SAN DIEGO – The San Diego women's soccer program (2-6-3, 0-1 WCC) returns home to Torero Stadium for more WCC action on Wednesday night, hosting No. 15 Portland (7-0-4, 1-0 WCC) at 7 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
The Toreros battled at No. 17 Pepperdine, where they held the waves scoreless for the first 53 minutes of the game. However, the Toreros would ultimately fall, 3-0, despite seven saves from freshman goalkeeper
Sophine Kevorkian.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
- San Diego trails 8-20-2 all-time against the Pilots, in a series that dates all the way back to 1992.
- The Toreros are 119-100-8 (.542) all-time in WCC play dating back to 1992.
- By playing No. 15 Portland on Wednesday, the Toreros will have now hosted a top-25 team at Torero Stadium for three consecutive seasons. Portland are the third ranked team faced by San Diego this season.
- 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 in total saves (49) and in saves per game (4.45), while ranking third in total minutes played (932:33). Between Kevorkian and Ellyn Casto, the Toreros lead the WCC in team saves per game (5.18).
- Maddox currently ranks in a tie for seventh in points among freshman in the WCC with six.
- Dating back to her time at Maryland, graduate student Adalee Broadbent has played in 1,551 consecutive minutes, including every minute of this season.
HOW TO FOLLOW
The match against Portland 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".
