LA JOLLA, Calif. – UC Davis got a pair of first half goals and posted a clean sheet on the way to a 3-0 victory over host UC San Diego on Youth Team Day at Triton Soccer Stadium Sunday afternoon. Genavieve Fontes scored twice for the Aggies in the victory.
The Tritons (1-8-4 overall, 0-2-2) are still in search of their first conference victory of the season. UC Davis earned its first Big West win, improving to 4-4-4 overall and 1-2-2 in conference action.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The match opened with a brisk pace and both teams looked to generate chances early on. In the 12th minute, UC Davis' Lexi Trucco dribbled into the 18 and fired a shot which was punched away by Triton goalkeeper
Keara Fitzgerald, who was also battling the sunshine.
The Aggies broke through on an unassisted goal in the 16th minute. Lindsey Porter corralled a loose ball on the right wing and buried a shot into the upper-left corner of the goal to put the visitors in front, one-nil. UC Davis added a score in the 25th minute when Genavieve Fontes collided with Fitzgerald and the ball trickled into the net.
UC Davis held a 7-2 advantage in shots with only a
Kennedy Carter shot on target for UC San Diego. Fitzgerald made four first half saves.
In the second half, the Aggies added their third goal of the match when Fontes scored her second of the afternoon in the 63rd minute to put her team in front, 3-0.
Courtney Hilliard had a quality scoring chance in the 83rd minute but her shot was turned aside by Davis goalkeeper Caeley Goldstein.
QUOTABLE
"I think we are a team right now that is struggling with confidence and you see it when we get in these offensive situations," said UC San Diego head coach
Kristin Jones '04. "That's natural, and it's on us as a coaching staff to find a way to instill confidence in them moving through the rest of Big West play. We still have a lot to play for. We're a good soccer team and they just need to find that confidence down the stretch."
TRITON TIDBITS
- Fitzgerald is The Big West leader in saves with 74 in 2022.
- Senior Christina Oddone made her second consecutive start in the midfield for UC San Diego.
- Sophomore Raquel Kalpakoff saw her first action off the bench for the Tritons since Sept. 14.
- UC Davis has now won both meetings between these two sides as Division I institutions.
UP NEXT
The Tritons travel to UC Santa Barbara for a 7 p.m. match Thursday evening. Live stats for that contest can be found on UCSDTritons.com.
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.
