STOCKTON, Calif – UC Santa Barbara
finished 2-2 on the weekend, good enough for seventh place at the
2011 NorCal Tournament. In the first game on Sunday, the Gauchos
lost to No. 7 Pepperdine, 7-6, and then defeated sixth-ranked UC
Irvine, 11-5, in the seventh-place game.
Against Pepperdine, the Gauchos found themselves in an early
hole, trailing 3-1 after the first quarter and 5-1 at the half.
Matt Brown and Matthew de Trane each scored twice for Pepperdine in
that span, with Scott
Bishop scoring the lone goal for Santa Barbara.
But the tables turned in the second half, as the Gauchos scored
four goals in the third quarter with the Waves only scoring once to
make it a 6-5 game going into the fourth. Pepperdine was not to be
denied however, scoring one minute into the quarter and holding on
for the 7-6 win.
Six different players scored for the Gauchos, as they almost
mounted a comeback against a tough Pepperdine team. Junior
goalkeeper Myles
Christian had nine saves for UCSB.
In the second game, the Gauchos came out strong, dominating UC
Irvine from start to finish. Leading 6-2 at the break, UCSB kept
the pressure on in the second half for an impressive victory in
their final game of the weekend. Sophmore Matt Gronow
and junior Brian
Shoemaker led the way for the Gauchos, each scoring two
goals.
Sophmore Jay Lovero
had eight saves for the Gauchos in a complete game.
UCSB is now 7-3 on the season. Next Saturday, Sept. 24, the
Gauchos will take on Concordia (12 p.m.) and Pomona-Pitzer (3:00
p.m.) in Santa Barbara.
1
2 3 4 Final
UC Santa Barbara
1 0 4
1 6
Pepperdine
3
2 1 1 7
UCSB Goals: B. Shoemaker, Van de Mortel, Zhang,
Bishop, Johnson, Miller
UCSB Goalkeeper Saves: Christian 9
Pepperdine Goals: de Trane 3, Brown 2, White,
Loomis
Pepperdine Goalkeeper Saves: Valic 16
1 2
3 4 Final
UC Santa Barbara
3 3 3
2 11
UC
Irvine
2 0 1 2
5
UCSB Goals: D. Shoemaker 2, Gronow 2, Van de
Mortel, Bishop, Gillespie, Johnson, Racich, Tomasello, Miller
UCSB Goalkeeper Saves: Lovero 8
UC Irvine Goals: Wise, Figueroa, Mourer,
Baxter, Kittlitz
UC Irvine Goalkeeper Saves: Friedrich 9
