Fullerton Game Notes 
| Northridge Game Notes
THIS WEEK
The Titans are set to host Cal State Northridge to begin conference play Sunday at 5:00 p.m. PT at Titan Stadium.
CATCH ALL THE ACTION
Live stats for Sunday's match will be available here, audio will be available here and the live stream can be watched, here.
GET SOCIAL
Follow @csufwomensoccer on Twitter for daily updates during the 2017 season. Fullerton Women's Soccer is also on Instagram, so make sure to follow the 2017 team all season @csufwomensoccer
QUICK HITS
• Cal State Fullerton leads the Big West Conference standings with an overall record of 7- 2-2.
• With the first goal against Utah State (8/27), Atlanta Primus entered the record book with one of the quickest goals to begin a game with a time of 2:26.
• Fullerton notches three of the top five leading scorers, Samantha Koemans, Sarah Fajnor and Atlanta Primus tie with five goals on the season.
• The Titans lead the Big West in points per game averaging six points per game.
• Fullerton leads the conference in scoring offense with 2.8 goals per game.
OPPONENT AND HISTORY
Cal State University Northridge
5:00 p.m. PT | Sunday, Oct. 1 | Titan Stadium
Fullerton begins conference play against Northridge in what will be the 23rd time these teams have met on the field. In last year's match, the Titans came up short as they lost to the Matadors 1-0. Titans take the home field advantage with an overall record over the Matadors of 7-2-1. Overall, the Titans have come out victorious against the Matadors with an overall record of 14-7-1.
TITANS SWEEP
Cal State Fullerton women's soccer swept the Big West Player of the Week (9/25) honors as the squad picked up two shutout wins last weekend against San Diego and Grand Canyon at Titan Stadium. Senior forward Sarah Fajnor was named Big West Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week while fellow senior goalkeeper Morgan Bertsch garnered Big West Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week accolades.
HOOVER HONORED
For the first time in her career, senior Kaycee Hoover earned the Big West Offensive Player of the Week for the week of September 4th. Hoover recorded two goals over the weekend at Titan Stadium. Her first, against Iowa State (9/8) was the goal to solidify the Titans 2-1 win. Her second, would come as a game-winning goal against Utah Valley (9/10) in what was a 3-0 shutout win for CSF. Fullerton scored three goals in the first half, the last time this was recorded was Nov. 11, 2015 against UCSB.
PRIMUS IN HER PRIME
Reigning from London, England, sophomore Atlanta Primus leads the Titans with four goals this season. Primus has currently scored a goal in each of the last three games. Last year, Primus notched one goal and was appointed to the Big West Conference All-Freshmen Team. Currently, she is tied with UC Santa Barbara's Amanda Ball for the most goals in the league. Primus's father, Linvoy Primus, had a 16-year professional career as a defender playing for Charlton Athletic, Barnet, Reading and Portsmouth.
FINDING THE BACK OF THE NET
On Friday night (9/22) Sarah Fajnor nettted the game winning goal off a penalty kick in the 35th minute for Fullerton. Freshmen Samantha McKenna scored her first goal of her career off the ball from Connie Caliz in the 82nd minute of play. McKenna's shot hit the bottom of the crossbar and fell straight into goal. Sarah Fajnor struck again in the 90th minute for her fifth goal of the season which tied her with teammate Atlanta Primus. Fajnor received the ball from Maribel Morales and booted it into the back of the net.
Sunday night (9/24) Maribell Morales netted her first goal of the season in the 20th minute off the ball from Atlanta Primus. Morales booted the ball from the top of the box towards the top post. Samantha Koemans followed shortly after with her fifth goal of the season in the 26th minute via Sarah Fajnor. Koemans dribbled into the box taking on Lopes defenders and rocked the ball to the back of the net. Connie Caliz recorded her first goal this season in the 34th minute off a short corner she played to Fajnor. Fajnor went on to play it back to Caliz to give Fullerton the 3-0 advantage in the first half. Freshmen Samantha McKenna notched her second goal of the season via the ball from Hailey Pohevitz in the 76th minute. McKenna's goal fell into her lap after the ball was saved off the line by a defender and bounced back where McKenna netted the goal to set the Titans atop with a 4-0 lead.
IN THE PRESEASON POLL
The Titans came in second place in Big West's women's soccer preseason poll released on Aug. 10. Cal State Fullerton secured 63 points in the polls, trailing Long Beach State in first with 78 points. Titans Connie Caliz made the preseason All-Conference Team.
2016 RECAP
The Titans finished last season 8-10-1 (5-3-0 Big West). This gave the team a fourth-place finish in the Big West Conference. Jazzmin Mancilla was out for the season after tearing her ACL in the season opener against Saint Mary's. The Titans made it to the semi-final of the Big West Conference Tournament where they fell to UC Irvine in PK's at George Allen Field in Long Beach, Calif.
WELCOME BACK
Titans welcome back 25 members from last year's squad, including 10 starters from last year. Out of the 10, nine are seniors entering their final year with the program. Senior Morgan Bertsch, is expected to anchor the goal for the Titans. She made four starts in net compiling, a 1-2-0 record with a save percentage of .800. The Titans also welcome back their leading scorer from a year ago in Sarah Fajnor. Tala Haddad makes her return to the Titan midfield. She secured nine points for Titans scoring three goals while recording three assists. She is expected to have a strong senior year. The senior complied 16 points on seven goals scored and two assists.
SUPPORT THE TITANS!
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