SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos men's soccer team returns home for its final six games of the regular season, starting on Wednesday against Marymount College.

THE SCHEDULE
Match 10
Wednesday, October 10 – 4:00 p.m.
Cal State San Marcos (1-5-3) vs. Marymount College (Calif.) (7-3-3)
San Marcos, Calif. – Mangrum Soccer Field

SOCC-TOBER IN SAN MARCOS
The Cougars are glad to return home for the rest of October, having played only two games on campus thus far. CSUSM went 1-0-1 at the CSUSM Multipurpose Field and will play the rest of the home games to end the regular season on Mangrum Soccer Field. The Cougars hold home dates against Marymount, Point Loma Nazarene (Oct. 17, 2:00 p.m.), La Sierra (Oct. 19, 2:00 p.m.), SOKA (Oct. 23, 1:00 p.m.), Westminster (Utah) (Oct. 27, 2:00 p.m.) and Bethesda (Oct. 30, 1:00 p.m.). CSUSM is 13-3-3 at home since 2009.

EAT, DRINK AND BE MARY…MOUNT
The Mariners enter Wednesday's matchup unbeaten in their last five matches and 6-1-3 over their last 10. They've scored at least two goals in each of their last four games, most recently beating SOKA University of America, 3-0 (Oct.5 ). Marymount defeated the two teams CSUSM has played at home this season – Biola and The Master's College – 2-1 on Sept. 7 and Sept. 15, respectively.

HISTORY
CSUSM and Marymount have faced off twice in the past two years, with the Cougars prevailing 3-0 in 2010 and 4-2 in 2011. In last season's game in Carson, CSUSM trailed 2-0 heading into half time, but rallied for four goals in the second to complete the comeback. Erik Mueller and Cary Cousineau made it 2-2 before Alex Brunsell scored twice within the final half-hour. Mueller, Warren Ashcroft and Eric Lopez logged assists in the match. The Cougars are 2-0 all-time against the Mariners.

WEEKEND REVIEW
The Cougars went 0-1-1 over the weekend at the Westminster Fall Invitational, tying No. 12 Ashford (Iowa) 1-1 and falling to Trinity Lutheran (Wash.) 3-1. Eric Lopez scored his first goal of the season off an assist from Jake Kaiser in the opening game, but the Saints equalized in the second half. Trinity Lutheran took a 2-0 lead in the first half in Sunday's match; however, Brunsell brought the Cougars back to within a goal in the 75^th. TLU tacked another on with 11 seconds to play. CSUSM is 0-2-2 in its last four matches.

STAYIN' SOCIAL
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GOLF FOR A CAUSE
The fifth-annual Cougar Scramble Golf Tournament will be on Monday, November 5 at Shadowridge Country Club in Vista. Proceeds from the tournament will go toward student scholarships at Cal State San Marcos. Visit csusmcougars.com/cougarscramble to sign up today.

A.I.I. TOURNAMENT COMING TO CSUSM
A year after the men's and women's soccer teams hoisted the A.I.I. championship banner, Cal State San Marcos will host this year's A.I.I. Championship Tournament November 9-10 at Mangrum Field and the Multipurpose Field. The six-game tournament will crown a men's and women's champion and hand two automatic NAIA tournament berths to the winners.