ARCATA  – This week the Humboldt State women's soccer team (7-6-1, 4-5-1) hits the road for the second round of home-and-home series with California Collegiate Athletic Association North Division foes.  On Friday HSU will be in San Francisco to face the Gators of San Francisco State in 3 p.m. kickoff.  The Jacks end the weekend on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. with a match at the Otters of Cal State Monterey Bay.

HSU went 0-1-1 in a pair of CCAA matches last week in Redwood Bowl.  On Friday, after building a 3-0 lead against No. 21 Cal State Los Angeles, the Jacks gave up three goals in a 20-minute span of the second half and settled for a 3-3 tie.   Against Cal State Dominguez Hills, on Sunday, the Jacks took the Toros to overtime before falling in the 96th minute, 2-1.

Head-to-Head
In 18 total matches against San Francisco State, the Lumberjacks hold a 9-6-3 advantage.  On Sept. 27, in Redwood Bowl, HSU and SFSU battled into a second overtime of a 0-0 game.  Jacks' freshman Kaitlyn Nord, in the 106th minute, launched a long high lob from nearly 35 yards that sailed over the Gators' keeper and found the goal at the top of the far post.  It was Nord's first collegiate goal and the game winner 1-0.  …HSU holds a 6-2-0 record against CSU Monterey Bay.  In their meeting earlier this year in Redwood Bowl, on Sept. 25, the Lumberjacks defeated the Otters 2-1 on goals from juniors Kim Carroll and Ariele Kern.  The Jacks are 5-0-0 all-time against the Otters in matches played in Arcata and 1-2 in Seaside.


Johnson's Comments
“The last two weekends we have certainly put ourselves in a hole.  I had hoped to do better over the last four games.  I though we could have gotten a couple of those games, but things just didn't go our way.  This week's rankings haven't come out yet, but we are playing teams that are ranked just below us.  If we hope to be playing in November (NCAA Division II Regional Tournament play) we pretty much need to run the table in the last six games.  Having faced these teams before and looking on paper, we can do it.” … “This past weekend we faced two of the three best teams in the CCAA and played right with them.  Up 3-0 on (Cal State) L. A. we proved we could score on good team and have the lead.  We got a little disorganized and allowed L.A. to come back.  Against (Cal State) Dominguez Hills the match was going to go either way and someone was going to lose.  It was a great match and unfortunately we came up on the short end of the score.   I hope we can build off these games and that the ladies will respond.” … “SFSU is going to be a very tough game.  They are a big, physical, tough team.  We are a smaller team that relies on finesse and quickness.  The last time was a battle for us.  We didn't play a great game of possession, but that is because of the style that San Francisco plays.  Of the two games this weekend San Francisco will be the tougher match-up for us.” … “Monterey Bay is a scrappy team.  They also prevented us from playing our game the first time.  But we showed that we were a good team by taking what they gave us and making it work.”

Lumberjack Notes
With a 4-5-1 record, HSU is in second place in the CCAA North.  After opening with a 7-3-0 record in its first 10 matches, the Jacks are winless in their last four matches (three losses and a tie)  …Junior striker Arielle Kern leads the squad in goals (7), points (16) and game winners (3). Junior Kim Carroll is on a tear.  She has scored three goals in the last two matches.  Her four total goals is second on the squad and with a goal against CSUDH on Sunday, she moved into sixth place on the HSU career goal scoring list with 14…Katie Forba, a senior, sophomore Sarah Nakamoto and freshman Carly Kolpin each have two goals.  Kolpin's scores have both been game-winners. … In goal, keeper Kelly Sandberg has played 1,309 minutes and has allowed 20 goals while making 64 saves with a .762 save percentage and 1.37 goals against average.  Sandberg's record is 7-6-1. … Among CCAA players, Kern is tied for third in game-winners, tied for fourth in goals and seventh in points. Sandberg ranks in the top 10 of three categories.  She is second in saves, third in saves per game (4.57), and tied for sixth in shutouts (4).

Opponents Notes
The San Francisco State Gators (5-6-3, 3-5-2) are tied with Sonoma State for third place in the CCAA North.  The Gators are currently in a three-match conference unbeaten streak.   Last Friday they hosted and defeated Cal Poly Pomona 2-0 ahead of another 2-0 win over Cal State San Bernardino on Sunday. …SFSU's offense is led by Katie Voss's six goals and 12 points.  Of the five Gators' wins, Voss has had the game-winner in four.  Carly Bliss has found the back of the net four times and is second on the side in points with 8.  Annicia Jones (3-2-2, .818 save percentage) and Rachel Lauderdale (1-4-1, .735 save percentage) have split the minutes in goal for SFSU. …San Francisco State is led by head coach Jack Hyde, in his 26th season.  His SFSU record is 193-258-62.  …The Otters of Cal State Monterey Bay (3-9-2, 2-7-1) are in sixth place in the CCAA north.  Last week CSUMB split a pair of home matches, falling to Cal State San Bernardino 1-0 on Friday before downing Cal Poly Pomona 1-0 on Sunday.  The win ended an eight-match winless streak for the Otters  …Sarah Alderson with seven points on two goals and three assists leads the Otters' attack.  Alyssa Matheson has contributed three goals and Marlina Massagli has found the back of the net twice.  Andrea Davis has a 3-9-2 record in goal while saving shots at a .735 clip. …CSUMB is led by first year head coach Artie Cairel.  Cairel has been the Otters' men's coach for the past seven seasons and retains that position as well.