LA JOLLA, Calif. – Hosting Arizona Western College in a Sunday night exhibition, the Tritons defeated the Matadors 4-1 in regulation time. The two teams competed in a third period of 30 minutes in which 3 goals were scored changing the score to 6-2.
 
The gold and blue shared the goal scoring with one goal in the first half and three in the second. Attacking early, Jack Hagan buried a shot on a give-and-go from Andrew Valverde to Max Carvalho to Hagan's right foot. The senior put the Tritons on the board in the third minute of the match and held the Matadors scoreless until the 18th minute.
 
In the second half, Evan Wellerstein snuck in a header on a crowded corner kick after Alessandro Allen taped the corner into Alan Kim who sent it back to Allen for the cross. Wellerstein's height prevailed as he found the right back corner of the net from the left side. Ten minutes later, Hagan's assist to Brian Arens put the Tritons up 3-1 in the 65th minute. Allen added his own goal when Iñaki Iribarren sent it to the wing for the midfielder to nail it in.
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• Of the 29 Tritons, 22 saw playing time in the 90-minute match.
• Four goals were scored by two seniors and two sophomores.
• Alessandro Allen and Jack Hagan both recorded a goal and an assist in tonight's match.
• The Tritons outshot the Matadors 19 to 10 with five corner kicks.
• Keepers, Mitchell Wilson, Nic Shor, and Dylan Huy all saw action in the goal.
• Quinn Sellers and Omar Sabbagh each scored in the extra 30-minute period.

 
UP NEXT
The Tritons host UNLV on Saturday, August 19 for another exhibition with a start time set for 7 pm. There will be live stats available for the match on ucsdtritons.com.

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