SANTA BARBARA, Calif.- The UC Santa Barbara Women's Soccer team returns home to Harder Stadium this week to host CSU Bakersfield on Sunday, Oct. 5. The Gauchos return home after tying with both UC Davis and Hawai'i a week ago.

ABOUT LAST WEEK
Santa Barbara spent their weekend on the road, which started with a tie against UC Davis before posting a scoreless draw with Hawai'i. Junior midfielder Sophia Moness scored the first goal via a penalty kick goal. Junior goalkeeper Maddie Buckley continues to climb up the all-time ranks in shutouts after posting her 14^th career against the Rainbow Wahine.

SCOUTING THE ROADRUNNERS
Prior to arriving in Santa Barbara, CSU Bakersfield will head to Cal Poly on Thursday night for a matchup against the Mustangs. As it currently sits the Roadrunners have an overall record of 4-5-1 and are 1-1-0 in conference. They earned their win in the Big West over UC San Diego before falling to UC Irvine.
 
Offensively, the Roadrunners are led by Natalie O'Sullivan and Cynthia Ramirez who both have three goals to their name this season. O'Sullivan narrowly edges Ramirez with seven, adding an assist to her three goals. Isis Salazar-Ortega has also scored multiple goals on the season, netting two and dishing out one assist.
 
In net, the Gauchos will see Kamy Anaya. The senior has allowed nine goals while posting 40 saves and a 0.90 goals against average. She has recorded two clean sheets coming against Idaho and UC San Diego.
 
FOLLOW ALONG
UC Santa Barbara and CSU Bakersfield will kick off on Sunday, Oct. 5. The Gauchos and Roadrunners will kick off at 1 pm. For those unable to attend, the game will be broadcast on ESPN+ with live stats available through ucsbgauchos.com/WSOCLiveStats.