ARCATA – After opening California Collegiate Athletic Association play with two weekends and four matches at home, the Humboldt State men's soccer team (1-3-2, 1-2-1 CCAA) heads out on the road for their first road trip within the conference.  Friday finds the Jacks in Chico for a 4:30 p.m. kickoff against the Chico State Wildcats.  Then on Sunday, the Warriors of Cal State Stanislaus will host HSU with 2 p.m. set for the start in Turlock.

The Jacks closed their first home stand last weekend with a 1-1 tie on Friday night with UC San Diego.  On Sunday, against Cal State East Bay, HSU fell 1-3.

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 Chico State is 16-39-6.   Last year the teams split the season series, with each side winning on the other's field.  The Wildcats took the match in Redwood Bowl 1-0.  The Jacks returned the favor 2-1 in Chico.  Long time rivals, the two schools first met in HSU's inaugural season of 1971.  That match ended in a 4-1 win for Chico State. … Against Cal State Stanislaus, the Lumberjacks lead in the all-time series 26-18-1.  The Warriors beat the Jacks by the score of 3-1 both times they met last year, in Arcata and Turlock.  As members of the CCAA, CSU Stanislaus has taken six of the seven meetings.

Johnson's Comments
“We have certainly put ourselves in a very ugly situation.   With the amount of people sitting due to injury and stupid fouls, we are going into the weekend limited on starters and players in general.  Everyone, starters and bench players, have to step it up so our level of play does not drop significantly.  We could be down by as many as five regular starters this week.” … “On Sunday, when we probably had more possession than any game this entire season, we gave up two easy goals.  The (Cal State East Bay) players fought hard for their coach.  Our guys thought that because they were a last place team, that it was going to be an easy win.” … “As far as Chico and Stanislaus, it is not going to be an easy weekend for us.  Both teams are playing very well and tactically they are right on it.  Are they beatable? Absolutely.  For the most part everyone is beating up on everyone else in conference. We have to get better and make smarter decisions.  The lack of composure is not acceptable and last week took away any chance we had at winning.”  

Lumberjack Notes
HSU is 1-3-2 overall and 1-2-1 in CCAA play  - fourth in the North Division. … Senior Josh Suggs leads the Jacks attack with three goals on 24 shots.  His two penalty kick goals last weekend moved him into sole possession of eighth place on the program's all-time list.  He now has 17 career goals.  Next up is Lalo Serrano in seventh place with 19. Senior Ray Lind has the team's lone game-winning goal in a 3-2 win over Cal Poly Pomona.  Tim Haden, a senior defender, has the Jacks fourth goal and redshirt freshman Michael Powell has two assists. … Keeper Kyle Verle is 1-2-2 while playing just over 504 minutes.  He has made 19 saves on the 26 shots that have been on frame and his goals against average (gaa) is 1.25.  David Zwick has made one start in goal.  He allowed three goals on four shots in a loss.

Opponents Notes
The Chico State Wildcats (5-1-0, 3-1-0 CCAA – T1st place North Division) are ranked 20th in this week's NSCAA/adidas poll.  Last week they split a pair of home matches, a 3-0 win over Cal Poly Pomona and a 1-2 loss to Cal State San Bernardino.  Ferid Celosmanovic (4 g, 8 pts) leads the Wildcat's offense.  Chris Akwaja (3 g, 1 a, 7 pts) and Luis Martinez (2 g, 1 a, 5 pts) also contribute.  Sam Evans, the Chico State keeper, has played all but one half of one of the Wildcats games and has made 10 saves on 15 shots for a gaa of 0.90. Chico State is led by third year head coach Felipe Restrepo.  His record in Chico is 26-14-5. … Cal State Stanislaus (3-1-2, 2-1-1 CCAA – 3rd place North Division) defeated Cal State San Bernardino 1-0 last Friday, but lost 1-2 to Cal Poly Pomona.  Terry Gross (2 g, 2 a, 6 pts) tops the Warriors attack.  Javier Rosales has seen the majority of time in goal.  He has made 17 saves on 20 shots.  His gaa is 0.74 and he has a 3-1-0 record.  Dana Taylor, in his second season, leads the Wildcats.  His CSUS record is 11-6-2.