SAN DIEGO – Looking to get back to its winning ways, earning victories in its first three games and then dropping its most recent, the San Diego State women's soccer team welcomes the UNLV Rebels to the Sports Deck on Saturday night.
THIS WEEK
San Diego State (3-1-0) vs. UNLV (2-1-1)
Saturday, March 20 | 7:00 (PT) | SDSU Sports Deck | San Diego, Calif.
QUICK NOTES
San Diego State opened the season with three straight victories, outscoring its opponents 12-4 in those games, before a 1-2 defeat in its last outing and now sits in second place in the Mountain West's West Division table, one game shy of the halfway point in the season.
In its game at San Jose State (3/12), the Aztecs totaled 6 goals. They were the most tallies in a game by an SDSU team, since the team put up 5 goals in a 5-4 victory at Air Force on Oct. 19, 2019. The five goal margin of victory (6-1) is the largest since a 5-0 victory over Air Force on Oct. 22, 2018.
San Diego State's 6 goal total at San Jose State equals the highest in a road contest in program history (since the 1989 season). It matches the 6 goals scored at Fresno State in a 6-0 win on Sept. 2, 1996 and a 6-0 win at Wyoming on Oct. 10, 1999. The 6 goals are tied for the third most in a game (regardless of location) for a San Diego State team. The most goals in a game came in a 10-0 win at La Verne (9/25/98) in the third contest in program history.
San Diego State's 13 goals in its first four games are the most since the 1996 team scored 16 times in its first four outings. The most goals in an Aztec team's first four games came in the program's inaugural season of 1989 when that team totaled 18 goals in its first four games. SDSU's 13 goals through four games are the third most behind the two aforementioned seasons.
You want offense...we got offense. San Diego State is the No. 5 in the nation in scoring offense (3.25 goals per game), points per game (9.00), and shots per game (19.75). In addition, the team is putting 8.75 shots on frame per game, which is No. 7 in the nation. SDSU leads the Mountain West in each of those categories.
With an average of 2.5 assists per game the Aztecs rank No. 11 in the nation and are second in the MW and its 10 total assists are No. 68 nationally and second in the league.
The Aztecs lead the Mountain West in total goals (13) and total points (36) which rank No. 65 & No. 71 in the nation, respectively.
Rachelle Elve (So., F, Huntington Beach, Calif.) had the first hat trick of her college career in a 6-1 dismantling of San Jose State (3/12). It was the 10th hat trick in program history and the first since Aliyah Utush had one against New Mexico on Nov. 4, 2017. Elve was the team's top goal scorer last season with seven strikes.
Elve has 1 assist and her 7 points are tied for the team lead. Her 9 total shots and 5 shots on goal are both second on the squad and she ranks 53rd in the nation in goals per game (0.75) & 59th in points per game (1.75).
Chloe Frisch (Sr., F, Solana Beach, Calif.) is tied with Elve for the team lead in goals (3) and she is pacing the side with 21 shots and 11 shots on goal. Nationally, her shots per game (5.25) and shots on goal per game (2.75) rank No. 8 & No. 11, respectively. Frisch is level with Elve in goals per game (0.75 - 53rd in the nation) & points per game (1.75 - 59th in the nation).
With her assist on Jessica Sanders' goal vs. Boise State, Frisch moved into a tie for eighth on the program's career assist list. Frisch has 16 career assists, on par with Erika Sutton (2005-06) and Hannah Keane (2011-14) and enters the weekend one assist from equaling Kelly Grogg (1996-98) for seventh place with 17.
Laura Fuentes (Jr., MF, Newark, Calif.) has two assists, which leads the team and ranks second in the Mountain West. She is third on the team in shots (8) and points (7), and tie for third with six others in goals (1). Her goal came on a PK and was the game winner against Boise State (3/7).
Anna Toohey (Jr., F, Winston-Salem, N.C.) has a goal and an assist (both at SJSU), and her assist came on the third goal of Elve's hat trick. Three of her four shots have been on frame and she has started in each of the last three games.
Phoebe Leitch (Sr., D/MF, Forest Row, England) has a goal and an assist. She has produced three shots with two being on goal.
The goals from Jordan Girman (Sr., D, Cotati, Calif.) and Claire Watkins (So., D, San Diego, Calif.), were the first of each player's college careers. Girman's strike came in the San Jose State rout (3/12) and Watkins' was the game winner in the season opener against Nevada (3/5).
On two shots Jessica Sanders (So, D, San Carlos, Calif.) has one goal in the Boise State 3-1 victory. It was the first goal of her career.
In addition to Fuentes's two assists, Emma Gains-Ramos (Fr., F, San Diego, Calif.), Veronica Alavos (Sr., D, San Diego, Calif.) and Malia Kaleiohi (Jr., MF/F, San Diego, Calif.) have one assists each. For Gaines-Ramos & Avalos, it was each of their first point as a college player. Kaleiohi doubled her career-point total with her assist.
Keeper Alexa Madueno (Fr., GK, Woodland, Calif.) has played every minute (360:00) this season. She has surrendered six goals (1.50 GAA) and has 13 saves (.694 save percentage). Her record for the season and her career is 3-1-0.
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