COUGARS CAGE LANCERS

Tuesday, October 3

Riverside

3 p.m.

California Baptist University

Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)

10/3/2006 7:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

RIVERSIDE, Calif. --- California Baptist was hoping to carry over momentum from its tie with the NAIA's No. 12-ranked Fresno Pacific last Saturday night.

Azusa Pacific had other ideas.

The NAIA's No. 2-ranked Cougars scored a pair of second half goals to key its way to a 3-1 GSAC win over the Lancers Tuesday afternoon in Riverside.

The loss drops the Lancers to 1-8-1 overall, 0-2-1 GSAC and runs their winless streak to 9 straight. The Cougars, who were coming off a scoreless draw of their own at No. 20 Westmont Saturday, improve to 7-1-1, 2-0-1.

For the most part, the Lancers battled the Cougars to the end, keeping last year's NAIA runner-up on their heels until a breakaway goal in the 87^th minute put the game away. The Cougars, who are one of the GSAC's top scoring teams, outshot the Lancers by a slim 13-11 advantage.

Brandon Stirm put the Cougars on the board first when he beat CBU keeper Casey Pradmore in the 40^th minute. Sven Simon took a ball from Donny Dequine and split a pair of defenders by playing a perfectly placed ball down the middle to a cutting Stirm, who took a touch and beat Pradmore to the far post.

That goal gave the Cougars a 1-0 lead they carried into the intermission. Then in the 78^th minute, Simon drew a penalty kick after Pradmore took him down in the box while the 2 went for a ball in the air. Skelly Kellar promptly scored the penalty kick to make it 2-0.

Still refusing to go away, the Lancers, who outshot the Cougars, 9-6, in the second half, cut the deficit in half in the 85^th minute. The Cougars attempted to clear a CBU corner kick, but it went right to Jose Solis on the right side. Solis sent the ball back into the box where Spenser Steele headed home his first goal of the year to make it 2-1.

With the Lancers pressing for the equalizer and hoping to force overtime, Dequine caught the Lancers rushing forward. He played a long ball down the field to Steven Lenhart, who carried the ball down the field and into the box, leaving Pradmore helpless. Lenhart slotted the ball inside the far post to complete the scoring and put the game on ice in the 87^th minute.

Pradmore collected a pair of saves, while APU keeper James Crawford nabbed 3.