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SEASIDE, Calif. -- After picking up its first road win of 2011, the Cal State Monterey Bay men's soccer team returns to what have been the very friendly confines of the Otter Sports Complex to host CCAA South Division co–leader Cal Poly Pomona Friday (Oct. 7) in a match that could have big postseason ramifications for both teams.
Friday's match adds and additional plot twist: both CSUMB Head Coach Cummings and third year CPP head man Lance Thompson are former NAIA head coaches and assistant at national power Midwestern State.
“I've said all along that we have to defend our home field and this week will be especially challenging,” says Cummings. “Not only is Cal Poly a very good team, but they're coached by another former Midwestern State coach so there probably won't be many surprises.”
Both Cummings and third year CPP head man Lance Thompson are former NAIA head coaches and assistant at national power Midwestern State.
The home cooking will be more of a snack than a meal, however, as the Otters head right back to the road to play at Cal State East Bay Sunday (Oct. 9). CSUMB took a 2–0 decision when the teams met in Seaside on Sept. 11.
Max Brixey (Truckee HS) and
Connor Ray (Glendale, Ariz./Mountain Ridge HS) scored the Otter goals.
Otter Men's Soccer Odds & Ends
WINNING WAYS: At 4–3–1, the Otters are off to the second best start in school history and the best since opening the 2005 season 7–4–0.
HOW THE NORTH WAS WON: The Otters enter the week with 13 points, sitting in third place in the tight CCAA North Division race. Sonoma State leads the division at 15 while Chico has 14. Stanislaus is tied with CSUMB at 13 points. Pomona and Cal State Dominguez Hills share the South Division lead with 16 points apiece.
ROAD SWEET ROAD: With their 1–0 win at San Bernardino Sunday, the Otters not only picked up their first road win of the season, they earned their first road point of any kind since a 2–1 win at Cal State Stanislaus on Oct. 4, 2009.
HOME SWEET HOME: The Otters will look to remain unbeaten at home this season. They are 3–0–1 at the Otter Sports Complex in 2011.
