UC Merced record holder Trinidad Quiroz attains FloCollege/CCAA Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week award

Oct 14, 2025

UC Merced’s Trinidad Quiroz has been voted the FloCollege/CCAA Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week, for the week of Oct. 6-12.

Quiroz scored twice and assisted on another goal in the Bobcats’ first conference road trip to Southern California. UC Merced came away with a narrow 2-1 loss versus CSUDH at Dignity Health Sports Park and an impressive 2-0 win at Cal State San Bernardino.

The senior forward from San Jose assisted on Elisa Garcia’s goal on the pitch of the LA Galaxy on Friday. The goal gave UCM a 1-0 lead over the Toros before CSUDH rallied with two goals in the second half. Quiroz then posted a brace, a penalty kick goal in the 53rd minute and a score in the 70th minute in a victory at CSUSB.

It was Quiroz’s 11th multi-goal of her UCM career. She was the 2023 CalPac Player of the Year after scoring conference and program record 23 goals.

Quiroz, who now has 47 goals as a Bobcat, is second in the CCAA with six goals and 13 points behind only Vanessa Cruz of Cal Poly Pomona. She leads the conference with four game-winning goals and also tops in shots per game (4.27) and shots on goal per game (2.36). Click here to see the complete CCAA stats leaders

This is Quiroz’s first CCAA Athlete of the Week award. Click here for the history of CCAA Player of the Week awards.

UC Merced (5-3-3 overall, 2-2-0 CCAA) will visit San Francisco State on Friday before hosting defending national champions Cal Poly Pomona on Sunday. Both matches are available to view on FloCollege.

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