DAVIS, Calif. — A hot UC Davis (4-7-2, 2-2-0 MW) team that swept Wyoming and Grand Canyon in its most recent homestand heads back to the road to play at New Mexico (5-4-2, 2-2-0 MW) on Sunday, Oct. 11 (Noon {PT). The match will be streamed live on MW+ with live stats available via Stat Broadcast. Tickets can be purchased online or on gameday at UNM Soccer Complex.
UC Davis has arguably played its best soccer of the season in its last two matches after sweeping a two-match Mountain West homestand against Wyoming and Grand Canyon in its first two matches of October. The Aggies captured their first-ever Mountain West win in their first Mountain West conference home match on Oct. 2 by knocking off a Wyoming team that had a six-match win streak coming into the contest by a score of 3-2 then dealt Grand Canyon a 3-0 defeat on Oct. 7.
2026 UC Davis Results (4-7-2, 2-2-0 MW)
Aug. 12 - at Fresno State - W, 2-0
Aug. 16 - Sacramento State - L, 0-1
Aug. 20 - at Saint Mary's - L, 0-3
Aug. 27 - at Santa Clara - L, 0-1
Aug. 30 - UC Santa Barbara - T, 1-1
Sept. 6 - Pacific - W, 1-0
Sept. 10 - at Loyola Marymount - T, 0-0
Sept. 17 - at Portland - L, 0-2
Sept. 20 - Idaho - L, 0-2
Sept. 24 - at Air Force - L, 1-3*
Sept. 27 - at Colorado College - L, 1-2*
Oct. 2 - Wyoming - W, 3-2*
Oct. 7 - Grand Canyon, W, 3-0*
*Mountain West Match; Home Matches In Bold At Aggie Soccer Field, Davis, Calif.
New Mexico has dropped its last two at Grand Canyon and Colorado College after a previous five-match unbeaten streak. The Lobos are 4-1-1 at home this season.
2026 New Mexico Results (5-4-2, 2-2-0 MW)
Aug. 20 - Northern Arizona - W, 2-0
Aug. 23 - Gonzaga - L, 1-3
Aug. 30 - Cal State Northridge - W, 3-2
Sept. 3 - at No. 24 Colorado - L, 0-3
Sept. 6 - at Northern Colorado - W, 4-2
Sept. 12 - at New Mexico State - T, 1-1
Sept. 13 - at Eastern Washington - W, 2-0
Sept. 17 - Utah Tech - Cancelled
Sept. 24 - San Jose State - W, 3-0*
Sept. 27 - Nevada - W, 5-2*
*Mountain West Match; *Home Matches In Bold At UNM Soccer Complex, Albuquerque, N.M.
Following Sunday's match at New Mexico, UC Davis will return to Aggie Soccer Field for a two-game homestand against ULV on Thursday, Oct. 15 (6 p.m. PT), and Hawai'i on Sunday, Oct. 18 (1 p.m. PT). The Aggies will host Kicks for Cancer night against UNLV, while the Hawai'i match will serve as the Adopt-A-Pet game and recognize Mental Health Awareness.
Single-game tickets for all UC Davis home matches including the upcoming tilts against UNLV and Hawai'i are $10 for youth (3-13 years old) and $13 for general admission. Flexbooks - packs of 10 tickets redeemable in any combination - are $85. Discounted group tickets are available for groups of 10 or more. For additional information or to purchase tickets, visit ucdavisaggies.evenue.net, contact the Aggie Ticket Office at (530) 752-2471 or email aggietickets@ucdavis.edu.
Event parking will be honored in Lot 25 and the Pavilion Parking Structure for all home games. The cost for weekday games is $5.50, while weekends are free but both require parking permits.
UC DAVIS AT NEW MEXICO - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2026 (NOON PT, MW+)
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UC DAVIS-NEW MEXICO SERIES
- UC Davis leads the all-time series, 2-1-1.
- UC Davis has won each of the last two meetings by identical 1-0 margins in 2018 in Davis and 2021 in a neutral match in the opening round of the Las Vegas Invitational.
- The teams played to a scoreless double overtime tie the only time they have met in Albuquerque in 2013.
