Cal State Fullerton at Hawai'i
Sunday, October 23 | 7 p.m. PT
Live Stats: FullertonTitans.com
Series Record: Cal State Fullerton Leads 9-2-0
Cal State Fullerton treks across the Pacific to take on Hawai'i in a critical Big West Conference matchup this Sunday night.
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QUICK HITS
• Cal State Fullerton dropped its lone match of the week at UC Santa Barbara, 2-1, on Sunday afternoon.
• Sarah Fajnor recorded Fullerton's only goal of the match, marking the fourth time she has found the back of the net in the last five matches.
• Head coach Demian Brown is in his 10th season at the helm of the Titans. Cal State Fullerton is 90-84-25 under Brown. In conference play, the Titans are 43-29-6 under Brown with four Big West regular season championships and four Big West Tournament titles, including an active streak of three straight.
IN THE POLLS
The Titans and Rainbow Wahine are both unranked in this week's NSCAA Top-25 poll. The Rainbow Wahine are ranked No. 4 in this week's NSCAA West Region poll.
OPPONENT AND HISTORY
At Hawai'i
7 p.m. | Sunday, Oct. 23 | Peninsula Soccer Stadium
• The Titans are on the road to face the Rainbow Wahine, a team Fullerton has defeated in five straight meetings. In 11 overall matches, the Titans are 9-2-0 all-time against Hawai'i. This will be Fullerton's third trip ever to Hawai'i. The Titans are 2-0 at Hawai'i.
• Hawai'i is led by offensively by senior Addie Steiner. Steiner's eight goals this season lead the team and rank third in the Big West. Her four goals during conference play are tied for best in the Big West.
• Raisa Strom-Okimoto, meanwhile, is Hawai'i's points leader with 18 from five goals and eight assists. Her eight assists lead the Big West and rank ninth nationally.
• Senior goalkeeper Monk Berger is putting the finishing touches on one of the best goalkeeping careers in program history. Her 16 career shutouts are a program record, and her seven clean sheets this season match her own school record from 2013, and are also tied for second in the Big West this season.
CONFERENCE CALL
Sarah Fajnor scored Fullerton's only goal at UC Santa Barbara on a penalty kick. It was her fourth goal in the last five matches and she now holds the team lead in goals scored and points. She has two assists along with her four goals, giving her 10 points overall. In addition, all four of Fajnor's goals have come in conference play, which is tied for the Big West lead with Addie Steiner of the Rainbow Wahine.
HELPERS ON THE WAY
Tala Haddad leads the Titans with three assists and is second on the squad with three goals and nine points overall.
ROAD WOES
Sunday's loss was Fullerton's seventh road loss of the season, the first time in program history the team has lost seven road matches in a season. The Titans have lost six road games in a single year on four occasions. The Titans have been outscored 13-3 in road games and been shutout five times away from Titan Stadium.
THE WILD WEST
The Titans are currently second in the Big West Conference standings with three wins and nine points, four behind first-place CSUN. But five teams are nipping at Fullerton's heels with Long Beach State one point back and four teams, including Hawai'i, deadlocked in fourth place with seven points apiece.
STUART IN NET
Redshirt senior and reigning Big West Conference Goalkeeper of the Year Jennifer Stuart suffered a minor injury to her elbow during warm ups prior to Fullerton's Oct. 2 match against Cal poly. She missed the match at UC Davis but returned in time to shutout Long Beach State, 1-0, on Oct. 9. She posted a season-high seven saves to log her second clean sheet of the season and the 15th of her career, which ranks third all-time in CSF history. She is now just one back of second-place Lindsay Maricic (16, 2010-13), who Stuart backed up when she arrived at Cal State Fullerton. Stuart has also recorded 31 wins in her Titans career, which ranks second on the Titans all-time record book behind Karen Bardsley, who won 47 games in her Cal State Fullerton career.
THE ANCHOR
Sophomore Lindsay Stasinis has been a constant on the Fullerton back line this season. The Titans have played a total of 1,361 minutes and 49 seconds this year. Stasinis has been on the field for 1,354 of those minutes. She has played the full match in 14 of the team's 15 games this season, with the only exception coming at Georgia on Aug. 28 when she played 82 of 90 minutes.
THE LAST DEFENSE
Morgan Bertsch logged a team season-high eight saves in Fullerton's Oct. 6 match at UC Davis. It was one shy of her career high.
ON THE BLOCK
The Titans defenders have made sure to get in the line of fire this year, posting 45 blocked shots on the year so far.