THE TEAMS
No. 15 Santa Clara (10-5-2, 7-1 WCC) vs. Saint Mary's (10-3-4, 4-2-2 WCC)
MATCH INFO
When: Saturday, Nov. 6 at 1 p.m.
Where: Saint Mary's Stadium
Video: WCC Network
Live Stats: SideArm
SERIES HISTORY
Santa Clara is 36-3-5 all-time against Saint Mary's.
Last season the Broncos beat the Gaels 2-0 at home.
NOTES
- Kylie Foutch was named the West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Week and Kelsey Turnbow took home Offensive Player of the Week on November 1.
- Kelsey Turnbow is in fifth place at Santa Clara in career goals with 54. Next is Jenni Symons and Jacqui Little with 63 each. She is tied for ninth all-time with Leslie Osborne at with 34 assists. Next is Danielle Slaton with 35. Turnbow is also at 142 points, which is fifth. Next is Jenny Fechner's 156.
- Turnbow joined Mandy Clemens (67), Jenny Fechner (66), Jenni Symons (63), Jacqui Little (63), and Mikka Hansen (52) as the only Broncos in the 50-goal club with a pair of scores at Pacific.
- Santa Clara has been to 30 NCAA Tournaments, 11 College Cups (1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2020), and won two National Championships (2001, 2020). The program became just the seventh with two or more national titles. Only three teams have more.
- The Broncos have won the West Coast Conference 11 times (1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2020).
- Head coach Jerry Smith is in his 35th year. He has 518 career wins, the third most Division I wins in women's soccer history.
- The Broncos bring back all but two starters.
- Santa Clara rolled by LMU 6-0 on Senior Day Wednesday.
WCC STANDINGS UPDATE
The Broncos will win at least a share of the WCC Championship with a win over Saint Mary's. They win the outright title with a win and a BYU loss at Pepperdine. They are co-champions with BYU if they win and the Cougars win or they tie Saint Mary's and BYU and Pepperdine tie. They are co-champions with Pepperdine with a tie at Saint Mary's and a Pepperdine victory over BYU. In any scenario with co-champions, the Broncos hold the tiebreaker for the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament due to tiebreakers over BYU and Pepperdine thanks to head-to-head wins over each team.
| SCHOOL | POINTS | WCC | PCT. | OVERALL | PCT. | HOME | AWAY | NEUTRAL | STREAK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara | 21 | 7-1 | 0.875 | 10-5-1 | 0.647 | 7-0-1 | 2-5-1 | 1-0-0 | W2 |
| Brigham Young | 21 | 7-1 | 0.875 | 12-4-1 | 0.735 | 9-1-0 | 3-3-1 | 0-0-0 | W1 |
| Pepperdine | 19 | 6-1-1 | 0.813 | 15-2-1 | 0.861 | 5-1-1 | 10-1-0 | 0-0-0 | W2 |
| Saint Mary's | 14 | 4-2-2 | 0.625 | 10-3-4 | 0.706 | 7-2-1 | 3-1-3 | 0-0-0 | W1 |
| Gonzaga | 12 | 4-4 | 0.500 | 14-5 | 0.737 | 6-2 | 8-3 | 0-0 | W3 |
| Portland | 12 | 4-4 | 0.500 | 8-8 | 0.500 | 5-3 | 3-5 | 0-0 | L1 |
| Pacific | 8 | 2-4-2 | 0.375 | 10-5-3 | 0.639 | 3-2-1 | 6-3-2 | 1-0-0 | L1 |
| San Francisco | 6 | 2-6 | 0.250 | 6-9-2 | 0.412 | 4-2-1 | 2-7-1 | 0-0-0 | L2 |
| San Diego | 4 | 1-6-1 | 0.188 | 6-10-1 | 0.382 | 6-5-1 | 0-5-0 | 0-0-0 | L1 |
| Loyola Marymount | 0 | 0-8 | 0.000 | 0-18 | 0.000 | 0-8 | 0-10 | 0-0 | L18 |
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