Women's Soccer

Aztecs Host USD at Snapdragon Stadium Thursday

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Aztecs Host USD at Snapdragon Stadium ThursdayAztecs Host USD at Snapdragon Stadium Thursday
Derrick Tuskan/San Diego State

SAN DIEGO – San Diego State women's soccer returns to Snapdragon Stadium to take on local opponent USD on Thursday at 7 p.m. PT. SDSU leads the all-time series 11-8-2, and drew with the Toreros 0-0 in the last meeting between the two teams on Sept. 1, 2022. The match will be streamed on the Mountain West Network.
 
Aztecs Notes

  • San Diego State beat cross town foe UC San Diego last time out, 3-2. The Aztecs were lead by Kali Trevithick who tallied a career-high five points in the win (2G, 1A). She opened the scoring with a goal from open play and then iced the game with a stunning free kick goal in the 76th minute to secure the win for the Aztecs. Trinity Coker also scored her first goal of the season in the win.
  • SDSU split a pair in the Pacific Northwest to end the month of August. After dropping a back-and-forth contest with #17 Washington State 2-1, the Aztecs responded with a 2-0 win over Eastern Washington to conclude the trip.
  • Dori Savage scored her fourth and fifth goals of the season to lead the Aztecs to a win over Eastern Washington on Sunday. Freshman Emma Fuller assisted on the first goal Savage scored, it was the first assist of her career. The win over Eastern Washington was head coach Mike Friesen's 175th in charge of the program.
  • Two weeks ago the Aztecs earned an impressive 1-1 draw against one of the best teams on the west coast in Pepperdine in the final seconds on Thursday, before falling to Long Beach State on Sunday 3-0.
  • In the match against Pepperdine (Aug. 24), the Aztecs fell behind during the midway point of the second half before Dori Savage leveled the match at the 89:15 mark. The goal was the Aztecs first 90th minute goal since Denise Castro scored in the 90th minute to beat Nebraska in the 2022 season opener.
  • San Diego State opened the 2023 regular season with two wins to open the season. SDSU took down Sacred Heart 2-0 in the season opener (Aug. 17), before earning a comeback win over UTEP on Sunday morning 2-1 (Aug. 20).
  • SDSU improved to 20-14-1 in season openers at home and has now won five of their last six season openers. Olivia Sekimoto scored the first goal of the season, while forward Denise Castro provided the Aztecs with a late second goal to earn the win.
  • San Diego State also earned a win in tough conditions over UTEP to close out their opening weekend. The Aztecs took down UTEP, with rain coming down and strong winds throughout the morning, courtesy of a Dori Savage brace. The two goals were the first of Savage's collegiate career.

 
Instant Impact

  • Dori Savage (Chula Vista, Calif.) has quickly made a name for herself coming off the bench for the Aztecs. The local product has scored five times off the bench to lead the Aztecs in the scoring column. She has two braces on the year, the first came against UTEP and the second came last time out at Eastern Washington.

 
21 Savage

  • Dori Savage has scored five goals in 2023. The sophomore's five goals are the second most scored off the bench by any women's soccer player in the country this season. She is tied for 44th nationally in goals scored, and is 52nd in the nation in goals per game at 0.71 per game. Her five goals over 311 minutes played comes out to a goal scored every 62 minutes of action.

 
That's a First 

  • Kali Trevithick notched her first two goals as an Aztec in the 3-2 win over UC San Diego on September 7. She also tallied an assist on the night to set a new career-high in total points with five. The Anchorage, Alaska native previous high was four points (2G) while she was at UCLA.
  • Dori Savage scored two goals against UTEP on August 20. Those two goals were the first brace of her collegiate career, as well as the first two goals overall of her career. Savage has appeared in 15 total matches for the Aztecs over the course of the 2022 and 2023 seasons and has scored five goals. All five of those goals have come in the 2023 season where she has played just 256 minutes.
  • Four Aztecs made their collegiate or San Diego State debut in the 2-0 win over Sacred Heart to open the season. Boston Girman and Lily Boudet made their first collegiate appearances, while Kali Trevithick and Bekah Brooks made their SDSU debuts. Additionally, Emma Fuller and Sofia Bacsafra both earned their first career minutes in the win at Eastern Washington (9/3), Fuller also earned her first career assist in the 2-0 win over the Eagles.
  • Olivia Sekimoto scored the first goal of the season in the Aztecs win over Sacred Heart. It was the second goal of her career (first was 8/21/22 vs. Idaho).
  • Alyza Eckhardt (National City, Calif.) and Alexys Ocampo (Upland, Calif.) both dished out their first career assists on against UTEP (8/24). Emma Fuller also earned the first assist of her career in the win at Eastern Washington (9/3).

 
Player Notes

  • Nine different Aztecs have either scored goals or tallied assists in 2023. Denise Castro, Trinity Coker, Dori Savage, Olivia Sekimoto, and Kali Trevithick have all found the back of the net, while Castro, Alyza Eckhardt, Emma Fuller, Emma Gaines-Ramos, Alexys Ocampo, and Trevithick have all have dished out assists.
  • The Aztecs have multiple players amongst the best statistically in the Mountain West. Dori Savage is second in the conference in total points with 10 points, courtesy of the five goals she has scored. She is also second in the conference in points per game with 1.43, and is tied for first the conference in goals scored with five and goals per game at 0.71.
  • Denise Castro leads the conference in total shots with 27, and is also tops in the conference in shots per game with 3.71. Castro has two goals and one assist this season. Over her three years on The Mesa, Castro has scored 17 goals, which is just two shy of earning herself a spot in the record book in total goals.
  • Alexa Madueno is tied for first in the conference in total saves with 35, is fourth in the conference in saves per game at 5.00, and is fourth in the conference in save percentage at 79.5%.
     

Climbing the Ranks

  • Keeper Alexa Madueno, a three-year starter to date on The Mesa, continues to climb the ranks of the SDSU record book. After making 32 stops in goal so far this season, Madueno has climbed to third all-time in saves with 242, and is just two saves shy of second all-time. Additionally with the shutout win over Sacred Heart in the season opener, Madueno continues her climb up the career shutouts board and now sits sixth all-time with 17. Madueno is also eighth in the record book in career goals against average at 1.36. 
     

Scouting USD

  • USD enters Thursday's match with a 1-5-1 record having lost their last four. The Toreros have not scored a goal since their 1-0 win at Seattle University back on August 24. USD is led by Louise Lieberman who is in her seventh season at the helm of the program.