Colorado Springs, Colo. — The UC Davis women's soccer team (2-6-2, 0-1-0 MW) wraps up a two-match trip in the Centennial State on Sunday when the Aggies visit Colorado College (3-4-3, 1-0-0 MW). Kickoff is slated for Noon PT. The match will be streamed live on MW+ and live stats will be available via Sidearm. Admission at Stewart Field is free.

UC Davis has dropped each of its last three matches (at Portland, Idaho, at Air Force) after going unbeaten in their previous three (1-0-2) that was their longest unbeaten streak since posting a 5-0-2 record over the final seven matches of the 2024 regular season.

2026 UC Davis Results
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*
*Mountain West Match; Home Matches In Bold At Aggie Soccer Field, Davis, Calif.

Colorado College was a 2-0 winner at home over Hawai'i in its most recent match on Thursday in the third match of a four-match homestand. The win was its first since a 1-0 home victory over Drake on Aug. 16 that made the Tigers 2-0 at the time. Colorado College had posted an 0-4-3 mark in its previous seven matches prior to the win over the Rainbow Wahine

2026 Colorado College Results
Aug. 12 - Creighton - W, 3-1
Aug. 16 - Drake - W, 1-0
Aug. 20 - at UTSA - L, 0-2
Aug. 23 - at Oklahoma - L, 0-6
Aug. 27 - at Denver - T, 0-0
Sept. 3 - at South Dakota State - T, 1-1
Sept. 8 - at Minnesota - L, 0-5
Sept. 13 - Kansas State - L, 2-3
Sept. 20 - Colorado State - T, 1-1
Sept. 24 - Hawai'i - W, 2-0*
*Mountain West Match; *Home Matches In Bold At Stewart Field, Colorado Springs, Colo.

After playing Sunday at Colorado College, the Aggies return home to host Wyoming (8-2-0, 1-0-0 MW) in their first-ever home Mountain West Conference match that will also be streamed on MW+ on Friday, Oct. 2 (6 p.m. PT).

Single-game tickets for all UC Davis home matches including Wyoming 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. There is construction work in the area and fans should follow posted signage around the Pavilion Parking Structure, Lot 25 and Aggie Soccer Field to enter the venue.

UC DAVIS AT COLORADO COLLEGE - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2026 (NOON PT, MW+)
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UC DAVIS-AIR FORCE SERIES

• UC Davis and Colorado College are playing each for the first time as members of the Mountain West Conference. The have split three previous non-conference matches with the Tigers a 4-1 winner in Colorado Springs (Sept. 20, 1987, the Aggies taking a 2-1 decision during their only meeting ever in Davis (Oct. 10, 2004) and the teams tying 1-1 in double overtime in their most recent match just over 21 years ago on Sept. 23, 2005).  

