The Colorado College Tigers hit the road for the first time of the 2026 season with a pair of games in California this weekend. The Tigers will face their second back-to-back in as many weeks on Friday and Saturday night taking on Cal Lutheran then Redlands both at 7 PM Pacific.

The Tigers got off to a hot start to the fall season at home last weekend, taking on Whitworth University and Wheaton College at Stewart Field last Friday and Saturday. CC took 65 minutes to get started vs Whitworth, but tagged the Pirates for three goals late to win their first match of the year 3-0 on home turf. 24 hours later, the Tigers found themselves in a slug fest with the Wheaton College Thunder. The Tigers would ultimately prove to get the better of the Thunder, thanks to an 89^th minute stunner from senior Jack Hilliard that earned him a highlight as one of the SCAC plays of the week.

The Tigers returned Teddy Opler who was tied for the team lead in goals a season ago with 14, which, when paired with his six assists on the campaign, gave him a team best 34 points in 19 matches played. Opler picked up right where he left off, as he scored three goals and three assists on the weekend, enough to be named the SCAC Co-Offensive Player of the Week.

ABOUT CAL LUTHERAN
Cal Lutheran is coming into play with three matches under their belt, and have already accounted for each result sitting at 1-1-1. Their win came last Sunday in a 1-0 win over Lindfield at home, having lost to Gordon College 0-1 on Friday, and drawn Russell Sage College 0-0 on Thursday. Cal Lutheran has played every minute of the young season on home ground.

ABOUT REDLANDS  
Redlands enters the weekend with a 2-0-1 record, and is coming off a huge 2-1 win over #2 Trinity University at Azusa Pacific University on Sunday. The Bulldogs opened the year with a 1-1 draw at Whittier College, before blitzing their way past Nelson University (AZ) 6-0 in a San Bernardino neutral site match.

SERIES HISTORY
The Tigers will face off with Cal Lutheran for the second time in program history, they are 1-0 in that series. The Tigers will also meet Redlands for the second time, but are 0-1 vs the Bulldogs.

HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG
All matches this weekend will be streamed live on FloCollege, with links available to those matches on the CC Men's Soccer page at CCTigers.com. Live stats links are also available on that page.

UP NEXT
The Tigers will remain on the road next week, traveling to Wisconsin to take on Carroll University, and UW-Eau Claire on Friday and Sunday.