- New Mexico won the first-ever match between the teams, 2-0, in the second round of the UC Riverside Invitational in 2012
2026 SEASON
- MOUNTAIN WEST SWEEP: UC Davis made school history on Oct. 2 when the Aggies defeated Wyoming, 3-2, for their first-ever Mountain West win in their first home conference match as a member of the league and the first-ever UC Davis win in the conference in any sport. Jaycee DeFazio scored the game-winner in the 86th minute on an assist from Kaya Herndon. The Aggies then followed that up with a 3-0 Mountain West victory over Grand Canyon with Herndon becoming the first UC Davis player to score a pair of goals in a game this season and Lakelee Perkins adding the other. Ashley Brewer and Chloe Keating assisted on Herndon's two goals, while Lisette Gregoris was credited with an assist on the Perkins' goal.
- THREE IN A ROW: The Aggies are looking for three straight victories for the first time since winning four in a row Sept. 5-15, 2024 (at Eastern Washington, at New Mexico State, Utah Valley State, LSU).
- MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE STANDINGS: The victories over Wyoming and Grand Canyon have helped the Aggies move into a three-way tie for fifth place in the 11-team Mountain West. The top six teams in the league's final regular-season standings qualify for the Mountain West Conference Tournament to be played at GCU Stadium In Phoenix from Nov. 11-14. The winner of the event will receive the league's automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA Tournament.UC Davis was selected to finish eighth in the Mountain West in the league's preseason poll.
- MORE ON THE MOUNTAIN WEST: UC Davis is a member of the Mountain West Conference for the first season after most recently being part of the Big West in 2025.
- OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION: UC Davis has scored six goals over its last two matches to double its input of six goals over its first 11 matches. The six goals by the Aggies in their last two matches are their most in back-to-back matches since early in the 2024 campaign (Sept. 12, 15) when UC Davis was a 3-0 winner against Utah Valley and then knocked off LSU, 4-3.
- SCORING STREAK: UC Davis has scored at least one goal in each of its last four matches for the first time scoring in nine straight spanning the final six matches of 2024 and the first three of 2025.
- HERNDON HOT: M Kaya Herndon has led the Aggies' current scoring explosion by scoring all nine of her points over the last four games, including seven in the last two when she had a goal and an assist in the win over Wyoming then picked up her first collegiate brace against Grand Canyon. Herndon also got a goal at Air Force and went scoreless at Colorado to start the four-game stretch. Herndon now leads the Aggies with nine points, four goals, 16 shots and eight shots on goal.
- OTHER OFFENSIVE LEADERS: F Ashley Brewer and D Courtney Wagner share the team lead with two assists, white Jaycee DeFazio has a team-high two game winners.
- DEFENSIVE SUCCESS: UC Davis ranks tied for fourth in the Mountain West in shutouts with four, as well as fifth in goals allowed per game (1.31) and goals against average (1.31).
- THREE DIFFERENT GOALKEEPERS HAVE SOLO SHUTOUTS: UC Davis is one of only two teams in the nation to have three different goalkeepers record solo shutouts with the other Chattanooga. Cat Pieper recorded her two solo shutouts in a 3-0 victory over Grand Canyon in UC Davis' most recent contest when she also had a career-high-tying seven saves and in a scoreless tie at LMU in her first action of the season on Sept. 10. After the LMU contest, Pieper did not play again until relieving Piper Wilkison due to injury in the second minute of the Oct. 2 win over Wyoming to mark the first time that the UC Davis starting goalkeeper did not play the full match in net with Pieper playing the remaining 88:51 and picking up the victory, recording six saves and allowing a pair of goals. Piper Wilkison has started a team-high seven matches, while Dena Frankel has started four and Pieper two. Frenkel recorded her shutout in the season-opening win at Fresno State and started the first three matches but has played only once since against Idaho on Sept. 20. Wilkison's shutout came in a 1-0 home win over Pacific on Sept. 6 in her third start. On the season, Pieper has a 0.67 GAA while allowing two goals with a team-high 17 saves in 268:51 minutes, while Wilkison and Frenkel both have a 1.50 GAA with Wilkison allowing nine goals and recording 16 saves in a team-high 541:09 minutes while Frenkel has given up six goals and with 15 saves in 360 minutes.
- STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE: UC Davis has just nine yellow cards, which is tied for the third-fewest in the Mountain West, although the Aggies have recorded five in their last four matches at Air Force and Colorado State, and against Wyoming and Grand Canyon. M Kaya Herndon has a team-high three, while D Kiley Fehrenbacher has two, and F Ashley Brewer, M Savannah Cordero, D Sydnie Fong and M Karla Sandoval one each. The Aggies have one red card this season when D Ava Peterson was flagged in the 60th minute at Colorado College.
- LOTS OF PLAYERS SEEING ACTION AND MAKING STARTS: UC Davis has played 27 of the 28 players on its roster in at least one match over the first 13 contests, while 19 different players have started with each of the 19 starting at least two. Four players - D Kiley Fehrenbacher, D Sydnie Fong, F Lakelee Perkins and D Courtney Wagner - have started all 13 contests, while nine have played in all 13. M Ashleigh Garcia became the 27th player to see action when she made her season debut Oct. 7 with five minutes off the bench against Grand Canyon in her first action of the season.
- SAME LINEUP IN BACK-TO-BACK MATCHES ONLY TWICE: UC Davis has started the same 11 players in back-to-back matches only twice this season against UC Santa Barbara and Pacific at Air Force and Colorado College.
- ROSTER MAKEUP AND NEWCOMERS IMPACT: The 28-player roster is a nearly equal mix of returnees (15) and first-year newcomers (13), including six first-year transfers in F Ashley Brewer (Cal Poly), F Jaycee DeFazio (Cal Poly), D Sydnie Fong (San Diego/Nevada), GK Dina Frenkel (Purdue), D Stella Villalta (Santa Clara) and GK Piper Wilkison (Butler). UC Davis has had 12 first-year newcomers see the field with the six first-year transfers joined by six true freshmen in M Payton Henry, F Presley Henry, F Bella Fernandez, M Kaya Herndon, F Chloe Keating and D Samantha Murdin. The 12 first-year newcomers have played in a combined 110 games and made 62 starts.
- HERNDON AND FEHRENBACHER MOUNTAIN WEST PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: M Kaya Herndon and F Kiley Fehrenbacher have earned Mountain West Conference Freshman and Defensive Players of the Week. Herndon became the second UC Davis player to earn a weekly Mountain West award when she was selected as the conference's Freshman of the Week on October 5 for her performance in a 3-2 home win over Wyoming three days earlier when she scored the game's first goal and then assisted on Jaycee DeFazio's game-winner in the 86th minute. Fehrenbacher was the first UC Davis player to earn a weekly award from the conference when she was named the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 14 for her performance in a scoreless tie at LMU four days earlier. Fehrenbacher was one of five UC Davis players, along with goalkeeper Cat Peiper and fellow defenders Sydnie Fong, Ava Peterson and Courtney Wagner, to play all 90 minutes in the contest.
- FEHRENBACHER STREAK: D Kiley Fehrenbacher has started all 33 UC Davis matches played in 2025 (19) and 2026 (13) since transferring from Oregon prior to the 2025 campaign. Fehrenbacher has played in 1151 of 1170 possible minutes with the only match she hasn't gone this distance a 71-minute outing at Saint Mary's.
- SUNDAY SPECIAL: UC Davis plays a total of six regular-season home matches on Sundays in 2026. The Aggies hosted Sunday night games against Sacramento State (Aug. 16), UC Santa Barbara (Aug. 30) and Pacific (Sept. 6) before welcoming Idaho for a Sunday matinee (Sept. 20). UC Davis has two remaining Sunday home matches scheduled against Hawai'i (Oct. 18) and UTEP (Nov. 1, Senior Day) that are both also slated to kick off at 1 p.m.
- TEAM SEASON CAPTAINS: The team's season captains are M Savannah Cordero, M Ashleigh Garcia and D Livi Lewis.
- PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Three Aggies - F Ashley Brewer, M Savannah Cordero and D Courtney Wagner - were named to the preseason Mountain West women's soccer watch list.
- HEAD COACH KAT MERTZ: Kat Mertz is in her second season at the helm of the Aggies' and 20th campaign as a head coach with previous stops at UNLV (2005-09), St. Louis (2012), Oregon (2013-19) and MSU Denver (2020-24) before taking over at UC Davis in 2025. She has also been an assistant coach at Virginia (1999), UCLA (2000-04) and Texas (2010-11). In addition, Mertz has held various roles with the U.S. Women's National Team and Olympic Development Program.
