LA JOLLA, Calif. – UC San Diego concludes its 2024 season on Thursday when the Tritons host Cal Poly on Senior Night at Triton Soccer Stadium. Prior to the match, UC San Diego will celebrate its eight-member graduating class.
The Tritons have earned a draw in two of their last three Big West matches. Last week, the Mustangs handed conference regular season champion Hawai'i its only league setback.
Admission to Thursday's match is free, and the season finale will have a live broadcast on ESPN+ and live stats available on UCSDTritons.com.
DETAILS
| Match 19: UC San Diego (2-12-4, 0-6-3) vs. Cal Poly (5-10-3, 3-5-1) |
| Thursday, Oct. 31 | 7 p.m. |
| Triton Soccer Stadium | La Jolla |
| ESPN+ | Live Stats |
| Series Record: Cal Poly leads, 4-1 (CP 2-1 in Division I) |
| Last Meeting: UC San Diego 1 at Cal Poly 0 (10/26/23) |
ABOUT THE TRITONS
Roster |
Schedule |
Stats
Overall: 2-12-4
Big West: 0-6-3
Home: 1-5-2
Away: 1-7-2
Neutral: 0-0
vs. Ranked Opponents: 0-0
Streak: T1
TRITONS, STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
| Stat |
UCSD |
Opp. |
| Goals |
13 |
26 |
| Goals/Game |
0.72 |
1.44 |
| Shots |
216 |
216 |
| Shots/Game |
12.0 |
12.0 |
| Shots on Goal |
94 |
102 |
| Corner Kicks |
76 |
63 |
| YC-RC-Fouls |
10-0-133 |
12-1-167 |
| PKs (Goals) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
ABOUT THE MUSTANGS
Roster |
Schedule |
Stats
Overall: 5-10-3
Big West: 3-5-1
Home: 2-6-2
Away: 3-4-1
Neutral: 0-0
vs. Ranked Opponents: 0-2
Streak: L1
THANK YOU, GRADUATING CLASS!
Prior to Thursday's match, the Tritons will honor eight seniors (six seniors and a pair of grad students) who will be playing their final home match at Triton Soccer Stadium.
Natalie Abel,
Camryn Borg,
Skylar Enge,
Lucy Granger,
Courtney Hilliard,
Raquel Kalpakoff,
Kailey Park, and
Audrey Reed will all be recognized and thanked for their immense contributions to the program.
LUO LIGHTS THE LAMP
Junior back
Allie Luo scored her first career goal Sunday at UC Riverside (
watch) – a strong right-footed strike from the top of the box in the 17th minute.
ROCKET BLASTS OFF
Senior forward
Raquel Kalpakoff led the way for the Tritons, scoring the team's lone goal in a 1-0 road win at San Diego State (Sept. 12) – the Tritons' first-ever victory over the Aztecs. In the 18th minute, Kalpakoff raced into the box, taking a centering feed and firing a left-footed rocket into the back of the net to put UC San Diego in front. Kalpakoff leads the team and ranks sixth in The Big West with five goals scored this season. Her pair of game-winners sits fourth in the conference. She was named UCU Athlete of the Week on Sept. 16.
TRITON TALK: KALPAKOFF ON FAMILY, SOCCER AND ART
For UC San Diego senior forward
Raquel Kalpakoff, it's been a long and winding journey. She began playing soccer and other sports at a young age. Her tight family bond has grown ever stronger over the years and her family regularly travels great distances to support her from the stands. All the while, her photography hobby has blossomed into a love for art, specifically painting. An environmental policy major, Kalpakoff can routinely be found painting in La Jolla and her subjects range from landscapes to pet portraits. She has a dedicated
social media account to showcase her work.
GOAL SCORERS
Kennedy Carter is UC San Diego's all-time goals leader at the Division I level, scoring 11 times over three seasons with the Tritons:
A HELPING…FOOT?
Captain
Courtney Hilliard is the program's Division I leader in career assists:
HILLIARD RECOGNIZED
UC San Diego senior captain
Courtney Hilliard was named
University Credit Union Athlete of the Week on Aug. 26 after scoring a goal and adding an assist in the Tritons' 3-0 win over Nevada. For the season, Hilliard has scored four goals and added four helpers, totaling a team-best 12 points.
SKYLAR SETS THE BAR
Despite having not yet made her Triton debut, UC San Diego grad student
Skylar Enge was named to the Big West Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Team. A native of Cardiff, Calif., Enge joins the UC San Diego roster in 2024 after completing her undergraduate career at Pepperdine University. She started all 18 matches in 2023 as a senior and helped lead the Waves to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances during her four years in Malibu.
BARRETTO ENTERS THE CHAT
Making just her second career start, Triton sophomore goalkeeper
Bella Barretto posted a clean sheet with six saves in UC San Diego's 1-0 victory at San Diego State (Sept. 12). On Sept. 16, she was named Big West
Defensive Player of the Week – the third Triton in program history to earn that award.
