Davis, Calif. - UC Davis return home for the first time in two weeks on Wednesday when the Aggies host Cal Poly, a game that also kicks off the Big West portion of the schedule.
GAME 9
Who: Cal Poly Mustangs
Where: Davis, Calif. (Aggie Soccer Field)
When: Wednesday, Sept. 28
Time: 4 p.m.
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GAME 10
Who: UC Riverside Highlanders
Where: Riverside, Calif.
When: Saturday, Oct. 1
Time: 7:00 p.m.
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CAL POLY HISTORY
UC Davis is 14-15-2 against Cal Poly but have lost only once over the last four matchups, a 2-3 defeat last season...The Aggies are 8-6-1 at home against Cal Poly versus 6-9-1 on the road.
UC RIVERSIDE HISTORY
The Aggies are a commanding 18-5-2 against UC Riverside all-time and even more lopsided 12-1 in Davis, though this year's edition will be played in Riverside...UC Davis has lost to the Highlanders twice since 2012.
UC DAVIS BREAKS THROUGH AGAINST PACIFIC
After coming tantalizingly close against San Jose State and drawing against Santa Clara last week, the Aggies broke through for their first win of the season on Sept. 20 at Pacific.
Freshman
Cason Goodman scored his first career goal in the first half and
Keegan Walwyn-Bent corraled a pass in the second to give UC Davis a 2-1 win and break what was the longest drought without a win for the program since digital records were kept beginning in 1990.
GOODMAN PUTTING IN THE TIME
Freshman
Luke Goodman continues to lead the Aggies in minutes played through eight games at 599...The last time a freshman led UC Davis in minutes in a season was Brian Ford in 2011...Ford started all 19 games and played 1,814 minutes that season...Goodman is also the only true freshman on the team to start in six games.
CASON GOODMAN WINS FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
The other half of the Goodman duo, Cason, was named the Big West Freshman of the Week on Monday after scoring his first career goal againts Pacific on Sept. 20.
Goodman is the second Aggie to win Freshman of the Week after
Marcus Garcia won in the opening week of the season.
NEW LINEUPS
23 of UC Davis' 25 players to appear in a game this season have started at least one game with senior
Andy Velasquez the only player to start all eight games. Nine players have started at least six games.
WHEN THE RECORD DOESN'T TELL THE STORY
Despite the Aggies' overall record, statistics show that defensively they are keeping pace with their Big West peers.
UC Davis is one of four teams in the 10-team conference to record multiple shutouts this seaso with keeper
Charles Janssen ranking second among Big West goalies in goals-against-average at 1.138.
Janssen recorded his second shutout of the season against Pacific as UC Davis allowed just one goal across both games last week.
