SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos women's soccer team will face The Master's College on Saturday afternoon in the 2013 NAIA Women's Soccer National Championship Opening Round at Reese Field.

The Schedule
Match 18 – NAIA Women's Soccer National Championship Opening Round
Saturday, November 23 – 1:00 p.m.
No. 21 Cal State San Marcos (11-5-1) at No. 16 The Master's College (15-5)
Santa Clarita, Calif. – Reese Field
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#BeatTMC
The women's soccer team isn't the only CSUSM squad taking on The Master's College in Santa Clarita on Saturday. The women's volleyball team will play TMC at 7:00 p.m. in Bross Gym in the NAIA Opening Round following the women's soccer game. Use the hashtag #BeatTMC all week long, especially on Saturday, when talking about the game on your various social media channels. Beat TMC!

NAIA Tournament Time
The Cougars will be going to the NAIA Opening Round for the third straight season after winning the Association of Independent Institutions (A.I.I.) Conference Championship on Saturday, 3-1, over Ashford … CSUSM earned the A.I.I.'s automatic berth … CSUSM is 1-4 all-time in the NAIA National Championship … The Cougars fell to Concordia (Ore.) 1-0 in overtime during the 2012 Opening Round … CSUSM's lone NAIA tournament win was its first-ever appearance vs. Benedictine, 2-0, on Nov. 22, 2008 … Saturday will be the fifth time the Cougars have been in the NAIA postseason in its current format.

A.I.I. Tournament Recap
The Cougars beat Georgia Gwinnett in the semifinals, 3-1, before taking down Ashford, 3-1, in the final … Paulina Good was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player after scoring a goal in each game for CSUSM … Good is the third CSUSM player named Most Outstanding Player at the A.I.I. Championships … Kelly Wherry (2008) and Lauren Misklevitz (2011) are the other two … Dani Porter scored twice against GGC and was named to the all-tournament team … Nicole Luna and Kaleigh Dodson were also named all-tournament … Natalie Lara and Monica Aguilera also scored for the Cougars against Ashford … The victory marked CSUSM's fourth A.I.I. title in the last six seasons.

A Little About TMC
TMC received the fifth of six at-large berths for the NAIA Opening Round … The Mustangs finished fourth in the Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) regular-season standings and fell to Concordia in the GSAC tournament semifinals … TMC went 2-4 against top-25 teams this season … Three players – Jordan Benson (11), Natasha Coyle (11) and Jasmine Benson (10) - have over 10 goals this season for TMC … Illysa Espiritu is giving up less than a goal per game (0.94) … TMC is making just its second appearance in the NAIA tournament and first since 2010, when the Mustangs won a match before being eliminated in the second round.

TMC-CSUSM History
TMC topped CSUSM 2-0 in the teams' only meeting this season on Sept. 21 … Elvia Contreras and Stephanie Albright scored in the 76^th and 79^th minute, respectively, in that match … The loss was the second of a three-game skid for the Cougars, a span of time in which the Cougars played eight games in less than two weeks … CSUSM is 3-3-1 (.500) all-time vs. TMC … TMC has won the last two matchups and three of the last four … CSUSM's last victory against TMC was on Sept. 24, 2011, a 1-0 win … Current Cougars Amy Alber, Jennifer Hager, Mary Green, Kelly Skvarna and Courtney Kay played in that match … CSUSM is 2-1-1 all-time at Reese Field against TMC.

Is That A Fact?
Amanda Sears ranks fifth in the NAIA with a .52 goals-against average, the fifth-lowest in CSUSM single season history … CSUSM went 1-3 against GSAC teams this season … TMC was 5-3 against teams that CSUSM also played this year … CSUSM was 2-2 against teams TMC played in 2013 … Good has started all 17 matches for the Cougars and leads the team in goals (5), assists (3) points (13) and shots on goal (18) … Three of Natalie Lara's four goals this season have been game winners … Six players were named All-A.I.I. Conference last week … CSUSM returned to the NAIA Top 25 at No. 21 after missing out the last two weeks … Prior to Nov. 5, the Cougars had been ranked every week since 2009.