Oct. 30, 2001 Complete Release in PDF Format
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This Week
San Diego State (5-10-1, 1-3-1 MWC) travels to Las Vegas to face UNLV (9-5-2, 3-2-0 MWC) on Saturday, Nov. 28, at 7:30 p.m. (PST). The contest vs. the Rebels will be the Aztecs' only game this week and is San Diego State's final regular game of the 2001 season. It marks the fourth of four consecutive conference road games that SDSU will have play to conclude its regular season.
Series Records
The Aztecs and Rebels have met three times with San Diego State winning all three games. The three previous meetings have come annually in conference play since 1998. SDSU has outscored the Rebels, 12-2, in those three matches with two played in San Diego (1998, 2000) and one in Las Vegas (1999).
Most Recently
SDSU suffered its second consecutive shutout last Sunday when it lost 3-0 at New Mexico. The Lobos opened the scoring in the 32nd minute and held a 1-0 lead at the break. Subsequent goals in the 67th and 81st minutes sealed the victory. It was UNM's first win over San Diego State since 1995 and broke a string of five straight Aztec wins in the series between the schools.
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 Report
UNLV enters the game with an overall mark of 9-5-2 and a 3-2-0 slate in league play. The Rebels are currently tied with Utah for second place in the MWC standings. By virtue of defeating Utah earlier this season, a win over the Aztecs would give UNLV the number-two seed at the upcoming conference tournament, no matter what Utah does this weekend. The Rebels are led offensively by Anita Pedford (7g, 2a) and Cristyn Enea (6g, 4a). The duo are tied for seventh among the conference's leading scorers this week. Rebel goalie Alice Gleason ranks second in the league with an 78 saves this season, an average of 5.2 per game. Her 1.60 goals against average ranks second among keepers who have played at least 720 minutes (eight games).
Castellanos On The Charts
Kim Castellanos has matched her goal 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 rank 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 has 43 career points (10g, 3a) and is two points away from moving into the number-nine spot currently held by Aimee Jacobs (45 points, 1993-96).
Quinones Busy In Goal
With 76 saves thus far in 2001, senior goalie Linnea Qui?ones has moved into the number-three spot on the SDSU career saves list with 170. She trails Lorena Snyder (204 saves, 1990-93) and Katherine Judkins (192 saves, 1996-99) on the career list. Qui?ones' 76 saves this season represents the highest total in her four years as an Aztec and is the second-most ever in a season for an SDSU keeper. The Aztec record for saves in a season is held by Elizabeth Judkins who made 99 stops during the 1994 campaign. 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
With no goals in her past two outings, Kim Castellanos has dropped into second place in the Mountain West Conference scoring race with 22 points (10g, 2a), She trails Utah's Amy Kofoed, who has nine goals and six assists (24 points). Castellanos' 10 goals is also a league high Qui?ones ranks third in saves with 76, an average of 5.43 per game. Arinda Alvarez and Fay deLeon are among a group of seven players tied for sixth in the MWC with four assists. Castellanos and Nicole Findlay (who is injured and has not played since the third game of the season) are tied for second with several others in game-winning goals with two apiece.
Shutout Streak
Coupled with the 3-0 shutout at Air Force the previous week, the Aztecs' 3-0 loss at New Mexico marked the first time that San Diego State has suffered back-to-back shutouts since last season's games at Brigham Young (4-0, Oct. 12) and Utah (2-0, Oct. 14). It marked only the fourth time in the 13-year history of the program that SDSU has been shut out in consecutive contests. The others occurred in 1990 (1-0 at CSU Dominguez Hills and 1-0 vs. Stanford) and in 1993 (1-0 at California followed by a 1-0 loss at St. Mary's). San Diego State has never been shut out in three straight matches.
Tournament Time
The Mountain West Conference Tournament gets underway next Wednesday, Nov. 7, at UNLV's Peter Johann Memorial Field. The Aztecs could finish anywhere from fifth to seventh in the final standings, pending the outcome of this weekend's matches. SDSU's game at UNLV will be the final conference game this weekend, so their first-round opponent will be known late Saturday evening.