Junior Callie Petrey-Juarez and senior Maddie Bennett scored goals to lead the Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer team to its first win of the season Sunday as the Titans defeated the Minnesota Golden Gophers, 2-0.
Petrey-Juarez’s first goal of her career came at the 11:26 mark to give the Titans a 1-0 lead.
Senior Atlanta Primus delivered a through-ball to Bennett who made a strong run into the box and crossed the ball to the back post. Petrey-Juarez headed it home.
Bennett capitalized on a loose ball in the box to score her first-career goal to give the team the victory. She was dangerous all game in the attack as she had four shots, three of them were on target and the other was just wide.
The Titans return to action at 5 p.m. Friday against Northern Colorado in what will be a doubleheader with the men’s team.
In their first match of the season Aug. 22, the Titan women fell to Arizona State Sun Devils, 4-1.
Junior Haley Brown scored for the Titans.
While the game was scoreless at the half, the Titans had just missed on three great chances, two of which were strong saves from ASU goalkeeper Giulia Cascapera and the other was a shot just wide from junior Callie Petrey-Juarez.
The Sun Devils had just one shot in the first frame.
The game really opened up in the second 45 minutes as Sargeant Lorato scored at the 47:33 mark, collecting a loose ball and hitting right between the legs of redshirt freshman goalkeeper Noa Schumacher.
The Titans answered back at the 48:45 mark courtesy of a Brown header. Sophomore Kaya Hawkinson took the corner kick which senior Atlanta Primus deflected towards Brown who headed the ball just across the line before the ASU defender could clear it.
ASU then scored in the 53rd, 61st and 80th minutes to secure the victory.
The Titans were down to 10 players for roughly the last 20 minutes as Sam Blanchard was given a straight red card.
Men’s squad will face Hartford
The men’s soccer team will be play Hartford at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Titan Stadium in the squad’s season opener and doubleheader with the women’s team.
The Titan men’s squad was picked to finish fifth in a recently released Big West Conference Preseason Coaches Poll while goalkeeper Paul-Andre Guerin was named to the preseason all-conference team.
The Titans received a total of 36 points with one first-place vote to place them fifth.
UC Santa Barbara garnered 53 points with three first-place votes, UC Irvine tallied 51 points with two first-place votes, CSUN received 45 points with no first-place votes and UC Davis earned 39 points.
Guerin earned his first preseason all-conference nod after starting in 20 out of 21 games in 2018 while racking up six shutout victories. The senior currently ranks fourth in career shutouts in the history of the program with 15 and needs just five more in 2019 to hold the record. Guerin is the Big West Conference active leader in saves (156), shutouts (15) and minutes played (4488).
PRESEASON COACHESPOLL RANKINGS1. UC Santa Barbara2. UC Irvine3. CSUN4. UC Davis5. Cal State Fullerton6. UC Riverside7. Cal Poly8. Sacramento State
Men’s basketball schedule announced
The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team has released the 2019-20 season schedule: a 31-game slate with 14 home games.
The Titans will play in their annual Blue/Orange Scrimmage on Oct. 16. Then they’ll have one more preseason game as they host Cal State Dominguez Hills for an exhibition game on Oct.31 in Titan Gym.
The season opener Nov. 5 against BYU will be the start of a three-game road trip. Next, the squad heads to Stanford for a PAC-12 matchup on Saturday, Nov. 9. Then on to Wyoming for a game against the Cowboys on Nov. 13.
The Titans will play their home opener Nov. 16, against Stanislaus State and then Hofstra the following weekend on Nov. 24, in Titan Gym.
Men’s basketball 2019-20 season tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Sept. 9. Courtside seats are $488 with regular reserved seats $188. More information at fullertontitans.com/tickets.
Volleyball squad beats UCSD
In an exhibition match Saturday, the CSUF volleyball team dropped the first set but bounced back to take three straight to top UC San Diego, 13-25, 25-19, 25-19, 26-24.
Julia Crawford led the way, recording a double-double with a game-high 19 kills to go along with 11 digs.
Savahna Costello came up with a game-high 24 digs while Elizabeth Schuster posted a team-high 27 assists.
Haley Carmo had a productive match finishing second on the team with eight kills at a 33.3% clip to go along with a game-high five blocks.
Fullerton bounced back from their first set loss to take set number two, 25-19 thanks to a huge improvement in their kill percentage finishing at 25.7% on 35 attempts after just a 16.2% mark in the first set.
They kept it rolling into third set coming out with another 25-19 victory. Crawford led the way with her best set of the game coming through with seven kills on 17 attempts.
The Tritons came into the fourth set and had the advantage for almost the whole set leading by as many as five at 19-14 before Fullerton rallied back. A 10-4 run by the Titans would set up match point and eventually lead to a 26-24 set victory to give the Titans the set and the match.
The Titan women kick off their 2019 season Friday with a pair of games at the Idaho Volleyball Classic. The first of those games will be against Eastern Washington at 11:30 a.m.
Page joins women’s basketball coaching team
Jodi Page has joined Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball as an assistant coach heading into the 2019-20 season. She will be in charge of instructing the guards as well as helping with recruiting.
“Really happy to have found a quality coach and person like Jodi at this time of the year,” said head coach Jeff Harada.
“I could see her passion for coaching during the interview process, and everyone felt her positive energy during her interactions on campus. She has some big shoes to fill but is a perfect fit with her experience at Eastern Washington and in Australia which will definitely benefit our program. We are more than excited to welcome her to the Titan family!”
Page brings more than 25 years of basketball experience as both a player and a coach to the Titans women’s basketball program.
Her most recent experience was as the assistant director of operations for Arizona State’s women’s basketball program. Her responsibilities at ASU included recruiting, general administration, scouting, co-coordinating all aspects of team travel and organizing training table and team meals.
Before her Arizona stint, she was at Eastern Washington University where she served as an assistant coach for three seasons. In her role at EWU, Page was in charge of instructing the guards in addition to preparing and presenting scouting reports and facilitating the program’s day-to-day operations.
Page, who hails from Australia, has nearly 20 years of coaching experience in her native land that ranges from the U/12 to the Queensland Senior Women’s levels.
Page played collegiate basketball in the United States, attending San Jose State from 1987-1989.
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