No. 3 Seed Cal State Fullerton vs. No. 2 Seed UC Santa Barbara
Big West Conferece Tournament Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 5 | 7:30 p.m.
Titan Stadium | Fullerton, Calif.
Live Stats: FullertonTitans.com
Live Audio: FullertonTitans.com
TV/Live Video: ESPN3
THIS WEEK
Cal State Fullerton, the reining Big West Tournament champion, comes into the 2015 tournament as the No. 3 seed after posting a 14-3-1 overall record and a 6-2 league ledger. The Titans face No. 2 seed UC Santa Barbara (13-5-1, 6-2 BWC) on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. at Titan Stadium. The game will be aired on ESPN3.
TICKETS
Tickets to the Big West Conference Tournament are on sale now and can be purchased at FullertonTitans.com or by calling the ticket office at: 657-278-CSUF. Pricing per day is as follows:
$12 - Adults
$8 - Seniors/Youth
$5 - Students
BE A FOLLOWER
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QUICK HITS
• Cal State Fullerton finished the regular-season winning six of its last seven games.
• Fullerton's 14 wins this season are the most for the program since 2005 (19-4-0), when the Titans won the Big West Regular Season Championship and were conference tournament champions before advancing to the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
• Cal State Fullerton boasts an NCAA RPI of 35 to lead the Big West Conference. Long Beach State follows at 43.
• This week, the Titans received four votes in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division I women's national poll. CSF is ranked fourth in the West Region.
• The Titans (14-3-1, 6-2-0 Big West) started the season with six consecutive wins - the best start for the program in its history, beating the previous records of 4-0-0 from 2008 and 1995.
• Of Fullerton's 38 goals thus far, Rebecca Wilson and Christina Burkenroad have either scored or provided the assist in 29.
• Fullerton's 38 goals are the most for the program since the 2005 squad netted 50.
• In only four games this season - all three of Fullerton's losses - neither Burkenroad or Wilson scored.
IN THE POLLS
The Titans earned four votes in this week's NSCAA national poll. Cal State Fullerton is ranked fourth in the NSCAA West Region.
BIG WEST NUMBERS
• Entering the tournament, Cal State Fullerton leads the Big West Conference in points (117), goals (38) and assists (41).
• Rebecca Wilson leads the Big West Conference in four categories: points (41), goals (18), game-winning goals (10) and shots (75).
• Christina Burkenroad's team-leading 10 assists top the league.
GAME NOTES
• The Titans are 14-17-26 in extra time during Head Coach Demian Brown's nine seasons.
• Rebecca Wilson is just the seventh player in Titan history to record at least seven points in a single game and she is the first player since Janali West at Pacific on Oct. 28, 2012, to record a hat trick for Fullerton. The senior forward scored three goals and added an assist in the Titan's 4-0 shutout of Hawai'i on Oct. 11.
• The Titans have now scored four goals in a game on five times this season, and have scored three goals in a half on four occasions this year.
• Fullerton's 1-0 overtime loss to Long Beach State on Oct. 4 was the Titans' first loss in a Big West Conference game since a 1-0 defeat at UC Irvine on Nov. 3, 2013, a streak of eight games. When including Big West Tournament matches, the streak totaled 12 matches (8-0-4).
• Before its 1-0 loss to the 49ers on Oct. 4, 2015, Fullerton had not been shut out in 18 straight matches (15-2-1) dating back to a 0-0 double overtime tie vs. Long Beach State at Titan Stadium on Oct. 9, 2014.
• In Fullerton's 6-3 win over San Diego on Sept. 27, the Titans scored six goals for the first time since a 6-1 win over UC Irvine (10.20.02).
• The Titans' five goals in the second half vs. the Toreros tied a program record set in a 9-0 win vs. Azusa Pacific (10.09.96).
• The Titans allowed three goals in the second half for the second time this season vs. USD, but both matches have resulted in wins. In program history, Fullerton has allowed three goals in a match and won the game on four occasions.
• Fullerton's six-game win streak to start the season was stopped with a 1-1 double overtime tie at Gonzaga on Sept. 11.
• Fullerton's seven-match unbeaten streak to start the year was ended with a 2-1 double overtime loss at Washington State on Sept. 13.