- ASSISTANT COACHES: UC Davis assistant coaches Emilee Tominovich and Abbie Faingold are in their second seasons in their current roles, while Travis Clarke is in his first campaign. Clarke has 14 seasons of experience as a collegiate head coach with stints at Hawai'i-Hilo (2006-08), Cal State San Bernardino (2009-13) and Saint Mary's (2014-19).
MATCH RECAPS
MATCH 1 - UC DAVIS 2, AT FRESNO STATE 0 - AUGUST 12, 2026
Cal extended its unbeaten string in season openers to seven (6-0-1) with a 2-0 win at Fresno State. F Jaycee DeFazio and F Ashley Brewer, both first-year transfers from Cal Poly, accounted for Cal's first goal of the match and the season when DeFazio rebounded Brewer's shot off the right post and placed it into the back of the net. Brewer was credited with an assist on the play. UC Davis' second goal came on a corner kick when M Payton Henry emerged from a pile with the ball and fed D KIley Fehrenbacher for a goal. GK Dina Frenkel played all 90 minutes in goal and recorded her first career solo shutout. The August 12 date was the earliest in the calendar year the Aggies have ever opened a campaign and the first day of the 2026 season for collegiate women's soccer across the nation.
MATCH 2 - SACRAMENTO STATE 1, AT UC DAVIS 0 - AUGUST 16, 2026
UC Davis took Causeway rival Sacramento State to the wire before falling, 1-0, in its home opener. The Aggies registered a pair of scoring chances to tie the match while trailing 1-0 but two shots both in the 84th minute from M Savannah Cordero and F Ashley Brewer were off the right post and just left of the goal, respectively. The teams were scoreless into the 74th minute before Sacramento State M Ellie Farber tallied the contest's only goal when she converted a penalty kick into the lower right section of the net after she was fouled by Aggies' M Stella Villalta in the top of the penalty box.
MATCH 3 - AT SAINT MARY'S 3, UC DAVIS 0 - AUGUST 20, 2026
Saint Mary's scored twice in the first half before adding another goal late in the second in a 3-0 home victory over UC Davis. The Gaels' first-half goals by Zoe Maikai (12:49) and Ashlyn Vaughn (31:17) were both unassisted, while Lexi Chatterton fed Brooke Fairbanks for Saint Mary's third and final tally (79:15). UC Davis had a limited number of scoring chances with five shots (one each by five different players) and two on goal from M Presley Henry and D Stella Villalta. Both of the Aggies' shots on goal were saved by Saint Mary's goalkeeper Soraya Souvanaphong en route to a solo shutout. Souvanaphong and Aggies' keeper Dina Frenkel (3 GA, 4 SV) both played all 90 minutes in goal.
MATCH 4 - AT SANTA CLARA 1, UC DAVIS 0 - AUGUST 27, 2026
UC Davis knocked on the doorstep in the final seconds before dropping a 1-0 decision at Santa Clara. The Aggies drew a foul just outside the penalty box on their final possession but Sydney Bushman's free kick failed to reach the goal and the Broncos escaped with a one-goal win. Santa Clara's Lexie Douglass had the match's lone goal in the ninth minute on assists from Adee Goulden and Addie Whitehouse. UC Davis GK Piper Wilkison had four saves in her Aggies' debut including a spectacular one in the 49th minute to keep UC Davis within a goal.
MATCH 5 - AT UC DAVIS 1, UC SANTA BARBARA 1 - AUGUST 30, 2026
UC Davis dominated much of a 1-1 tie with UC Santa Barbara. The Aggies gave up a goal to the Gauchos' Delilah Vega-Agular on an assist from Chayse Yu in the opening minute of the contest before F Lakelee Perkins scored the equalizer on arguably the Aggies' prettiest goal of the season when she headed in a corner kick from D Courtney Wagner in the 22nd minute. Despite getting off another 10 shots, including three more on goal, the Aggies could not add the game-winner. Both teams had shots go off the top of the crossbar in the second half from Aggies' M Kaya Herndon in the 60th minute and the Gauchos' Isabella Ong with just 53 ticks remaining. The Aggies finished with advantages of 14-6 in shots and 5-2 in shots on goal, as well as 3-0 in corner kicks.
