DAVIS, Calif. — UC Davis (3-7-2, 1-2-0 MW) will host Grand Canyon (5-2-4, 1-0-1 MW) in its second straight Mountain West home match on Wednesday, Oct. 7. Due to extreme heat in the Davis area the kickoff has been moved back one hour from its originally scheduled time and is now slated for 7 p.m. PT. The match will be streamed live on MW+ and live stats will be available via Stat Broadcast. Tickets can be purchased online or on gameday at Aggie Soccer Field. It will be Pride Day and Jr. Aggie Day for the contest.

UC Davis is coming off a historic 3-2 win last Friday over a Wyoming team that came in with the nation's tied for third-longest win streak at six straight. The contest was the Aggies first-ever win in Mountain West action in its first Mountain West home match. The Aggies had previously dropped their last four matches (at Portland, Idaho, at Air Force, at Colorado College) after going unbeaten in their previous three (1-0-2) for the Aggies' longest unbeaten streak since posting a 5-0-2 record over the final seven matches of the 2024 regular season.

2026 UC Davis Results (3-7-2, 1-2 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*
*Mountain West Match; Home Matches In Bold At Aggie Soccer Field, Davis, Calif.

Grand Canyon heads to UC Davis with a four-game unbeaten streak (2-0-2) that is their longest since winning five straight in 2024 with wins at Eastern Washington and over New Mexico sandwiching ties at home against Northern Arizona and UNLV. 

2026 Grand Canyon Results (5-2-4, 1-0-1 MW)
Aug. 12 - Arizona - W, 2-0
Aug. 20 - Buffalo - W, 2-0
Aug. 23 - Texas - L, 0-1
Aug. 27 - Cal State Northridge - W, 3-0
Aug. 30 - at UC Irvine - T, 1-1
Sept. 6 - Long Beach State - T, 1-1
Sept. 10 - at Idaho - L, 0-1
Sept. 13 - at Eastern Washington - W, 2-0
Sept. 17 - Northern Arizona - T, 1-1
Sept. 27 - UNLV - T, 1-1*
Oct. 3 - New Mexico - W, 2-1*
*Mountain West Match; *Home Matches In Bold At GCU Stadium, Phoenix, Ariz.

Following Wednesday's match against Grand Canyon, the Aggies will return to the road at New Mexico on Sunday, Oct. 11 (Noon PT), before returning to Davis to host UNLV on UC Davis on Thu., Oct. 15 (6 p.m. PT) for a special home match at Aggie Soccer Field recognizing Kicks for Cancer night at Aggie Soccer Field.

Single-game tickets for all UC Davis home matches including the upcoming tilts against Grand Canyon and UNLV 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.

GRAND CANYON AT UC DAVIS - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2026 (7 PM PT, MW+)
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NOTES
UC DAVIS-GRAND CANYON SERIES

• UC Davis leads the all-time series, 7-1.
• All previous eight matches in the series came when both schools were Division II programs.
• The Antelopes won the first meeting with a 1-0 victory in Davis in 1996 before the Aggies rolled off seven straight victories from 1997-2003.

