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Joe Corner

Men's Soccer

Zags Host Another Ranked Opponent Friday

Follow with CSU Bakersfield on Sunday

Game Five
Gonzaga (0-2-2) vs. UC Davis (3-0-1)
SEPT. 7 | 3 P.M. | SPOKANE | LUGER FIELD
THEW.TV | LIVE STATS

Game Six
Gonzaga vs. CSU Bakersfield
SEPT. 9 | 7 P.M. | SPOKANE | LUGER FIELD
THEW.TV | LIVE STATS

SERIES HISTORY:
Record vs. UCD/last: 0-1/2006
Record vs. UCD @ home/last: 0-1/2006
Record vs. CSUB/last: 2-1/2017
Record vs. CSUB @ home/last: 1-0/2008
vs. Big West: 17-23-2
vs. WAC: 13-12-2

LOADED SCHEDULE:
- The Gonzaga men's soccer schedule is quickly becoming one of the toughest in the country.  
- They played No. 3 Washington on Monday and on Friday they host No. 17 UC Davis.
- Still remaining on the Zags schedule is No. 17 San Francisco, No. 18 Portland, and SMU, Saint Mary's, and Pacific, who are all receiving votes.
- The Zags also played four ranked opponents in 2016, going 2-2 in those games.

YOUTH MOVEMENT:
- The Zags have seen eight freshman or sophomores log significant minutes through their first four matches.
- Six of those players have started games, as freshman Demitrius Kigeya and Mark McEntosh have started all four.
- Kigeya leads the team in points, with four, in goals, at two, and in shots with seven. 
- Sophomore Matt Kintzle leads the Zags with one assist.

AGGIES:
- An unbeaten start to the 2018 campaign has the UC Davis men's soccer team in the polls for the first time in nearly a decade, entering the week ranked as the No. 17 team.
- UC Davis is the United Soccer Coaches top-ranked team in the Far West region.
- Roy Boateng, Adam Mickelson, and Nabi Kibunguchy, were all selected Preseason All-League.  UC Davis was picked fourth in the Big West.

ROAD RUNNERS:
- CSU Bakersfield started the season 2-0, including a win over Pacific.
- They have since dropped two-straight, including a loss to UC Davis.
- They were picked to finish seventh in the WAC.

VS. THE WAC:
- The Zags have faced at least one member of the Western Athletic Conference the past seven years.   Since then, GU has faced Seattle U five times and Utah Valley four times.
- In that span they are 7-6 and 4-3 at home.
- GU is 5-3 all-time at home against the WAC and 13-12-2 overall.  

VS. THE BIG WEST:
- The Zags are 4-5-1 all-time at home against Big West teams, going 1-1-1 over their past three since 2012.
- Overall since 2012 though, GU is 4-2-1 against Big West teams, playing four games on the road.
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Players Mentioned

Matt Kintzle

#9 Matt Kintzle

F
5' 10"
Sophomore
Mark McEntosh

#2 Mark McEntosh

D
5' 8"
Freshman
Demitrius Kigeya

#6 Demitrius Kigeya

F
5' 7"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Matt Kintzle

#9 Matt Kintzle

5' 10"
Sophomore
F
Mark McEntosh

#2 Mark McEntosh

5' 8"
Freshman
D
Demitrius Kigeya

#6 Demitrius Kigeya

5' 7"
Freshman
F