OPPONENTS & HISTORY
UC Santa Barbara | 7:30 p.m. | Thursday, Nov. 5 | Titan Stadium
UC Santa Barbara (13-5-1, 6-2-0) earned the No. 2 seed in the Big West Conference Tournament and the Gauchos will travel to Titan Stadium to take on the No. 3 seed Cal State Fullerton in the semifinals. Freshman Mallory Hromatko is leading UCSB with nine goals and six assists to total 24 points. Beth Ritter is the Gauchos keeper and she has recorded 35 saves while owning a 1.05 goals against average. Cal State Fullerton leads the all-time series against UC Santa Barbara 13-10-1 and is 6-7-0 at home.
Last Meeting: UCSB's Amanda Ball netted the only goal of the game in the 78th minute of action to lift the Gauchos past the Titans, 1-0, on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 at Titan Stadium.
CAREER RECORD CHECK
• Rebecca Wilson's 80 career points and 33 career goals each rank third all-time at CSF. Wilson's 15 career game-winning goals set the all-time record as well.
• Christina Burkenroad's 57 career points and 20 career goals rank fifth and tie for seventh, respectively, at Fullerton. In addition, Burkenroad's 17 career assists put tie her for third all-time.
• Wilson's 14 career assists tie for ninth.
• Jennifer Stuart's 114 career saves rank seventh at Cal State Fullerton. In addition, her 24 career wins tie her for second all-time.
SINGLE-SEASON RECORD CHECK
• Jennifer Stuart's 12 victories in a single season are the most for a Fullerton goalkeeper since Karen Bardsley had 16 wins in 2005. Her 12 wins tie her for third all-time at Cal State Fullerton.
• Christina Burkenroad's seven game-winning assists have set a new Fullerton single-season record. In addition, her team-leading 10 assists in 2015 rank second in single-season history.
• Rebecca Wilson's 41 points (18 goals, 5 assists) tie her for second in Cal State Fullerton single-season history. Her 18 goals also rank second in the single-season annals, and Wilson is just the third Titan to record multiple seasons with at least 10 goals scored.
• Wilson's 10 game-winning goals are a new Titan single-season record.
GOAL!
Fullerton's 38 goals are the most for the program since the 2005 squad netted 50.
DYNAMIC DUO
In Fullerton's first seven games of the season, Rebecca Wilson recorded seven consecutive matches with a point, while scoring at least one goal in six straight games for the Titans. Wilson is one of only three players in program history to have a streak of at least seven games with a point, and is one of just two Titans (Dolores Browning, 7) to score at least one goal in six consecutive matches.
Burkenroad ended the 2014 season recording at least one point in five straight games and extended that streak to seven matches after the opening two games of 2015.
TV TIME
For the fourth consecutive season, it was announced that the championship match of the Big West Conference women's soccer tournament, hosted at Titan Stadium in 2015, would be televised live on FOX Sports PrimeTicket at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 8. Fullerton's home finale vs. UCSB was televised on ESPN3 on Oct. 29 as will both Big West Tournament semifinal matches on Thursday, Nov. 5.
PRESEASON PREDICTIONS
Cal State Fullerton which has won the Big West regular season or tournament championship for three consecutive years, was selected to finish third in the Big West Preseason Poll. Cal Poly received three first-place votes in ballots among the Big West's nine head coaches for a total of 72 points. Long Beach State received one first-place vote with 70 points while Fullerton collected 68 points for third place with three first-place nods.
Morgan Batcheller, Christina Burkenroad and Rebecca Wilson were picked for the 2015 Big West Preseason All-Conference Team.
TITANS WIN FIVE TITLES IN FOUR YEARS
Cal State Fullerton claimed four Big West championships in three years after the Titans won the Big West regular season and tournament titles in 2014. In 2013, the Titans clinched their fourth Big West tournament title in school history and earned the league's automatic NCAA postseason berth. In 2012, Fullerton won its sixth Big West regular season championship in school history. Most recently, Cal State Fullerton was named Tri-Big West Conference Champions in 2015 along with Long Beach State and UC Santa Barbara.
A TRADITION UNLIKE ANY OTHER
When freshman Jessica Simonian stepped on the field for the first time vs. George Washington, she carried on a tradition of sorts in 2015 as her No. 2 jersey is the only number in the history of the Fullerton program to be worn every season since the program began in 1993.
WHAT'S UP
If the Titans defeat UC Santa Barbara on Thursday, Nov. 5, Cal State Fullerton will advance to the Big West Conference Championship game on Sunday, Nov. 8 at 1:07 p.m. agains the winner of the Long Beach State-UC Riverside contest.The game will be televised on Fox Sport Prime Ticket.