IRVINE, Calif. – With the 2024 campaign set to kick off later this week, The Big West has revealed its annual preseason poll and preseason All-Conference squad as determined by the conference's head coaches. UC San Diego grad student
Skylar Enge has been named to the Big West Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Team. As the Tritons head into their fourth Big West season, they earned 47 points in the coaches' poll, tied for seventh with Hawai'i.
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. Enge is the second Triton to be named to The Big West Preseason Coaches' Team, joining
Kennedy Carter who earned the honor in 2022.
The Tritons concluded the 2023 season with a 4-3-3 mark in conference play, including wins at tournament second seed UC Davis and third seed Cal Poly. Despite finishing fifth in The Big West standings last year, conference regulations prevented the Tritons from taking part in the six-team Big West Championship. That won't be the case this year with UC San Diego fully eligible for conference and NCAA postseason play. The six-team Big West Championship begins Nov. 3 with the opening round, concluding with the championship match on Nov. 10. The winner of the Big West Championship will receive an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.
This year's Tritons will open their season on Thursday, August 15 at Cal. The match kicks off at 4 p.m.
The complete 2024 Big West Preseason Coaches' Poll and Preseason Coaches' Team follows:
2024 Big West Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Poll
| No. |
School |
Points |
First Place Votes |
| 1. |
Long Beach State |
91 |
6 |
| T2. |
Cal State Fullerton |
86 |
3 |
|
Cal Poly |
86 |
2 |
| 4. |
UC Irvine |
76 |
|
| 5. |
UC Davis |
63 |
|
| 6. |
UC Santa Barbara |
50 |
|
| T7. |
Hawai'i |
47 |
|
|
UC San Diego |
47 |
|
| 9. |
Cal State Bakersfield |
26 |
|
| 10. |
UC Riverside |
18 |
|
| 11. |
CSUn |
15 |
|
2024 Big West Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Team
| Name |
School |
Pos. |
Yr. |
| Brooklyn Antonucci |
Long Beach State |
D |
So. |
| Emma Brown |
Cal Poly |
D |
Sr. |
| Skylar Enge |
UC San Diego |
M |
Gr. |
| Amber Gilbert |
Hawai'i |
F |
Jr. |
| Desiree Mendoza |
UC Irvine |
F |
Sr. |
| Kaylin Raibon |
Cal State Fullerton |
D |
Jr. |
| Mia Ranson |
Cal State Fullerton |
GK |
Jr. |
| Kate Reedy |
Cal Poly |
M |
Sr. |
| Kiera Smeenge |
UC Irvine |
D |
Sr. |
| Sam Tristan |
UC Davis |
F/M |
Sr. |
| Liz Worden |
Long Beach State |
M |
Sr. |
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 has begun a new era as a member of the Big West Conference 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 garnered 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 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.