LAST TIME VS. THE MUSTANGS: UC SAN DIEGO 1, CP 0 (10/26/23) | Box Score
Breaking through late on
Alexis Nguyen's first career collegiate goal, the UC San Diego Tritons women's soccer team (5-8-5, 4-3-3 Big West) earned an impressive 1-0 road victory over the Cal Poly Mustangs (8-7-3, 6-3-1 Big West) in the regular season finale. Goalkeeper
Keara Fitzgerald put together a tremendous night for the Tritons as she recorded eight saves in less than 70 minutes of action.
NEW-LOOK TRITONS
Ten newcomers have joined the Tritons' roster for the 2024 season: three transfers and seven first-year scholar-athletes.
Skylar Enge (Pepperdine),
Ginny Fronk (George Mason), and
Kailey Park (LMU) transferred to UC San Diego. First-year Tritons include
Eva Andersen,
Ruby Berg,
Lana Gilligan,
Kat Harris,
Kate Oberhauser,
Jenna Rivera, and
Ava Tibor.
HEAD COACH KRISTIN JONES '04
One of the most decorated players to come through the renowned UC San Diego women's soccer program, Kristin Jones is in her seventh season as the program's head coach. The former Triton standout became assistant with the program in 2004 and was elevated to associate head coach in 2015. Her career head coaching record stands at 50-44-20 (.526) over six-plus seasons.
TEAM CAPTAIN
This year's team captain is senior midfielder
Courtney Hilliard.
CALIFORNIA KIDS
28 of 31 Tritons on this year's roster hail from California. Only
Ginny Fronk (Cranberry Township, Pa.),
Talisa Lin (Golden, Colo.) and
Lauren Rocco (Libertyville, Ill.) reside out-of-state.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
Junior midfielders
Caitlin Wilson and
Corinne Wilson hope to have Triton opponents seeing double on the pitch. The sisters – both bioengineering majors in Sixth College – are one of 19 sets of twins playing on the same team in Division I this season.
SISTER, SISTER
UC San Diego is one of just ten Division I teams with multiple pairs of sisters on its roster. In addition to the Wilson twins, grad student
Kailey Park and junior
Lindsey Park are sisters as well.
MADERO CAPTURES BIG WEST HONORS
Sophomore
Karize Madero garnered Big West All-Freshman Team honors following the 2023 campaign. Madero played significant minutes in all 18 matches, making 12 starts for the Tritons. The native of Downey notched her first career goal in the 90th minute during UC San Diego's dramatic come-from-behind victory at UC Davis on Oct. 1. Madero is the second Triton all-time to be named to the Big West All-Freshman Team, joining goalkeeper
Keara Fitzgerald in 2021.
SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM
The UC San Diego women's soccer program earned the United Soccer Coaches College Team Academic Award for 2023-24. The award recognizes exemplary work in the classroom. As a team, the Tritons posted a 3.34 grade point average (GPA) during the 2023-24 school year.
CLASSROOM SUCCESS II
Ten Tritons were named to The Big West All-Academic Team after the 2023 season, including returners
Camryn Borg,
Courtney Hilliard,
Raquel Kalpakoff,
Talisa Lin,
Allie Luo,
Lindsey Park, and
Lauren Rocco.
CLASSROOM SUCCESS III
Five Tritons earned accolades for their hard work both in the classroom and on the pitch.
Camryn Borg,
Courtney Hilliard,
Talisa Lin,
Allie Luo, and
Lindsey Park were all named to the Academic All-District Team as announced by College Sports Communicators (CSC).
GOING OUT ON TOP
UC San Diego ended its Division II era by capturing its fifth straight CCAA conference tournament title in 2019.
GAME DAY GOES WITH YOU
Triton fans can access game day information by visiting
UCSDTritons.com/WSgameday from their smart phone or scan the QR code at the entrance to Triton Soccer Stadium for everything they need to know about each home game, including updated rosters, schedules, and stats for each team, as well as links to watch on ESPN+.
UC SAN DIEGO ON THE WORLDWIDE LEADER
Most UC San Diego home men's and women's basketball games, men's and women's soccer matches, men's and women's volleyball matches, baseball and softball games are broadcast live on ESPN+. For more information on where to watch UC San Diego soccer, visit
UCSDTritons.com/live.
WHY THE TRITONS?
The Triton is described as the offspring of Poseidon and Amphitrite, a demigod of the sea with a lower part of the body like that of a fish. It is known as a mighty and fierce sea warrior. Given UC San Diego's close proximity to the Pacific Ocean and its connections with the world-famous Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Triton became our mascot in 1964.
UC SAN DIEGO ATHLETICS LAUNCHES WEEKLY PODCAST
As part of UC San Diego's transition to Division I, the Athletics Department launched a weekly podcast,
Tritoncast. Produced by UC San Diego Athletics Communications, Tritoncast features in-depth interviews with UC San Diego personalities including scholar-athletes, alums, coaches, and administrators. Triton fans will get an inside look at the UC San Diego Athletics Department as the program transitions to NCAA Division I and the Big West Conference. New episodes of Tritoncast are available each week on the most popular podcasting apps. In addition, each episode can be heard and downloaded on UCSDTritons.com. For individual show information and listen links, follow Tritoncast on Twitter
@Tritoncast.
WOMEN'S SOCCER ON TRITONCAST
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.
