FULLERTON, Calif. – For the second straight year, the Cal State Fullerton women's soccer team will partner with Soccer For Hope, a non-profit cancer awareness foundation, to help spread cancer awareness at Saturday's spring match against Northern Arizona.
Prior to the Titans' 2 p.m. game, which will be held at the Titan Track Complex, youth teams from Fullerton Rangers and West Coast Futbol Club U10 and U12 teams will kick off at noon.
Admission to the event is free.
Soccer For Hope is a non-profit cancer awareness foundation located in Orange County that helps spread cancer awareness. The organization has been driven by its goal to raise funds and awareness for children with life-threatening diseases.
Soccer for Hope will be in attendance at Saturday's match to distribute information about the organization's work.
Be The Match will also be in attendance at the game allowing fans, families, alumni or faculty and staff to voluntarily register as bone marrow donors.
For over 10 years, Cal State Fullerton has supported Soccer For Hope with student-athletes participating in yearly youth camps that the organization hosts to support children and families affected by cancer.
Soccer For Hope is an organization founded by Oliver & Jamie Wyss in 1998. Oliver is a former professional soccer player and survivor of Aplastic Anemia. The organization has been driven by its goal to raise funds and awareness for children with life-threatening diseases.
Oliver & Jamie's young children, Hudson and Abella, were both diagnosed with very rare, cancerous brain tumors. Since its inception, Soccer For Hope has progressed from an annual local event in Southern California to a nationwide charity that benefits thousands of children and their families.
Cal State Fullerton (10-8-4), the 2014 Big West regular season and tournament champion, completed its 2014 season with a 5-2 loss at then third-ranked Stanford in the first round of the 33rd NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship on Nov. 14.
The Titans completed Big West Conference play undefeated (6-0-2) to win the 2014 Big West regular season championship and earn the league's No. 1 seed at the Big West Tournament. For Fullerton, it was the program's second regular season title in three years (2012, 2014). At the Big West Tournament, held in San Luis Obispo, Calif., the Titans defeated CSUN, 1-0, in the semifinals and edged Long Beach State, 2-1, in the finals to claim back-to-back Big West Tournament titles and NCAA Tournament berths.
The Titans produced their fourth-straight winning season, and finished Big West play unbeaten with a record of 6-0-2. The only other Titan team to remain undefeated in league action was the 1996 squad (6-0-1).
From Oct. 2-Nov. 9, 2014, the Titans maintained a 10-match unbeaten streak, their longest undefeated streak since producing an 11-match winning streak from Oct. 7-Nov. 13, 2005.
Brown was named Big West Coach of the Year for the third time in his career while junior Rebecca Wilson was voted the league's Offensive Player of the Year. In addition, Wilson, Morgan Batcheller and Christina Burkenroad received NSCAA All-West Region honors.
NAU ended the 2014 season with a 12-6-4 record tying the most wins in a season in school history. The Lumberjacks won three games in four days at the Big Sky Championships to clinch the league's automatic NCAA Tournament berth.
