LA JOLLA, Calif. – Playing their penultimate home match, the Tritons battled UC Davis to a scoreless draw in women's soccer action Sunday afternoon inside Triton Soccer Stadium. UC San Diego sophomore goalkeeper
Ginny Fronk notched a season-high seven saves in posting her second clean sheet – and the team's fourth – of the season.
The result was the Tritons' second consecutive against the Aggies. UC San Diego sits at 2-11-3 overall and 0-5-2 in Big West action. UC Davis (9-4-1, 2-2-1) played to a draw for the first time this season. The Aggies had won three of their last five entering Sunday's action.
HOW IT HAPPENED
It was the Aggies who applied early pressure as UC Davis got four early shots. Triton goalkeeper
Ginny Fronk proved up to the task, making five first half saves. UC San Diego settled in and controlled possession for 54% of the half. The Tritons had three shots on frame and Davis keeper Caeley Goldstein came up with three saves. The Aggies out-shot the Tritons, 7-5, in a scoreless first half.
In the second half, it was a different story – though the same result. The Triton offense exploded for 20 second half shots – including nine on target – but Goldstein kept the match level. Perhaps the Tritons' best second half scoring chance came in the 84th minute when junior back
Allie Luo fed senior
Raquel Kalpakoff who redirected with a header on frame.
On the other end, Fronk kept the Aggies off the scoreboard with some splendid play of her own. She finished with a season high seven saves.
TRITON TIDBITS
- UC San Diego out-shot UC Davis, 25-11 and the Tritons had a season-best 12 shots on-target.
- Freshman Kat Harris made her third consecutive start at left center back and played all 90 minutes.
- At halftime, UC San Diego honored the 1989 team on their 35th anniversary season – the Tritons' first-ever women's soccer national champion – as well as the 25th anniversary of the 1999 squad – the program's fifth Division III national championship-winner.
- The tie was UC San Diego's second Big West draw at Triton Soccer Stadium this season.
- The Tritons wore their white kits with Fronk in baby blue.
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UP NEXT
The Tritons will enjoy a bye this week and return to the pitch on Thursday, Oct. 24 at Cal State Fullerton (7 p.m., ESPN+).
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 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 84 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.
