THIS WEEK…
#17 UC Davis (5-0-2) at Utah Valley (3-3)
Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018 | 6:00 p.m. PT | Clyde Field | Orem, Utah
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(RV) Saint Mary's (7-0) at #17 UC Davis (5-0-2)
Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018 | 1:00 p.m. | Aggie Soccer Field | Davis, Calif.
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OPENING WHISTLE: Unbeaten in its last 12 matches dating back to last year and one of 15 remaining unbeaten teams in the nation entering the week, the UC Davis men's soccer team heads out on the road for the sixth time in eight matches this season, taking on Utah Valley on Tuesday (Sept. 18) at 6 p.m. PT, before coming home for a match-up against the nation's top scoring team in undefeated Saint Mary's on Saturday (Sept. 22) at 1 p.m.

IN THE POLLS: UC Davis enters the week ranked No. 17 in the nation according to the Sept. 11 United Soccer Coaches poll (new rankings will be released on Tuesday) for the second consecutive week, while climbing one spot to No. 24 in this week's College Soccer News poll… Saint Mary's is receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches poll of Sept. 11, while standing No. 21 according to this week's Top Drawer Soccer poll and No. 27 in the College Soccer News poll… Utah Valley is unranked.

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ABOUT THE WOLVERINES: Utah Valley enters the week with a 3-3 overall record, but the Wolverines have dropped their last three consecutive matches heading into Tuesday's meeting with the Aggies, outscored 9-1 in that stretch… In its only match last week, Utah Valley had its contest against UC Santa Barbara cancelled due to poor air quality because of wildfires in the area… The Wolverines are 1-1 against Big West Conference schools this season, posting a 2-1 win over UC Irvine and falling 6-1 to CSUN… Sophomore midfielder Zach Maas leads the team with three goals and is tied with senior forward Austin Buxton (2 goals and 2 assists) for the team lead in points with six… Sophomore goalkeeper Joseph Wheelwright has started five of the team's first six contests, posting a 0.89 goals against average and 13 saves in just over 400 minutes.

SERIES NOTES: Tuesday marks only the second meeting between UC Davis and Utah Valley, with the Wolverines posting a 1-0 victory over the Aggies back on Sept. 24, 2016, in Northern California.

ABOUT THE GAELS: At 7-0 overall heading into the week, Saint Mary's is one of three undefeated teams in the country along with Wake Forest (7-0) and Rhode Island (5-0)… The Gaels have shut out five of their seven opponents this season while sporting the nation's top scoring offense at 3.57 goals per game and 25 goals overall… Saint Mary's posted a 2-0 win over Sacramento State and a 4-3 double overtime victory over UC Riverside last weekend and is 3-0 against Big West Conference schools heading into its match against UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday (Sept. 19) before hosting the Aggies… Junior forward Jake Rudel leads the team with seven goals and 15 points, while junior forward Anders Engebretsen has scored six times and assisted on two more… Nine different players have accounted for the team's goals as Saint Mary's has outscored the opposition, 25-4, on the season… Junior goalkeeper Remi Prieur has played all but 14 minutes in net, posting a 0.57 goals against average and 24 saves, stopping 86 percent of the shots put on frame.

SERIES NOTES: The series between UC Davis and Saint Mary's is tied at 4-4-2 overall dating back to 2004, but the Aggies are unbeaten (3-0-2) in the last five meetings with the Gaels — with three of the five contests going to overtime… Seven of the 10 matches have been decided by a single goal, with the two draws and a 2-0 Saint Mary's victory in 2012 (the Gaels' last win in the series) being the outliers… UC Davis is 2-1-1 at home against the Gaels in that span, last posting a 2-1 overtime win in 2016.

AGGIE TWITTER NOTES…
• UC Davis enters Tuesday's match at Utah Valley with a 9-0-3 record in its last 12 matches, having not lost since a 3-2 overtime decision against Cal Poly on Oct. 18 of last season
• The Aggies have outscored their opponents, 28-8, in that stretch
• UC Davis has scored three goals in four of its last five matches — all ending in victories
• The team's 14 goals through the first seven matches are the most since the 2008 team scored 15 times in the same span
• The Aggies' five wins in their first seven matches are the most since the 2008 squad opened 6-1
• After holding Oregon State to just four shots on goal and Santa Clara to nine shots on frame, UC Davis has not allowed an opponent to reach double-digits in that category since Oct. 12, 2007, when UC Santa Barbara finished with 10
• The nine shots on goal by the Broncos were the most since Wisconsin finished with nine on Sept. 6, 2015, in a, 3-2, Aggie victory
• The win over Santa Clara was the first in the series for UC Davis since 1975, snapping a four-match winless streak (0-2-2) against the Broncos
• Junior statistics major Dylan Wood and freshman biological sciences major Max Glasser became the ninth and 10th different Aggies to score this season when they found the back of the net against Santa Clara
• Glasser's goal was the first of his collegiate career and his first career game-winner
• Junior sociology major Adam Mickelson and freshman neurobiology, physiology, and behavior major Robert Mejia each logged their team-best fourth assist of the year against the Broncos
• With his goal to tie the match at Oregon State to kick-off the week, junior managerial economics major Marte Formico became only the third Aggie to score multiple goals this season
• Thanks to his assist against the Broncos, Mickelson now has a point in five of the team's seven matches this year
• Mickelson's 11 career assists move him into a tie for 12th on the school's all-time list and ties him with Ryan Gross (2012-15) for second in the school's Division I history, just three behind Dylan Curtis' total from 2007-08
• Five different players have accounted for the team's five game-winning goals: Mickelson (Omaha), freshman managerial economics major Andy Velasquez (San Jose State), Formico (CSU Bakersfield), freshman managerial economics major Connor Tipton (Gonzaga), and Glasser (Santa Clara)
• Junior global disease biology major Wallis Lapsley stopped a career-high eight shots in the win over Santa Clara — including a denial on a penalty kick in the 79th minute to preserve a one goal lead

