Stanford (4-5-2, 1-2-1)
Huskies Come From Behind to Earn Record-Setting Win
#2 Washington (10-0, 3-0) became the first team in Pac-12 history to win its first 10 matches of the season with its 3-1 victory over host Stanford on Thursday evening. The Cardinal had held the record prior to this season, with 9 consecutive victories to start the 2001 campaign.
Stanford started out strong, with a header by Ousseni Bouda just 44 seconds into the match that was easily saved by Huskies’ goalkeeper Sam Fowler. The Cardinal’s efforts paid off in the 13th minute when Andrew Aprahmian made a run into the Huskies’ half and laid the ball off to Carlo Agostinelli on the right side. Agostinelli’s cross post met Zach Ryan as he made his run toward the near post and nodded the ball into the net, threading the needle between Fowler and defender Achille Robin.
But the Cardinal held the lead for only 54 seconds. Charlie Ostrem took a corner kick and sent a high, looping ball toward the far post. Kendall Burks headed it back across to Gio Miglietti, whose shot was blocked by a crowd of Cardinal defenders. Ryan Sailor was there for the tap-in.
The Huskies took the lead in the 38th minute, when Aprahmian took down Imanol Rosales in the box. Dylan Teves converted the penalty.
Washington earned another penalty kick in the 72nd minute, when Nick Scardina was taken down by Keegan Tingey, but goalkeeper Matt Frank stopped Teves to keep the Cardinal in the match.
The Huskies put the match away with 54 seconds remaining in regulation, when Miglietti won the ball on the left side, made a run along the endline and beat Frank from a difficult angle.
Stanford Earns Draw with #15 Oregon State
The Cardinal came back from a two-goal deficit to earn a 2-2 draw with #15 Oregon State (7-1-2, 3-0-1) on Sunday afternoon.
The Beavers dominated the first half and took the lead in the 3rd minute. Sofiane Djeffal sent in a through ball from near midfield. Tyrone Mondi flicked it on to Adrian Molina-Diaz as he made his run between two Stanford defenders. Molina-Diaz dribbled the ball to the 6-yard-line and slipped the ball past goalkeeper Matt Frank at the near post.
The Beavers scored their second in the 22nd minute, after a hand ball was called after a shot by Adrian Crespo bounced off of Keegan Hughes’ arm. Dfjeffal blasted the subsequent penalty kick into the top left corner of the net.
The Cardinal got back into the match in the 33rd minute, when Keegan Tingey chipped the ball from the edge of the penalty area to Carlo Agostinelli who headed the ball downward and just inside the far post.
Less than three minutes later, Mark Fisher intercepted a pass from the Beavers’ Joran Gerbet and found Gabe Segal just inside the penalty area. Segal’s right-footed strike toward the near post slipped past Oregon State goalkeeper Adrian Fernandez.
Stanford’s best second half chance came in the 66th minute, when a shot by Ousseni Bouda forced a diving stop by Fernandez at the far post. Later in the half, Stanford appealed for an apparent hand ball on Jibril Rodet, but the referee disagreed.
The Cardinal were reduced to 10 men in the 87th minute, when Cam Cilley was called for his second yellow card after a hard tackle of Djeffal.
Oregon State outshot Stanford 3-0 in the two extra sessions, but neither goalkeeper was required to make any saves.
Cal (2-8-1, 0-5-0)
Oregon State Overcomes Cal’s Stout Defensive Effort
The Golden Bears kept the #15 team in the country off of the scoreboard for more than 87 minutes, but Sofiane Djeffal’s late goal enabled Oregon State (7-1-1, 3-0-0) to escape Berkeley with the full three points on Thursday afternoon.
Joran Gerbet sent a corner kick into a crowd of players at the near post. Djeffal timed his leap perfectly and headed the ball just inside the far post.
Oregon State outshot Cal, 12-0 in the first half, with 5 saves from Cal’s starting goalkeeper Chris Gustini. The Beavers’ best chances included a 33rd minute shot from Adrian Crespo that required a diving save from Gustini and a 40th minute shot from Javier Armas that hit the crossbar.
Collin Travasos took over in goal for the Bears in the second half and faced 8 shots, stopping efforts by Armas in the 75 minute and Tyrone Mondi two minutes later. Oregon State goalkeeper Adrian Fernandez was only required to make one save, a diving stop on a 59th minute volley by Wyatt Meyer.
Second Half Onslaught Gives Huskies 11th Straight Win
The Golden Bears held #2 Washington (11-0-0, 4-0-0) scoreless for the first half, but the Huskies turned up the pressure in the final 45 minutes for a 4-0 victory in Berkeley on Sunday afternoon.
The Huskies broke through five minutes into the second half, after Kalani Kossa-Rienzi drew free kick inside the penalty arc and most of the Bears’ field players lined up in a wall. There was a bit of trickery before the Huskies took the free kick: Teves approached the ball, but ran past it and another Huskie took a step toward it, then stopped. Imanol Rosales eventually stepped up with a right-foot kick that cleared the wall and settled into the upper-left corner of the net.
