SAN DIEGO – The San Diego women's soccer program (2-10-3, 0-5 WCC) heads out on the road for the second-to-last road trip of the season, facing off against Saint Mary's (5-3-5, 1-1-2 WCC) on Saturday afternoon at 12 p.m. in Moraga, Calif.
LAST TIME OUT
The Toreros battled back-and-forth with the 2021 NCAA College Cup competitor Santa Clara, but dropped a tight 2-1 decision at Torero Stadium on Wednesday. Freshman
Leila Kahoano scored the lone goal for the Toreros in the dying seconds of the first half, on assists from sophomore
Bella Piete and freshman
Talei Moodie. Freshman goalkeeper
Sophine Kevorkian had a terrific showing, making a career-high 11 saves in net.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
- San Diego is looking to snap a two-game skid against Saint Mary's, but hold the all-time series lead at 18-12-0.
- Senior Eden Quiroz has had success against the Gaels, scoring against them in a 5-0 win in 2019.
- The Toreros are 119-104-8 (.533) all-time in WCC play dating back to 1992.
- 17 of the 30 points (56.7%) tallied by the Toreros this season have come from a freshman. Cameryn Maddox (six), Josefine Schlichting (four) and Kahoano (four) are the leaders for the Toreros.
- With Kahoano's goal against Santa Clara, the Toreros top-three scorers are now freshmen. The Toreros last had a freshman leading scorer in 2020.
- 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 (73), saves per game (4.87) and total minutes played (1283:54). Between Kevorkian and Ellyn Casto, the Toreros rank second in the WCC in team saves per game (5.47) and rank 48th in the NCAA.
- Kevorkian is closing in on the single season record books at San Diego, as she is 12 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 1,911 consecutive minutes, including every minute of this season.
HOW TO FOLLOW
The match at Saint Mary's 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".