Men's Soccer | 10/26/2015 3:33:00 PM
SAN FRANCISCO-- The SF State Gator men's soccer team will finish off their regular season this Saturday, October 31 with a 4:30pm starting conference match at Chico State. The Gators are coming off a 2-0 weekend in their final two home matches of the regular season as they improved to 7-6-3 overall and 3-5-3 in the CCAA.
SF State is in tenth place in the CCAA with its 12 points, which is four points out of sixth place which Sonoma State currently holds that spot. The First Round of the CCAA Soccer Championship starts on Tuesday, November 3 at the sites of the higher seeds (No. 3 vs. No. 6 and No. 4 vs. No. 5). The semi-finals and finals are set for November 6 and 8 in Pomona, Calif., on the campus of Cal Poly Pomona. Cal State Dominguez Hills and Stanislaus State have clinched a spot in the CCAA Soccer Championships and currently hold the top two spots. Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State L.A., UC San Diego and Sonoma State hold the third through six spots with Cal State Monterey Bay and Chico State still alive for a berth.
The Gators are coming off a 2-0 weekend in their final two home matches of the regular season. This past Friday, SF State recorded its school record eighth shutout with a 1-0 win over Cal State San Bernardino.
Ashley Watson connected on a penalty kick in the 63
rd minute for what proved to be the game-winner. This was Watson's second goal of the season.
Then on Sunday on Senior Day, SF State defeated No. 17 Cal Poly Pomona 1-0 as
Jordan Wusstig connected on the golden goal off a ball from
Robert Kelly. This was Wusstig's first goal in a Gator uniform and Kelly's second assist.
Emmanuel Jimenez had three saves en route to his 6.5 shutout in goal for the Gators.
For the season, the Gators are averaging 0.78 goals a game while giving up 0.72 goals a game. They have posted a school record 9 shutouts this season. Watson leads the team with his 6 points. He is also tied for the team lead in goals with
Sam Merritt,
Armando Flores and
Jakob Velega. The junior forward is also tied for the lead in assists with Kelly and Jimenez each with two. Jimenez has posted a 0.61 goals against average with 44 saves and 6.5 shutouts while
Kevin Esquivel has a 1.59 goals against average with 9 saves and 1.5 shutouts.
Daniel Boyer has a 0.00 goals against average in three matches with four saves and one shutout.
In the recent CCAA statistics, the Gators are tied for the lead league in shutouts with 9 and are second with a 0.72 goals against average. Jimenez is first shutouts percentage (.846), tied for second in shutouts (6) and sixth in wins (7) while Merritt is tied for 7
th with two game-winning goals. SF State is also 12
th in the nation in goals against average (.72) and 13
th in shutout percentage. Jimenez is 11
th in saves percentage and 15
th in goals against average in the recent national statistics report.
The Gators' only match of this week will be this Saturday, October 31 at 4:30pm at Chico State in their final match of the regular season. Going into their match on Thursday at home against Cal State Monterey Bay, Chico State is 6-6-3 overall and 4-4-2 in the CCAA. The Wildcats are currently in eighth place in the CCAA with their 14 points. They went 1-0-1 last weekend with a 1-1 tie at home against UC San Diego and defeated Cal State San Marcos 2-1.
Chico State is averaging 1.27 goals a game while the Wildcats are giving up 1.21 goals a game. Andrew Matthews has posted a 1.27 goals against average with 41 saves and one shutout in 11 matches while Triston Montoya has a 1.09 goals against average with one shutout and 14 saves in six matches. Omar Nuno lead the team with his 9 goals and 21 points while Carter Johnson has a team high four assists.
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