California Baptist University
Cal State San Marcos
WHEN DARKNESS FALLS
8/22/2006 7:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
After playing 90 minutes of scoreless soccer, the Lancers exploded for a trio of goals in overtime to sprint past Cal State San Marcos, 3-0, Tuesday in both team's season-openers.
The win moves the Lancers to 1-0 on the season while the Cougars fall to 0-1 after dropping their first game in program history.
The Lancers struggled to find any rhythm in the first 45 minutes. They out-shot the Cougars, 20-7, including a 16-4 tally from the second half on. However, the Lancers were never able to find the back of the net until Sarai Stamper scored in the 93rd minute. It was the first of 2 goals in a
“It was definitely a case of first game jitters,” said California Baptist co-head coach Sean Bowers. “It took us way too long to figure out how to break them down. On a positive note, though, we still had legs in the 100th minute. Tactically, though, it just took us way to long to figure them out.”
Alyssa Turner dumped a ball into the box that Stamper ran onto and scooted past CSUSM keeper Jordanne Moore just inside the near post. Less than 2 minutes later, Stamper returned the favor to Turner. Stamper found an open Turner at the top of the box, and Turner promptly hit a rocket over
The game, originally slated to start at
Freshman Joanna Idom put the exclamation point on the win with her first collegiate goal in the 107th minute when she collected a loose ball off a Cougar goal kick, weaved her way past a pair of defenders and Moore and walked the ball into the net.
All-GSAC keeper Heather Andrews needed to make 5 saves to post her first shutout of the season.
