IRVINE, Calif. — Dominican University of California sophomore forward
Mariah Meza has been named this week's PacWest Women's Soccer Player of the Week. The awards is based on games played Sept. 21-27.
The Santa Rosa, Calif. native tallied three goals on the week, putting all seven of her shots on goal in two games. She scored the game-winner and added an insurance goal in Dominican's first win of the season over CBU. She also scored the game-tying goal in a 2-1 overtime loss to Concordia.
Dominican next takes the pitch when the Penguins host Holy Names on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 12 p.m., followed by the men's teams at 2:30 p.m. The Dominican soccer teams will help show their commitment to the fight against pediatric cancer as they wear gold laces for Lace Up 4 Pediatric Cancer®, an initiative of Go 4 The Goal. All funds stay in the community where they are raised to support local children, with the funds from this match benefitting UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland. To learn more, and to donate, visit
go4thegoal.org/laceup.html. Live stats and video will be available at
dominicanathletics.com/live with live audio provided by
radio.dominican.edu. Fans are encouraged to tag their posts with .
Sept. 29 is also National Coffee Day and students, faculty, and staff are invited to "Coffee with Coffey" from 7:30 to 9 a.m. i front of Caleruega Hall. Mingle with Dominican's new soccer coaches — head women's coach
Kelly Coffey and head men's coach
Zach Kingsley. Grab a cup of coffee courtesy of Epicurean Group and doughnuts from Johnny Doughnuts and make your donation to Go 4 The Goal.
