CEDAR CITY, Utah - The Southern Utah soccer team will officially open the 2019 regular season this Saturday in Las Vegas with a match against the CSUN Matadors.

Last Time Out

Last Friday the Thunderbirds played an exhibition match against Utah State in which the teams played to a 0-0 double-overtime draw.

The defense was the story for the Thunderbirds as they held the Aggies scoreless despite them taking 23 shots in the game. Brianna Aldridge started in goal and made six saves in 71+ minutes played. Freshman Isabella Whitmore played the remainder of the game in goal and also made six saves in 38+ minutes of play.

"We went there with the plan of keeping the other team off the scoreboard and the team did a fantastic job of that," head coach Fred Thompson said. "For the majority of the game, we kept them at bay and at a place where they weren't dangerous. We had some lapses in concentration which is going to happen at this point in the season, but there was always someone to bail us out, which is what teammates are for."

Scouting Report: CSUN Matadors

The Matadors are coming off of a 2018 season in which they finished with a 6-9-1 overall record. They were 2-6 in Big West play, good enough for an eighth place finish. CSUN returns 18 letterwinners to this season's roster including six who started more than half the time in 2018.

Head coach Keith West is entering his 14th season at the helm of the program. West has a overall record of 113-111-31 at CSUN.

Match Info

Saturday's match will be hosted by UNLV at Peter Johann Memorial Field. The match is set to begin at 8:00 p.m. Mountain time (7:00 p.m. Pacific).

Live stats of the match will be available at suutbirds.com.

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