Spartans Set to Battle Pacific on the Road, Santa Clara at Home

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The San José State men's soccer team (1-2-2, 0-0-0 WAC) will play two matches this week. The Spartans will face the Pacific Tigers (3-2-1, 0-0-0 WCC) in Stockton, Calif. on Wednesday, Sept. 13 and the Santa Clara Broncos (1-4-0, 0-0-0 WCC) at home on Sunday, Sept. 17. Both kickoffs are scheduled for 7 p.m. 

LAST MATCH IN REVIEW

• Niklas Dossmann scored his first career goal to lead the Spartans in a 3-1 loss at Saint Mary's on Friday night.
• Angel Iniguez and Josh Redfield provided the assists.
• David Sweeney made four saves.
• Iniguez led the Spartans with two shots.
• Dossmann, Redfield, Isaac Lomeli and Gaku Nishimura each played all 90 minutes.

WHERE THE SPARTANS RANK

• Iniguez has the second-most points in the WAC with seven.
• Iniguez leads the WAC in assists with three.
• Nishimura is tied for fourth in the conference in assists with two.
• Beau Leroux has recorded the fourth-most shots in the conference with 11.
• Sweeney has the second-best goals-against average in the conference at 1.60.
• Iniguez was named the WAC Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week on Aug. 29.

RECORD WATCH

• With 17 career shutouts, Sweeney is one shutout away from tying the all-time record for clean sheets by a Spartan goalkeeper.
  • SJSU career leaders in shutouts:
    • 1. 18 Chris Humphreys (1997-2000)
    •     18 Gary St. Clair (1970-74)
    • 3. 17 David Sweeney (2019-present)
    • 4. 15 Jonathan Lester (2009-11)
    •     15 Sean Keohane (1976-77)
• With 237 career saves, Sweeney has recorded the fourth-most career saves by a Spartan goalkeeper.
• • SJSU career leaders in saves:
    
    • 1. 253 Keith Bateman (1992-95)
    • 2. 242 John Olejnik (1980, 82-84)
    • 3. 238 Brandon Main (1994-97)
    • 4. 237 David Sweeney (2019-present)
    • 5. 225 Jonathan Lester (2009-11)

VS. PACIFIC

• The Pacific Tigers are 3-2-1 this season and are coming off a 1-0 victory over UC Davis on Sunday.
• The Spartans have a 24-6-0 all-time record against the Tigers.
• The Spartans won 2-0 against Pacific on Sept. 22, 2022. Iniguez was involved in both goals, scoring one and adding an assist.

VS. SANTA CLARA

• The Santa Clara Broncos are 1-4-0 this season and are coming off a 1-0 loss to Houston Christian on Sunday.
• The Spartans have a 30-29-6 all-time record against the Broncos.
• Their last meeting was in 2019, a 5-1 Santa Clara win.