(St George, UT – Sept 29, 2026) – Utah Tech men's soccer will look to bounce back as they continue their four match homestand with a Sunday afternoon match against UC Davis.
REGULAR SEASON: MATCH 11, CONFERENCE 3
Who | UC Davis (0-6-4, 0-1-1 MWC) at
Utah Tech (1-7-2, 0-1-1 MWC)
When | Sunday, Oct. 4 at 2 p.m. MST
Where | Greater Zion Stadium, St George, UT
Watch | Mountain West+
Stats | Live Stats
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LAST TIME OUT
Utah Tech men's soccer had opportunities, but dropped its Mountain West home opener 3-1 to Grand Canyon on Wednesday night.
Seth Powder created a great opportunity early for the Trailblazers, as he drew a foul in the box after a video assisted review that led to a penalty kick. Powder took the kick and was stopped by the Lopes' keeper on a nice diving save to his right.
Both teams traded scoring chances for the next half hour of play, but GCU was able to break through first as João Gonçalinho gave them the lead in the 33rd minute.
Just over six minutes later, GCU doubled their lead as Arnau Camaño found the back of the net.
GCU held a 14-4 shot advantage in the first half, but freshman netminder,
Zack Jarvie, recorded a pair of saves to keep the Trailblazers in it.
In the 84th minute,
Seth Powder was able to draw another foul in the box after video review, and the Trailblazers were awarded their second penalty kick of the night. Sophomore midfielder,
Zach Taylor, stepped up and buried the PK to get Utah Tech on the board. The PK goal was Taylor's second goal of the season, improving to two of two on penalty tries.
ALL ABOUT THE AGGIES
UC Davis enters play on Sunday coming off of a 2-0 loss to Air Force in their conference home opener. In their other conference game, they earned a point with a 1-1 draw at San Jose State.
The Aggies were picked to finish third in the preseason poll, with 15 total points. Sophomore defenders Nami Banks and Josh Gault and junior midfielder Rafael Matiello were named to the inaugural Mountain West Men's Soccer Watch List selected by the league's head coaches.
Gabriel Sanchez leads UCD with three goals and six points so far. Talin Morgan has been the mainstay between the pipes this season, starting in all ten matches so far. Morgan has made 33 saves and is allowing 2.97 goals per game.
SERIES HISTORY
This is the first meeting between the two programs. They will face each other later this month in Davis on the 23rd.
TRAILBLAZERS PICKED SIXTH IN COACHES' POLL
Utah Tech men's soccer was selected to finish 6th in the 2026 Mountain West Conference Preseason Coaches Poll, and had three players selected to the 2026 Mountain West Conference Preseason Watchlist.
Utah Tech was slotted just behind Air Force, tallying 7 total points in the preseason poll. Grand Canyon and San Jose State both tied for the lead with 22 points, but the Lopes outnumbered the Spartans in first place votes, 4-2, to claim the honors of being the preseason favorite.
Goalkeeper
Luca Campoli, forward
Samir Cuevas, and defender
Tanner Dutra were selected to the 2026 Mountain West Conference Preseason Watchlist.
Campoli is coming off of a strong freshman campaign in 2025 where he made 12 appearances, with 11 of them coming as starts. Luca recorded 37 saves and recorded three wins, including two shutouts. Both shutouts recorded by Campoli came against now conference opponents in Air Force and UNLV. In the seven conference games Luca played in last season, he posted a 3-1-3 record while allowing just eight total goals.
Samir had a productive 2025 season when on the field for UT. In just six games, Cuevas recorded three assists and six shots on goal. This is the second year in a row that Cuevas has earned preseason recognition, as he was named to the Preseason All-WAC team in 2025. Samir enters his senior season at Utah Tech tied for seventh in game winning goals, with three.
Tanner Dutra was a solid contributor for the Trailblazers in 2025. Starting in all 17 games, he scored two goals and assisted once. Tanner played all 90 minutes in every game except one. Tanner led the team in minutes played a season ago (1,509) and helped the Trailblazers record four shutouts on the season.
2026 NON-CONFERENCE RECAP
Utah Tech posted a 1-6-1 record in the non-conference slate. Their win came in a home match against Sacramento State, where senior forward
Samir Cuevas scored the game's only goal early in the second half to propel UT to a 1-0 win. To close out non-conference play, the Blazers earned a ranked draw in the "Old Hammer Rivalry" against No. 22/24 Utah Valley, 1-1.
RETURNING PRODUCTION
Utah Tech returns just nine players from a year ago. Just five of the nine returners appeared in over half of UT's matches last season. All three of the players nominated for the 2026 Mountain West Conference Preseason Watchlist return after earning postseason all-conference awards last season.
A player that was not named to the conference preseason watchlist that had a great season last year was junior forward
Stetson Coy. Coy appeared in 14 matches, making five starts, and scored his first career goal in a 2-1 victory over then ranked No. 21 California Baptist. Stetson made the WAC All-Freshman Team along with Campoli and
Jacob Cinelli.
NEW FACES ON THE PITCH
The Trailblazers welcome 19 newcomers to the roster for the 2026 season, including 11 freshmen.
HELLO MOUNTAIN WEST SOCCER
While Utah Tech athletics transitioned most sports to the Big Sky Conference, both baseball and men's soccer found a home in the new look Mountain West Conference. This will be the inaugural season of Mountain West men's soccer, and Utah Tech will begin conference play with a road match at Air Force on Saturday, Sept. 26. All UT men's soccer home matches and conference matches can be streamed on Mountain West Plus.
