SAN DIEGO – San Diego State ladies’s soccer hit the highway Thursday night time for a matchup at No. 1 UCLA. The match will happen at Wallis Annenberg Stadium at 7 p.m. PT.
The Season So Far
– San Diego State earned their third attract a row final Friday once they performed Saint Mary’s to a 2-2 draw on the Sports activities Deck. In wet situations the Aztecs bought objectives from Deinse Castro and a penalty by Emma Gaines-Ramos to earn a degree. The match was the crew’s third consecutive draw, and is the primary time in crew historical past that SDSU has drawn thrice in a row.
– The Aztecs earned two onerous fought attracts on Thursday and Sunday in opposition to cross-town foes College of San Diego and UC San Diego. On Thursday, the Aztecs and Toreros squared off, however neither crew was capable of finding the again of the web and the groups completed stage at 0-0. Claire Watkins hit the put up twice within the draw, whereas Denise Castro was despatched off late within the match and the Aztecs needed to play with 10 for the ultimate 20 minutes.
– In opposition to UC San Diego, the Aztecs went down 1-0 on the halftime break. However objectives from Logan Nidy and a penalty from Kiera Utush 44 seconds aside gave the Aztecs a 2-1 lead within the 58th minute. Nonetheless, the Tritons would equalize within the 89th minute to earn the 2-2 draw.
– The Aztecs additionally drew at Lengthy Seaside State on Aug. 25, 2-2. With the Aztecs down 2-0 within the 82nd minute, Castro and Trinity Coker bought San Diego State stage within the closing minutes because the Aztecs stole a draw on the highway. Coker’s game-tying aim was the primary of her profession. The Aztecs would then journey to No. 14 Pepperdine on Aug. 28 and fell 4-0 in Malibu, Calif.
– Within the season opener the Aztecs traveled to Nebraska to tackle the Cornhuskers. The Aztecs would come out of the match with a win in dramatic vogue, as Castro earned the Aztecs the win 2-1, within the ninetieth minute. Off a cross from Lauren Dicus, Castro headed the ball into the again of the web, incomes her first game-winner of the season. She additionally scored the Aztecs first aim of the match within the twenty eighth minute, and completed the night time with a brace for the second time in her profession.
– As for the match in opposition to Idaho, the Aztecs initially trailed 1-0, earlier than marching to a 7-2 win on the Sports activities Deck. The Aztecs scored 5 objectives within the span of 23 minutes through the first half. Gaines-Ramos scored two objectives, together with the primary penalty of the season. Six Aztecs bought on the rating sheet, together with freshman Logan Nidy and sophomore Olivia Sekimoto who scored their first profession objectives.
Attracts on the Deck
– San Diego State is on a three-match draw streak, having drawn at house in opposition to the College of San Diego 0-0, UC San Diego 2-2, and most just lately Sint Mary’s final day trip, 2-2.
– The Aztecs have earned three ties in a row for the primary time in program historical past.
At The Peak
– Denise Castro (San Ysidro, Calif.) entered 2022 because the Aztecs high returning goal-scorer from the 2021 season when she bagged eight objectives. The sophomore sensation has began the 2022 marketing campaign on a tear, scoring 5 objectives in six matches, together with the game-winner over Nebraska to open the season. That aim got here within the ninetieth minute with 28 seconds remaining within the match, and gave the Aztecs a 2-1 win to start out the season. She additionally scored the game-winner within the Aztecs 7-2 win over Idaho on August 28.
– Coming into this week’s matches, Castro is tied for tenth within the nation in factors per-game averaging 2.00 per contest, and is tied for seventeenth in objectives per recreation at a mean of 0.83 objectives per recreation.
– She is tied for twenty fourth within the nation in whole objectives with 5, tied for twenty fourth game-winning objectives with two, and is tied for thirty third within the nation in whole factors with 12.00.
Sharing The Wealth
– San Diego State scored a complete of 9 objectives within the first two weeks of the season, together with placing seven previous Idaho on August 28.
– These seven objectives scored in opposition to Idaho have been essentially the most the Aztecs had scored in a match because the 2008 season when the Aztecs beat the Air Pressure Academy 7-0.
– The Aztecs have a complete of 11 assists by seven matches this season, and 9 totally different gamers have assisted on these objectives.
– Denise Castro and Emma Gaines-Ramos have two assists, Trinity Coker, Lauren Dicus, Rachelle Elve, Olivia Sekimoto, Grace Goins, Hope Paredes and Kiera Utush have one.