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CSUSM Begins 2021 Season on the Road at Dominguez Hills
SAN MARCOS, Calif. – Eager to take the pitch, the Cal State San Marcos women's soccer team will get its 2021 season underway with a non-conference matchup against CCAA foe Cal State Dominguez Hills on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Carson.
GAME 1 | CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS
Date
Sunday Sept. 5, 2021
Time
2 p.m.
Location
Carson, Calif.
Venue
Toro Stadium
Records
CSUSM (0-0-0)
CSUDH (0-0-0)
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SEASON OPENER AGAINST THE TOROS
In season openers, CSUSM is 9-2-3 all-time with its last opening-day loss occurring in 2012.
The Cougars have yet to lose a season opener in the NCAA Division II era.
The Cougars and Toros are knotted up at 4-4-1 in the all-time series against each other.
This will be the first non-conference game between the two CCAA foes since 2014.
CSUDH owns the series lead when playing in Carson at 4-3.
CSUSM took a 2-1 loss in the last matchup against CSUDH in the final game of the 2019 season.
The Cougars are 4-1-1 in their last six games against the Toros.
The last five games in the series have been decided by one goal or a tie.
The Toros were picked to finish sixth in the 2021 CCAA Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches Poll.
CSUDH will return 14 letterwinners, including 2019 All-CCAA honorees Holly Kaemerle and Haley McDevitt.
COUGAR OUTLOOK
CSUSM has 12 returners from its 2019 squad, including Hannah Arcala who tallied one goal and a team-leading 28 shots.
Sixteen Cougars who will be donning a CSUSM uniform for the first time, including 2019 United Soccer Coaches Junior College Division III National Player of the Year Ashley Roskelly.
The Cougars tied for eighth in the 2021 CCAA Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches Poll with Cal State Monterey Bay.
THE RENNEISEN FILE
Head coach Bobby Renneisen enters his eighth year in charge of the women's program and 16th overall at CSUSM.
Renneisen's 2018 team made its second consecutive CCAA Tournament appearance in 2018 while also handing No. 1 UC San Diego its lone regular-season loss.
Between 2006-13, Renneisen was an assistant/associate head coach for both the men's and women's soccer teams.
As the women's head coach, Renneisen is 41-38-25 (.514) for his career with the Cougars.