CHULA VISTA, Calif. – UC San Diego senior Raquel Kalpakoff scored a goal in the 19th minute and the Tritons made that hold up for a 1-0 women's soccer victory over Grand Canyon in an exhibition contest Tuesday morning at Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center. No official statistics were kept for the match, which was played in front of about 70 supporters. The two teams played a trio of 30-minute periods in the 2024 edition of their annual preseason meeting.

Triton junior Lindsey Park worked her way through a trio of GCU defenders to find Kalpakoff in the box, assisting on what turned out to be the lone goal of the match.  

The Tritons open their 2024 campaign on Thursday, Aug. 15 when UC San Diego travels to the Bay Area for the first of two road matches. UC San Diego visits Cal for a 4 p.m. match in the opener, and the Tritons will play at San Francisco on Aug. 18.
 
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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 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 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.