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Women's Soccer

`Runners Kick Off Season at Lobo Invitational

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – California State University, Bakersfield women's soccer went undefeated in preseason tallying a pair of clean sheets, but none of that matters now as the regular season and countable games begin this week. Bakersfield opens the 2022 season on the road at the Lobo Invitational where the Roadrunners will play UNLV on Thursday and New Mexico Sunday.

Lobo Invitational – Albuquerque, NM
  • Thursday, August 18 | UNLV | 3:30 PM (PT)
  • Sunday, August 21 | New Mexico | 12:30 PM (PT)
  • Rutgers will play New Mexico Thursday and UNLV Sunday

Scouting UNLV
  • 12-8, 5-6 Mountain West (2021 Record)
  • The Rebels were picked to finish sixth in the Mountain West
  • Southern Utah visited UNLV this preseason for an exhibition game

Key UNLV Returnees
  • Hevani Haunga is the Rebels top returning offensive threat. She was third in scoring last season with 10 points on five goals
  • Alysa Caso was the next best field player behind Haugna in 2021. She had three goals and an assist on the year

Notables
  • UNLV is without its top two players that generated most of the offense in 2021
  • The last time Bakersfield saw the Rebels was in 2019 dropping a 2-1 home game

Scouting New Mexico
  • 14-5-2, 7-2-2 Mountain West (2021 Record)
  • 2021 Mountain West regular season / tournament champions
  • Lost 0-6 to No. 4 seed BYU in the 2021 NCAA First Round
  • Selected first in 2022 Mountain West preseason polls
  • Went 2-0 in preseason matches with shutouts over Fort Lewis College and West Texas A&M

Key UNM Returnees
  • Jadyn Edwards tallied a team-high 31 points in 2021. She netted 11 goals and added nine assists starting in all 21 games for UNM
  • Zaria Katesigwa was second in goals scored and assists (2021) behind ten goals and three assists.
  • Both Edwards and Katesigwa scored in the Lobos exhibition wins

Notables
  • New Mexico combined for 10 goals over a pair of exhibition games this preseason
  • The Lobos took the field for three 30-minute periods in the 6-0 win over Fort Lewis
  • Against West Texas A&M, New Mexico went an extra 15 minutes following three 30-minute periods taking a 4-0 win in their final exhibition of preseason
  • UNM has an outdoor and indoor field (Robertson Field/Indoor Facility)

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