• The Cal State Bakersfield Men’s Soccer team closed out the exhibition portion of its season with a pair of matches, one at home and one on the road.
• The Roadrunners posted an unofficial record of 2-1-0 during exhibition play, including last week’s 2-1 victory against UCLA.

What’s Next?

• CSUB officially kicks off the 2025 season this week with a pair of games:
  • at Utah Valley, Aug. 21
  • vs. California Baptist, Aug. 25
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CSUB 1, #13 Stanford 2

• Stanford took a 1-0 lead in the 20th minute, but Bakersfield answered back 5 minutes before halftime when Oshea Foster connected with Dakotah Medina for a goal.
• The Cardinal scored late in the second half to take the 2-1 victory.
• Stanford outshot CSUB 22-5 on the night, but the `Runners were able to keep their hosts from extending the advantage.
• CSUB Head Coach Adam Grant went deep into his bench, allowing 20 `Runners to get significant playing time in the friendly.

CSUB 5, The Master’s 1

• In their one and only home exhibition, the `Runners put on an offensive show for the home crowd.
• CSUB got 5 goals from 5 different goalscorers in a well-balanced offense.
• Fifth-year senior Rashaad Ogun got CSUB on the board in the 9th minute. Just 76 seconds later, Nils Heinrich buried a goal of his own to make the score 2-0.
• The Master’s kept the `Runners off the scoreboard for the rest of the first half, but 7 minutes into the second period Chisom Ene broke the drought.
• TMU got on the scoreboard in the 74th minute, but the `Runners retaliated just over 2 minutes later to make it a 4-1 score on a goal from Dejan Aguilar
• Jesse Wangusi rounded out CSUB’s scoring in the 82nd minute.
• Grant played every available `Runner at least 10 minutes while figuring out rotations heading into the competition season.

• The Roadrunner Women’s Soccer team opened the 2025 season with a pair of road tests.
• Cal State Bakersfield battled in both contests but came up short in the one-goal battles.
• Two `Runner field players played all 180 minutes over the first two matches of the year: Mya Clarke and Mya Fortun

What’s Next?

• The `Runner continue their road swing to start the year:
  • at Weber State, Aug. 21
  • at Idaho State, Aug. 24
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CSUB 0, California Baptist 1

• An NCAA Tournament participant in 2024, California Baptist struck early, scoring a fifth-minute goal that proved to be the gamewinner.
• CSUB outshot CBU 22-7, but the `Runners were unable to convert any of those opportunities into goals in the road loss.

CSUB 0, San Diego State 1

• For the second-straight game, the `Runners fell behind early as SDSU took a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute.
• The Aztecs controlled the majority of possession in the match, 60% to 40%, and they outshot CSUB 17-6.
• Bakersfield goalkeeper Kamy Anaya made three saves in the game, matching her save total from the prior game.

• The Cal State Bakersfield volleyball team enjoyed a thrilling, come-from-behind victory in its lone preseason match.
• The Roadrunners battled back from down 2-0 to earn an exhibition win on the road.
• CSUB’s co-interim Head Coaches Felipe Nogueira and Cinthia Angus got significant playing time out of 11 `Runners as the duo look to establish strong rotations heading into the 2025 season.

What’s Next?

• Preseason continues for the `Runners:
  • CSUB hosted the annual Blue-Gold Scrimmage, Aug. 23, 3 p.m. (PT)
    • Free admission
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CSUB 3, Saint Mary’s 2

• Saint Mary’s came out of the gate hot, taking a 2-0 lead while winning the first two sets 25-16, 25-14.
• In the third set, the two teams were tied 9 times, including at 25-25, but a kill by Nicole Zake followed by a block from Reese Jackson and Agnes Shakirova sealed a 27-25 victory and forced a fourth set.
• The `Runners rolled that momentum into a 25-18 win in Set 4 and then closed out the tiebreaker with a 15-8 victory.
• Bakersfield was led by Virginia Tech transfer Nicole Zake, who tallied 23 kills on the match while adding 6 digs and 3 blocks.
• CSUB’s two-setter system featuring Luiza Da Cruz (16 ast, 5 digs) and Evelyn Trivino Espinosa (19 ast, 4 dig) was highly effective.
• A pair of `Runners split time as the CSUB libero as Analiese Gagliano (17 digs) and Julia Udell (10 digs) were both effective on the backline.