NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – UC San Diego sophomore midfielder
Camryn Borg scored in the 80th minute to propel the Tritons to a 1-0 victory over CSUN on Sunday afternoon at Matador Soccer Field. UC San Diego improved to 3-9-6 overall and 2-3-4 in Big West action with the victory, posting their fourth clean sheet of the season.
The Matadors fell to 2-15-1 overall on the season and 1-8-1 in Big West play.
HOW IT HAPPENED
UC San Diego earned a corner kick just 32 seconds into the match, but the Tritons were unable to convert a shot off the corner. In fact, UC San Diego did not officially have a first half shot until
Lucy Tang ripped a shot from the top of the box that was just off target.
About a minute later, CSUN's Cindy Arteaga ripped a shot on frame, but Triton goalkeeper
Keara Fitzgerald lunged to her right to make the stop, giving up a corner kick in the process. In fact, the Matadors would earn three corners in about a 75-second span, but the Triton defense kept the home side off the board.
In the 40th minute, sophomore
Raquel Kalpakoff fed
Lucy Tang who flipped it back to Kalpakoff. Her shot caromed off the crossbar to keep the match scoreless.
The Matadors held a commanding 11-2 shot advantage over the first 45, earning five corners to three for UC San Diego. Fitzgerald was credited with the only two saves of the first half.
In the 69th minute,
Kennedy Carter ripped a shot that was saved. Carter collected the loose ball and fired another shot that was saved but resulted in a corner kick.
Courtney Hilliard had a terrific scoring chance in the 73rd with a point-blank rocket from 10 yards out but CSUN keeper Taylor Thames made the save.
In the 80th minute,
Lucy Tang served the ball into the box, where Borg fought her way through the scrum and headed the ball into the back of the net to put the Tritons in front, one-nil.
QUOTABLE
TRITON TIDBITS
- Borg's goal was her third of the season, tied for second-most on the team.
- Center back Katelyn Meyer once again played all 90 minutes, remaining second nationally with 3,209 consecutive minutes played.
- Fitzgerald leads The Big West and ranks 27th nationally with 97 saves on the season.
- With Sunday being UC San Diego's final road match, the Tritons earned one or more points in seven of their nine road matches in 2022.
- UC San Diego wore its navy kits Sunday at CSUN.
UP NEXT
The Tritons return to the pitch Thursday as they host Cal Poly for a 7 p.m. contest, UC San Diego's final match of the season. Eight Triton seniors will be honored prior to the start of the match, which will be broadcast on ESPN+ with live stats 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.
