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| FRESNO STATE BULLDOGS 1-7-2 (0-1-1 MW) |
SAN JOSE STATE SPARTANS 3-4-2 (2-0-0 MW) |
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Friday, September 28 | 8 p.m. (MT) |
Sunday, September 30 | 2 p.m. (MT) |
UNM NOTES (PDF)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The University of New Mexico women’s soccer team takes to the road for Mountain West Conference action for the first time this season as they are set to make a weekend of it in California with a Friday night contest at Fresno State and a Sunday matinee at San Jose State. While this is the first road conference games for the Lobos, it is not their first time playing away from home, having played three road games thus far. However, the Lobos are hoping to secure their first road win of the season during the weekend as they have dropped all three road games previously played.
In order to come away with that road win, the Lobos will be needing the offense that’s been displayed at home to carry over while continuing to play solid defense. In their recent four-game homestand, the Lobos scored eight goals and were 3-1 during that time. Defensively in that stretch, the Lobos allowed four goals, but registered consecutive shutouts.
Fresno State comes into play at 1-7-2 overall and in search of their first Mountain West victory as they are currently 0-1-1 in league play. San Jose State will enter the weekend at 3-4-2 overall and 2-0-0 in MW play. Before playing the Lobos on Sunday, the Spartans will have a home Friday night match against San Diego State.
Movin’ On Up …
Alesia Garcia has played in nine games in her career, and her team has won five games. Garcia has netted the game-winning goal in three of those five wins. Garcia is already tied for the 12th-most game-winning goals in a single-season with those three. Last season, Claire Lynch had the third-highest single-season total in school history with six. The interesting note is that Garcia is just two game-winning goals away from being in the top 10 all-time at UNM in career game-winning goals.
Split Decision
New Mexico may be the same team home and road, but the results are vastly different right now. At home, UNM is 5-1 having scored 17 goals and allowing six. On the road, UNM is 0-3 having scored just once and allowing five goals. Over half of their remaining nine-game regular season slate will be on the road.
League Leader
Malia Vanisi earned her third win on Friday, September 14 against New Mexico State as she was the second UNM keeper, playing the second half when the game-winning goal was scored, making her 3-0-0 on the year. She has lowered her goals against average to 0.66 which leads the Mountain West overall despite not having played but a little over nine minutes in early league action. The single-season record for goals against average is held by Kelli Cornell, who had a 0.52 goals against average in 2010. Cornell actually has the best three single-season goals against average marks with 0.52, 0.68 and 0.69 (in 2010, 2011 and 2009 respectively).
Multiple Goals = Lobo Wins
Under Heather Dyche, the Lobos are 25-2-2 when scoring multiple goals in a game. The odd part of that stat is at one time UNM was 21-0-0. Then the oddities occurred. First, UNM lost on a free kick with seven seconds left in overtime in which the clock was stopped to allow the free kick to happen … that was a 4-3 loss. That was followed by a pair of come-from-behind 2-2 ties, one while playing with 10 players, the other without leading scorer Claire Lynch in the Mountain West Tournament. Since then, UNM is 4-1-0 in such games.
Record In The Classroom
Along with the success on the field, the UNM women’s soccer program is proving to be one of the top teams off of it as well as the Lobos put together a 3.77 GPA in the 2018 spring semester. It’s the 16th-consecutive semester UNM women’s soccer has put together a 3.4 GPA or better, and the 3.77 GPA tied with the spring semester of 2017 for the highest team GPA.
Keeping It Going
The Lobos have turned in winning records in 12 of the last 13 seasons, and in all three under Heather Dyche. UNM also has an all-time home record of 115-71-25 at the UNM Soccer Complex. UNM also has finished .500 or better in conference play for 10 straight seasons.