ARCATA –The Humboldt State men's soccer team (2-8-2, 1-6-1) returns to Redwood Bowl for a pair of California Collegiate Athletic Association matches this week.  Friday the team welcomes the No. 2 Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles for a 4:30 p.m. kickoff.  Then on Sunday, the Jacks hosts Cal State Dominguez Hills.  The Lumberjacks and Toros are scheduled to kick off at 11:30 a.m.

The Jacks earned their first conference win on Friday, a 3-1 result at Cal State East Bay in Hayward. Sunday saw the Jacks in Southern California facing the Tritons of UC San Diego. Despite more than doubling the UCSD shot output, HSU couldn't maintain the momentum and fell to the Tritons, 2-1.

Head-to-Head
Humboldt State's record against Cal State Los Angeles is 1-3-0.   This will be the fourth meeting between these two as conference opponents.  As a member of the GNAC in 2003, HSU traveled to CSULA and dropped a non-conference overtime match, 2-1.  As members of the CCAA, each team has defended its home field.  The Jacks won 2-1 in Arcata in 2006.  The Golden Eagles have won the last two meetings, 3-2 in 2007 and 2-0 in 2008, both in Los Angeles. …Sunday will mark the fifth meeting between HSU and Cal State Dominguez Hills with the Toros leading the series 4-1-0.  The Lumberjacks CSUDH met twice as non-conference opponents, 1981 and 2003.  Cal State Dominguez Hills took both matches 2-0 and 5-1.  In 2006, as CCAA members, the Jacks won 1-0 at Carson, but have dropped the last two, 2-1 and 2-0.

Johnson's Comments
“The (Cal State) East Bay match was a typical start for us.  We gave up an early goal and played pretty sloppy defensively for the first five minutes of the match.  The rest of the match they played the style we have been practicing.  The intensity was there and once they put their foot on the gas pedal they never let up.  It was a great to see how well we played on that field.  We scored some great goals and gained a lot of confidence from that game.” … “At UCSD it was a similar story – we play poorly the first five minutes and the last six minutes of the first half and gave up soft goals.  But for the middle 34-35 minutes we took it too them and had chances, but we just didn't finish.  We had them on the ropes in the first half.  They made something like seven substitutions to try to counter our play.  In the second half we had the majority of the play and some good opportunities.  It was a tough weekend in the sense that we lost and gave up some soft goals, but I am very encouraged that we worked the system and played well for the vast majority of the time.” … “This will be a tough, tough weekend for the men, but we are facing two teams that are either not too familiar with this pitch (Cal State L.A.) or plain haven't played on it at all (Cal State Dominguez Hills).  We have that to our advantage.  I hope that we can carry the good feeling of last weekend into this week.”   

Lumberjack Notes
The Jacks are in sixth place in the CCAA North.  On Friday night HSU snapped a 10-game non-winning-streak with a 3-1 victory at Cal State East Bay.  Roland Demombynes and Lloyd Sinclair picked up their first goals of the season in the win.  …Junior Josh Suggs leads the Jacks' attack with five goals and one assist for 11 total points.  Senior Ben Vasser and junior Scott Mariani have each found the back of the net twice this season, with Mariani adding one assist.  …Freshman Peter Darquea got his second goal in the win at Cal State East Bay.  …Keeper Kyle Verle is 2-8-2 while playing 1,044 minutes, 5 seconds between the pipes.  He has allowed 22 goals, made 48 saves and has a save percentage of .686. … Among CCAA players Suggs ranks second in shots (46) and shots per game (3.88), is tied for sixth in goals and tied for ninth in points.  Verle is sixth in saves and tied for ninth in shutouts (1).


Opponents Notes
The Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles (11-0-1, 9-0-1) are ranked No. 1 in the NSCAA/adidas Division II West Region rankings and No. 2 in the nationally by the NSCAA/adidias poll.  They are in first place in the CCAA South and are riding a 12-match conference unbeaten streak.  …The last time CSULA lost a CCAA match was Oct. 19, 2008 at UCSD.  This year they tied Cal State Dominguez Hills in their conference opener before ripping off nine consecutive wins.  Last weekend they defeated Cal State San Bernardino and Cal Poly Pomona on the road, 3-1 and 2-1 respectively. …CSULA's offense is led by Fedrico Cino, who has 17 points on seven goals and three assists.   Jason Swope has added five goals and three assists.  Tobias Hummel has seen the majority of the minutes in goal and has a 11-0-1 record is 1-8-0 with a save percentage of .788. …The Golden Eagles are led by seventh-year head coach Chris Chamides.  Chamides had a 62-45-15 record entering this season. …Defending national champion Cal State Dominguez Hills (6-5-4, 5-4-1) is in second place in the CCAA South.  Last week the Toros dropped two road matches, 4-2 at Cal Poly Pomona and 1-0 at Cal State San Bernardino.  …With four goals, two assists and 10 points, Andrew Marinez leads the Toros' offense in 2009.  Kevin Gallaugher has tallied three goals for six points.  Keeper Marcus Dickerson has a 6-3-0 record with four shutouts and a .814 save percentage.  …Joe Flanagan is in his 16th season as men's head coach at CSUDH.  He hascompiled a 226-78-23 record entering this season.