#11 PORTLAND PILOTS (11-1-3, 3-1-1 WCC)
Week 11: at Pacific
 
Pacific Tigers (9-4-2, 3-2-0 WCC)
Day: Saturday
Date: Nov. 3, 2018
Time: 7:00 p.m.
City: Stockton, Calif.
Pitch: Knoles Field
Live Video: PortlandPilots.com
Live Stats: PortlandPilots.com
 
POR vs. PAC
Overall Series: 4-3-0
H: 2-0-0  •  A: 2-3-0  •  N: 0-0-0
Last: POR 3, @PAC 1 (10/7/2017)
 
THIS WEEK
• The No. 11 Pilots stay on the road this weekend for a key West Coast Conference match as they'll face the Pacific Tigers on Saturday night in Stockton, Calif.
• Kickoff is at 7 p.m., and the match will play a factor in determining the WCC champion with only two regular season contests remaining.
• Links for a live stream and live stats can be found at PortlandPilots.com.
 
LAST WEEK
• The Pilots bounced back from a 2-1 loss at San Francisco on Friday night with a convincing 2-0 win at Santa Clara on Sunday.
• Against the Broncos, Greg Tracey scored a world class goal in the 19th minute when he took a short pass from Shane Aranda and buried a shot into the right corner of the net from 20 yards out.
• Jake Arteaga added his first goal of the year when he got on the end of a cross from R.J. Stretch in the 42nd minute, and the Pilots would hang on for their fifth shutout of the year.
• The Dons previously handed the Pilots their first loss after jumping ahead 2-0.
• Portland pulled one back when Alejandro Pereira scored on a header in the 75th minute, but the Dons would prevail.
 
ABOUT THE PILOTS...
• The Pilots didn't suffer their first loss of the season until their 14th match, which is the longest unbeaten streak to start a year since 1995.
• The 13-match unbeaten string is also the longest for the Pilots since that '95 team went 14 games without a blemish.
• The 10-0-3 open to the season ranks as the program's third best start ever, behind only 1995 and the 1988 squad.
• The 1988 team, led by legendary goalkeeper Kasey Keller, own the program's best start ever as they won their first 21 games before succumbing to Indiana in the College Cup Semifinals.
• The Pilots were one of the last two remaining teams in the country without a loss, with the other being conference rival Saint Mary's, who enters the weekend with a 15-0-1 record and a No. 6 national ranking.
• After reaching a season-best No. 7 ranking in the United Soccer Coaches Poll, the Pilots sit at No. 11 in this week's ranking.
• Top Drawer Soccer has the Pilots ranked 15th.
• The Pilots have played one of the toughest schedules in the country, and they have wins over Syracuse (currently No. 13 RPI), Oregon State (No. 25), Washington (No. 27), Coastal Carolina (No. 35), and UC Santa Barbara (No. 59).
• Portland features the No. 14 offense in the country, averaging 2.07 goals per game.
• Benji Michel started the season by scoring a goal in six straight games.
• Michel's goal streak was the longest to begin a season for a Pilot since at least 2001.
• Michel ranks third nationally with six game-winners, he's No. 20 in goals per game (0.71), 26th in points per game (1.57), and 29th in total goals (10).
• The junior forward landed Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week Honorable Mention following his one goal, one assist performance at Gonzaga, and he was previously the Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week (Oct. 1) and WCC Player of the Week after providing two game-winners and an assist as the Pilots won at Coastal Carolina and defeated Northern Illinois at home.
• Gio Magana-Rivera, who had an assist at Coastal Carolina and two against NIU, also landed Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week Honorable Mention accolades after the Pilots went 2-0 against the No. 24 Chanticleers and Huskies.
• Redshirt-senior goalkeeper Kienan Weekes nabbed WCC Player of the Week honors after the Pilots shutout the No. 9 Washington Huskies 1-0 on Sept. 14.
• It was the first conference honor for Weekes, who also landed on the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week earlier this season when he registered his first career shutout with five saves during a 1-0 win over UCSB on Aug. 31.
• Weekes made a career-best six saves against the Huskies.
• Rey Ortiz was named to Top Drawer Soccer's National Team of the Week (Sept. 10) after registering a goal and an assist during a 4-1 win over Jacksonville.
• Ortiz's career mark of 0.44 assists per game is tops on the program's all-time list in the modern era (1986-2017).
• Portland ranks sixth nationally in attendance.
• The Pilots were selected by the league's eight coaches to finish second in the West Coast Conference behind Pacific.
• Rey Ortiz ranked second nationally last season in assists per game (0.76) and he was third in total assists with 13; his 13 assists missed matching a program record by one.
• Ortiz also had six goals to lead the WCC with 25 points.
• Following the 2017 season, Ortiz was named to Top Drawer Soccer's Best XI Second Team, nabbed all-region honors, and landed on the All-WCC First Team.
• Michel, who earned WCC All-First Team and all-regional honors last season, made history when he registered a hat trick during the first 26 minutes of a 6-0 win over Fairfield (Aug. 27); the hat trick was the first at Merlo Field since UP's Alejandro Salazar accomplished the feat in 2003.
• Portland's newcomers were ranked as the No. 3 class in the nation, according to Top Drawer Soccer.
• Freshman midfielder Jake Arteaga was named to Top Drawer Soccer's Preseason Best XI Freshman Team.
• Head coach Nick Carlin-Voigt is in his third year at the helm of the Pilots, and in his first year on The Bluff he led Portland to an improbable turn-around en route to the 2016 WCC title and an NCAA Playoff berth.
• It was the program's first WCC Championship since 2002, and it was their first trip to the NCAA postseason since 2009.
• In 2016 Carlin-Voigt became the program's first WCC Coach of the Year since Clive Charles in 2002.
• Carlin-Voigt, who came to The Bluff from UCLA during the winter of 2016, was named one of the Top 10 American Coaches under 40 by Top Drawer Soccer in 2017.
• The Pilots claim renowned men's soccer alums Kasey Keller, Steve Cherundolo, Conor Casey, Nate Jaqua, Heath Pearce, and 2015 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Luis Robles.
 • In 1988, legendary coach Clive Charles led Keller and the Pilots to the school's first ever NCAA College Cup; the Pilots returned to the College Cup in 1995.
• The Pilots have made 15 appearances in the NCAA Postseason all-time, which includes two appearances in the College Cup (1988 & 1995).
 
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS
• The Pacific Tigers sit just behind the Pilots (10 points) in the WCC standings with nine points.
• The Tigers have out-scored their opponents by a 25-18 margin, and they've registered five shutouts.
• Camden Riley, who is the two-time reigning WCC Player of the Week, has a team-best eight goals, while Jonathan Jimenez has five goals and a team-high five assists.
• Keeper Mateo Gomez has played the majority of the minutes in goal and has a GAA of 1.07 and a .600 save percentage.
• Ryan Jorden is in his fifth year as head coach at Pacific, which came into existence as a program in 2014.
• The Tigers reached the NCAA Second Round last season for the second year in a row.