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Iowa State University Athletics
Sunday, September 3
Ames, Iowa
11 a.m.
Iowa State
vs
UC Santa Barbara
Photo by: KL6PHOTO LLC.
Iowa State to Face UCSB this Sunday
09.02.2023 | Soccer
AMES, Iowa – Looking to snap a three-game skid, Iowa State welcomes UC Santa Barbara to the Cyclone Soccer Complex for a Sunday morning matchup. Sunday's match is set to kick off at 11 a.m. following a change in game time and will be broadcast on ESPN+.
Iowa State (2-3) enters Sunday's contest having dropped a ranked matchup to No. 16 Memphis at the CSC on Thursday evening. Meanwhile, the Gauchos (1-2-2) are making their first-ever trip to Ames and are looking to earn their first win since opening night of the 2023 season.
The Matchup: Iowa State (2-3) vs. UC Santa Barbara (1-2-2)
Where: Cyclone Soccer Complex // Ames, Iowa
When: September 3 – 11 a.m. CT
Watch: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Live Stats: cyclones.com
Leading the Cyclones
The Cyclones will look to steady the ship after a rough couple of games where they could not garner enough offensive support.
Five different Cyclones (Salomé Prat, Abigail Miller, Mira Emma, Kristin Boos and Lauren Hernandez) have goals to their names on the season, with Miller being the lone Cyclone to have at least two scores. Iowa State has scored more than one goal in just one game this season, with it coming against Arizona in the season opener.
Two Cyclones have played all 450 minutes of action so far on the year, Hanna Reid and goalkeeper Avery Gillahan. Gillahan recorded her first career clean sheet against Northern Colorado in the first week of the season.
Scouting UC Santa Barbara
UCSB started the season 1-0 on August 17 and hasn't won since., dropping matches to Omaha and Pacific while tying San Jose State and Fresno State. The Gauchos have a quartet of goal-scorers on the year, as freshman Olivia Howard leads the team in points with three.
One of the four goal-scorers is senior midfielder Lauren Helwig. Helwig has 15 shots on the season, more than the team's next three highest combined.
In the net, Sabrina Hinz has started all five matches for the Gauchos, totaling 12 saves. UCSB has also seen Taylor Little between the sticks for a total of 90 minutes. Little has six saves and a loss to her name.
From the Notebook
- The Cyclones have lost just one match under Coach Fannon when scoring at least two goals. Two seems to be the magic number for the offense.
- Arkansas State transfer Abigail Miller has already surpassed her 2022 point total in Jonesboro, tallying four points through four games of action (she had three points with ASU in 2022).
- Two Cyclones logged their name in the scoring column across the past two contests, as Lauren Hernandez scored her first goal of the season against Iowa and Kristin Boos punched one in against No. 16 Memphis.
- Iowa State leads the Big 12 in shot accuracy, placing 61.9% of its attempts on goal. That's good enough for the 16th-highest ranking in the country.
- Two Big 12 schools, TCU and UCF, dropped from the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 this week.
- Mira Emma recorded her 11th career assist in the season-opener, pushing her into the ISU top 10 all-time. One more goal would also push Emma into that top ten list.
- After program legend Jordan Silkowitz was drafted into the NWSL, a new face took the net for the Cyclones this past week, as Avery Gillahan handled goalkeeping responsibilities.
- Gillahan earned Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors on August 23rd for her performances during the first week of the season.
Series History
Iowa State and UCSB will meet for just the third time on Sunday and for the first time in Ames. Each team owns a win in the series, with UCSB taking the first-ever meeting 2-1 in 2004 while ISU took 2021's matchup 2-0. Coach Fannon is 1-0 against UCSB on the Iowa State sideline.
Up Next
Following its two-game homestand, Iowa State will take to the road next Thursday, Sept. 7, when it travels to Oregon to face off with Portland State. Next Thursday's game is set to kick off at 2 p.m. CT and will be streamed on ESPN+.
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