Welcome to the Recap!

Highlights

  • San Diego Wave FC won (but so did No.1 Gotham), so the Shield went to Gotham. The good news: Wave finished No. 2 and earned a home quarterfinal playoff match. Win that, and the semi-final is at home too.

  • UC San Diego soccer is headed to its first Big West tournament, finishing No. 2 and earning a home semi-final on Nov. 7.

  • PLNU and USD volleyball’s winning streaks continue with eight and six, respectively. SDSU’s eight-match run ended, but the Aztecs already have a new one going.

  • With the team’s come-from-behind win this week, Aztec soccer is still in the race for the Pac-12 championship.

  • Almost three fifths of you (57%) knew that Melanie Barcenas recently set the single-season record for most goals as a teenager.

  • New Trivia Timeout. How many times have the Wave FC earned a playoff spot? Below, take the poll!👇

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San Diego Wave FC

San Diego Wave Defeat Bay FC, Finish Second

  • San Diego avenged an early season loss to Bay FC with a 1-0 win off a Mimi Van Zanten goal in the ninth minute, her second of the season. Read more.

  • The playoffs are set and No. 2 seed San Diego hosts Utah on Friday at 7 p.m. PT. Get playoff tickets.

San Diego State

Soccer stages late comeback to defeat Zags 2-1

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  • The Aztecs (10-3-3, 4W-1L-2D Pac-12) overcame a second half Gonzaga goal with goals in the 82nd and 88th minutes by Aztec freshman KK Chowana-Bandhu and Victoria Miller, respectively.

  • An Aztec win over Utah State and a Boise State loss on Nov. 5 will earn SDSU the Pac-12 regular-season championship in its inaugural season in the conference.

SDSU Volleyball

University of San Diego

Toreros Volleyball Win Six Straight

Credit: Thomas Christensen

  • The Toreros swept USF on Thursday then defeated Santa Clara in four sets to extend their winning streak to six, five of them sweeps. 🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹

  • Congrats to  Lauren Lynch and Emma Brewer! The duo were named WCC Defensive Player and Freshman of the Week honors on Oct, 26.

Soccer

  • USD’s Hannah Faklaris headed in a Kaylee Smith corner kick in the fourth minute at home but USF’s Dalia Asad Halim scored in the 90th minute to tie it at 1-1.

  • The Toreros drew at Pepperdine, 2-2 on Halloween.

Point Loma Nazarene

Volleyball Extends its Streak

Credit: Shannon Hardy

  • No. 18 PLNU extended their winning streak to eight wins with victories this week against Hawai’i Pacific, Chaminade and Hawai’i Hilo this week.

PLNU Soccer Wins Regular Season Championship

  • The Sea Lions clinched a spot in the PacWest tournament and put themselves in the top spot of the conference standings with two wins this week against Vanguard and No. 13 Concordia.

  • The team remains undefeated in conference play, 6W-0L-2D.

UC San Diego

Soccer makes history, earns spot in Big West Tournament

Credit: Aensley Matautia | CSU Bakersfield

  • Wednesday’s 3-1 win over CSU Bakersfield clinched UC San Diego's spot in the Big West Championship for the first time in Division I program history.

  • Alexis Nguyen and Natalie Oca each scored within the first nine minutes, then Nguyen added an insurance goal in the 66th minute.

  • Against UC Irvine (7W-1L-3D Big West) Natalie Oca and Olivia Shih scored late to pick up a 2-0 win.

  • The Tritons finished the regular season in second place, earning a home semi-final match on Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. PT.

UC San Diego Volleyball

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