Oct. 23, 2001
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THIS WEEK
* San Diego State (5-9-1, 1-2-1 MWC) travels to Albuquerque to face New Mexico (3-9-2, 2-1-1 MWC) on Sunday, Oct. 28, at 1:00 p.m. (MDT).
* The contest vs. the Lobos will be the Aztec's only game this week. It marks the third of four consecutive conference road games that SDSU will play to conclude the regular season.
SERIES RECORDS
* The Aztecs and Lobos have met seven times with SDSU holding a 5-1-1 advantage in the series. San Diego State has won the last five meetings including a pair of 3-0 wins last season (in San Diego and at the MWC Tournament in Las Vegas). * The Lobo's lone win was a 1-0 decision in Albuquerque in 1995.
MOST RECENTLY
* SDSU made its first conference road trip of the season last weekend and came away with a tie and a loss.
* On Friday (Oct. 19), the Aztecs fell behind at Wyoming 1-0 before Kim Castellanos scored an unassisted goal just after halftime to knot the score. The game went through 90 minutes of regulation and two 15-minute overtime periods with no further scoring. It was San Diego State's first tie in three seasons of Mountain West Conference action.
* On Sunday (Oct. 21), SDSU suffered a 3-0 loss at Air Force as the Falcons handed the Aztecs their third shutout of the season. Air Force scored three unanswered goals in the second half to claim the victory.
CLEGG REACHES MILESTONE
* Chuck Clegg is his ninth season in charge of the SDSU women's soccer program with a record of 101-62-6 (.615). His 100th career win as coach of the women's squad came in SDSU's 2-0 win at UC Riverside on Sept. 18.
* He joins Clive Charles (Portland) and Anson Dorrance (North Carolina) as the only other NCAA Division I coaches to accumulate at least 100 wins as both a men's and women's collegiate head coach. Clegg compiled 194 victories as head coach of the Aztec men from 1982-99.
SCOUTING THE LOBOS
* New Mexico enters the game with an overall mark of 3-9-2 and a 2-1-1 slate in league play. The Lobos pulled off the biggest upset in three years of MWC play when they defeated Brigham Young, 1-0, in Provo last weekend.
* Tow of UNM's three wins this season have come against ranked teams (Kentucky and Brigham Young). the other was a 2-1 win at Air Force. All three victories have come on the road, and UNM is 0-4-1 at home this season.
* The Lobos are led this fall by three players who have scored two goals apiece: forwards Coco D'Angelo and Camille Bremer along with midfielder Erchen Theys. The Lobos have scored a total of 11 goals in their 13 contests. They will host UNLV on Friday (Oct. 26) prior to facing the Aztecs.
CASTELLANOS ON THE CHARTS
* With her goals at Wyoming last Friday, Kim Castellanos has match her output (10) of last season when she was named the conference co-freshman of the year. The 10 goals ties for the seventh-most in a season by an Aztec.
* Her 20 career goals ranks fifth on the SDSU list. She is two goals shy of moving into a tie for the number-four spot with Shaw Viloria (22 goals, 1992-94).
* Castellanos' 43 career points (10g, 3a) and is two points away from moving her into the number-nine spot currently held by Aimee Jacobs (45 points, 1993-96).
QUI?ONES BUSY IN GOAL
* With 72 saves thus far in 2001, senior goalie Linnea Qui?ones has moved into the number-three spot on the SDSU career saves list with 168. Number two on the list is Katherine Judkins (1996-99) with 192 career saves.
* Qui?ones' 72 saves this season represents the highest total in her four years as an Aztec and is the fourth-most ever in a season for an SDSU keeper. With four more saves, that total will become the second-most in a season ahead of Katherine Judkins (73 in 1996) and Lorena Snyder (75 in 1991).
* Qui?ones' previous high for saves in a season was 32 during the 2000 campaign. She has eight saves or more in five matches this fall.
AMONG THE LEADERS
* Kim Castellanos leads the Mountain West Conference in scoring with 22 points (10g, 2a), and is tied for the lead in league games only with five points (2g, 2a). Her 10 goals is also a league high. Air Force's Beth Boyer is second with eight goals.
* Qui?ones ranks third in saves with 72, an average of 5.54 per game.
* Arinda Alvarez and Fay deLeon are among a group of seven players tied for fifth in the MWC with four assists.
* Castellanos and Nicole Findlay (who is injured and has not played since the third game of the season) remain tied with four others in game-winning goals with two apiece.
FIT TO BE TIED
* The tie vs. Wyoming last weekend was San Diego State's first tie in almost three years.
* SDSU's last tie came on Nov. 1, 1998, when it drew 1-1 with UC Irvine at home.
* The Aztecs had gone 61 straight matches without a draw until the 1-1 tie in Laramie.
AZTEC NOTES
* The loss at Air Force last weekend marked the first time the Falcons had defeated the Aztecs in four meetings.
* San Diego State is 2-0 in overtime matches this season with wins over Cal State Fullerton (3-2) and Utah (2-1).
* Senior defender Fay deLeon now has 57 career points, one point out of the number-five position on the SDSU career list behind Elicia Petre (58 points, 1997-2000).
* Kim Castellanos' 10 goals this fall have come against nine different opponents.
ON THE HORIZON
* The Aztecs conclude their regular season next weekend when they travel to Las Vegas to take on UNLV on Saturday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. (PDT).
* Four days later, the team will return to Las Vegas for the 2001 Mountain West Conference Tournament which runs Nov. 7-10.