SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The UC Santa Barbara Women's soccer team is back in action this week with a rivalry game against Cal Poly and a crucial matchup against first place Utah Valley. With an overall record of 8-2-6 and 12 points, the Gauchos are in a three-way tie for third place with UC San Diego and CSUN.

PROMOTIONS
Saturday's match against Utah Valley will be sponsored by Chick-Fil-A and fans in attendance will receive a menu item gift card. 

ABOUT LAST WEEK
The Gauchos are coming off a 1-0 victory against UC Irvine followed by a 1-1 draw with UC San Diego. Starting this week on the road, the Gauchos look to get back in the win column before heading back home to face Utah Valley.

SCOUTING THE MUSTANGS
Cal Poly comes into Wednesday's match with a record of 5-5-5 and nine points in Big West play, putting them in seventh place. The Mustangs are coming off two draws last week against Cal State Bakersfield and CSUN. Since 2005, the Gauchos have a 3-4-3 record in San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly's attack is spearheaded by Miah Thomas, who has scored six goals in 15 games. Sam Liaty and Ruby Casey have two goals each. Junior Shannon Porubski holds it down in goal, playing all but 45 minutes of the season. She has a 0.90 GAA, giving up 13 goals in 15 games.

SCOUTING THE WOLVERINES
Utah Valley has an overall record of 9-4-3 and is tied for first place and unbeaten in conference play with 17 points.

Utah Valley has scored 32 goals this season, which is the most in the Big West. Nixan Jackson has 10 assists, which leads the Big West. The Wolverines' main goal scorer is Sadie Beardall with eight.

Freshman Madeline Boucher has been in net for a majority of the season with a 0.84 GAA allowing 12 goals in 15 games.

FOLLOW ALONG
The Gauchos are in San Luis Obispo on Wednesday, October 21, at 6pm to face Cal Poly. Then they return home to host Utah Valley on Saturday, October 24, at 6pm in Harder Stadium. You are able to stream both games on ESPN+ with live stats available.