It took only a week for the Humboldt State women's soccer team to surpass the 2012 win total.

The task was not a huge one as the number to beat was only a single win, but the early program progress can clearly be seen.

Behind some stiff defense, the Lumberjacks have allowed only a single score in the opening 180 minutes of action in road wins at the Academy of Art (3-1) and Dominican (1-0).

1st 2-0 start since 2006

For the first time in seven years, the Jacks have opened with two wins in the first pair of matches.

The women squad's start marked the fifth time in 19 years of the program to begin at 2-0.  In the previous four occurrences, HSU secured winning seasons in three of those campaigns, while ending .500 in the other occasion (1995  at 7-7-1).

The last 2-0 start happened to begin the 2006 season. The Jacks won the first three matches that season on the way to an 12-5-2.

Jacks have three goal explosion

Three goals are not a true scoring explosion in a soccer match - that is unless you have talked about the HSU women's team the past few years.

The three goals netted in the season-opening 3-1 victory at the Academy of Art broke long string of low-scoring totals.

Like the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball breaking their 20-year losing season streak, HSU snapped a 51-match streak of scoring two or fewer goals with the win.

Coach Paul Karver comments:

At Academy of Art:

 "We have a lot of work to do but we pulled it out as the girls played hard.  The defense has a lot of work still to do but it was a good way to start the year."

 "We scored three good goals against a very good Academy of Art program. They presented a number of problems for us but we were able to have a nice result."

At Dominican:

"We had a number of strong moments in the back from players that came off the bench.  The depth we've been building in those positions is paying off."  

"Dominican is a great team from a very good conference and we feel very fortunate to have won the game today.  This is the type of game that helps define who we are as a program."

Weekend ahead...

HSU will open CCAA action with road contests at CSU Monterey Bay and San Francisco State.

    
At CSU Monterey Bay (Fri at 3 p.m.):

Game live stats link:

Last meeting:

CSMB 3-2 win on Oct. 11, 2012

Otters over last 3 years:

2012: 8-9

2011: 3-13-1

2010: 3-15

CCAA Preseason Poll: 10th

Otters split two matches

CSU Monterey Bay opened its season by splitting two matches - 2-1 OT loss at Notre Dame de Namur and 1-0 win at Fresno Pacific.

Jami Murray tied the game, 1-1, for the Otters at 86:15, but Notre Dame de Namur put in the game-winner only 17 seconds into overtime.

CSU Monterey Bay's Natalie Argueta evened her team's record with the lone score of a 1-0 win 15 minutes into the contest with Fresno Pacific.

At San Francisco State (Sun. at 2 p.m.):

Game Live stats link:

Last meeting:

SF St. 3-2 win on Sept. 16, 2012

Otters over last 3 years:

2012: 6-8-3

2011: 8-8-2

2010: 11-5-5

CCAA Preseason Poll: 8th

Gators prevail in first match

Justin Hernandez booted the lone tally 1:47 into overtime to give San Francisco State a 1-0 win over Northwest Nazarene.

The Gators host Western Oregon on Wednesday, Sept. 11th in their second match.