SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos men's soccer team returns from an eight-day hiatus with a home match on Tuesday against Bethesda at Mangrum Soccer Field.
THE SCHEDULE
Match 12
Tuesday, October 8 – 3:30 p.m.
Bethesda (6-8) at Cal State San Marcos (6-3-2)
San Marcos, Calif. – Mangrum Soccer Field
Live Stats
CAR RAFFLE
The Cal State San Marcos Department of Athletics is hosting a 2014 MINI Cooper raffle to raise money for the Cougars' 13 intercollegiate teams. For $10, fans and friends of the program can enter to win a 2-year lease of the vehicle. For more information on how and where to buy tickets, click
here. Raffle tickets will be on sale during Tuesday's match.
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BETHESDA-CSUSM PREVIEW
The Flames enter Tuesday's match at 6-8 on the season after a 7-0 road victory at Pacific Union College on Oct. 2 that snapped a five-match losing skid. CSUSM and BUC have split their previous two matches in the all-time series. The Cougars downed the Flames
2-0 in the 2012 regular-season finale behind goals from
Sullivan Tobin and
Alex Brunsell.
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
CSUSM dropped out of the NAIA Top 25 last week, but is still in the national discussion after receiving five votes in the
most recent poll on Oct. 1. The Cougars made their debut in the poll at No. 22 on Sept. 17 before sliding down to No. 23 on Sept. 24.
PULVERS CLOSES IN ON WIN #200
Head coach
Ron Pulvers, now in his 18
th season as a collegiate men's soccer coach, is closing in on his 200
th career victory. Pulvers enters Tuesday's match with an overall record of 197-118-27, needing three more wins to join 17 other coaches at the double-century mark. Prior to his time at CSUSM, Pulvers went 126-71-14 over 10 seasons at Baker (Kan.). CSUSM is 71-47-13 under Pulvers' watch.
SAVED BY THE GLOVES
The Cougar defense is statistically one of the best in the NAIA at this point in the season. CSUSM ranks eighth with five shutouts and 17
th in shutouts per match (.45). Goalkeeper
Zach Sheppard is 16
th in goals against per game (0.70) and has played every minute between the pipes this season.
EVEN AT THE TOP
CSUSM has used an extremely balanced offensive attack this season. Four players are tied for the team-lead with three goals –
Eric Lopez,
Diego Fontes,
Scott Rice and
Alex Jaziri.
Luka Stevanovic has contributed a pair of goals, while five others have a single score this season. Lopez leads the Cougars in total points with eight and is the only Cougar with multiple assists thus far.
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