Kalea Eichenberger Award Freshman of the Week Week Of 10/3/2022 Sport Women's Soccer School Cal State Bakersfield Year Freshman Position Forward Hometown Rancho Cucamonga, CA High School Etiwanda HS Kalea Eichenberger, a true freshman out of Rancho Cucamonga and Etiwanda High School, helped the Roadrunners go an unbeaten 1-0-1 at home for the past week, through a 3-1 defeat of Cal Poly on Thursday night and a 1-1 draw against UC Santa Barbara on Sunday. A forward, Eichenberger recorded her first collegiate two-goal brace in Thursday’s victory over the Mustangs. Eichenberger opened the scoring just 2:27 into the contest, and also capped it with an 84th-minute clincher, both times assisted by Regielly Halldorsdottir. Each of her two shots on the night, across 60 minutes of action, resulted in scores. Eichenberger also began Sunday’s tilt with the Gauchos and played 51 minutes. The freshman has been in the starting 11 in 10 of her 12 appearances. Eichenberger, a first-time Big West weekly honoree, now tops CSU Bakersfield with four goals on the season, and shares the team’s points lead with Halldorsdottir at nine apiece. The `Runners sit alone in second place with a 2-1-2 league ledger and eight total points.