2026 SEASON

• 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 team made UC Davis school history by playing in its first-ever Mountain West match in any sport in a 2-0 loss at Air Force on Thursday, while UC Davis will host Wyoming in its first-ever home Mountain West match on Friday, Oct. 2 (6 p.m. PT).
• MOUNTAIN WEST POLL: UC Davis was selected to finish eighth in the Mountain West in the league's preseason poll.
• DEFENSIVE SUCCESS: UC Davis ranks tied for fifth in the Mountain West in shutouts (3) and shutouts per game (0.30), and sixth in goals against average and goals allowed per game (1.30).
• STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE: UC Davis has just five yellow cards, which is the second-fewest in the Mountain West. D Kiley Fehrenbacher has two of the five, while F Ashley Brewer, M Kaya Herndon and M Savannah Cordero have had one each. The Aggies have not been hit with a red card since former player D Brooklyn Tanon at Sacramento State on Sept. 18, 2025.
• TRIO OF GOALKEEPERS HAVE 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 five 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 was in goal again at Portland and in the Aggies' most recent match at Air Force. Pieper recorded her solo shutout in a scoreless tie at LMU in her lone action of the season on Sept. 10. Pieper has an 0.00 GAA with no goals allowed and four saves in 90 minutes, while Wilkison has a 1.40 GAA with six goals allowed and 12 saves in a team-high 450 minutes, and Frenkel has a 1.50 GAA with seven goals allowed and a team-high 15 saves over 360 minutes. 
• OFFENSIVE TEAM LEADERS: F Ashley Brewer and F Jaycee DeFazio are the Aggies' co-leaders in scoring with three points on one goal and one assist each after 10 matches. Brewer tallied a pair of points on her first UC Davis goal and the game-winner that was assisted by DeFazio and D Courtney Wagner in a 1-0 win over Pacific on Sept. 6. DeFazio 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), M Kaya Herndon (at Air Force) and F Lakelee Perkins (UC Santa Barbara) also each have one goal for two points, while Wagner (UC Santa Barbara, Pacific) has a team-high two assists for two points and M Payton Henry (Fresno State) has one assist for one point. Herndon and Perkins share the team lead both shots (12) and shots on goal (4) with F Lisette Gregoris also directing four shots on goal. Brewer (Pacific) and DeFazio (at Fresno State) have each been credited with one game-winning goal.
• 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 10 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 10 contests, while 10 have played in all 10.
• AGGIES END SCORELESS STREAK: UC Davis ended a season-long scoring drought when M Kaya Herndon scored her first career goal, the team's first-ever Mountain West goal and the first goal of the game in the 14th minute at Air Force on Thursday. The Aggies hadn't scored in their three previous contests at Loyola Marymount (T, 0-0), at Portland (0-2) and vs. Idaho (2-0). Their most recent goal came in a 1-0 win on Sept. 6 against Pacific when F Ashley Brewer connected on assists from F Jaycee DeFazio and D Courtney Wagner (all transfers from Cal Poly).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
• SAME LINEUP IN BACK-TO-BACK MATCHES ONLY ONCE: UC Davis has started the same 11 players in back-to-back matches only once this season against UC Santa Barbara and Pacific (GK Piper Wilkison, F Lakelee Perkins, F Jaycee DeFazio, M Kaya Herndon, M Stella Villalta, D Summer Humphreys, M Sydney Bushman, 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 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 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 newcomers have played in a combined 87 games and made 48 starts.
• FEHRENBACHER FIRST MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: F Kiley Fehrenbacher became the first UC Davis player to earn Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Week recognition when she picked up the honor 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 29 UC Davis matches played in 2025 (19) and 2026 (9) since transferring from Oregon prior to the 2025 campaign.
• 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 day match (Sept. 20). UC Davis has two remaining Sunday home matches scheduled against Hawai'i (Oct. 18) and UTEP (Nov. 1, Senior Day). Each of the two remaining home matches 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 came out of 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 first 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. 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.

POSITION GROUPS
FORWARDS
The Aggies have used all seven forwards on their roster with members of the position group scoring three of the team's five goals and accounting for two of its five assists. Ashley Brewer scored the group's most recent goal in a 1-0 win over Pacific (Sept. 6) and with the goal and 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 10 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 eight matches, while Brewer and DeFazio are both first-year Cal Poly transfers who have started six matches each. McKayla Farrell and Presley Henry have each played in all 10 contests off the bench, while Chloe Keating has played in nine 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 a 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, while Payton Henry and Kaya Herndon have six starts each, and Sydney Bushman and Stella Villata five apiece. Herndon became the first player from the group to score a goal in the Aggies' most recent outing at Air Force, while Henry has the unit's lone assist on the Aggies' second goal against Fresno State. Herndon leads the group with 12 shots and four shots on goal with both also sharing the team lead. Outside of Herndon's goal, Cordero has arguably the most memorable shot from the group that she banged off the right post in the 84th minute against Sacramento State to just miss tying the contest.

DEFENDERS
Kiley Fehrenbacher, Sydnie Fong and Courtney Wagner have each started all 10 contests, while Summer Humphreys and Ava Peterson have been in the starting lineup four teams each, and Livi Lewis on three occasions each. Fehrenbacher has the group's lone goal and one of the team's five 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, while Wagner has a team-high two assists and unit bests of 11 shots and three shots on goal. 

GOALKEEPERS
(see 2026 season notes)

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