Women's Soccer

Aztecs Host Colorado College Sunday Afternoon

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SAN DIEGO – San Diego State women's soccer opens their Mountain West home slate this week when they welcome Air Force at 5 p.m. PT on Thursday and Colorado College on Sunday at noon PT, to San Diego. The Aztecs are is 23-1-1 all-time against Air Force, and lead the series against Colorado College 6-3-4. SDSU beat Air Force on the road last year, before drawing at Colorado College 3-3.

Aztec Notes

  • SDSU enters the weekend 6-2-2, good for a .700 winning percentage, and have not lost in their previous five matches. That is the Aztecs' best record in non-conference play since 2012, when SDSU earned a school-record 21 wins, advanced to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament, and finished No. 7 in the nation.
  • Last time out the Aztecs opened Mountain West play with a win and a draw on the road. SDSU took down Fresno State 5-1, before drawing three days later at reigning Mountain West Tournament champions San Jose State, 2-2. SDSU's five goals against Fresno State were the most the Aztecs had scored in a conference match since SDSU scored six goals in a 6-1 win over San Jose State in March of 2021. Jenna West scored her first career goal in the win over Fresno State. With two goals and two assists on the weekend, Denise Castro earned MW offensive player of the week.
  • To conclude non-conference play, the Aztecs took down USD 4-0 at Snapdragon Stadium in front of a crowd over 2,533. The Aztecs scored a trio of goals in the first half, including Emma Gaines-Ramos' first of the season to open the scoring, while Denise Castro provided a goal in each half to help the Aztecs to the win. Kiera Utush also tallied her first assist of the season in the win.
  • San Diego State beat cross town foe UC San Diego 3-2 two weeks ago in the first of two local derbys. The Aztecs were led by Kali Trevithick who tallied a career-high five points in the win (2G, 1A). She opened the scoring with a goal from open play and then iced the game with a stunning free kick goal in the 76th minute to secure the win for the Aztecs. Trinity Coker also scored her first goal of the season in the win.
  • SDSU split a pair in the Pacific Northwest to end the month of August. After dropping a back-and-forth contest with No. 17 Washington State 2-1, the Aztecs responded with a 2-0 win over Eastern Washington to conclude the trip.
  • Dori Savage scored her fourth and fifth goals of the season to lead the Aztecs to a win over Eastern Washington on Sunday. Freshman Emma Fuller assisted on the first goal Savage scored, it was the first assist of her career. The win over Eastern Washington was head coach Mike Friesen's 175th in charge of the program.
  • Back in mid-August the Aztecs earned an impressive 1-1 draw against one of the best teams on the west coast in Pepperdine in the final seconds on Thursday, before falling to Long Beach State on Sunday 3-0.
  • In the match against Pepperdine (Aug. 24), the Aztecs fell behind during the midway point of the second half before Dori Savage leveled the match at the 89:15 mark. The goal was the Aztecs first 90th minute goal since Denise Castro scored in the 90th minute to beat Nebraska in the 2022 season opener.
  • San Diego State opened the 2023 regular season with two wins to open the season. SDSU took down Sacred Heart 2-0 in the season opener (Aug. 17), before earning a comeback win over UTEP on Sunday morning 2-1 (Aug. 20).
  • SDSU improved to 20-14-1 in season openers at home and has now won five of their last six season openers. Olivia Sekimoto scored the first goal of the season, while forward Denise Castro provided the Aztecs with a late second goal to earn the win.
  • San Diego State also earned a win in tough conditions over UTEP to close out their opening weekend. The Aztecs took down UTEP, with rain coming down and strong winds throughout the morning, courtesy of a Dori Savage brace. The two goals were the first of Savage's collegiate career.

 
21 Savage

  • Dori Savage (Chula Vista, Calif.) has quickly made a name for herself coming off the bench for the Aztecs. The local product has scored five times off the bench to lead the Aztecs in the scoring column in 2023. She has two braces on the year: the first came against UTEP, while the second came at Eastern Washington. Savage also added a goal in the 90th minute in the Aztecs 1-1 draw with Pepperdine.

