Wednesday, October 9
San Diego, CA
7:00 PM
Saint Mary's College of California
6-6-0 (0-2-0)
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at
5
San Diego
5-5-1 (1-1-0)
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2
F
St. Mary's
0
0
0
San Diego
3
2
5
Photo by: Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner
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Saint Mary's moved to 0-2 in conference action following a tough loss to San Diego.
SAN DIEGO — The Gaels will look to right the ship on Saturday in their next match after suffering their second straight conference loss to San Diego on Wednesday night.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Saint Mary's was undone by corner kicks in the match as San Diego scored four goals off set pieces from the corner flag. USD took 11 corners in the contest compared to just two for the Gaels.
After a relatively quiet opening 22 minutes, San Diego took the lead in the 23rd minute and added two more before the end of the first half. 11 minutes into the final period, Eden Quiroz scored an "Olimipico" goal from the corner and then USD made it 5-0 less than five minutes later.
Vanessa Gaitan led the Gaels with three shots on offense while Kamryn Farro chipped in two as well. Saint Mary's took 12 total attempts at goal with four coming on frame.
21 different Gaels saw the pitch during the match including senior goalkeeper Sarah Sawatzky who made her fourth appearance of the season. Sawatzky made two saves in one half of play.
THOUGHTS FROM TRAVIS CLARKE
UP NEXT: PORTLAND
HOW IT HAPPENED
Saint Mary's was undone by corner kicks in the match as San Diego scored four goals off set pieces from the corner flag. USD took 11 corners in the contest compared to just two for the Gaels.
After a relatively quiet opening 22 minutes, San Diego took the lead in the 23rd minute and added two more before the end of the first half. 11 minutes into the final period, Eden Quiroz scored an "Olimipico" goal from the corner and then USD made it 5-0 less than five minutes later.
Vanessa Gaitan led the Gaels with three shots on offense while Kamryn Farro chipped in two as well. Saint Mary's took 12 total attempts at goal with four coming on frame.
21 different Gaels saw the pitch during the match including senior goalkeeper Sarah Sawatzky who made her fourth appearance of the season. Sawatzky made two saves in one half of play.
THOUGHTS FROM TRAVIS CLARKE
- "We gave up too many corner kicks tonight and they scored on them, it's a tough way to lose. WCC games are too competitive to get scored on like that. We will get back to work at training and look to tighten up that part of our game."
UP NEXT: PORTLAND
- Saint Mary's returns home for a Saturday matchup with the Pilots kicking off at 3 p.m. Links to the match can be found on the Gaels' schedule page.
Team Stats
SMC
USD
Goals
0
5
Shots
12
15
Shots on Goal
4
8
Saves
3
4
Corners
2
11
Fouls
7
10
Scoring Plays
FOSTER, Michaela (2)
Off corner kick, bent past the goalkeepe
22:03
CARUSA, Kelley (1)
Assisted By: FOSTER, Michaela
Off of corner kick
33:22
LOUDERBACK, Madison (1)
Assisted By: QUIROZ, Eden
Off corner kick
39:16
QUIROZ, Eden (1)
Off of corner kick
55:40
BARROW, Emma (1)
Assisted By: CARUSA, Kelley
Off of pass from right side
60:31
Game Leaders
Shots
3
SOG
2
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
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