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2020 Men's Soccer

9 Andres Lua

  • Major Mechanical Engineering
  • Hometown Le Grand, CA
  • Previous School Le Grand High School
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 160
  • Class Junior
  • Position F

Biography

Career Notes: Currently ranked fourth in program history with 24 career goals and is ranked sixth with 57 career points...Is ranked second with ten game-winning goals and is fourth with 179 shots...Has four multi-goal games...Has scored a goal in three of his five NAIA National Tournament games...2021 All-Californa Pacific Conference First Team...Earned first career Cal Pac Player of the Week award on March 15, 2021.

2021: All-California Pacific Conference First Team...Led the Cal Pac with 19 points and eight goals...First UC Merced scoring champion since Cody Golbad led the conference in 2014...Tied for fourth in the conference with three assists...Totaled 41 shots, 24 of which were on target...2.67 shots on goal per game was good for first in the Cal Pac and eighth in the nation...Opened the season with five straight game-winning goals and finished second in the nation with 0.56 game-winning goals per game...Was one of six Bobcats to start all nine games...Recorded a career-high five points with two goals and an assist in the season opener against Pacific Union College...Added two more goals the following game, this time on the road at Pacific Union...Scored game-winning goal against Simpson University (3/10) and was named the Cal Pac Player of the Week on March 15...Scored game-winning goal, delivered an assist and held match-high with seven shots against La Sierra (3/26)...Game-winning goal streak extended to five games with an early goal at University of Antelope Valley (4/8)...Also scored in the Cal Pac Semifinals and recorded six shots on goal vs. La Sierra (4/15)...Recorded the assist on the game-winning goal against BenU Mesa in the California Pacific Conference Championship game (4/16).

2019: Was one of five Bobcats to start at least 21 of the 22 games...Finished second on the team with a career-high 29 total points (12 goals, four assists)...Both points and goals total was good for Top 10 in the Cal Pac and Top 10 on the program's single-season record list...Peppered opponents with a career-high four shots per game, which was fourth in the Cal Pac...33 shots on goal...Finished tied for the Cal Pac lead with a career-high four game-winning goals...Four game-winning goals was also good for second all-time on the program's single-season record list...Netted the first goal of the 2019 home campaign, a score in the 12th minute against Oregon Tech (8/29)...Scored golden goal in the 94th minute against 22nd-ranked Hope International University (9/21) to give the Bobcats their first overtime win since October 3, 2015...Managed to get off seven shots against Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (9/29)...Held match-high with eight shots and scored twice against Simpson University (10/26)...Scored a goal and assisted the golden goal at Marymount California University (11/2) to help the Bobcats break the program's single-season wins record...Held match-high with six shots and scored the game-winning goal in the 95th minute against No. 25 Menlo College on November 22 to lead the Bobcats to its first ever win in the NAIA National Championships...Converted a PK in a 6-5 shootout win over No. 14 Corban University on November 23 to punch a ticket to the NAIA National Championship Final Site...Also headed in a goal in regulation during the Corban match, becoming the second ever Bobcat to score back-to-back days...Had four shots and scored in the 64th minute against No. 7 Lindsey Wilson College, the first ever Round of 16 goal in program history.

2018: Started 14 of 19 games as a freshman...Peppered opponents with 50 shots, 21 on goal...Tallied ten shots in the first three games of his career...Scored first of four collegiate goals against Cal Maritime on September 27...Also scored against Antelope Valley on October 20...Scored career-high two goals in final game of the regular season, La Sierra on November 4...Tabbed an assist against Antelope Valley (10/20) and Pacific Union (10/28).

High School: 2017 Merced Sun-Star Player of the Year…2017 Southern Athletic League Player of the Year…Led team to 2017 Southern Athletic League Championship, Sac Joaquin Section Championship, and Northern California Regional Title…Ranked seventh in California with 40 goals.

Personal: Majoring in Mechanical Engineering…Has three siblings...Favorite food is Panda Express...Favorite team is Bareclona and favorite athlete is Ronaldinho.

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