The Chico State men's soccer team is headed in a positive direction following its 3-2 victory against 11^th-ranked Seattle Pacific last Saturday. Omar Nuño's hat trick helped the Wildcats leave behind a frustrating season-opening loss to Western Washington – a match in which they outshot the visitors 17-6.
 
The Wildcats hope to keep trending upward this week as they hit the road to face Point Loma Thursday afternoon at 4:30 in San Diego, and California Baptist Saturday at 12:30 in Riverside.
 
Fans can follow both matches through live stats and streaming video via links on the calendar section of our homepage and the men's soccer schedule page. The Point Loma live stream costs $8.95.
 
Point Loma is 1-0-1 after opening its season with a 2-0 victory against 13^th-ranked Cal State Dominguez Hills and then tying Cal State L.A. 1-1. The Sea Lions were picked to finish second in the Pacific West Conference. They finished fourth last season with a record of 9-5-3 overall and 8-3-2 in the PacWest.
 
This will be the first meeting between these programs.
 
California Baptist won its season opener last Saturday against Saint Martin's 3-2 on the strength of Aidan Apodaca's hat trick. The Lancers will host Sonoma State Thursday before welcoming Chico State to town on Saturday.
 
California Baptist, just 6-10-2 last season, is expected to field a much-improved squad this season. In fact, the coaches of the PacWest picked the Lancers to finish sixth in the 14-team conference race.