BERKELEY --- No. 12 California women's soccer will have its second split weekend of the season when the Golden Bears face Saint Mary's on the road and return to Berkeley to host UC Davis. The Bears will take on the Gaels on Friday, September 9 at 1:30 p.m. in Moraga and host the Aggies on Sunday, September 11 at 1 p.m in at Goldman Field. Fans can follow the action on Twitter @CalWomensSoccer as well as tracking Live Stats (for both games) and video (at Saint Mary's).

LAST TIME OUT
Cal wrapped up a perfect road trip to Texas with a 1-0 victory over the University of Texas on Sunday afternoon in Austin. A goal in the 68th minute from redshirt senior Ifeoma Onumonu was the difference for the Bears, who won their fourth straight match in the process.

SCOUTING SAINT MARY'S
Saint Mary's has opened the season on a five-game winless streak, playing to a scoreless tie against Idaho on Sunday. Cal currently leads the all-time series 17-8-4 after a 2-0 shutout victory last September. The Gaels' lone goal this season was scored by junior forward Hannah Diaz in SMC's opener at Cal State Fullerton. Starting senior goalkeeper Julia McDonald has played every minute in net for Saint Mary's, posting a 1.12 goals against average in the process.

SCOUTING UC DAVIS
UC Davis is currently 2-3-1 and will face Portland State on Friday. Senior forward Celina Minissian paces the Aggies with three goals in the team's six games while freshman forward Nicole Carson leads the team in assists with a pair. Sophomore goalkeeper Alexis Smith is carrying a 0.94 GAA through the team's first six games.

TRIPLE DOUBLE
For the second consecutive season, the Pac-12 Coaches have predicted that Bears will finish the regular season in third place. Reigning conference champion Stanford was selected to repeat atop the league standings, with USC picked to finish second. Trailing Cal in the Coaches Poll were UCLA, Arizona, Washington, Washington State, Arizona State, Utah, Colorado, Oregon State and Oregon.

JUMPING ON THE SHIP
Senior Arielle Ship, the reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year and first-ever from Cal women's soccer, is primed to lead the Bears again in 2016. A NSCAA All-American and All-Pac-12 First Team selection last year, Ship has already picked up a few honors early this season: MAC Hermann Trophy watch list selection; No. 19 ranked player on TopDrawerSoccer's first National Top 100 Players list; and a TDS Preseason Best XI Second Team honoree.

FITZGERARD FINDS THE NET
Kelly Fitzgerald was the first player this year to score in back-to-back games after finding the back of the net against New Mexico and Portland. She added a third
consecutive goal against Texas Tech. Her goal streak ended after being shut out by Texas but she extended her points streak to a fourth game by setting up Ifeoma Onumonu's game-winner on Sunday.

CLIMBING THE LADDER
With her goal against Texas - her third of the year and 26th of her career- redshirt senior Ifeoma Onumonu moved into 6th place on Cal's all-time list for career
goals, passing Winnie Burns (1985-88) and Andrea Rodebaugh (1984-87). Six more scores will put her at 32 for her career and in the top five all-time in Golden
Bear history, passing Erika Hinton (1990-93). Entering the season, Onumonu scored a career- best 11 goals in 2012, eight in 2013, one in an injury-plagued 2014 and three last season.

SHUTOUT CENTRAL
Junior Emily Boyd is also making a play for standing in the Cal all-time record books. The Bears' starting goalkeeper - who currently leads the nation in shutouts
with five - has 20 career clean sheets to her credit, tying Mary Harvey (1983-86) and Ashley Sulprizio (2002-05) for 4th all-time at Cal. Boyd blanked four opponents in 2014 as a freshman and logged a career-best 11 shutouts last year as a sophomore.

CONFERENCE AFFILIATION
Outside of its Pac-12 Conference slate, Cal will take on opponents from four other leagues during the 2016 season - the Big West, the West Coast Conference, the
Big 12 and the Mountain West. 

Big West: 1-0 (W, Cal Poly) | Left: UC Davis
West Coast Conference: 1-1 (L, Santa Clara; W, Portland) | Left: Saint Mary's. USF
Mountain West: 1-0 (W, New Mexico)
Big 12: 2-0 (W, Texas Tech; W, Texas)

LEADING BEAR
Entering the 2016 campaign, head coach Neil McGuire had posted a record of 111-58-22 in his nine previous seasons in Berkeley. With the team's five wins so far this year, McGuire's total is up to 116, just eight shy of the school record of 124 wins set by McGuire's predecessor, Kevin Boyd, from 1997-06. 

BEAR TERRITORY
Cal is undefeated in its three home contests this season, winning each game via shutout. This marks the first time since 2007 that the Bears have opened a home schedule with three straight shutout wins to begin the year.