ARCATA – With a win on Sunday the Humboldt State women's soccer team (3-9-0, 3-7-0 CCAA) look to put together back-to-back wins for the first time this season as they travel to southern California. Friday the Jacks are in Carson to take on the Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros with kickoff scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Then on Sunday the location changes to Los Angeles and the opponent to the Golden Eagles of Cal State Los Angeles with a 2 p.m. start time.
Last week the Jacks hosted and were beaten by Cal State Stanislaus 0-4 on Friday, but bounced back on Sunday for a 2-0 win over Chico State.
Live Stats
All Lumberjack home soccer matches can be tracked online by using the Live Stats feature on hsujacks.com. Real time statistics and other information are featured on the game viewer. The feature can be found at: http://www.sidearmstats.com/humboldt/msoc/.
Head-to-Head
Against Cal State Dominguez Hills, the Lumberjacks trail in the all-time series 1-6-1. The Toros took last season's meeting 2-1 in overtime in Redwood Bowl. As members of the CCAA, CSUDH has taken three of the four meetings with the other ending in a 0-0 tie. In Carson the Jacks are 1-3-0 with the win, 1-0, coming in 2003… Humboldt State's record against Cal State Los Angeles is 1-3-1. Last season CSULA came to Arcata and fell behind 0-3 before ending the game in a 3-3 tie. This will be the second time these two teams have met in Los Angeles. The Jacks won in 2003 by the score of 4-2, but in 2007 were bettered 2-1 by the Golden Eagles.
Johnson's Comments
“I was very happy with our effort on Sunday. We played with heart and determination and never gave up. We didn't always have the run of play, but as in the UC San Diego match we fought. We got the win and I hope that the team uses that as motivation moving forward.” … “(Cal State) Dominguez (Hills) played for the national championship game last year and (Cal State) Los Angeles could have been in that game as well. Neither team graduated any significant players from last year, but have brought in new talent that have sent some of last season's starters to the bench.” … “We played well against both of these teams last year (1-2 loss to CSUDH in overtime and a 3-3 tie with CSULA) and we will try to use that as motivation, but we are a different team this season. We will really have to step up our game in order to compete. If we don't come out with heart, playing with pride and an attitude that we can compete with anyone, it is going to be a very tough two games.”
Lumberjack Notes
HSU is 3-9-0 overall and 3-7-0 in CCAA play - 4th in the North Division. … Three Jacks have each scored two goals this season. Arielle Kern (2 g, 2 a, 6 pts), Sarah Nakamoto (2 g, 1 a, 5pts) and Kim Carroll (2 g, 4 pts) lead the HSU attack. Carroll's goal against Cal State Monterey Bay moved her into a tie for fourth place on the program's all-time list. Her 16 career goals match Gabby Ahmadia. … Keeper Jennie Paugh is 3-6-0 while playing just shy of 772 minutes. She has made 34 saves on the 47 shots that have been on frame and her goals-against-average (gaa) is 1.52. … The Jacks have scored two goals in each of their three wins. … Among CCAA athletes Kern ranks 8th in shots (27) and 10th in shots per game (2.25). Paugh's .723 save percentage ranks 10th and her 3.78 saves per game is 8th in the conference.
Opponents Notes
The Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros (8-3-1, 6-3-1 CCAA – 3rd place South Division) last week, at home, fell to UC San Diego 1-2 and defeated Cal State East Bay 3-1. A pair of eight-goal scorers leads the Toros attack, Jessica Murphy (8 g, 5 a, 21 pts, 3 gwg) Taylor Canatsey (8 g, 3 a, 19 pts, 3 gwg). Alyssa Congdon, the CSUDH keeper, has made 39 saves on 53 shots for a gaa of 1.15 and a save percentage of .736. Her record is 7-3-1. Joe Flanagan, in his ninth season, leads the Toros. … Cal State Los Angeles (8-3-0, 7-3-0 CCAA – 1st place South Division) defeated Cal State East Bay 3-0, but lost to UC San Diego 0-1 last week. Ann Marie Tangorra (9 g, 3 a, 21 pts, 2 gwg) and Liz Franco (8 g, 4 a, 20 pts, 4 gwg) top the Golden Eagles attack. Gabriella Batmani has played the majority of minutes in goal. She has made 35 saves on 41 shots. Her gaa is 0.75 and she has a 5-3-0 record. Cal State Los Angeles is led by eighth year head coach Chris Chamides.
