(St George, UT Sept 13, 2026) – Utah Tech men's soccer returns home for the final three matches of the non-conference schedule, with a Sunday match versus UC San Diego.
REGULAR SEASON: MATCH 6
Who | UC San Diego (4-1-0, Pac-12) at
Utah Tech (1-4-0, 0-0-0 MWC)
When | Sunday, Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. MST
Where | Greater Zion Stadium, St George, UT
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LAST TIME OUT
Utah Tech men's soccer was shut out by Cal Poly in their return to the pitch on Thursday night after a nine day break.
Both squads got out to a slow start, feeling each other out in the first 20 minutes of action. The first shot on target came in the 23rd minute by Cal Poly (3-1-3) and it found the back of the net to break the scoreless tie.
The first scoring opportunity of the night for Utah Tech (1-4-0) came on a
Seth Powder shot attempt out to the right, which was followed up by a UT corner leading to a look from
Zach Taylor that went out up top.
After not a ton of offensive action to start the second half, the Mustangs doubled their lead on a score from Finn Linas.
The Blazers were only able to muster one shot in the second half, and they ultimately fell to the Mustangs, 2-0.
TALE OF THE TRITONS
UC San Diego enters Sunday night's match coming off of a 1-0 loss in Las Vegas on Thursday night against UNLV. The loss on Thursday snapped their four match win streak to begin the season.
The Tritons were picked to finish 7th in their first season as a Pac-12 men's soccer member. Forward Sean McTague, defender/midfielder Adam Dunbar, and midfielder Sean Ueda were all named to the Preseason Impact List.
Midfielder Oren Stuppel leads UCSD with three goals and six points.
SERIES HISTORY
Since both programs became NCAA Division 1 members, they have played each other every season. The series sits at 2-2-1, with the last match being a draw in St George in 2025.
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.
2025 SEASON RECAP
Utah Tech is looking to improve upon a 2025 season where they posted a 4-7-6 overall record, and 3-1-3 in conference play. UT saw themselves in first place in conference at times, and ended the regular season as the two seed and fell to three seeded Grand Canyon in the semifinal round.
The Trailblazers earned seven All-WAC postseason selections, including returning goalkeeper,
Luca Campoli being named Goalkeeper of the Year, and head coach
Jonny Broadhead being named Coach of the Year. Two All-Freshman honorees return for UT this season in
Jacob Cinelli and
Stetson Coy.
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.