MATCH 6 - AT UC DAVIS 1, PACIFIC 0 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2026
F Ashley Brewer's first UC Davis goal was also the lone score of the match in the Aggies' 1-0 victory over Pacific. Brewer curled her game-winner from near the top of the penalty box just inside the right goalpost and out of the reach of Tigers' GK Ava Wells. The goal came near the end of the first half in the 37th minute and was assisted by D Courtney Wagner and F Jaycee DeFazio. All three players started their collegiate careers at Cal Poly before transferring to UC Davis. Both teams put up their share of shots with UC Davis outshooting Pacific, 12-9, but there were not many other scoring chances for either team although each side did have one shot off the top post early in the contest with Pacific's Janelli Villagran in the ninth minute followed by UC Davis F Lakelee Perkins in the 14th. UC Davis won the shots on goal battle, 4-2. GK Piper Wilkison picked up her first collegiate victory and solo shutout. She finished with two saves.
MATCH 7 - UC DAVIS 0, AT LMU 0 - SEPTEMBER 10, 2026
UC Davis extended its unbeaten streak to three in a row with its first scoreless tie of the season at LMU. GK Cat Pieper recorded the fifth solo shutout of her career in her lone action in goal for the Aggies in 2026 and had strong support from a backline of D Kiley Fehrenbacher, D Sydnie Fong, D Ava Peterson and D Courtney Wagner with Peterson making her first career start for and all four defenders joining Pieper in playing a full 90 minutes. UC Davis looked to score in the 18th minute but an apparent goal by F Lakelee Perkins was overturned after video review due to an offside penalty. Fong (8th minute) and M Payton Henry (48th) each had a shot on goal for the Aggies.
MATCH 8 - AT PORTLAND 2, UC DAVIS 0 - SEPTEMBER 17, 2026
UC Davis saw its unbeaten streak come to an end at three with a 2-0 loss to Portland in a nonconference road match at Merlo Field at the Clive Charles Soccer Complex. The Pilots went on top just 5:28 into the match on a goal from Tayvi Khann with Journey Middleborn and Hailey Bagby picking up assists. Portland added to its lead and created the final score early in the second half when Ruby Settle was fouled in the box and converted a penalty kick with the clock reading 51:44. The Pilots had only one shot on goal by Abriana Ruiz outside their tallies as both teams put three shots on the goalkeeper. F Chloe Keating had two of UC Davis' three shots on goal, while F Presley Henry registered one. Both goalkeepers played all 90 minutes with Sophia Hills registering three saves for the Pilots and Piper Wilkison one for the Aggies.
MATCH 9 - IDAHO 2, AT UC DAVIS 0 - SEPTEMBER 20, 2026
UC Davis dropped a 2-0 decision to Idaho in its final nonconference match of the 2026 regular season. The match was scoreless until the 34th minute when Payton Oelkers beat Aggie GK Dina Frenkel to a bouncing ball then lofted a shot over her and watched it roll into the net. The Vandals took their 1-0 lead into halftime then put an extra goal on the board in the second minute of the second half when Kalina Barbosa struck unassisted from long distance at the 46:17 mark. Idaho would outshoot the Aggies the rest of the way 8-3 and never saw its lead seriously threatened while closing out the victory. The Vandals finished with advantages in shots (13-5), shots on goal (6-2) and corner kicks (4-0). The physical and intense match featured 24 fouls (Idaho 14, UC Davis 10) and three yellow cards (Idaho 2, UC Davis 1). Tori Peters drew one after Oelkers goal and Kahvavli Miller picked up another from the bench in the 89th minute for the Vandals. M Kaya Herndon had one in the 83rd minute for the Aggies. Frenkel was in net for the first time since August 20 for the Aggies and had two saves in a 90-minute full match effort.
