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No. 24 Men's Soccer Looks to Remain Atop WCC at Gonzaga on Saturday

No. 24 Men's Soccer Looks to Remain Atop WCC at Gonzaga on Saturday

THE TEAMS
No. 24 Santa Clara (9-1-3, 3-0-1) vs. Gonzaga (7-7, 2-2)

MATCH INFO
When: Saturday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m.
Where: Luger Field
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Video: WCC Network

SERIES HISTORY
Santa Clara is 23-10-5 all-time against Gonzaga with the first meeting coming in 1993. The last meeting was a 2-0 Broncos victory in the spring on second half goals by Oladayo Thomas and Caden Buckley.

NOTES

  • Santa Clara sits alone atop the West Coast Conference standings with 10 points on a 3-0-1 league record.  
  • Santa Clara has won 12 of its last 16 games dating back to the spring season.  The Broncos are 12-1-3 during that span and are unbeaten in the last nine contests (6-0-3). 
  • The lone loss this season was at then No. 2-ranked Georgetown, 1-0. 
  • Senior forward Oladayo Thomas leads the West Coast Conference in points (19) and shots (45).  He is tied for first in goals (seven) and is third in the leagues in assists with five.
  • Thomas had logged a point in six-straight games (four goals & four assists during the span), tied for the third longest streak in Bronco history alongside Paul Bravo in 1989, before it was snapped against San Diego.
  • Gradudate student midfielder Javier Ruiz Duran leads the WCC with seven assists.
  • Seven different Bronco player has scored the game-winning goal this fall.  Thomas and Joshua Dabora are the only players with two gamewinners.
  • Redshirt junior forward Joshua Dabora has five goals and an assist in the last five games and is tied for third in the WCC in goals. 
  • The Broncos have conceded just two goals in the first half all season.  It came against Pacific and San Diego.  
  • Santa Clara has been to 20 NCAA Tournaments, five College Cups (1989, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2003) and won one National Championship (1989).
  • The Broncos have won the West Coast Conference 12 times (1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2015).
  • Head coach Cam Rast is in his 20th year as the head coach. He owns a 186-135-54 career record and is Santa Clara men's soccer's winningest coach.  A Santa Clara University alumnus, Rast has led his alma mater to seven NCAA tournaments and five West Coast Conference Championships since taking over the Bronco men's soccer program in 2002. A former All-America player on Santa Clara's National Championship team of 1989 and U.S. Olympic Team captain in 1992, Rast spent eight seasons as an assistant coach at SCU from 1994-2001.

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