SAN MARCOS – Beginning a three-game road trip to end the regular season, the Cal State San Marcos men's soccer team (7-5-3, 4-2-2 CCAA) will travel to Cal State San Bernardino (5-5-4, 2-4-2 CCAA) for a 12:30 p.m. contest before ending the weekend at No. 11 Cal Poly Pomona (9-1-4, 5-1-2 CCAA) on Sunday at 11:30 a.m.
 
LAST WEEK

• CSUSM went 1-0-1 last weekend in its final home games of the regular season with a 2-2 draw against Sonoma State on Friday and a 2-0 win over Cal Poly Humboldt on Sunday.
• Against the Seawolves, Curtis Collazos earned his fifth goal of the season while Lukas Lovgren scored his first as a Cougar.
• Aaron Alvarez and Ryan Meinardus had CSUSM's two goals in the shutout against the Lumberjacks.
• The Cougars posted a season-high 18 shots against the Lumberjacks.
• Earning his team-leading sixth goal of the season and tying for the team lead in assists with three on Sunday, Meinardus' 15 points for the year are the most ever for the program in the NCAA Division II era (2015-present) and rank seventh in team history.

 
COUGARS BY THE NUMBERS

• CSUSM is fourth in the CCAA standings with 14 points – two points behind Cal State Monterey Bay and one point ahead of Chico State and Sonoma State.
• Per the conference office, CSUSM can clinch a CCAA Tournament spot with four more points. The Cougars can lock up a spot with a win and a tie or a loss by Cal State East Bay and Cal State San Bernardino.
• CSUSM ranks fourth in the CCAA with 12.93 shots and 5.73 shots on goal per game.
• The Cougars rank fifth in the conference in multiple categories: assists per game (1.27), corner kicks per game (4.47), goal differential (7), points per game (4.47), scoring offense (1.60), shutout percentage (.400), total assists (19), total goals (24) and total points (67).
• Meinardus is tallying the fifth-most points per game in the CCAA with 1.00 while Collazos ranks eighth at .93.
• Jesus Mentado's four shutouts rank fourth in the conference and 39th nationally.

 

GAME 16 | CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO
Date	Friday, Oct. 27, 2023
Time	12:30 p.m.
Location	San Bernardino, Calif.
Venue	Premier Field
Records	CSUSM (7-5-3, 4-2-2 CCAA) CSUSB (5-5-4, 2-4-2 CCAA)
Live Stats	SideArm Stats
Live Video	CCAA Network ($)

FRIDAY AT SAN BERNARDINO

• This past weekend, the Yotes lost their fourth consecutive game in a 1-0 loss at Cal State Monterey Bay on Friday before ending the skid with a 1-1 draw at San Francisco State on Sunday.
• With eight points, CSUSB is tied for seventh in the CCAA standings with Cal State East Bay.
• The Yotes have the worst save percentage in the CCAA at .603 and rank 11th for saves per game at 2.50.
• CSUSB is allowing the third-most goals per game in the conference at 1.643 while scoring the sixth-most goals per game at 1.43.
• The Yotes are putting the second-fewest shots on goal per game in the league at 4.50 and rank ninth in shots per game at 11.21.
• Jonathan Mayen and Nicklaus Sullivan lead the Yotes with 11 points while Brian Castillo leads the team with four goals.
• CSUSM and CSUSB split last season's series with the Yotes taking the non-conference game 1-0 in San Bernardino before the Cougars came through with a 2-0 shutout in CCAA play in San Marcos.
• The Cougars are 3-8 in the all-time series against the Yotes and have never won in five meetings in San Bernardino.

 

GAME 17 | NO. 11 CAL POLY POMONA
Date	Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023
Time	11:30 a.m.
Location	Pomona, Calif.
Venue	Kellogg Stadium
Records	CSUSM (7-5-3, 4-2-2 CCAA) CPP (9-1-4, 5-1-2 CCAA)
Live Stats	SideArm Stats
Live Video	CCAA Network ($)

SUNDAY IN POMONA

• The Broncos won both of their games last weekend with a 2-0 win at San Francisco State on Friday before a 3-1 victory at Cal State Monterey Bay on Sunday.
• Prior to facing CSUSM, CPP will take on Cal State East Bay on Friday.
• The Broncos are second in the CCAA standings with 17 points.
• CPP moved up one spot to No. 11 in this week's United Soccer Coaches Division II Top 25 Poll.
• The Broncos will be the fourth ranked team the Cougars have faced this season.
• Nationally, CPP ranks eighth for corner kicks per game (6.79), ninth for goal differential (25), 11th for points per game (7.50), 12th for assists per game (2.36), 14th for scoring offense (2.57), and 19th for goals allowed per game (.786).
• Paul Roger Henschke is tied for the CCAA lead with 22 points this season with seven goals and a conference-leading eight assists.
• The Cougars and Broncos had a 2-2 draw in last year's meeting in Pomona.
• CSUSM is 1-5-4 in the all-time series against CPP with the lone win coming in the inaugural meeting in 2006 in San Marcos.

THE 2023 COUGARS

• CSUSM's 2023 roster consists of 29 student-athletes with 20 returners and nine newcomers.
• Stefano Brunetto returns as CSUSM's points leader in 2022 as he tallied eight with two goals and four assists.
• The Cougars were picked to finish eighth in the 2023 CCAA Preseason Coaches Poll.
• Curtis Collazos, Oliver Reader and Derek Westwood were each named All-CCAA honorable mentions for their play during the 2022 season.

THE PULVERS FILE

• This season marks the 18th season for head coach Ron Pulvers at CSUSM.
• Pulvers has a 134-119-32 (.526) record as CSUSM's head men's coach.
• In 26 seasons as a collegiate head men's soccer coach, Pulvers holds a 260-190-46 (.571) career record.
• He was 84-42-24 (.640) while in charge of the CSUSM women's program.
• From 2006-13, Pulvers led both the CSUSM men's and women's soccer teams.