WHERE THEY RANK… NCAA (as of Sept. 17)
• Lapsley: shutouts (16th), goals against average (22nd), save percentage (10th), saves per game (61st), saves (24th), minutes (48th)
• Mickelson: points per game (66th), points (35th), goals (74th), assists per game (38th), assists (13th)
• Mejia: assists per game (20th), assists (13th)
• TEAM: scoring offense (29th), goals (21st), goals against average (35th), shutout percentage (39th), winning percentage (9th), shot accuracy (10th), assists per game (27th), saves per game (59th), points per game (29th), save percentage (13th), assists (19th), points (24th), shots per game (58th), shots on goal per game (16th)

WHERE THEY RANK… BIG WEST (as of Sept. 17)
• Mickelson: shots (t6th), shots per game (9th), points (t2nd), points per game (4th), goals (t7th), goals per game (t8th), assists (t1st), assists per game (2nd)
• Wright: shots (t8th)
• Mejia: assists (t1st), assists per game (1st)
• Tipton: assists (t10th)
• Lapsley: goals against average (1st), save percentage (1st), saves (4th), saves per game (4th), shutouts (2nd), shutouts per game (2nd)

RECYCLED NOTES
ABOUT THE AGGIES: UC Davis clinched the Big West North Division title and advanced to the league tournament championship match for the second time in the program's history, capping off a year that saw the Aggies finish 11-7-3 overall and 7-2-1 in Big West play… The 11 victories overall were the most wins since 2008 (13-5-4) and were the third-most in the program's history… Junior Adam Mickelson leads the returning group on offense after scoring four goals and assisting on seven others a season ago, pacing the squad with 15 points… Senior Matt Baringer also returns after scoring five times and finishing with 12 points on the year… Junior Wallis Lapsley is the incumbent in net, starting all 21 matches while posting a 1.32 goals against average and 58 saves to go with four shutouts.

AGGIES PICKED FOURTH IN BIG WEST PRESEASON POLL: The reigning Big West North Division champions received 40 points overall and a first-place vote to boot as the Aggies were picked to finish fourth in a revamped single eight-team league table according to a vote of the conference's head coaches. UC Davis was picked to finish behind reigning tournament champion Cal State Fullerton (57 points, four first-place votes), UC Santa Barbara (55 points, three first-place votes), and CSUN (47 points).

TRIO NAMED PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE: For the second straight season, the Aggies dominated the preseason all-conference team, placing a league-best three players on the 11-member squad in senior Roy Boateng, junior Adam Mickelson, and sophomore Nabi Kibunguchy. The trio becomes the sixth, seventh, and eighth, UC Davis student-athletes named to the preseason all-conference team since the league began the practice prior to the 2012 season. Read the complete release: http://www.ucdavisaggies.com/news/2018/8/16/mens-soccer-aggies-place-three-on-preseason-all-league-team.aspx.

UC DAVIS BIG WEST PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM SELECTIONS
2018: Roy Boateng, Adam Mickelson, Nabi Kibunguchy
2017: Noah Wilson, Kyle Higgins, Evan Barrett
2014: Ramon Martin Del Campo, Matt Wiesenfearth
2012: Matt Wiesenfarth

ABOUT UC DAVIS
Providing a small-town community feel while providing a world-class academic experience, UC Davis is home to more than 37,000 students and centrally located between San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, and the Napa Valley. The No. 5-ranked public university in the nation according to the Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education, UC Davis offers nearly 100 graduate programs and more than 100 academic majors across four colleges and six professional schools, ranking among the world and nation's best in numerous disciplines, including veterinary science, agriculture, and plant and animal programs.

AGGIE EVO
Launched in 2017-18, the Aggie EVO System is UC Davis Athletics' investment in the primary mission of preparing student-athletes for a successful "launch" after graduation. Thanks to a collaboration of alumni, university resources, corporate partners, coaches and Student-Athlete Outcomes staff, all Aggies are guided over four years to acquire the skills, knowledge, opportunities and tools to better know and navigate the "World of Work" after graduating from UC Davis. Follow the Aggie EVO system on Twitter and Instagram at @AggieEVO.