The Lumberjacks have had a difficult equalling a stronger Friday effort two days later in the second of the weekend matches.

     Humboldt State will have the opportunity to buck this trend on the road for the second week in a row.  the men face Sonoma State for the first time in two weeks in a 3 p.m. Friday bout, before battling Cal State East Bay on Sunday morning.

     Jacks shut out Coyotes

     The Jacks used a pair of first half goals including one from the CCAA's leading scorer Zach Hammond to defeat the host Coyotes of CSU San Bernardino, 2-1.

     HSU put its first goal on the board early compliments of Hammond, his 11th goal of the year, at 5:54 one a give-and-go play from by Sam Wahl. 

     At 36:08, Connor Wilkinson added the Jacks' second first half score on a penalty kick following a Coyotes' yellow card.

     The HSU team performance had to fend off CSU San Bernardino for the majority of the second half. 

     Juan Gonzalez connected off a David Perez pass on a crossing pass in front of the goal only 5:48 into the second stanza to cut it to 2-1.

    Jacks' goalie Ryan Ades and the defense had to fend off four more shots in the final almost 40 minutes of the contest to secure the victory.

     #25 Wildcats dominate Jacks

     The 25th-ranked Wildcats smothered the Jacks' attack, while finding the net once in each half of a 2-0 blanking.

     Chico State dominated the shots by a 16-1 margin including 11-1 in the opening 45 minutes.

     Octavio Guzman put the home team on the board at 18:00 on a low boot from 15 yards.

     The Jacks' lone shot of the first half and match came on a Ryan Connor head that went high with 32:57 coming off the clock.

     Goalie Ryan Ades made three saves in net for HSU.

     Tough Sundays over fall

     The second matchup of the fall weekends have turned out to be difficult for HSU men's soccer.  HSU fell to 0-5-1 including two overtime defeats on Sunday matches over the past six weeks.

     Over the six Sunday bouts, HSU has been outscored 16-7 including 5-1 over the last two matches against Cal State Monterey Bay (3-1) and Chico State (2-0).

     Coach Jungemann's comments on last weekend:

     "Friday's game was a difficult game against a strong San Bernardino team, on a hot day, on a big field, after a long journey.  It was a very good team performance, under those difficult circumstance, that allowed us to get a good result.  We got an early goal, and a great free kick goal right before the half to wrap up a quality first half performance.  The second half was relatively uneventful, other than conceding an unfortunate goal, as the guys managed the game very well to close out a great road win.

     Sunday's game was most likely a result of the heat on Friday and the extraordinarily long bus trips over three straight days, combining to take our legs out from under us.  Chico are a very good team and certainly did their best to make the game hard for us.   It was quite a ways off of our best performance of the year, but we will need to recover quickly as we face another long road trip again this coming weekend."

     Hammond ties for 6th most

     The CCAA's leading scorer Zach Hammond continues to score goals at the league's top pace.

     The senior forward added an 11th goal last Friday to tie for the 6th most in a season by an HSU player.

     Hammond is tops in the CCAA with the 11 goals and 44 shots taken, while second in total points score with 25.

     Coach Jungemann's comments on this weekend:

     "This weekend will be the first time we face SSU, who are several points above us in the north division.  It will be a huge game for both of us, as it will have a big impact on our both of our standings in the north.  East Bay have been improving throughout the year and I anticipate that they will be looking for revenge from our early game.  We are coming to the end of the regular season and every game is big, as everyone is pushing to finish strong."

     Weekend's CCAA road matches

     at Sonoma State (Fri at 3:00 p.m.):

     Season Record: 6-4-4/5-4-3 CCAA North
     Series History: SSU leads 29-17-7
     Last meeting: SSU 5-4 win on Sept. 29, 2011 in Arcata
     Last HSU win: 4-1 in 2nd meeting of 1996 season in Arcata ... tied both meetings (1-1 and 0-0) to end the 2009 season

     *Coached by 23rd-year Marcus Ziemer ... compiled a 295-136-49 record

     *Seawolves went 1-0-1 last weekend 

           -tied #25 Chico State, 1-1 as Aaron Glover tied the game at 86:59 ... SSU outshot Chico St. 14-6

           -defeated CSU San Bernardino, 1-0, despite only taking three shots on goal

     *Opponents have outscored SSU, 15-13, but SSU have outshot its foes, 175-163

     *Taylor Varnadore leads the team with 5 goals and is 5th in the CCAA with 36 shots takenCoyotes recorded a 0-0 tie at Cal Poly Pomona on Sunday to break a seven-match losing streak

     *Goalie Beau Diaz hold a 0.93 GAA with 42 saves in 1349 minutes -- 5th in saves in the CCAA

     at Cal State East Bay (Sun. at 11:30 a.m.):

     Season Record: 3-10-1/3-8-1 CCAA North
     Series History: CSEB leads 23-19-6     
     Last meeting: HSU won 2-0 on Sept. 20 in Arcata ... For HSU, Chuck Pitts scored 3:18 into the match and Zach Hammond scored on a Braxton Griffin pass at 62:58 -- CSUEB did outshoot HSU 15-10 but HSU put one more shot on goal, 7-6
     Last HSU win: Last meeting

     *Coached by 5th-year Andy Cumbo ... coached HSU to 42 wins from 2004-08

     *Pioneers dropped 4 of its last 5 matches

     *6 of 10 losses have been by a single goal

     *Went 1-1 last weekend with a 3-0 win over San Francisco State with all goals in the 2nd half -- lost 2-1 OT to Cal State Monterey Bay on a goal eight minutes into extra time

     *Only 3 wins despite only being outshot 79-75

     *Trey James & Arthur Ethel lead team with 5 goals each

     *Goalie Bryce Bookhammer is 4th in the CCAA with 48 saves