Davis, Calif. - UC Davis faces one of its final road trips of the season this week with a two-game swing through Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara. Both the Mustangs and the Gauchos sit above the Aggies in the Big West standings, giving UC Davis a chance to move up the ranks.
GAME 13
Who: Cal Poly Mustangs
Where: San Luis Obispo, Calif.
When: Thursday, Oct. 6
Time: 7 p.m.
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GAME 14
Who: UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
Where: Santa Barbara, Calif.
When: Sunday, Oct. 9
Time: 2 p.m.
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AGGIES PLAY PENULTIMATE ROAD TRIP OF SEASON
With games at Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara this week, UC Davis wrap up one of it's final road trips of the season as it enters its final weeks.
FONTES GETS AGGIES BACK ON TRACK
In the span of two games, Genevieve Fontes turned her 2022 into a career season and got the Aggies back in the win column.
Fontes' had the game-tying goal in the second half against CSUN on Sept. 25. On Oct. 2 at UC San Diego, Fontes had her first multi-goal game, chipping in two scores from near identical spots on the left side of the goal in the first and second halves.
With four goals on the season, Fontes has already shattered her previous single season career-high of one goal set last season and now leads UC Davis in goals and points.
CAL POLY HISTORY
UC Davis enter Thursday's match having lost to the Mustangs just once over the last seven seasons...The Aggies won or drew every season from 2014 to 2018, fell in 2019 before winning 2-0 in 2021.
UC SANTA BARBARA HISTORY
The Aggies have not had as much recent luck against UC Santa Barbara in recent years, with their last win coming in 2016...UC Davis is 4-4 in Santa Barbara.
GETTING HEALTHY
UC Davis has had to go all but one game this season without the top scoring options entering the season, forwards
Risa Yamada and
Leslie Fregoso, on the field at the same time and the last three games without Fregoso due to injury.
Fregoso returned to practice this week while Yamada continues to rehab.
BACK ON TRACK
UC Davis' three-goal effort against UC San Diego was its first since the season-opener against UTEP and first win since defeating Oregon State on Sept. 4 as the Aggies had gone 0-2-3 since.
