saves in net.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
- San Diego is seeking its first win against Santa Clara since 2016 and trail 8-21-0 in the all-time series.
- The Toreros are 119-103-8 (.535) all-time in WCC play dating back to 1992.
- Sophomore Bella Piete made her return to action on Saturday night after missing five games due to injury. Piete was a key piece of the lineup as a freshman, starting 17 of 18 games.
- 14 of the 26 points (53.8%) tallied by the Toreros this season have come from a freshman. Cameryn Maddox (six) and Josefine Schlichting (four) have been the leaders for the Toreros.
- Another tie for Kevorkian in net would give her three and match Brittany Cameron (2007) for the second most ties in a single season in Toreros history.
TORERO TIDBITS
- Kevorkian currently ranks second in the West Coast Conference in three categories: total saves (62), saves per game (4.43) and total minutes played (1193:54). Between Kevorkian and Ellyn Casto, the Toreros rank second in the WCC in team saves per game (5.07) and rank 71st in the NCAA.
- Kevorkian is also in pursuit of the single season record books at San Diego, as she is 23 saves away from reaching a tie for 10th on the single season charts (85 saves) with Danielle Lopez (1992) and Michelle Craft (2015).
- Maddox currently ranks in a tie for eighth in points among freshman in the WCC with six.
- Dating back to her time at Maryland, graduate student Adalee Broadbent has played in 1,821 consecutive minutes, including every minute of this season.
HOW TO FOLLOW
The match against Santa Clara will be streamed via the WCC Network, with live stats available via statbroadcast. To stay up to date with Toreros women's soccer, follow the team on Instagram & Twitter by searching "USDwsoccer".
