SAN DIEGO – The San Diego State women's soccer team plays at Boise State against a team the Aztecs are tied with atop the Mountain West table, and then at altitude against Utah State.
Up This Week
San Diego State (4-6-1, 3-1-0 MW) at Boise State (11-2-0, 3-1-0 MW)
Friday, Oct. 11 | 3:00 p.m. (PT) | Boas Tennis/Soccer Complex | Boise, Idaho
San Diego State (4-6-1, 3-1-0 MW) at Utah State (6-5-1, 1-2-1 MW)
Sunday, Oct. 13 | 12:00 p.m. (PT) | Chuck & Gloria Bell Soccer Field | Logan, Utah
Aztecs Notes
• San Diego State continues its 2019 Mountain West Conference schedule this week with a pair of road games at Boise State and Utah State.
• The Aztecs have played the Broncos 11 times darting back to the 2011 season and lead the all-time series 7-4-0, which includes a 3-1-0 record in games played in Boise. The Broncos won the last meeting, 1-0 in San Diego, which snapped a
four game win streak by the Aztecs.
• SDSU and Utah State have met eight times dating back to the 2010 season with San Diego State unbeaten (6-0-2) in the series. The Aztecs are 3-0-0 in games played in Logan and a 2-2 decision in San Diego last season, snapped a six-game winning streak for San Diego State in which they outscored the Aggies 13-to-5. In all but the first meeting, a 1-1 draw, SDSU has scored at least two goals a game against Utah State.
• For her efforts in the Aztecs' two-game sweep last weekend, Brooke Lisowski (Sr., GK, Los Gatos, Calif.) was named the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week. Lisowski was in goal for all 180 minutes, faced 20 shots and stopped
three of the four that reached her line. Her goals against average was 0.50 and her save percentage was .750. It was her first weekly conference award and the first for an Aztec women's soccer player this season.
• The Aztecs ended a six-game winless streak with its 2-0 decision over Colorado State (9/29). The win was the first since a 1-0 victory over LIU (8/25) and at the time marked just the second occurrence this season the team had found
the back of the net more than once in a game. The other time was two days prior in a 3-2 loss at Wyoming.
• After a tough preseason schedule in which the team went 1-5-1 and scored just three goals versus 13 for the opposition, Mountain West play came at the right time. In its last four games, all conference matchups, the Aztecs are 3-1-0 and
have outscored opponents 9-4.
• With decisions over Colorado State (2-0), UNLV (1-0) and Nevada (4-1), the Aztecs are in the midst of a three-game winning streak. It's the longest run of wins since the program put together six straight victories near the end of the
2017 season.
• The flood gates opened in SDSU's 4-1 victory over Nevada. It was the highest output since a 5-0 win over Air Force (10/22/18) and just the second time it has put up at least three goals since a 3-0 win over New Mexico (11/4/17)
in that season's Mountain West Tournament's championship game.
• The Aztecs have gotten balanced scoring from the players who have found the back of the net this season and opponents can't focus on one player who can put it in the goal. SDSU has six players who have scored; one has three goals; another has a single goal and the other four have two tallies.
• Welcome back Darcy Weiser (Sr., F, Huntington Beach, Calif.). Weiser missed the first seven games and didn't make her season debut until the 38th minute at Wyoming (9/27). She scored her first goal of the year in the 82nd minute in Laramie which started a four-goal run for SDSU over the next 98 minutes and sparked a three-game winning streak. The tally started the Aztecs come back from a 3-0 deficit to the Cowgirls to make the final decision 3-2. In the team's next game, against Colorado State (9/29), SDSU was the victor, 2-0. Against UNLV (10/4), Weiser picked up her second goal, the game winner, in a 1-0 win and she assisted on the goal that put the game away in the team's 4-1 win over Nevada (10/6).
• Strikers strike...and along with Weiser's two tallies, Taylor Moorehead (So., F, Valencia, Calif.) got into the goal scoring action in Laramie and against Nevada. Moorehead's goal at Wyoming got the Aztecs to within one, 3-2, with under 10
minutes to play. It was her first goal of the year and the fourth of her career and she added her second goal of the campaign in the 4-1 victory against Nevada. In the Colorado State win, Rachelle Elve (Fr., F, Huntington Beach, Calif.) became the third striker to score this year and she followed that goal with the game winner in the squad's decision against Nevada.
• Kiera Utush (Fr., MF, Rocklin, Calif.) has also scored twice this season, each time on a penalty kick. She is the first Aztecs to have multiple successful PKs in a season, since current volunteer assistant coach Victoria Barba put four penalty kicks in the back of the net in the 2016 season. Since the 2003 season, an Aztecs has scored multiple PKs in a season eight times. In addition, Utush is just the second freshman in the last 10 years to score the team's season-opening goal (vs. No. 22 Texas Tech). The other freshman to tally a goal in her first collegiate game in that time frame is Taylor Moorehead (So., F, Valencia, Calif.) who had the game-winner in a 1-0 victory over New Mexico State in the 2018 season.
• With 10 shots on goal, Malia Kaleiohi (Jr., MF/F, San Diego, Calif.) is tied for the team lead and has already more than doubled her single-season high of four, which she set last year. She produced two shots on goal in each of the team's first three games as well as against San Diego (9/13), which are single-game highs for her career. In addition, Kaleiohi has produced 16 total shots, good for second on the team and a single-season high for the junior.
• Brooke Lisowski (Sr., GK, Los Gatos, Calif.), a transfer from California, has played every minute in goal for SDSU and has a 2-6-1 record. In 830 minutes, she has surrendered 16 goals (1.73 GAA) and has made 30 saves (.652 save percentage). In the team's victory over Colorado State, Lisowski recorded her second clean sheet of the year and of her career.
• This season the Aztecs played three Power-5 schools. Over the last 10 years, SDSU has played a minimum of three Power-5 squads per season. In 2011, San Diego State took the pitch a single-season high six times against current Power-5 schools and posted a 4-2 record. Among those four wins, SDSU notched victories over Arizona (1-0), Minnesota (2-1), & Texas (1-0).
Opponent Notebook
Boise State
The Broncos enter the game against San Diego State with an 11-2-0 overall record, which includes an 3-1-0 mark in Mountain West play, which leaves them in a tie with SDSU and New Mexico at the top of the MW table... BSU split a pair of games last week with a 1-0 win at SJSU and a loss (2-1) at Fresno State... At home this season the Broncos are 6-1-0, 1-0-0 in conference home contests. Raimee Sherle leads her squad with 10 goals, six assists and 26 points... The defense is anchored by keeper Sydney Smith, who this season, has started in each of the team's 13 games. She has as 0.54 GAA, a .870 save percentage and a 10-2-0 record.... BSU is coached by Jim Thomas who is in his seventh season leading the program and brought a 61-46-20 record in Boise into the 2019 season.
Utah State
The Aggies enter the week with a 6-5-1 (1-2-1 MW) record and host New Mexico on Friday before its match with the Aztecs on Sunday...Utah State is 2-0-0 in games in Logan, but the team has yet to host a Mountain West game... Sid Barlow and Imelda Williams have each scored two goals to lead the team and Ashley Cardozo tops the squad with eight points (1G, 6A)...Diera Walton has played the vast majority of the minutes in goal this season. She has a 0.85 GAA and an 0.800 save percentage with a 6-4-1 record... Utah State is coached by Heather Cairns, who is in her 17th season in Logan and brought a 157-130-39 record into the 2019 season.