LA JOLLA, Calif. – UC San Diego closes out its 2025 season Thursday night when the Tritons welcome UC Santa Barbara to Triton Soccer Stadium. It's Senior Night for UC San Diego (4-6-8 overall, 2-3-4 Big West) and the Tritons will recognize their seven-member graduating class prior to the match. The Gauchos (5-1-3 Big West, 12-3-4 overall) have won their last two conference matches and sit in a second-place tie in The Big West standings.
Thursday's match will have a live broadcast on ESPN+ with live stats available on UCSDTritons.com.
DETAILS
| Match 19: UC San Diego (4-6-8, 2-3-4) vs. UC Santa Barbara (12-3-4, 5-1-3) |
| Thursday, Oct. 30 | 7 p.m. |
| Triton Soccer Stadium | La Jolla |
| ESPN+ | KSDT Radio | Live Stats |
| Series Record: UCSB leads, 14-1-1 (UCSB 2-1-1 in Division I) |
| Last Meeting: UCSB 2, UC San Diego 1, (9/26/2024) |
ABOUT THE TRITONS
Roster |
Schedule |
Stats
Overall: 4-6-8
Big West: 2-3-4
Home: 2-4-3
Away: 2-2-5
Neutral: 0-0
vs. Ranked Opponents: 0-0
Streak: T2
TRITONS, STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
| Stat |
UCSD |
Opp. |
| Goals |
13 |
16 |
| Goals/Game |
0.72 |
0.89 |
| Shots |
200 |
247 |
| Shots/Game |
11.1 |
13.7 |
| Shots on Goal |
96 |
99 |
| Corner Kicks |
64 |
71 |
| YC-RC-Fouls |
9-0-133 |
9-0-174 |
| PKs (Goals) |
1 (1) |
1 (1) |
ABOUT THE GAUCHOS
Roster |
Schedule |
Stats
Overall: 12-3-4
Big West: 5-1-3
Home: 8-2-1
Away: 4-1-3
Neutral: 0-0
vs. Ranked Opponents: 0-0
Streak: W2
THANK YOU, GRADUATING CLASS!
Prior to Thursday's match, the Tritons will honor seven seniors (six seniors and a grad student) who will be playing their final home match at Triton Soccer Stadium.
Natalie Abel,
Talisa Lin,
Allie Luo,
Lindsey Park,
Lauren Rocco,
Caitlin Wilson, and
Corinne Wilson will all be recognized and thanked for their immense contributions to the program.
LAST TIME VS. UC SANTA BARBARA: UCSB 2, UC SAN DIEGO 1 | Stats
UC San Diego got a late goal from senior captain
Courtney Hilliard, but the Tritons were unable to net the equalizer in a 2-1 setback to UC Santa Barbara Thursday night in a Big West showdown at Harder Stadium. With the victory, the Gauchos improved to 2-0 in The Big West (4-3-4 overall) while the Tritons (2-7-2, 0-1-1 Big West) have dropped two straight.
UC SAN DIEGO VS. UC SANTA BARBARA
The Tritons are 1-2-1 against the Gauchos since joining The Big West. Here are the prior matchups as conference foes:
| Season |
Home/Away |
Score |
UCSD Goals |
| 2020 |
(canceled) |
|
|
| 2021 |
Home |
L, 1-2 |
Ava D'Arcangelo |
| 2022 |
Away |
T, 0-0 |
|
| 2023 |
Home |
W, 2-1 |
Kennedy Carter (twice) |
| 2024 |
Away |
L, 1-2 |
Courtney Hilliard |
TIBOR TAKES BIG WEST HONORS TWICE
UC San Diego forward
Ava Tibor has been named The Big West Freshman of the Week twice this season. She scored two goals – one coming on a penalty kick – as the Tritons downed UNLV, 3-2, on Aug. 24. Tibor's brace was her second of the season in the team's first three matches played. Of seven braces by a Triton in UC San Diego's Division I era (2021-present), Tibor now boasts two of those seven.
0 PUTTING UP ZEROES
UC San Diego redshirt freshman goalkeeper
Charlotte Wilfert was named UCU Athlete of the Week (Oct. 6) after posting her fifth clean sheet of the season. She leads The Big West in saves (79) and saves per game (4.39) and is third in shutouts with eight. Here are the Triton GK shutout leaders in Division I:
*two of these were combined shutouts
RECORD SETTERS
Two Triton freshmen have set new Division I program records in 2025.
Ava Tibor has established a new program best for goals in a Division I season (six), and
Charlotte Wilfert has set a new UC San Diego record for shutouts in a Division I campaign (eight).
BORG BREAKS THROUGH
UC San Diego freshman
Kennadi Borg scored her first career goal as the Tritons battled to a draw at Hawai'i (Oct. 12). Borg has started 15 matches this season for UC San Diego and her sister, Camryn, is an assistant coach.
ASCENDING THE MOUNTAIN
UC San Diego boasted a 2-1-1 record against foes from the Mountain West this fall, earning wins over UNLV and Colorado College, and a draw at San Diego State (Snapdragon Stadium). The Tritons fell 2-1 to No. 25 Colorado State in Fort Collins (Sept. 7).
PLENTY OF NEW FACES
UC San Diego women's soccer added ten newcomers to the Tritons' roster for the 2025 season: four transfers and six first-year scholar-athletes.
Jenna Grider (Southern Utah),
Nadira Haddach (Washington),
Charlotte Wilfert (Penn), and
Chloe Yates (Boise State) transfered to UC San Diego. First-year Tritons include
Molly Blom,
Kennadi Borg,
Sophia Kwon,
Anya Lin,
Shiana Samarasinghe, and
Olivia Shih.
CLASSROOM SUCCESS
Six Tritons earned accolades for their hard work both in the classroom and on the pitch in 2024. Seniors
Camryn Borg,
Courtney Hilliard and
Raquel Kalpakoff, and juniors
Talisa Lin,
Allie Luo and
Lindsey Park were all named to the Academic All-District Team as announced by College Sports Communicators (CSC)
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 55-50-28 (.519) over six-plus seasons.
TEAM CAPTAINS
This year's team captains are seniors
Lindsey Park and
Talisa Lin, along with sophomore
Leilah Raad.
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?
2024 team captain
Courtney Hilliard is the program's Division I leader in career assists:
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.
TRITON SOCCER TALK
As part of UC San Diego's transition to Division I, the Athletics Department launched a weekly podcast,
Tritoncast. New episodes of Tritoncast are available on the most popular podcasting apps and on UCSDTritons.com. For individual show information and listen links, follow Tritoncast on X
@Tritoncast.
GET SOCIAL WITH UC SAN DIEGO SOCCER
Keep up with the Tritons all season long on social media through
X,
Facebook, and
Instagram. The team's handle is @ucsdwsoc.
FOR THE YOUNGER CROWD
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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 in NCAA Division I. The 24-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 39 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 NCAA Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.
