Thursday, August 15
Long Beach, Calif.
7 p.m.
Long Beach State University
vs
UCLA
Photo by: Kat Acosta @photosbyKatAcosta
Long Beach State Opens 2024 Soccer Season This Week
8/14/2024 9:28:00 AM | Women's Soccer
The Beach host No. 11 UCLA Thursday before heading to USD on Sunday
WHAT'S COMING UP FOR THE BEACH
MATCH 1
#11 UCLA at Long Beach State
Thursday, Aug. 15 • 7 p.m. Â
Long Beach, Calif. • George Allen Field
Live Stats // ESPN +
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MATCH 2
Long Beach State at San Diego
Sunday, Aug. 18 • 1 p.m. Â
San Diego, Calif. • George Allen Field
Live Stats // ESPN +
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NOTEBOOK
THE KICKOFF
The Beach opens the 30th overall season competition this week when Long Beach State hosts No. 11 UCLA on Thursday. The action gets underway at 7 p.m. and will be streamed on ESPN+.
LBSU travels to the University of San Diego on Sunday afternoon. Coverage on ESPN+ begins at 1 p.m.
SCOUTING THE BRUINS
UCLA begins the year ranked 11th in the preseason United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll and fifth in the preseason Top Drawer Soccer Top 25.
The Bruins went 16-2-1 last season, winning the final Pac-12 title with a 10-0-1 league mark.
UCLA was chosen first in the preseason Big Ten Conference poll. Among the seven starters returning are All-American and two-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year Lilly Reale, All-Pacific Region honoree Quincy McMahon, and All-Conference selections Sofia Cook, Ayo Oke, Jayden Perry, Sunshine Fontes and Lexi Wright.
Reale is one of three Bruins (Meg Boade and Emma Egizii) selected as preseason All-Conference.
AGAINST THE OPPONENT
Long Beach State and UCLA are playing for the 13th time, and the Bruins lead the all-time series 10-2. UCLA defeated The Beach 4-0 last season in Los Angeles.
SCOUTING THE TOREROS
San Diego welcomes Greg LaPorte, the team's new head coach after the Toreros went 1-15-1 last season and were selected 11th in the preseason West Coast Conference poll.
Lexi Zandonella-Arasa returns as USD's top offensive player. A year ago, she scored two goals and posted five points for the Toreros.
AGAINST THE OPPONENT
Sunday marks the 22nd time that Long Beach State and San Diego are playing women's soccer. USD leads the all-time series 12-5-4.
The teams played to a 2-2 tie on Sept. 4, 2022, in the last match between the two clubs.
LBSU PICKED FIRST; 2 ON PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
Long Beach State has been named the favorite to win the Big West women's soccer championship as the Preseason CoachesCoaches' Poll was released on Aug. 12 by the Big West.
The Beach received six first-place votes for a total of 91 points. Cal State Fullerton and Cal Poly tied for second with 86 points. The Titans received three first-place votes, while the Mustangs received the final two first-place votes.
UC Irvine (76), UC Davis (63), and UC Santa Barbara (50) are next. Hawai'i and UC San Diego are tied for seventh (47). The poll is rounded out by Cal State Bakersfield (26), UC Riverside (18), and CSUN (15).
Brooklyn Antonucci and Liz Worden were named to the Big West Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Team.
Antonucci, a sophomore, was named second-team All-Conference to the Big West All-Freshman team in 2023. She was one of two freshmen on the first or second All-Conference teams. She tied with teammate Elysia Laramie for second in the league in assists with six and tied for sixth on the team in points with Makayla Demelo.
Worden, a junior transfer from the University of Texas, is 1-of-2 transfers (UC San Diego's Skylar Enge, Pepperdine being the other) to be named to the preseason team. Worden, a Riverside native, started eight of her 33 appearances with the Longhorns. She scored five goals, posted six assists, charted 16 points, and took 49 shots (19 on goal). Worden was named Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Week on Aug. 23, 2022, after scoring two goals and recording an assist for her first five career points in the 5-0 season-opening victory over Lipscomb.
GET SOCIAL WITH US
• Fans can follow all Long Beach State Athletics on Facebook, X (@lbsuathletics), Instagram (@lbsu), and on
Tik Tok (@lbsuathletics).