2026 SEASON

• HISTORIC FIRST MOUNTAIN WEST WIN: 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. Jaycee DeFazio scored the game-winner in the 86th minute on an assist from Kaya Herndon.
• 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. The women's soccer program made UC Davis history by playing in the school's first-ever Mountain West match in any sport in a 2-0 loss at Air Force on Sept. 24 before dropping a second conference match Sept. 27 at Colorado College, 2-1, prior to the historic win over Wyoming. UC Davis was selected to finish eighth in the Mountain West in the league's preseason poll.
• OFFENSIVE PICK UP: UC Davis has scored five of its nine goals over the last three contests and had at least one goal in all three matches for the first time scoring in nine straight matches spanning the final six matches of 2024 and the first three of 2025. UC Davis tallied a season-best three goals in its 3-2 victory over Wyoming in its most recent match last Friday that were also its most since a 3-0 home victory over Cal State Northridge in the 2024 regular-season finale. The productive three-game stretch ended a season-long scoring drought of three straight contests at Loyola Marymount and Portland, as well as at home against Idaho.
• OFFENSIVE TEAM LEADERS: F Jaycee DeFazio and M Kaya Herndon share the team lead in both goals (2) and points (5), while D Courtney Wagner is now third with four points with one goal on a penalty kick against Wyoming and a team-high two assists (UC Santa Barbara, Pacific) while recent co-leader F Ashley Brewer is fourth with three. Herndon has all five of her points over the last three games with a goal at Air Force and a goal and an assist against Wyoming, while DeFazio had the game-winning goal against Wyoming. Wagner recorded her first goal of the season on a penalty kick against Wyoming. Brewer tallied a pair of points on her first UC Davis goal and the game-winner that was assisted by DeFazio and Wagner in a 1-0 win over Pacific. DeFazio also recorded a goal and Brewer an assist in a season-opening win at Fresno State when DeFazio rebounded Brewer's shot off the post and put it into the back of the net. D Kiley Fehrenbacher (at Fresno State), F Lakelee Perkins (UC Santa Barbara) and M Karla Sandoval (at Colorado College) also each have one goal for two points, while M Charlotte Henness (at Colorado College) and M Payton Henry (Fresno State) have one assist each for one point. Herndon has a team-high five shots on goal and shares the team with Perkins in shots (13). DeFazio (at Fresno State, Wyoming) has two of the team's three game-winning goals, while Brewer (Pacific) has the other. 
• DEFENSIVE SUCCESS: UC Davis ranks tied for fifth in the Mountain West in shutouts (3) and shutouts per game (0.25), and sixth in goals allowed per game and goals against average (1.42).
• THREE DIFFERENT GOALKEEPERS HAVE SOLO SHUTOUTS: UC Davis is one of only two teams in the nation that have three different goalkeepers record solo shutouts with the other Chattanooga. Piper Wilkison has started a team-high seven matches, while Dena Frankel has started four and Cat Pieper one. 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 started the next three matches and blanked Pacific in a 1-0 win on Sept. 6 in her third start then started in goal again at Portland and each of the Aggies' last three matches at Air Force at Colorado College and Wyoming. Pieper recorded her solo shutout in a scoreless tie at LMU in her first action of the season on Sept. 10 and then did not play again until relieving Wilkison due to injury in the second minute of last Friday's win over Wyoming. It marked the first time that the UC Davis starting goalkeeper did not play the full match in net. Pieper played the remaining 88:51 and picked up the victory, recording six saves and allowing a pair of goals. On the season, Pieper has a 1.01 GAA while allowing two goals with 10 saves in 178:51 minutes, while Wilkison has a 1.50 GAA while allowing nine goals in a team-high 541:09 minutes. Frenkel also has a 1.50 GAA with six goals allowed over 360 minutes. All three goalkeepers (Wilkison 16, Frenkel 15, Pieper 10) have double-digit saves.
• STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE: UC Davis has just eight yellow cards, which is the third-fewest in the Mountain West, although the Aggies have recorded four in their last three matches at Air Force and Colorado State, and against Wyoming. M Kaya Herndon has a team-high three yellow cards, while D Kiley Fehrenbacher has two, and F Ashley Brewer, M Savannah Cordero and D Sydnie Fong have one each. The Aggies have been flagged for only a single 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 26 of the 28 players on its roster in at least one match over the first 11 contests, while 18 different players have started at least one match with 17 of those making at least three starts. Four players - D Kiley Fehrenbacher, D Sydnie Fong, F Lakelee Perkins and D Courtney Wagner - have started all 11 contests, while nine have played in all 11.
• SAME LINEUP IN BACK-TO-BACK MATCHES ONLY ONCE: UC Davis has started the same 11 players in back-to-back matches only twice this season against UC Santa Barbara and Pacific before doing it against in its most two recent matches at Air Force and Colorado College when the starters in both matches were GK Piper Wilkison, F Lakelee Perkins, D Ava Peterson, M Payton Henry, M Kaya Herndon, M Sydney Bushman, F Ashley Brewer, F Lisette Gregoris, D Kiley Fehrenbacher, D Courtney Wagner, D Sydnie Fong.
• 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 11 first-year newcomers see the field with the six first-year transfers joined by five true freshmen in M Payton Henry, F Presley Henry, M Kaya Herndon, F Chloe Keating and D Samantha Murdin. The 11 first-year newcomers have played in a combined 103 games and made 53 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 32 UC Davis matches played in 2025 (19) and 2026 (13) since transferring from Oregon prior to the 2025 campaign. Fehrenbacher has played in 1061 of 108\0 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 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.

POSITION GROUPS
FORWARDS
The Aggies have used all seven forwards on their roster with members of the position group scoring four of the team's nine goals and accounting for three of its eight assists. Jaycee DeFazio scored the team's most recent goal with the game-winner in the 86th minute against Wyoming last Friday. Ashley Brewer scored the group's most recent goal in a 1-0 win over Pacific (Sept. 6) and also with an assist in the season opener at Fresno State is tied with Jaycee DeFazio (1 goal vs. Fresno State, 1 assist vs. Pacific) for the team's point lead with three. Lakelee Perkins is the only forward and one of only four players overall to start all 11 matches and arguably had the team's most beautiful goal, as well as her first goal of 2026 and second in her career, with a header off a corner kick by D Courtney Wagner in a 1-1 tie with UC Santa Barbara. Lisette Gregoris has started nine matches, while Brewer and DeFazio are both first-year Cal Poly transfers who have started seven and six matches, respectively. Presley Henry has played in all 11 contests off the bench, while McKayla Farrell and Chloe Keating have participated in 10 also all off the bench. Perkins' 12 shots are also tied for the team lead with M Kaya Herndon, while Perkins, Gregoris and Herndon are tied for the team-high with four shots apiece.

MIDFIELDERS
UC Davis has started five different players in the midfield with none making more than the seven starts by Savannah Cordero, Payton Henry and Kaya Herndon, while Sydney Bushman has six and Stella Villata five. Herndon became the first player from the group to score a goal in the Aggies' at Air Force before Karla Sandoval made it two midfielders in as many games when she tallied on an assist from Charlotte Henness at Colorado College. Sandoval has played in nine games and Henness five.

DEFENDERS
Kiley Fehrenbacher, Sydnie Fong and Courtney Wagner have each started all 11 contests, while Ava Peterson has been in the starting lineup five times, Summer Humphreys four and Livi Lewis on three. Fehrenbacher has the group's lone goal and one of the team's six when she converted after a scramble on a corner kick on an assist from M Payton Henry in the season-opening win at Fresno State. Wagner has a team-high two assists and team-high-tying 12 shots and four shots on goal. 

GOALKEEPERS
(see 2026 season notes)

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