No. 25 Bears Hit The Road To Oregon

BERKELEY – No. 25 Cal women's soccer travels to Oregon for two games this week as they take on Oregon State on Thursday at 7 p.m. in Corvallis, followed by a 12 p.m. matchup against Oregon on Sunday afternoon in Eugene.
 
The Bears are coming off a three-game stretch at home in which they swept the Washington schools, beating both the Cougars and the Huskies 2-1, and fell to then-No. 18 USC. Cal is currently ranked No. 25 by the United Soccer Coach's national poll, the team's second-straight ranked week this season.
 
Last time out, Cal's defense shone once again, shutting out the Trojans for over 72 minutes after conceding two goals at the start of the match. Freshman keeper Teagan Wy spent her most amount of time this season guarding the net in the match, logging a massive save in the process to hold USC to two.
 
Cal's offense had an impressive performance in the second half of the match, taking almost double the amount of shots as their opponent. Karlie Lema and Hannah Cooper led the team on shot attempts, each tallying three while Ayo Oke and Anysa Gray each had a pair.
 
Cal (8-4-3, 3-3-0 Pac-12) enters the weekend's contests boasting double the wins of both Oregon schools this season. The Bears also lead both overall series with the two schools in addition to having more wins over both teams in Corvallis and Eugene, respectively.
 
Oregon State has yet to win a conference match this season, their Pac-12 record standing at 0-5-1. Cal has a four-game unbeaten streak against the Beavers, last winning 2-1 at Edwards Stadium in 2021. Thursday's contest will be streamed live by OSU.
 
Oregon enters week 10 with a 2-3-1 conference record, coming off a draw against Washington State last week. The Bears fell to the Ducks 0-2 in their last meeting in 2021. This year, the matchup between the Bears and the Ducks will be aired on the Pac-12 Oregon network.
 
ACCOLADES FOR ROY
Keely Roy earned Pac-12's Offensive Player of the Week on 10/10 after her pair of game-deciding goals over the Washington schools lifted Cal to a three-game winning streak. She now has eight goals scored this season, ranking her fifth in the conference, and she is 4-for-4 on penalty kick conversions this season. She was also named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week and to the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week.
 
Roy started the season on fire, scoring a brace in Cal's win over UC San Diego. It was the first time in nearly three years that a Bear has had a multi-goal game, with the last one coming on September 6, 2019 when Emma Westin scored twice against USD. Roy followed that with a long-range goal in Cal's draw against USF as she hit a shot from 25 yards out that found the side netting in the 78th minute and secured the draw.
 
Roy scored her fourth goal as she tallied from the penalty spot against UCLA, and added her fifth of the season on a penalty kick against Arizona State on 9/29 She added goals six and seven in a home match vs. WSU on 10/6 and locked in her eighth in the match vs. Washington on 10/9 to secure Cal's sweep over the Washington schools.
 
Roy also tallied a goal in Cal's exhibition match against the Chinese National Team, which Cal tied 2-2 against the 16th-ranked team in FIFA's rankings.
 
BACK-TO-BACK
Sydney Collins was named Pac-12 defender of the week for the second straight week on 9/19 after she helped the Cal defense to two more shutouts against UNLV and Penn. Collins and her teammates helped limit their opponents to only four shots on goal and four corner kicks across the two games in weeks 4 and 5. The Bears have shutout six opponents this season, including four consecutively, and have a season-record of 398:16 of consecutive game time without giving up a goal.
 
MANRIQUE LEADS HOT WEEK
Ari Manrique had her best week in a Cal shirt as the sophomore scored in games against UNLV and Penn to wrap up non-conference play. She also tallied an assist vs. Penn to score five points on the week, outscoring her point total from the 2021 season. Manrique's play contributed to Cal scoring a team-best five goals over two games.
 
DEFENSIVE HONORS
Angelina Anderson and Sydney Collins were named Pac-12 Goalkeeper and Defender of the week on September 12. The duo helped the Bears complete the week without surrendering a goal. Cal kept shutouts against Cal State Fullerton and Santa Clara. Anderson made four saves, while Collins marshaled the defense, which only allowed four shots on goal across two games.
 
STIFLING DEFENSE
Cal has had one of the best defenses in the country so far this season. They've allowed only 40 shots on goal this season, just 3.2 shots on target per game. Cal has allowed more than one goal in only two games this year and has posted six shutouts on the season, including four in a row. The Bears have only given up 10 goals in 12 games. 
 
A-PLUS ANGIE
Angelina Anderson is now fifth on Cal's all-time saves list with 239 in her career. Anderson also has 24 career shutouts, plus three more combined shutouts and is tied for second with Cal Athletics Hall of Famer Maite Zabala on the school's all-time shutouts list after recording shutouts vs. Saint Mary's, Cal State Fullerton, Santa Clara and Arizona.
 
Anderson was named National Freshman of the Year in 2019 as well as Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Year and Freshman of the Year. She was the first player to win both Freshman of the Year and Goalkeeper of the Year in the conference. She earned second-team All-Pac-12 in 2020-21 and third team honors in 2021 as she's proven to be one of the top shot stoppers in the nation. 
 
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