THE TEAMS
No. 16 Santa Clara (11-1-3, 5-0-1 WCC) vs. LMU (12-4-1, 4-2)

MATCH INFO
When: Saturday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m.
Where: Sullivan Field
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Video: WCC Network

SERIES HISTORY
Santa Clara is 25-16-9 all-time against LMU with the first meeting coming in 1981. The last meeting was a 3-0 Lions victory in the 2020 WCC opener (played in the spring of 2021).  

NOTES

• Santa Clara won the WCC Championship last Saturday with a 3-1 victory over Portland for its 13th conference title in program history, clinching an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.
• The NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Selection Show will air on Monday, November 15 at 10 a.m. PT on NCAA.com. (link to the show will be on the front page of NCAA.com).
• The Broncos will look to finish the WCC season undefeated for just the fourth time in program history (1989: 4-0-1, 1994: 5-0-1, 2007: 10-0-2).  
• Nine Broncos were recognized on Senior Day prior to last Saturday's match: Alex Achramowicz, Alejandro Barajas, Keanu Born, Sakari Carter, Andreu Cases Mundet, Nicholas Cudini, Juan O'Neill, Javier Ruiz Duran and Ruben Stuiver.
• Santa Clara has won 14 of its last 18 games dating back to the spring season.  The Broncos are 14-1-3 during that span and are unbeaten in the last 11 contests (8-0-3). 
• The lone loss this season was at then No. 2-ranked Georgetown, 1-0. 
• Forward Oladayo Thomas leads the West Coast Conference in points (24), goals (nine) and shots (51).  He is tied for second in assists with six.
• 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.
• Midfielder Javier Ruiz Duran leads the WCC with nine assists and is third in points (15).
• Ruiz Duran has tallied an assist in five-straight games and in six of the last seven.  
• Seven different Bronco player has scored the game-winning goal this fall.  Thomas has scored three game winners while Ruiz Duran and Joshua Dabora have scored two.  
• Forward Joshua Dabora has five goals and two assists in the last seven games and is tied for third in the WCC in goals. 
• The Broncos have conceded just three goals in the first half all season.  It came against Pacific, San Diego and Gonzaga.  
• 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 13 times (1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2021).
• Head coach Cam Rast is in his 20th year as the head coach. He owns a 189-135-54 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 six 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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