ARCATA – After a split at home last weekend, the Humboldt State men's soccer team (1-2-1, 1-1-0 CCAA) wraps up a four-game homestand against the Tritons of UC San Diego on Friday in a 4:30 p.m. kickoff.  Then on Sunday, the Cal State East Bay Pioneers are in town for a 2 p.m. tilt.  All the California Collegiate Athletic Association action takes place in Redwood Bowl.

The Jacks opened CCAA play last weekend with a 0-3 loss on Friday night to No. 10 Cal State San Bernardino.  On Sunday, against Cal Poly Pomona, HSU battled back from a 2-1 deficit with a goal in the 88th minute to tie the match. In the 105th minute they won it on a header from Ray Lind.

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
Humboldt State's record against UC San Diego is 0-2-3.   Last season the Tritons defeated the Jacks 2-1 in La Jolla.  It was the first loss to UCSD as a member of the CCAA.  The three previous matches ended in 0-0 ties. HSU is 0-0-1 all-time against the Tritons in Arcata. … Against Cal State East Bay, the Lumberjacks trail in the all-time series 16-22-6.  The Jacks beat the Pioneers 3-1 last year in Hayward.   Long time rivals, the two schools first met in HSU's inaugural soccer season of 1971.  That match ended in a 0-0 tie.

Johnson's Comments
“To finally put some goals away and get our first victory was extremely important for us and I am really happy with the result.  I hope this will move us in a positive direction. The attitude, heart and passion that we played with on Sunday is one of the things I am most happy with.  We are only four games into the season and I need to keep reminding myself there is a long way to go. “ … “The games this weekend are two must wins for us.  They are home games and teams that we should beat based on where their level of play is at this time.  We need to clean up some things this week and take care of business on our home field.” … “The fact that (UC) San Diego is struggling right now is a bit of a surprise.  They are allowing a lot of goals and I think they are a team we should beat.” … “(Cal State) East Bay is in a rebuilding mode.  They lack experience and opened up against two very good teams in conference play.  I expect them to be better than the team we saw last year and some of our boys have an extra bit of motivation with (former HSU head coach) Andy Cumbo coming back to Arcata for the first time.”

Lumberjack Notes
HSU is 1-2-1 overall and 1-1-0 in CCAA play  - tied for third in the North Division. … Senior Josh Suggs leads the Jacks attack with one goal on 12 shots, of which six have been on-goal.  Senior Ray Lind has a game-winner and has taken five shots.  Tim Haden, a senior defender has the Jacks third goal and redshirt freshman Michael Powell has two assists. … Keeper Kyle Verle is 1-2-1 while playing all 394 minutes.  He has made 16 saves on the 22 shots that have been on frame and his goals against average is 1.37.

Opponents Notes
The UC San Diego Tritons (0-3-1, 0-2-0 CCAA – T5th place South Division) opened conference play last weekend with 0-3 and 1-2 defeats to No. 2 Cal State Los Angeles and No. 19 Cal State Dominguez Hills respectively.  Alex Arsht, who has the Tritons only goal this season, leads the UCSD offense.  Jesse Brennan, the UCSD keeper, has played all 380 minutes and has made 10 saves on 17 shots for a gaa of 1.66. UC San Diego is led by second year head coach Jon Pascale.  His record in La Jolla is 7-13-4 … Cal State East Bay (1-4-0, 0-2-0 CCAA - T5th place South Division) lost 5-0 to No. 19 Cal State Dominguez and 2-0 to No. 2 Cal State Los Angeles last week.  Jake Bedell has the Pioneers lone goal on the season.  Patrick Gilbertson has seen the majority of time in goal he has made 31 saves in 45 shots.  His gaa is 3.19.  Andy Cumbo, in his second season, leads the Pioneers.  His CSUEB record is 1-23-0.