 
That's a First 

  • Jenna West tallied her first career goal as the Aztecs beat Fresno State 5-1 to open conference play. The Clayton, California native now has one goal and one assist over five appearances (two starts) this season.
  • Kali Trevithick notched her first two goals as an Aztec in the 3-2 win over UC San Diego on September 7. She also tallied an assist on the night to set a new career-high in total points with five. The Anchorage, Alaska natives previous high was four points (2G) while she was at UCLA.
  • Dori Savage scored two goals against UTEP on August 20. Those two goals were the first brace of her collegiate career, as well as the first two goals overall of her career. Savage has appeared in 15 total matches for the Aztecs over the course of the 2022 and 2023 seasons and has scored five goals. All five of those goals have come in the 2023 season where she has played just 256 minutes.
  • Four Aztecs made their collegiate or San Diego State debut in the 2-0 win over Sacred Heart to open the season. Boston Girman and Lily Boudet made their first collegiate appearances, while Kali Trevithick and Bekah Brooks made their SDSU debuts. Additionally, Emma Fuller and Sofia Bacsafra both earned their first career minutes in the win at Eastern Washington (9/3), Fuller also earned her first career assist in the 2-0 win over the Eagles.
  • Olivia Sekimoto scored the first goal of the season in the Aztecs win over Sacred Heart. It was the second goal of her career (first was 8/21/22 vs. Idaho).
  • Emma Gaines-Ramos scored her first goal of the season in the Aztecs 4-0 win over USD at Snapdragon Stadium, and also added an assist later in the match. The junior now has 11 career goals to go along with 16 career assists.
  • Jenna West, Alyza Eckhardt, and Alexys Ocampo all dished out their first career assists in the Aztecs opening weekend (West against Sacred Heart, Eckhardt, Ocampo against UTEP). Emma Fuller also earned the first assist of her career in the win at Eastern Washington (9/3).

 
Best in the Mountain West

  • The Aztecs are ranked in the top three in the Mountain West as a team in multiple categories. San Diego State leads the conference in points (64), goals (22), goals per game (2.20), assists (20), and assists per game (2.00). The Aztecs are also second in shots (149) and currently sit third in total saves (54).

 
Player Notes

  • Eleven different Aztecs have either scored goals or tallied assists in 2023. Denise Castro, Trinity Coker, Emma Gaines-Ramos, Dori Savage, Olivia Sekimoto, Kali Trevithick, and Jenna West have all found the back of the net. Additionally Castro, Alyza Eckhardt, Emma Fuller, Gaines-Ramos, Alexys Ocampo, Trevithick, Kiera Utush and West have all have dished out assists.
  • Denise Castro is tied for first in the conference in points with 15. She is tied for second in goals scored with six, and is also second in the conference in shots at 3.50 per game. Over her three years on The Mesa, Castro has scored 21 goals, which is ninth all-time in carrer goals in the SDSU record book.
  • The Aztecs have multiple players amongst the best statistically in the Mountain West. Dori Savage is tied for fourth in the conference in total points with 11, while Emma Gaines-Ramos and Kali Trevithick are tied for seventh in the conference in points with 10.
  • In the assists category San Diego State has five players listed amongst the top 10 in the conference. Gaines-Ramos is tied for second in the conference with four, while Castro and Alexys Ocampo are tied for third with three assists each. Kiera Utush and Kali Trevithick are also on the list in ninth with two assists apiece.

 
Climbing the Ranks

  • Keeper Alexa Madueno, a three-year starter to date on The Mesa, continues to climb the ranks of the SDSU record book. After making 50 stops in goal so far this season, Madueno has climbed to second all-time in saves with 257. Additionally with the shutout win over Sacred Heart in the season opener, and two combined shutouts in the wins over Eastern Washington and USD, Madueno continues her climb up the career shutouts board and now sits sixth all-time with 18. Madueno is also eighth in the record book in career goals against average at 1.34. 

The Chase For 100

  • Head Coach Mike Friesen finished the 2022 campaign with 98 career regular season MW wins, and tallied another win over Fresno State to begin the 2023 conference slate, bringing his total to 99 career conference wins at the helm of San Diego State women's soccer. The 17-year MW veteran head coach, who is already the winningest coach all-time in conference history would become the first MW head coach to reach the milestone in the league's history.