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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The UC Santa Barbara men's soccer team picked up its second win of the 2021 regular season with a 3-0 victory over the University of San Francisco on Friday night at Harder Stadium.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Senior forward and reigning Big West Offensive Player of the Week Ameyawu Muntari added an assist to his early-season tally when he cut inside from the right edge of the box to dump the ball off to junior attacker Thaabit Baartman, who placed the ball on his right foot into the bottom left corner of goal to put UCSB ahead in the fifth minute.

Another great night at Harder Stadium as we defeat @USFDonsMSoccer 3-0 ��@BaartmanThaabit got it all started with this ⬇#GoGauchos pic.twitter.com/dSLvKv6NCa

— UCSB Men's Soccer (@UCSBMensSoccer) September 4, 2021

• Senior center back Carson Vom Steeg scored on a loose ball in the six-yard box from a William Gillingham pass via a Lucas Gonzalez corner kick to put UCSB ahead 2-0 in the 13^th minute of play.

Our center backs are scoring machines?

Carson Vom Steeg scored his second of the year on an assist from William Gillingham, who now has goal involvements in back-to-back games. pic.twitter.com/KnkGm9a7CG

— UCSB Men's Soccer (@UCSBMensSoccer) September 4, 2021

• Sophomore forward Finn Ballard McBride tacked on the third and final goal of the game as he latched onto a deflected Gonzalez cross from the left wing, slotting the ball past USF's Charlie McKay on his right foot in the 73^rd minute.

Finn Ballard McBride scored the final goal of the evening on an excellent cross from Lucas Gonzalez#GoGauchos pic.twitter.com/clJUtItXQy

— UCSB Men's Soccer (@UCSBMensSoccer) September 4, 2021

NOTABLE

• Each Gaucho goalscorer on the night scored his second goal of the season. All three picked up their first in UCSB's season-opening 7-1 win over San Diego.
• UCSB sophomore goalkeeper Leroy Zeller put together his first clean sheet of the season, making four saves throughout the game.
• San Francisco's 17 fouls were the most by an opponent in the Gauchos' three games this season.

QUOTABLE

• "I think we had a good mentality coming out of the Cal game. We looked at the video and we realized there wasn't a lack of opportunities, it was what we did with the opportunities [we had] It was a good start for us and it got us going." – UCSB head coach Tim Vom Steeg on the Gauchos turning the lessons they learned from their 1-1 draw with Cal into an early lead against San Francisco.

NEXT UP

• UCSB heads to No. 12 Stanford on Labor Day as a showdown with the Cardinal awaits. The game begins at 7:00 p.m. Live stats are available and the game will be broadcast live on Pac-12.com1

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