Saturday, November 7
Orem, UT
5 P.M. PT
at
Utah Valley
Photo by: Raymond Tran
11/6/2026 10:00:00 PM | Women's Soccer
OREM, Utah — A spot in the Big West Championship match will be up for grabs when No. 5 seed Cal Poly battles No. 1 seed Utah Valley in the conference semifinals at 5 p.m. PST Saturday in Orem, Utah.
Saturday’s Big West Championship Semifinal at UCCU Stadium will be streamed live on ESPN+ with live stats available HERE.
The winner of Saturday’s match will advance to the Big West Championship match to face either No. 2 seed UC San Diego or No. 3 seed Cal State Fullerton next Saturday, Nov. 14, for an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
- Saturday’s Big West semifinal will be streamed live on ESPN+. Follow Cal Poly women's soccer on Instagram (@calpolysoccer) and X/Twitter (@CPWomensSoccer) for live updates throughout the match.
- The Wolverines, who are in their first season as a member of the Big West, are 13-4-3 this year and went unbeaten in conference play (9-0-2) to capture the Big West regular season title. Utah Valley finished with 29 points to sit atop the 12-team conference regular standings, five ahead of UC San Diego and Cal State Fullerton.
- Utah Valley enters the postseason riding a seven-match winning streak, the third-longest active streak in NCAA Division I women's soccer. The Wolverines are unbeaten in their last 12 matches, going 10-0-2 during that stretch while outscoring opponents 39-9.
- The Wolverines received two votes in this week’s national coaches poll.
- Utah Valley claimed four of the Big West's six major individual awards. Sadie Beardall was named Big West Offensive Player of the Year, Sam Curtis earned both Midfielder of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors, and Mia Owens was selected as Defensive Player of the Year. In total, the Wolverines collected 10 All-Big West honors, including five First Team selections.
- Beardall leads the Wolverines with 12 goals, eight assists and 32 points this season, ranking 14th nationally in total points and 22nd in total goals.
- Cal Poly is 0-3-0 all-time against Utah Valley, and lost the regular season matchup between the two teams on Oct. 10 in San Luis Obispo, falling 2-1. The Wolverines scored two first-half goals in the match, while Kammy MacLennan buried her first career goal just 1:15 into the second half.
- Junior Isis Salazar-Ortega buried a goal with four seconds remaining in the second overtime period to propel Cal Poly to a dramatic 1-0 victory over No. 4 seed California Baptist in the Big West Championship First Round on Wednesday night.
- The 110th-minute goal was the latest golden goal in program history (109:56).
- Salazar-Ortega is responsible for all four goals Cal Poly has scored over its last two matches, including a hat trick in the regular season finale victory over Sacramento State last Saturday, Oct. 31, that helped the Mustangs secure a spot in the conference tournament. It was the ninth hat trick in program history and Salazar-Ortega became the seventh Mustang to record a hat trick.
- Freshman Kate Nunes has also assisted on all four goals Cal Poly has scored in their last two matches, matching a program record with three in the win over the Hornets.
- Last year, the Mustangs defeated No. 3 seed Cal State Fullerton 1-0 in the Big West semifinals and took down No. 5 seed UC Santa Barbara 1-0 in the Big West Championship match to secure their fourth Big West tournament title all-time and their first in 21 years. Jessie Halladay, who now plays professionally for Racing Power FC in Portugal, scored the game-winning goal in both matches to help Cal Poly punch its ticket to the NCAA Division I Tournament for the sixth time in program history and first time since 2004.
- The Mustangs have emerged victorious in 10 of their 15 Big West semifinal appearances all-time (10-2-3), losing just twice (2012, 2022) and never advancing to the championship match on penalties, drawing in 2008, 2013 and 2014.
- The Mustangs have qualified for 16 of the 25 Big West tournaments, capturing all the glory in 1996, 2003, 2004 and 2025. Cal Poly missed the Big West postseason in 2024, but has advanced to the Big West semifinals five out of the last six seasons.
- The Mustangs are looking to go back-to-back in the conference tournament for just the second time in program history, the other time being 2003-04.
- Cal Poly has been involved in five penalty shootouts all-time — the last being in the 2014 Big West semifinals against Long Beach State — coming up short in each one of them by one penalty each time.
- In postseason play and during the Big West Championship, if a game is tied after 90 minutes of regulation, two 10-minute, golden goal overtime periods will be played, meaning if either team scores during one of the overtime periods the match is immediately over at that point. If the match is still tied after the two overtime periods, penalties will determine a winner.
- Junior Miah Thomas and freshman Kate Nunes both received All-Big West praise for their performances during the regular season, the conference office announced Tuesday.
- Thomas was named to the All-Big West Second Team while Nunes earned a spot on the 11-player All-Rookie Team.
- One of Cal Poly’s leaders in the midfield, Thomas has been instrumental to the team’s success this fall in her first season as a Mustang. The Cal State Bakersfield transfer has started in all 20 matches this season, playing every minute in 10 matches — including eight straight — and totaling 1,644 minutes on the pitch, fourth most on the team. She leads the team in goals with six, tied for the seventh most in the conference, and in points with 13.
- Thomas has converted all four of her penalty kick attempts this season and her three game-winning goals are tied for the third most in the Big West. This is the second time the Upland, Calif. native has garnered All-Big West honors, earning a spot on the Big West All-Freshman Team in 2024 while with the Roadrunners.
- As a true freshman, Nunes has proven to be one of the Mustangs’ most important players this fall. The Salinas, Calif. native has started in all 20 matches for the Mustangs, racking up 1,460 minutes on the pitch — fifth most on the team. The Salinas, Calif. native scored her first career goal in a 2-0 victory over UC Santa Barbara on Oct. 21.
- Nunes leads the team with four assists and her 6 points are the third most.
- 29 players have seen the field for the Mustangs this season with five starting in all 20 matches — senior Siena Urzua, juniors Miah Thomas, Mya Clarke and Shannon Porubski and freshman Kate Nunes.
- Goalkeeper Shannon Porubski has made 37 consecutive starts in net entering Saturday’s match. She has six clean sheets this season and 15 in her career, tied for seventh all-time in program history.
- Porubski ranks second in the nation this season in total goalie minutes played (1,763).
- Senior center back Siena Urzua leads the team in minutes played (1,798) and has played every minute in 17 of Cal Poly’s 20 matches, including nine straight. She has only stepped off the pitch for 22 minutes this season.
- Urzua has started in 30 consecutive matches for the Mustangs.
- Senior Annika Smith, the 2025 Big West Offensive Player of the Year, enters Saturday’s match tied for fourth in program history in career appearances (80) and is third in career starts (78), one shy of tying the program record of 79. She has tallied 17 goals and nine assists during her Cal Poly career — including one goal and two assists this season — and her 43 career points are tied for 15th most in program history.
- Cal Poly has scored 21 goals this season and allowed just 17, third best in the conference.
- The Mustangs are unbeaten in matches this season (8-0-1) where they’ve scored the opening goal.
- Fifth-year Sophia Minnite, seniors Annika Smith and Siena Urzua, and juniors Miah Thomas and Ava Mirelez make up Cal Poly’s five captains this season.
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