MORAGA, Calif. – Saint Mary's Women's Soccer are back on the road this weekend as they head to Santa Clara to try and cool off the red hot Broncos. 
 
THE DETAILS
Saint Mary's Gaels (5-2-5) at Santa Clara Broncos (6-6-1)
Saturday, October 15 at 1:00 pm
Steven's Stadium – Santa Clara, Calif. 
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LAST TIME OUT
After not scoring in their previous two matches, the Gaels brought the heat to LMU last weekend, beating the Lions 3-1. 
 
Saint Mary's wasted no time getting on the board, running at the Lions defense from the opening whistle. Nayeli Diaz opened the scoring just 2 minutes into the game, as Tessa Salvestrin charged into the box, before finding the ball to a wide-open Diaz on the left side of the box. Diaz powered her shot into the top right corner to break the scoreless drought for the Gaels 90 seconds into the contest. 
 
Tessa Salvestrin and Nayeli Diaz continued to cause the Lions defense problems inside the opening fifteen minutes. The Gaels were rewarded once again for their intense offensive pressure, as Alessandra Towle found herself on the scoresheet for the first time in her Gaels career. 
 
Towle burst up the right side of the field, before unleashing a left footed shot from the top of the box and into the top left corner of the Lion's net. The freshman right back increased the Gaels lead to 2-0 in the 17^th minute. 
 
Tessa Salvestrin was rewarded for her tireless work all game, and put the game to bed for Saint Mary's in the 83^rd minute. Emma Barthel and Savannah Schwarze bossed the midfield for the Gaels all game long, and Schwarze fizzed a perfectly weighted pass into the path of Salvestrin, who collected the ball, cut inside to her right foot, and powered a right footed shot into the right side of the net to make it 3-1 Gaels. 
 
ABOUT SANTA CLARA
The Broncos are coming off a 4-1 win against University of San Francisco over the weekend. Santa Clara is 6-6-1 overall on the season, and have won their opening three games conference matches. Saint Mary's will look to get revenge on the Broncos after a tough 2-1 overtime loss last time the two faced off. The Gaels are 1-13-2 all-time against Santa Clara.