Cal State San Bernardino's men's soccer team will close out its 2008 season Friday and Sunday at home against UC San Diego and Cal State Dominguez Hills.
The team is playing for pride since it is unranked in the NCAA West Region and the four teams that will compete in the CCAA conference championship tournament have already qualified.
The Coyotes are 1-4-1 over their last six matches and are 6-10-2 on the season, 5-5-2 in the CCAA.
UCSD, a team that the Coyotes thrashed 3-0 in La Jolla on Sept. 28, comes into
Coyote Premier Field with a 9-5-2 overall record, 5-5-2 in the CCAA and tied with the Coyotes for third place in the South Division. The Tritons are ranked No. 6 in the West Region so they could be bumped if they are unsuccessful against CSUSB and Cal Poly Pomona this weekend.
The Toros, 15-2-1 overall and 9-2-1 in the CCAA, are ranked No. 1 in the NCAA West Region poll and No. 4 in the nation. According to the CCAA conference office, the Toros, Cal State L.A., Sonoma State and Chico State have qualified for the conference tournament regardless of the outcome of this weekend's contests.
Dominguez Hills edged the Coyotes 1-0 in their meeting in Carson on Sept. 26.
CSUSB VS. UCSD – Tritons lead the series 14-11 with four ties.
CSUSB VS. DOMINGUEZ HILLS – Toros dominate the series 22-6 with four ties. The last Coyotes win was 3-2 in overtime in 1999.
YOTES NOTES – Three seniors –
Miguel Alatorre,
Jeff Meyer and
Ryan Myers – will be honored before Sunday's 2 p.m. match with the Toros as they play the final home match of their collegiate careers….Sophomore
Obi Agwu is the team's leading scorer with 20 points on seven goals and six assists, both team highs….sophomore Albert Carbrera has 13 points on four goals and five assists….Alatorre has four goals and three assists for 11 points and Godinez has four goals and two assists for 10 points….Meyer, a central defender, has scored three times this season….junior
Brock Steele also has three goals for CSUSB….the Coyotes have been outscored 38-32 this season in 18 matches…the team has been shut out seven times this season, five times in the last eight matches…..two wins would give the Coyotes a winning record at home (team is currently 3-4-1 on its own turf…..
TRITONS TIPS – UCSD has allowed just 13 goals in 16 matches while scoring 20 times…Tony Fernandez leads the team with five goals and two assists for 12 points…Tom Caplan has three goals and four assists for 10 points….Tony Choi has a team-leading five assists….Peter Akman has eight shutouts in goal for UCSD….Tritons have won three of their last four matches including a 1-0 win over Cal State L.A…..
TOROS TOPICS – Dominguez Hills has won four in a row since losing on the road at Chico State, 3-1….Kyle Holland is the team's leading scorer with 21 points on nine goals and three assists…four of Holland's goals have been match-winners…Mario Guerrero of Riverside is the No. 2 scorer with five goals and two assists…Toros have outscored opponents 35-12 this season….goalies Justin Commins and Miguel Benitez nine shutouts to their credit with a combined 0.66 goals against average and 46 saves….Toros lead the CCAA in shutouts with 10 and are No. 2 in goals allowed (12) and goals against average (0.66)….they are tied with S.F. State in yellow cards with 39 (2.17 per match)….
CCAA STANDINGS – (South Division) – 1. Cal State L.A. (9-3-2); 2. CSU Dominguez Hills (9-2-1); 3. (tie) CSUSB and UC San Diego (5-5-2); 5. Cal Poly Pomona (2-8-2). (North Division) – 1. Sonoma State (9-1-2); 2. Chico State (8-4); 3. San Francisco State (5-8-1); 4. (tie) Humboldt State (3-6-3) and CS Monterey Bay (3-8-3); 6. Cal State Stanislaus (2-10).
NCAA WEST REGION RANKINGS – 1. CS Dominguez Hills (13-2-1); 2. Sonoma State (14-2-2); 3. Cal State L.A. (9-3-2); 4. Notre Dame de Namur (10-2-2); 5. Chico State (10-4); 6. UC San Diego (7-5-2).
NATIONAL RANKINGS – 4. CS Dominguez Hills; 12. Sonoma State; 19. Cal State L.A.
