SAN DIEGO – In a Saturday night crosstown matchup, UC San Diego fell to San Diego State in their final non-conference game of the season from a second-half goal from the Aztecs.
 
The Tritons move to 4-3-2 while San Diego State moves to 3-4-2.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Trading two shots to the Aztecs' seven in the first half, Tritons' Dominic Peters made two saves to keep the teams deadlocked through the first 45 minutes of play. Mason Haubrich put the pressure on early with a shot in the second minute that went just wide. He added another in the 23rd minute that went up and out.
 
The Tritons opened the second half with two quick shots from Carter Jacobus and Alessandro Allen in the fourth and sixth minutes, forcing the SDSU goalie to make a diving save both times. Despite adding five more shots from Allen, Nick Cirrito, Cooper Lauchenbruch, and Jake Serpa, the Tritons were unable to put one away. Peters added three more saves to his stat line as the Aztecs took eight shots in the second half. In the 63rd minute, the Aztecs found the back of the net to go up 1-0 to defeat UC San Diego.
 
QUOTABLE
Head coach Jon Pascale was happy with the Tritons' performance against their Pac-12 foe saying, "they gave us a lot of different looks and we did the same. It wasn't the result we wanted, but the effort and performance were there all 90 minutes."
 
Looking ahead to conference play starting on Wednesday, he added, "we are excited to get back to work and build on tonight."
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• Peters continues to lead the Big West Conference in shutouts, goals average against, and saves.
• The Tritons recorded nine shots with three on goal; Alessandro Allen and Carter Jacobus both took two shots with one on goal, Mason Haubrich took two shots, Jake Serpa took one on goal, and Cooper Lachenbruch and Nick Cirrito each took a shot.
• The UC San Diego and San Diego State campuses are only separated by 14 miles.
• This is the first time UC San Diego and San Diego State have met one another. The series moves to 0-1 after tonight.
• The Tritons begin conference play next week opening with pre-season favorite UC Santa Barbara (5-1-2). UC San Diego currently sits in fifth place after tonight's loss.

 UP NEXT
UC San Diego opens Big West play at UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday, Sep. 28, and will stream live on ESPN+ with kickoff scheduled for 7 pm. Live stats will be available 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.