DAVIS, Calif. — UC Davis (2-7-2, 0-2-0 MW) will host its first-ever Mountain West women's soccer home match against Wyoming (8-2-0, 1-0-0 MW) on Friday, Oct. 2. Kickoff is slated for 6 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. There will be a host of activities associated with the match, including an Aggie Fanny Pick giveaway for the first 250 fans, Faculty & Staff Appreciation and a UC Davis women's soccer camper reunion.

"We're looking forward to being back home after three road games in the past two weeks," head coach Kat Mertz said. "Our team has had a good week of training and is excited to welcome the Cowgirls to Davis for the first time. There is nothing better than a night game at Aggie Soccer Field." 

UC Davis has dropped each of its last four matches (at Portland, Idaho, at Air Force, at Colorado College) after going unbeaten in its 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 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*
Sept. 27 - at Colorado College - L, 1-2*
*Mountain West Match; Home Matches In Bold At Aggie Soccer Field, Davis, Calif.

Wyoming's current six-game win streak is tied for the third-longest active win streak in the nation. The Cowboys began their run with a home win at South Dakota on August 30 and have continued it with five straight victories on the road at Gonzaga, Eastern Washington, Montana, Colorado State and Nevada.

2026 Results
Aug. 13 - Drake - W, 1-0
Aug. 16 - Northern Colorado - W, 3-0
Aug. 20 - Weber State - L, 1-2
Aug. 27 - South Carolina - L, 1-2
Aug. 30 - South Dakota - W, 5-2
Sept. 3 - at Gonzaga - W, 1-0
Sept. 6 - at Eastern Washington - W, 2-0
Sept. 11 - at Montana - W, 3-1
Sept. 17 - at Colorado State - W, 1-0*
Sept. 24 - at Nevada - W, 2-0*
*Mountain West Match; *Home Matches In Bold At Madrid Sports Complex, Laramie, Wyo.

UC Davis' home match against Wyoming will be its first of two straight at Aggie Soccer Field with Grand Canyon closing the stretch on Wed., Oct. 7 (6 p.m. PT) for Pride Day and Junior Aggie Day. The UC Davis-Grand Canyon match will also be streamed on MW+ and live stats will be available via Stat Broadcast. Tickets for the matchup can be purchased online or on gameday at Aggie Soccer Field.

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.

WYOMING AT UC DAVIS - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2026 (6 PM PT, MW+)
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NOTES
UC DAVIS-WYOMING SERIES

• UC Davis and Wyoming will be playing for the first time.

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 history by playing in the school's first-ever Mountain West match in any sport in a 2-0 loss at Air Force on Thursday before dropping a second conference match Sunday at Colorado College, 2-1. 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 (0.27), and sixth in goals against average and goals allowed per game (1.36).
• OFFENSIVE PICK UP: UC Davis has scored a single goal in each of its last two contests to end a season-long scoring drought of three straight contests without a goal. M Kaya Herndon did not wait long Thursday at Air Force to end the streak, scoring her first career goal, the team's first-ever Mountain West goal and the first goal of the game unassisted in the 14th minute of the contest. In the following match at Colorado College, Karla Sandoval scored her first career goal in the 86th minute despite the Aggies being down a player due to a red card on D Ava Peterson. UC Davis will be looking to score goals in three consecutive matches for the first time since on Friday against Wyoming.
• 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 11 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), F Lakelee Perkins (UC Santa Barbara) and M Karla Sandoval (at Colorado College) 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 Charlotte Henness (at Colorado College) and M Payton Henry (Fresno State) have one assist each for one point. Herndon and Perkins share the team lead in 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.
• 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 six matches with all six coming over the team's most recent 11 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 each of the Aggies' last two matches at Air Force and Colorado College. Pieper recorded her solo shutout in a scoreless tie at LMU in her lone action of the season on Sept. 10. Pieper has a 0.00 GAA with no goals allowed and four saves in 90 minutes, while Wilkison has a 1.50 GAA with goals in a team-high 540 minutes. Frenkel also has a 1.50 GAA with seven goals allowed over 360 minutes. Wilkison and Frenkel are tied for the team lead with 15 saves.
• STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE: UC Davis has just seven yellow cards, which is the second-fewest in the Mountain West, although the Aggies did record three in their two-match trip to Air Force and Colorado State in their most recent contests. D Kiley Fehrenbacher and M Kaya Herndon have two each, while F Ashley Brewer, M Savannah Cordero and D Sydnie Fong have one each. The Aggies had not been hit with a red card this season until D Ava Peterson was flagged in the 60th minute last Sunday 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 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 95 games and made 53 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 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 30 UC Davis matches played in 2025 (19) and 2026 (11) since transferring from Oregon prior to the 2025 campaign. Fehrenbacher has played in 971 of 990 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 on a Sunday 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. The Oct. 2 match against Wyoming is the only one of 19 regular-season contests scheduled on a Friday.
• 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 

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 six goals and accounting for two of its six assists. 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)

ABOUT UC DAVIS ATHLETICS 
UC Davis, ranked No. 2 among public universities by the Wall Street Journal in the value of a college degree, is home to 40,000 undergraduate students and 12,000 employees. Ranked top in the United States in agriculture and forestry as well as No. 1 in veterinary medicine, UC Davis is located in a true California college town nestled between world-class destinations such as the San Francisco Bay Area, Napa Valley and Lake Tahoe. Over 650 Aggie student-athletes compete in 25 Division I varsity sports, with 16 sports transitioning to the Mountain West Conference beginning in 2026-27. 

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