Cal State Fullerton Game Notes (PDF)
FULLERTON, Calif. – Cal State Fullerton women's soccer will look to secure its first Big West Conference win on Thursday at UC Davis. The match is set to start at 4 p.m. PT at Aggie Soccer Field.
QUICK HITS
• Senior Nano Oronoz and freshman Kristen Swales are both in the top 10 for the Big West Conference in goals scored on the year. Oronoz has five goals on the year (three vs. SMC, one vs. Fresno State, one vs. UCR) and Swales has four (two vs. SMC on 8/19, at GCU on 9/16 and at CSUN on 10/7).
• Atlanta Primus is tied for fourth in the league in assists with three on the year, each of which has been to Nano Oronoz. She also opened her scoring account against Fresno State (Sep. 2), which was off an assist by none other than Oronoz. Primus also scored the game-winning goal at SJSU (Sep. 6) from the penalty spot.
• Kaya Hawkinson is also tied for fourth in assists as she has three as well. The freshman midfielder has been solid all year for the Titans and has been quite successful taking corner kicks as all three of her assists have been off corners. CSF is third in the league in corner kicks won per game at 5.69. Hawkinson has been a staple in the midfield, starting every game and logging the most minutes of any player on the squad.
• The Titans are third in the league in total shots at 172 (12.29).
CATCH ALL THE ACTION
Thursday's match will be available live on BigWest.TV.
OPPONENT AND HISTORY
Oct. 10, 2018 at UC Davis | Aggie Soccer Field | 4:00 p.m. PT
The Titans and Aggies square off on Thursday afternoon at Aggie Soccer Field in an important matchup for both squads. UC Davis is currently 1-2 in league play while the Fullerton is 0-2-1 and both teams need a win.
Alicia Sloss leads the team in goals with four on the year Mahlah Catline has two goals for second on the squad.
The Titans are winless in their last two matchups against the Aggies. The two squads tied last year at Titan Stadium and in 2016 the Aggies earned a 3-2 victory. However, Fullerton leads the all-time series 10-2-2.
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT - THE FEW, THE PROUD
After having nine seniors on the squad last year, all of which contributed to the 2017 Big West Tournament title, this year's squad has just four seniors.
• A jack-of-all-trades for the Titans and preseason All-Big West honoree Nano Oronoz has played 72 matches for the Titans and started 50 of them. She bagged a hat trick against St. Mary's on Aug. 19, becoming the first Titan to achieve that feat since 2015. She also scored the game-winning goal against Fresno State (Sep. 2) and supplied an assist. Oronoz scored against UCR (Sep. 30) and now has eight goals and six assists for her career.
• Defender Amanda Larsson has taken the field 58 times for Fullerton, including 35 career starts. On the season, she has logged 1,052 minutes of 1,306 total minutes.
• Midfielder Alba Barrios has played 51 career games in a Titan uniform, including 14 last year with 11 starts. She has scored two goals for her career, both coming as a freshman. She is still recovering from an injury and has yet to feature this season.
• Midfielder Jessica Simonian is redshirting the 2018 season due to injury so she will be back for the 2019 season. She has started 54 games in her time at Fullerton with 43 starts. She has tallied two goals and seven assists over the last three years.
WELCOME TO ATLANTA
Junior forward Atlanta Primus, a London, England native, is tied for fourth in the conference in assists through seven matches after she dished out two against St. Mary's (Aug. 19) and one on against Fresno State (Sep. 2). Primus' three assists have all been to Nano Oronoz and Oronoz returned the favor for Primus as she also scored her first goal against Fresno State (Sep. 2). Primus also scored the game-winning goal at San Jose State (Sep. 6) from the penalty spot. She has scored nine goals and dished out now 11 assists in her career. She is three assists away from being tied for 10th all-time in career assists. The preseason All-Big West honoree led the 2017 team with 20 points (six goals, eight assists).
SANDERS FILLS VOID
Head coach Demian Brown had a hole to fill in the goal left by (now undergrad assistant coach) Morgan Bertsch who was a 2017 first-team all-conference honoree and 2017 Co-Big West Goalkeeper of the Year. In stepped sophomore Tianna Sanders who had an outstanding opening weekend. She recorded 11 saves against BYU on Aug. 17 and was a brick wall for the Titans. Sanders recorded her first two career clean sheet against Fresno State (Sep. 2) and San Jose State (Sep. 6). She ranks fourth in the Big West in total saves at 52.
COACH HITS TRIPLE DIGITS
With the win against CSUN on Oct. 1, 2017, head coach Demian Brown notched his 100th-career win. Over his 11 years as head coach, Brown has steered the Titans to four Big West regular season championships (2007, 2012, 2014, 2015) and five Big West Tournament championships (2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017) representing the league as the Big West's automatic qualifier at the NCAA Tournament for four of the last six years (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017) in addition to the Titans' postseason trip in 2007.
INSTANT IMPACT LINDAHL
Sophomore Delaney Dombek Lindhal, a Southern California native that attended Mission Viejo High School, spent her first year of college at Iowa. But she transferred to Fullerton over the summer and has been a stalwart in Demian Brown's lineup as she has played in all 14 matches and started 13 of them. Thus far she has played the third-most minutes of all field players at 1,1159 of 1,306 total minutes. Lindahl recorded an assist for the Titans against San Jose State (Sep. 6).
NEXT IN LINE
The 2017 Titans featured seniors such as Samantha Koemans (five goals, five assists) Kaycee Hoover (five goals, two assists), Tala Haddad (three goals, three assists), Maribell Morales (three goals, one assist), Connie Caliz (two goals, one assist), all of which played at least 20 of the 22 games for the Titans and over 1,000 minutes. The 2018 squad will have to step into new roles and replace their productivity but Brown feels the team is capable and excited for the challenge.
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