• The women's soccer team is also on social and can be followed on both X and Instagram at @lbsusoccer
~#GoBeach~
MATCH 1
#11 UCLA at Long Beach State
Thursday, Aug. 15 • 7 p.m. Â
Long Beach, Calif. • George Allen Field
Live Stats // ESPN +
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MATCH 2
Long Beach State at San Diego
Sunday, Aug. 18 • 1 p.m. Â
San Diego, Calif. • George Allen Field
Live Stats // ESPN +
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NOTEBOOK
THE KICKOFF
The Beach opens the 30th overall season competition this week when Long Beach State hosts No. 11 UCLA on Thursday. The action gets underway at 7 p.m. and will be streamed on ESPN+.
LBSU travels to the University of San Diego on Sunday afternoon. Coverage on ESPN+ begins at 1 p.m.
SCOUTING THE BRUINS
UCLA begins the year ranked 11th in the preseason United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll and fifth in the preseason Top Drawer Soccer Top 25.
The Bruins went 16-2-1 last season, winning the final Pac-12 title with a 10-0-1 league mark.
UCLA was chosen first in the preseason Big Ten Conference poll. Among the seven starters returning are All-American and two-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year Lilly Reale, All-Pacific Region honoree Quincy McMahon, and All-Conference selections Sofia Cook, Ayo Oke, Jayden Perry, Sunshine Fontes and Lexi Wright.
Reale is one of three Bruins (Meg Boade and Emma Egizii) selected as preseason All-Conference.
AGAINST THE OPPONENT
Long Beach State and UCLA are playing for the 13th time, and the Bruins lead the all-time series 10-2. UCLA defeated The Beach 4-0 last season in Los Angeles.
SCOUTING THE TOREROS
San Diego welcomes Greg LaPorte, the team's new head coach after the Toreros went 1-15-1 last season and were selected 11th in the preseason West Coast Conference poll.
Lexi Zandonella-Arasa returns as USD's top offensive player. A year ago, she scored two goals and posted five points for the Toreros.
AGAINST THE OPPONENT
Sunday marks the 22nd time that Long Beach State and San Diego are playing women's soccer. USD leads the all-time series 12-5-4.
The teams played to a 2-2 tie on Sept. 4, 2022, in the last match between the two clubs.
LBSU PICKED FIRST; 2 ON PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
Long Beach State has been named the favorite to win the Big West women's soccer championship as the Preseason CoachesCoaches' Poll was released on Aug. 12 by the Big West.
The Beach received six first-place votes for a total of 91 points. Cal State Fullerton and Cal Poly tied for second with 86 points. The Titans received three first-place votes, while the Mustangs received the final two first-place votes.
UC Irvine (76), UC Davis (63), and UC Santa Barbara (50) are next. Hawai'i and UC San Diego are tied for seventh (47). The poll is rounded out by Cal State Bakersfield (26), UC Riverside (18), and CSUN (15).
Brooklyn Antonucci and Liz Worden were named to the Big West Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Team.
Antonucci, a sophomore, was named second-team All-Conference to the Big West All-Freshman team in 2023. She was one of two freshmen on the first or second All-Conference teams. She tied with teammate Elysia Laramie for second in the league in assists with six and tied for sixth on the team in points with Makayla Demelo.
Worden, a junior transfer from the University of Texas, is 1-of-2 transfers (UC San Diego's Skylar Enge, Pepperdine being the other) to be named to the preseason team. Worden, a Riverside native, started eight of her 33 appearances with the Longhorns. She scored five goals, posted six assists, charted 16 points, and took 49 shots (19 on goal). Worden was named Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Week on Aug. 23, 2022, after scoring two goals and recording an assist for her first five career points in the 5-0 season-opening victory over Lipscomb.
GET SOCIAL WITH US
• Fans can follow all Long Beach State Athletics on Facebook, X (@lbsuathletics), Instagram (@lbsu), and on
Tik Tok (@lbsuathletics).
• The women's soccer team is also on social and can be followed on both X and Instagram at @lbsusoccer
~#GoBeach~
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