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Lucy Tang
1
UC Riverside UCR (4-9-2, 1-5-2)
2
Winner UC San Diego UCSD (5-8-2, 3-3-1)
UC Riverside UCR
(4-9-2, 1-5-2)
1
Final
2
UC San Diego UCSD
(5-8-2, 3-3-1)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
UC Riverside UCR 0 1 1
UC San Diego UCSD 2 0 2

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Pair of First Half Goals Helps Tritons Down UC Riverside

LA JOLLA, Calif. – UC San Diego scored twice in the first half and the lead held up as the Tritons topped visiting UC Riverside, 2-1, at Triton Soccer Stadium on Thursday night. The win snapped UC San Diego's two-game slide, improving the Tritons to 5-8-2 overall and 3-3-1 in the Big West.
 
With the setback, the Highlanders are 4-9-2 on the season (1-5-2 Big West).
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
UC San Diego wasted little time getting on the scoreboard. In the sixth minute, Sophia Bruno played a ball into the box and Lucy Tang redirected the ball into the goal with a header. For Tang – making her first start of 2021 – it was her fourth goal of the season.
 
 
In the 28', the Tritons added to their lead when captain Kameryn Hoban scored her second goal of the season off a feed from Caitlin McCarthy. Hoban had just checked into the match less than three minutes prior.
 
 
The Highlanders held a 4-3 advantage in shots over the first half, with UC San Diego goalkeeper Keara Fitzgerald making a save on the only shot she faced (the other three were off-target).
 
In the second half, shots were even at 5-5 and each keeper made three saves.
 
The Highlanders got on the board in the final minute on a goal from Alexandra Hargrave, her fourth of the season.
 
Fitzgerald had four saves in the win.
 
HIGHLIGHTS


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TRITON TIDBITS
  • Tang's goal in the sixth minute is the Tritons' fastest strike this season. Her goal came at the 5:01 mark.
  • McCarthy's assist on the Hoban goal was her seventh helper of the season, tops on the team and tied for the lead in the Big West.
  • Hoban's goal was the fifth of her Triton career.
  • Thursday's game time temperature was 63 degrees – the chilliest kick-off temperature UC San Diego has seen this season.
  • The Tritons are 2-3-2 at home, having won two of their last three matches in La Jolla.
 
UP NEXT
UC San Diego wraps up its home schedule on Sunday when the Tritons host Cal State Fullerton on Senior Day. Action is slated to get underway at 2 p.m. on ESPN+ with six Triton seniors honored prior to the start of the match.
 
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.
 
 
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