NO. 18 STANFORD AT CAL
Sunday, Oct. 7 | 3 PM PT | Edwards Stadium | Berkeley, Calif.
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The Cal men's soccer team hosts its annual home match against rival Stanford on Sunday at 3 p.m., with the match airing on the Pac-12 Networks. The Bears will be attemping to snap a nine-match winless streak against the No. 18 Cardinal, having gone 0-8-1 since their last victory over Stanford on Oct. 20, 2013. Sunday's matchup will also mark the fourth consecutive time the Cardinal enters the match as a nationally ranked opponent. After Sunday's contest, the Bears will have played eight of their first 11 contets this season at home, with only two home matches the rest of the season. Cal is 4-1-2 at home this season, while Stanford has compiled a road record of 1-0-2.

 


SHIN-YES
Senior forward Shinya Kadono is having a season for the ages. He leads the Pac-12 with 10 goals, 22 points and 38 shots and ranks in the top-10 nationally in goals per game (fourth, 1.0) goals (fifth, 10), points (sixth, 22) and points per game (seventh, 2.20). Kadono's four-goal, nine-point performance in last month's 6-2 win over Santa Clara also is tied for the most goals and points in a single match in the country this season. Kadono has also been named Pac-12 Player of the Week twice this year. Kadono was named to the United Soccer Coaches NCAA All-Far West Region Second Team last season and earned All-Pac-12 Second Team honors. He was also a 2018 Preseason All-Pac-12 pick and is one of the Bears' team captains for the season.

NUPHAUS GETS CALL FOR U-19 NATIONAL TEAM
Freshman JJ Foe Nuphaus missed two matches earlier this season after being called up to the U-19 U.S. Men's National Team for an invitational at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.  Nuphaus has spent time with the U-19 team previously, as well as the U-17 and U-14 teams. Nuphaus, who was ranked as the 39th-best player in the country last year by Top Drawer Soccer, has started and played every minute of the eight matches in which he has been available this season.

MARK YOUR CALLENDER
Junior goalie Drake Callender was one of 32 student-athletes on the preseason watch list for the 2018 MAC Hermann Trophy, given annually to the nation's top player. He leads the Pac-12 with 28 saves, ranks second in save percentage (.700) and third in goals-against average at 1.14. Callender was a United Soccer Coaches NCAA All-Far West Region First Team selection last season as well as an All-Pac-12 First Team pick. Callender was also named to the 2018 Preseason All-Pac-12 Team.

CLASSROOM PROWESS
The Bears have established quite a legacy in the classroom, with 10 student-athletes receiving Pac-12 All-Academic honors last season. Two of the three that earned First Team honors - Halil Beqaj and Simon Lekressner - are back this season, Second-Teamers Sam Ebstein and Sam Junqua and honorable mention picks Shinya Kadono and Spencer Held are also on this year's roster. Aravind Sivakumar, who graduated last spring, was the 2017 Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year and was named a CoSIDA Academic Third Team All-American. Not suprisingly, the Bears earned the Newmark Award, given to the teams at Cal with the highest cumulative GPA. Cal's men's soccer team won the award for the small sport category after compiling a combined 3.301 GPA during the past academic year.

ABOUT NO. 18 STANFORD
• SR Amir Bashti has been named Pac-12 Player of the Week twice this season
• Stanford has recorded shutouts in seven of its first nine matches
• Goalie Andrew Thomas leads the Pac-12 in goals-against average (0.21).