SAN MARCOS, Calif. – Already locked into the CCAA Tournament field, the Cal State San Marcos women's soccer team (9-2-5, 6-0-4 CCAA) will look to earn at least a share of the CCAA Regular-Season Championship as it heads to Cal State East Bay (7-6-4, 4-5-1 CCAA) for its regular-season finale on Thursday at 2 p.m.
 
LAST WEEK

• CSUSM had a 2-2 tie last Friday at Cal State San Bernardino to extend its unbeaten streak to 10 games.
• The Cougars then clinched their first CCAA Tournament berth since 2018 and third overall with a 1-0 victory at Cal Poly Pomona on Sunday while improving their unbeaten streak to 11 games.
• The win over the Broncos moved them into a tie with CPP for first place atop the CCAA standings at 22 points with only one game left to play.

CCAA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

• Defender Emma Hord became the third Cougar to take home CCAA Player of the Week honors in as many weeks as she was named the conference's top defender on Tuesday.
• Hord scored the game-winning goal against Cal Poly Pomona on Sunday to help the Cougars lock up a CCAA Tournament berth while also improving the team's unbeaten streak to 11 games.
• This was her first career CCAA Player of the Week honor.

COUGARS BY THE NUMBERS

• CSUSM will have the opportunity to win at least a share of the conference's regular-season crown and the No. 1 seed at the CCAA Tournament with a win on Thursday.
• The Cougars have already locked up a bye to the semifinals of the CCAA Tournament taking place at Cal State Monterey Bay's Cardinale Stadium on Nov. 10.
• A win/draw by CSUSM and a loss by CPP would give the Cougars the outright regular-season title.
• There is a potential of a three-way tie for the CCAA Regular-Season Championship if Chico State wins while CSUSM and CPP suffer losses, but the Cougars would still own the No. 1 seed due to tiebreaker procedures.
• The Cougars have already guaranteed themselves their best-ever finish in CCAA play as they had previously never finished higher than fifth in the conference standings.
• CSUSM's 11-game unbeaten streak is tied for the second longest in program history. The program record of 13 was set in 2014.
• The Cougars have the nation's 12th-best shutout percentage at .688 and lead the CCAA. CSUSM also has 11 total shutouts this season.
• CSUSM has Division II's 17th-best goals-against average of .500 and leads the conference.
• Taking 6.44 corner kicks per game, the Cougars lead the league while ranking 23rd nationally.
• CSUSM's 1.62 assists per game are the most in the CCAA and rank 34th in the country while their 26 total assists are also the most in the conference.
• The Cougars' 5.12 points per game are the most in the CCAA.
• CSUSM has the top scoring offense in the league at 1.75 goals per game.
• The Cougars have scored the second-most goals in the CCAA this season with 28.
• CSUSM is taking the second-most shots per game in the conference at 13.19 while putting 5.75 shots on goal per game.
• Allison Marcure's nine shutouts are tied for the ninth most in the nation while her goals-against average of .513 ranks second in the conference and 23rd in the nation.
• Nani Kia'aina's six total assists and .40 assists per game rank second in the conference. Her total is tied for the third-most in a single season at CSUSM and is the most in the NCAA Division II era (2015-present)
• Natalie Paulson's team-leading five goals rank 10th in the CCAA and are tied for the most in the Division II era at CSUSM.
• Hannah Ramos' 13 points for the season rank 10th in the conference and are the most by a Cougar in the NCAA Division II era.

 

GAME 17 | CAL STATE EAST BAY
Date	Thursday, Nov. 2,  2023
Time	2 p.m.
Location	Hayward, Calif.
Venue	Pioneer Stadium
Records	CSUSM (9-2-5, 6-0-4 CCAA) CSUSB (7-5-3, 4-2-2 CCAA)
Live Stats	SideArm Stats
Live Video	CCAA Network ($)

REGULAR-SEASON FINALE AGAINST THE PIONEERS

• The Cougars and Pioneers will meet for the second time this season on Thursday after coming to a scoreless draw in non-conference on Sept. 23.
• In eighth place with 13 points, East Bay has already been eliminated from CCAA Tournament contention since it can't win any head-to-head tiebreakers or three-way tie scenarios with Stanislaus State and Cal Poly Humboldt.
• The Pioneers are 7-0-2 at home this season.
• East Bay lost its past two games by scores of 2-1 at Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State San Bernardino this past weekend, ending a three-game win streak.
• The Pioneers have the conference's seventh-best scoring offense at 1.25 goals per game while their goals-against average of 1.125 also ranks seventh.
• Reigning CCAA Offensive Player of the Week Mika Sayfurahman is the Pioneers' top offensive threat with the third-most goals in the conference at seven while her 17 total points rank fourth.
• Keeper Jordan Smith ranks eighth in the CCAA with a goals-against average of 1.155 while her save percentage of .781 ranks sixth.
• CSUSM is 6-1-2 in the all-time series against CSUEB and is unbeaten in the last seven contests.
• The Cougars are 4-0-1 when playing in Hayward.  

THIS YEAR'S COUGARS

• CSUSM's 2023 roster consists of 31 student-athletes with 17 returners and 14 newcomers.
• The Cougars' return top scorers Claire Hernandez, Diana Mendoza and Jenna Frankina as each posted two goals in 2022.
• Hernandez earned All-CCAA second-team honors last season while Jenna Frankina, Natalia Huntington and Allison Marcure were honorable mentions.
• Because of last season's second-team honor, Hernandez was listed on the CCAA's 2023 Preseason Watchlist.
• Returning in goal for her redshirt junior season is Allison Marcure, who posted 51 saves and nine shutouts while playing all 1,620 minutes last season.
• CSUSM tied for sixth with Cal Poly Humboldt in the 2023 CCAA Preseason Coaches Poll.

 

THE RENNEISEN FILE

• Head coach Bobby Renneisen enters his ninth year in charge of the women's program and 17th overall at CSUSM.
• Renneisen's 2018 team made its second consecutive CCAA Tournament appearance while also handing No. 1 UC San Diego its lone regular-season loss.
• Between 2006-13, Renneisen was an assistant/associate head coach for both the men's and women's soccer teams.
• As the women's head coach, Renneisen is 62-51-40 (.536) for his career with the Cougars.