Women's Soccer Starts Final Stretch On The Road At UC San Diego, Hosting UC Riverside

Wednesday, October 21

La Jolla, Calif.

7 p.m.

Long Beach State University

UC San Diego

10/20/2026 11:53:00 AM | Women's Soccer

Game Notes - Week 11

Long Beach State is tied for a playoff position with four games left in the regular season.

By: Roger Kirk, Associate Athletics Director, Communications & Broadcast

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Long Beach State starts off the week on the road, facing UC San Diego in what is a critical matchup for potential postseason seeding as the regular season comes down to its final games. Kickoff for that game is set for 7 p.m. on Wednesday night from La Jolla on ESPN+.

KICKOFF
• The Beach then returns home to George Allen Field and will host UC Riverside on Saturday, with a 7 p.m. kick also on ESPN+.

• Sophomore Ameera White scored all three goals for Long Beach State last week on spot kicks. White opened her week with a direct free kick goal against Cal State Fullerton in the team's 2-1 defeat. She then scored both of her two penalty kicks against UC Irvine on the way to a 2-1 win on the road against the Anteaters in the Black and Blue Rivalry.

• The Beach are unbeaten away from home at 4-0-3. Long Beach State has outscored their road opponents 16-5, earning shutout victories at Fresno State, New Mexico State and Nevada before playing Grand Canyon to a 1-1 draw. In conference play, the Beach earned two ties to start Big West action at UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly before a win at UC Irvine.

• Senior Radisson Banks used some fancy footwork to open the door for a left-footed strike in front of a stout defense as the Beach returned to the win column with a 1-0 victory over California Baptist in the first meeting between the two teams.

• The game-winning goal was the fourth of the year for Banks, while Aurora Shuck and Amaya Sanles each took a half in front of a strong defense that held the Lancers to seven shots in the team's seventh shutout of the year.

• Long Beach State rallied from a 2-0 deficit to score two goals in the final 11 minutes of their contest with Sacramento State to earn the third tie of the Big West season for the Beach. Nikki Velasco assisted both goals, while Ameera White and Natalie Arnold found the net.

• Senior Cherrie Cox scored two more goals for Long Beach State in two ties to begin Big West play, continuing her torrid start to the season. Cox now has 12 goals on the year which ranks 11th in the nation.

• The former Big West Offensive Player of the Year is climbing up the career lists at Long Beach State as well. With 35 career goals, Cox is just one away from tying program record-holder Ashley Gonzales, and ranks in the top 10 in points, assists and game-winning goals as well.

• Long Beach State opened up Big West play with a pair of draws on the Central Coast against UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly. The two ties came on the road against the two teams picked to finish on top of the Big West prior to the season.

PLAYER NOTES
• Senior Cherrie Cox scored in five straight games for Long Beach State in September, and has found the net in 8 of Long Beach State's 16 games this season. Cox leads Long Beach State with 12 goals and 26 points, starting every game this season.

• Cherrie Cox recorded her third multi-goal performance of the season with a brace at Nevada. She also scored a hat trick at Fresno State and another brace against Weber State.

• With her performance at Nevada, Cox became the fifth player in program history to score at least 10 goals in multiple seasons. She scored a career-high 13 goals in 2023.

• Cox has 35 goals and 13 assists for 83 points through 64 career appearances. She is one goal away from tying the program record set by Ashley Gonzales. She passed Gonzales for fifth on the all-time points list for 5th, and ranks sixth with eight game-winning goals.

• The 2023 Big West Offensive Player of the Year, Cox was also named the conference's Freshman of the Year in 2022. She earned Big West Offensive Player of the Week and TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week recognition earlier this season.

• Senior midfielder Jordan Candelaria serves as the team's captain in 2026. The senior has started all 16 games this season and owns three goals and four assists during her Long Beach State career, playing primarily as a defensive midfielder this season.

• Sophomore Ameera White leads Long Beach State with eight assists, which is tied for 12th in the nation. The three-goal week against the LBSU rivals also helped her rise into second on the team in total goals with five, including the game-winning brace at UC Irvine. The 2025 Big West All-Freshman Team selection is second on the team with 18 points on the season, and has started every game during the 2026 campaign.

• Senior Radisson Banks is second on the team with 51 shots and 22 on goal this season. She converted a penalty kick at Nevada and has four goals and three assists this season after scoring against in Big West play against both CSUN and California Baptist.

• Kailey Supa is fourth on the team in goals with three this season. The junior scored on the road at UC Santa Barbara, and has eight points this season with two assists as well. Her point total this season is higher than either of her previous two seasons, and the junior is going to well surpass her minutes played total as well.

• Zoe Willis remains the only Long Beach State player to have played all 1440 minutes this season. The senior captain has contributed to all seven shutouts while extending her career total to over 5,000 total minutes.

• Kana Uchida also surpassed 5,000 career minutes during the victory at Nevada. The senior has appeared in 71 matches with 65 starts and has one goal and six assists in her career.

• Senior goalkeeper Aurora Schuck has recorded five shutouts this season, and continues to pile up big career numbers. Shuck ranks third in program history with 15 shutouts, and her 4,275 minutes in goal also rank third. Her 165 saves are fourth-most in program history, and her 17 wins are tied for 6th all-time.

• Amaya Sanles made a career-high five saves in the 3-0 victory at Nevada. The redshirt sophomore has recorded shutouts in both of her collegiate starts, stopping all six shots on goal she faced over those 180 minutes.

• Taylor Bellotti has appeared in every game and made 9 starts during her freshman season. She has one goal and two assists for four points while playing 705 minutes.

• Emerson Obrist matched her career high with two shots at Nevada and put both attempts on goal. The freshman has appeared off the bench in 14 games and recorded her first collegiate assist at Fresno State.

• Sydney Beaumont has started all 13 games in which she has appeared, playing 1146 minutes on the back line. The freshman recorded her first collegiate assist at Grand Canyon.

• Ruby Mansour has started 14 games on the back line and played over 1,000 minutes. The sophomore has helped the Beach hold seven opponents scoreless while contributing eight shots at the other end.

• Senior Natalie Arnold has appeared in every game in her final season at Long Beach State, and has four goals and two assists through 49 career appearances, scoring her most recent goal against Sacramento State.

• Cassidy Drago transferred to the Beach from BYU, and the sophomore has started 11 games. Playing in every game this season, Drago ranks fourth on the team with 19 shots, putting 10 on goal.

• Senior Kylie Perez has played in 14 games this season, helping the Beach defense record six shutouts during her time on the field. The senior scored her first goal of her career against CSUN, and has tallied over 2,000 minutes as a defender at the Beach.

• Other early contributors include freshman Olivia Yu, who had her first collegiate assist setting up Cherrie Cox at UC Santa Barbara, freshman Ava Jackman who has played in five games, and Nikki Velasco, who has 10 appearances after transferring from UC Riverside. Velasco had a pair of assists in Long Beach State's tie with Sacramento State.