#30 Gonzaga (11-3-1, 4-1-0 WCC) vs. #19 Santa Clara (11-3-2, 4-1-0 WCC)
SUNDAY, OCT. 29 | 12 P.M. | LUGER FIELD | SPOKANE
ESPNU |
ESPN PLUS |
LIVE STATS
RECORD-BREAKING NIGHT IN STOCKTON:
- Gonzaga set new single season scoring, assist and point total records in the 5-2 victory at Pacific.
- It was also the 75th win for Zags' Head Coach
Chris Watkins. The program record is 79 victories.
- The Bulldogs scored their 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, and 49th goals of the season in the win, surpassing the 2021 total of 47 goals.
- The Zags recorded four assists in the win, which set a new season assist record at 48, one more than 47 in 2021. GU also reached 136 points for the season, breaking the 2021 previous record of 133.
KEMP NAMED WCC PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
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Maddie Kemp became the third Bulldog to win University Credit Union West Coast Conference Offensive Women's Soccer Player of the Week honors Monday.
- Kemp posted a hat trick in the win at Pacific, becoming the first Zag to record a hat trick since 2019.
- She jumped from fifth to fourth all-time at GU with 23 goals in her career, and to third with 61 career points.
- She tops the WCC in shots (56) and shots on goal (29).
RECORD BREAKING OYLER:
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Kelsey Oyler set a new single season assist program record and career assist program record in emphatic fashion during the 5-0-win San Diego.
- Oyler recorded three assists in the victory. She needed one assist coming into the game to set a new program record for most in season and three to set the new career mark. She entered the match with seven assists this season, which was tied for the most all-time at GU.
- The Meridian, Idaho, native now has 21 career assists and 12 this season, which is fourth in the country.
QUICK KICKS:
- The Zags boast the nation's No. 2 scoring offense (3.27 goals per game), Texas is No. 1 at 3.28.
- GU is 9-0-0 this season when scoring first and ahead at the half. The Zags are 50-2-2 under
Chris Watkins when leading at the half.
- Gonzaga is 5-0-0 in night matches this season.
PROGRAM ON THE RISE:
- The Zags have more 10-win seasons over the last seven seasons (6) than the rest of its program history combined (5). GU has won 10 or more games under Watkins six times out of seven seasons, with the exception being seven wins in the Spring 2020 shortened season.
- Gonzaga has reached five wins in WCC play in each of the past five seasons. The Bulldogs never won five games in conference play until this recent streak.