Lizabanks Campagna and the Golden Bears go up against No. 8 USC on Sunday in Los Angeles.
LAX3/8/2020 10:52 AM | By: Cal Athletics
Cal Wraps Up Five-Game Road Trip Sunday At USC
Golden Bears have split first four games.
CAL-USC HISTORY
— Cal is 1-9 all-time against USC with the Golden Bears' lone win in the series coming in a 10-7 victory the first time the teams ever played at Soni McAlister Field on April 12, 2013
— Cal is 1-4 against USC on the Trojans' home field
CURRENT FIVE-GAME ROAD TRIP ENDS AT USC
— Cal's longest road trip of the season will end Sunday at No. 8/8 USC
— Cal started the trip with back-to-back three non-conference games, picking up back-to-back wins at Mercer (Feb. 21) and Winthrop (Feb. 23) before falling at San Diego State (Feb. 28) and in its Pac-12 opener at Arizona State (Mar. 6)
LAST GAME: CAL TAKES ARIZONA STATE TO THE WIRE IN PAC-12 OPENER
— Cal scored a season-high 15 goals including a career-best six from
Susie Ropp that were the most by a Cal player this season but fell 17-15 to Arizona State in the Pac-12 opener for both teams at Sun Devil Soccer/Lacrosse Stadium.
— Cal got behind by three goals early in the game and never led for the second consecutive contest
— Cal cut Arizona State's advantage to one goal on three separate occasions (3-2, 11-10, 12-11)
— Freshman
Amanda Morse scored the first two goals of her career
— Cal led Arizona State in shots (37-36), shots on goal (28-24), ground balls (20-15), draw controls (21-13), free position shots (14-6) and free-position goals (6-2)
OTHER QUICK NOTES
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Nikki Zaccaro leads the Golden Bears with 20 points on 10 goals and a team-high 10 assists to rank her third in the Pac-12 with an average of 1.67 assists per game
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Quinnlyn Mason has a team-best 14 goals and is second on the squad with 17 points, adding three assists, while Mason also leads the squad with 11 free position shots and the attackers with a .500 shot percentage
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Susie Ropp has team highs of 33 shots, 25 shots on goal and five free position goals, while her 13 goals are second and 16 points third
— Others who have scored points in the first five contests include
Marisa Kuberra (13 points - 10 goals, 3 assists),
Megan Mix (8 points - 7 goals, 1 assist),
Catherine Roxas (5 points - 1 goal, 4 assists),
Ashley Ward (4 points - 3 goals, 1 assist),
Amanda Morse (2 points - 2 goals),
Maryn Macha (1 point - 1 goal),
Sophia Cerino (1 point - 1 assist) and Anna Ellest (1 point - 1 assist)
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Makayla Ward has played all 360:00 minutes in goal and leads the Pac-12 with 57 total saves, while ranking second among all Pac-12 regulars with a 12.67 goals against average, third with 9.50 saves per game and fourth with a .429 save percentage
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Lizabanks Campagna leads Cal with 28 draw controls and in third in Pac-12 with 5.60 per game
— Cal is second in the Pac-12 in saves per game with 10.00
— Cal has added a victory to the win column each of the last two seasons, going from five victories in 2017 to six in 2018 and seven last season
— Cal has 11 players that have each started all six games in
Lizabanks Campagna, Marisa Kubera,
Kamryn Lanier,
Maryn Macha,
Megan Mix,
Susie Ropp,
Catherine Roxas,
Marina Smith,
Ashley Ward,
Makayla Ward and
Nikki Zaccaro
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Ella Annest,
Susie Ropp and
Marina Smith were selected as season captains by their teammates prior to the campaign and each are serving in the role for the first time in their collegiate careers