MATCH 10 - AT AIR FORCE 3, UC DAVIS 1 - SEPTEMBER 24, 2026
UC Davis made history by playing in its first Mountain West Conference competition in any sport but was defeated 3-1 at Air Force in the league opener for both teams at Cadet Soccer Stadium. The Aggies got on the scoreboard first when M Kaya Herndon notched her first career goal unassisted on a free kick from just above the top of the penalty box in the 14th minute of the match. UC Davis held onto its 1-0 lead throughout most of the first half until Jordan Dillingham headed in a corner kick from Annika Jost in the 35th minute to tie the contest at 1-1. The teams remained tied 1-1 until two early second-half goals by the Falcons provided for the winning margin. Clara Teigland put Air Force ahead for the first time with an unassisted goal in the 50th minute before Lauren Steinlage provided an insurance tally in the 54th on an assist from Addie Doyle.
MATCH 11 - AT COLORADO COLLEGE 2, UC DAVIS 1 - SEPTEMBER 27, 2026
UC Davis briefly tied the match on M Karla Sandoval's first career goal in the 86th minute but Bella Stewart answered in the 88th on assists from Charlotte Strabel and Nadai Cassamajor to break the tie and lift Colorado College to a 2-1 victory over the Aggies in a Mountain West match at Stewart Field. The teams played nearly 60 minutes of scoreless soccer before Ava Peterson was called for the Aggies' first red card of the 2026 season at the 59:23 mark while trying to stop Stewart from getting by her for a clear look at the goal. Stewart took a free kick just above the penalty box and six seconds later the Tigers had a 1-0 lead on a Strabel goal assisted by Stewart and Bella Mayne at 59:29. Despite being outshot, 4-0, over the next 30 minutes while playing a player down for the rest of the contest due to the red card, UC Davis was able to keep the Tigers' lead to a single goal and set up Sandoval's equalizer at the 85:24 mark on a sequence that started on a D Courtney Wagner corner kick and included an assist for M Charlotte Henness. The match looked to be headed for a tie until Strabel placed a nearly perfect ball in front of the left half of the goal and when UC Davis goalkeeper Piper Wilkison moved forward to try to cut it off Stewart snuck in front of her and headed it into the net.
MATCH 12 - AT UC DAVIS 3, WYOMING 2 - OCTOBER 2, 2026
UC Davis made history when the Aggies won their first Mountain West match while playing their first-ever conference game at home as a member of the league with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Wyoming. Jaycee DeFazio scored the game-winner in the 86th minute on an assist from Kaya Herndon. The Aggies came out on fire by scoring the first two goals of the match in under 12 minutes to take a 2-0 lead against a Cowgirls' team that entered the contest with a six-match win streak that was tied for the third-longest active win streak in college soccer. Herndon struck first in the fifth minute by scoring the second goal of her career on Lakelee Perkins' first career assist. Courtney Wagner followed by converting a penalty kick in the 12th minute for her first career goal after teammate Ashley Brewer was fouled in the box by Wyoming goalkeeper Haley Bartel. The Cowgirls got one goal back in the 20th minute when Alyssa Glover put the ball into the back of the net on an assist from Kiley Ballek. The score would remain 2-1 in favor of the Aggies until the 83rd minute when Wyoming's Maddie Burr headed in a rebounded free kick from Glover to tie the contest at 2-2. The Cowgirls would outshoot the Aggies, 6-1, the rest of the way but DeFazio's game-winner was the only one to find the back of the net. Goalkeeper Cat Peiper recorded six saves that were one short of her career high after coming into the match in the second minute after starter Piper Wilkison left with an injury following a collision in the box with teammate Kiley Fehrenbacher.
MATCH 13 - AT UC DAVIS 3, GRAND CANYON 0 - OCTOBER 7, 2026
UC Davis continued its winning ways by blanking Grand Canyon for its' second straight victory at Aggie Soccer Field. Reigning Mountain West Freshman of the Week Kaya Herndon picked up where she left off, recording her first collegiate brace to guide the Aggies to the shutout win. Ashley Brewer set up Herndon for his first goal at 13:13 to give the Aggies a 1-0 lead. Perkins extended the UC Davis lead to 2-0 at 45:39 on an assist from Lisette Gregoris. Herndon finished the scoring by netting her second strike of the match at 67:25 on an assist from Chloe Keating. . Brewer, Gregoris and Keating each logged their first collegiate assists against the Lopes. In goal, Cat Pieper picked up her second consecutive victory, tying her career-high and setting a new season-best with seven saves on 10 shots faced.
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