Men's Soccer:
The Matadors started on a hot note, absolutely dominating Portland 4-0 on Friday, and then following up with a 2-1 effort against American to start the season 2-0. UCR followed their South division mates, and started their season 2-0 with East Coast wins at Marist (3-0) and Iona (1-0). UCD beat UNLV 1-0 at home but couldn't gain the win on the road, settling for a draw against Bakersfield. UCI and UCSB both gained their first wins of the season against San Diego and LMU respectively, while Cal Poly and Fullerton both started their seasons on poor notes, with the Mustangs losing against Seattle and Washington on the road and the Titans losing to Portland and American. Northridge's Edwin Rivas and Sagi Lev-Ari both lead the conference with 2 goals apiece.
Women's Soccer:
The Beach kept proving why they were highly ranked with wins over Saint Francis and No. 24 Baylor. Cal Poly in the meantime showed reasons to why they should be ranked with a 1-1 draw with Nevada and a dominating 4-1 win over Sacramento State. The Aggies drew with their regional rivals (Sac State) and beat Nevada in overtime. After a thrilling 5-4 win over UNLV, the Rainbow Wahine continued their hot streak, defeating Sacred Heart and Utah Valley both by a score of 2-1. After big wins last week, the Matadors cooled down with a loss to Baylor and a draw to Fresno State. Suffering a 2-1 loss to Michigan in Ann Arbor, Fullerton responded nicely by beating Michigan State. Starting the season 0-3 UCI responded by beating No. 21 Auburn 1-0. Pacific and UCSB both have yet to pick up wins as they both suffered losses this weekend.
Volleyball:
Tournaments galore in the Big West, as Hawaii and Pacific started off their seasons undefeated at 3-0. Hawaii won their tournament in dominating fashion as they beat No. 6 Stanford 3 sets to 1, while Pacific crushed Northwest teams at the Idaho Nike Invitational, defeating Idaho, Montana and Washington State. Dropping the first game to the home team in the Georgia Tech Classic, Fullerton responded by beating up on SMU and Charleston Southern, while Northridge fell to Utah Valley and beat Arizona and Evansville at the Wildcat Classic. Davis went 2-1 at the Middle Tennessee invitational beating Furman and MTSU and losing to UAB. UCR also went 2-1 as they beat Farleigh-Dickinson and Providence and lost to the hosts Hofstra at the Hofstra Asics Invitational. UCSB travelled south to Los Angeles to the LMU Invitational where they defeated Iona and LMU, but lost to UConn. UCI and LBSU both started the season 1-2 as the Anteaters dropped matches against Kansas State and Oregon State (however, beat Oakland) in the Kansas State Tournament and the 49ers beat Lipscomb before losing to UNC and Kentucky in the Kentucky Classic. Finally, Cal Poly could not pick up a win in the Burnt Orange Classic, falling to USD, Texas and LSU.
Big West Confidential Team of the Week: Hawaii women's volleyball going 3-0, beating No. 6 Stanford for the tourney title.
Big West Confidential Offensive Player of the Week: Hawaii's Tiana Fujimoto, 3 G, 0 A
Big West Confidential Defensive Player of the Week: Brandon: Marrina Meyers GK LBSU women's soccer had 5 saves in the win over #24 Baylor.
Chris: Cal Poly's GK Alyssa Giannetti had 16 saves over the course of the weekend.
Awards in bold mean unanimous decision.
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