Teves added another four minutes later. A long ball into the box was headed into the air by Cal’s Kevin Carmichael. The Huskies’ Ryan Sailor sent it back into the middle and Achille Robin headed it down into a crowd of players in the box. Eventually the ball made its way over to Teves who stuffed it into the net.
Rosales set up the Huskies’ third goal in the 63rd minute when his long ball from his own half found Nick Scardina on a breakaway 30 yards from goal. Goalkeeper Collin Travasos ran out to try and knock the ball away, but Scardina was able to push it out of his reach and score into the empty net from just beyond the penalty area before three Cal defenders could chase him down.
Berkeley native Kossa-Rienzi added the fourth, 22 seconds before the final whistle. He received a pass just outside the box, did a full 360 to elude his defender, and tucked the ball inside the right post from just inside the penalty area.
USF (1-7-1, 0-1-1) vs. Saint Mary’s (7-3-1, 0-0-1)
USF Earns 2-2 Draw with Saint Mary’s
After seven consecutive road losses, USF’s earned a point in their first home match since August 26, thanks to an 81st minute goal from Tobias Wangerud, the first of his college career.
The Dons grabbed the lead in the 2nd minute when Dominic Valdivia’s corner kick found Shayan Charalaghi who headed the ball off of a Gael defender and past goalkeeper Nicholas Lapinid.
The Gaels went on the offensive and answered in the 15th minute, when David Brog leaped to get his head on Riley Lynch’s corner kick, tucking his shot in between goalkeeper Brandon Keniston and the post.
Lynch also assisted on the Gaels’ go-ahead goal in the 27th minute, with a cross from the right side that set up Cade Cowan’s diving header from close range.
The Gaels had several chances in the second half, including a shot by Lynch in the 67th minute that Keniston was able to scoop up before it fully crossed the goal line.
The Dons evened up the match in the 81st minute, when Nik Kizerian found Wangerud open at the top of the box for his first collegiate goal. But Wangerud also drew his second yellow card less than a minute later on a tackle of Jan Marpe, forcing the Dons to play a man down for the remainder of the match.
With a little over 90 seconds remaining in regulation time, Valentin Kurz nearly won the match for the Gaels, but Keniston made a diving save.
The Gaels also had two excellent chances in overtime, with Keniston once again denying Kurz on a shot in the 106th minute. Less than 30 seconds later, a Dons’ defender deflected Boyd Curry’s header out of danger.
Keniston ended up with 5 total saves on the night, his second highest total of the season.
Santa Clara (7-1-2, 1-0-1)
Broncos’ Second-Half Scoring Outburst Earns Draw
Two goals in less than 3 minutes of the second half were enough for the host Broncos to earn a 2-2 draw with Pacific (6-3-1, 1-0-1) on Saturday night.
The two clubs combined for 10 shots in the first 25 minutes of the match, and the 10th put the Tigers ahead, when Mamoru Kamisasanuki fed Derick Roque, who fired a shot past Broncos’ goalkeeper Andreu Cases Mundet.
The Broncos evened the match in the 56th minute. Aaron Sandhu sent in a long ball from near the touchline. Joshua Dabora headed the ball to Oladayo Thomas who chested it back to Dabora, who took a couple of steps and hammered a one-timer that took one bounce and nestled inside the far post.
Santa Clara took the lead in the 59th, when Alejandro Barajas laid the ball off for Alejandro Perez making a run along the right side. Perez sent in a cross as Dominic Vegaalban found space between two Tiger defenders to head a low shot past Tiger goalkeeper Eric Cotton at the near post.
The Tigers equalized two minutes later, when Eric Centeno converted a sliding shot from point blank range on an assist from Mathias Saether.
The Broncos nearly won the match in the 78th minute when Alex Achramowicz’s shot was saved off of the goal line by a Tiger defender.
Cases Mundet made two key saves on shots by Kamisasanuki in the second extra session. The first was a shot from the left edge of the penalty area that soared over Cases Mundet’s head, but he was able to leap and get his right hand on the ball. The second came in the 6th minute of the second overtime; Cases Mundet stuck out his foot and deflected the ball away, with Saether right behind him, waiting to pounce on the rebound.
San José State (5-5-2, 3-1-1)
Castro’s Strike and Sweeney’s Saves Key to Victory Over Utah Valley
Rudi Castro’s header in the 76th minute gave the Spartans a 1-0 win over Utah Valley (5-2-2, 2-1-0) in Orem, Utah on Thursday night. Castro’s goal marked a huge momentum shift, since the Wolverines had gained a man advantage less than 3 minutes earlier when Miguel Bermudez received his second yellow card.
Willy Miranda helped set up the goal when he dished the ball to Ryota Nakashima who was making his run along the right side of the penalty area. Nakashima’s left-footed cross found Castro unmarked at the far post. Castro nodded the ball downward and into the net as Wolverines’ goalkeeper Joseph Wheelwright rushed over in vain to challenge him.
San José State goalkeeper David Sweeney made 3 saves overall, including a diving stop 40 seconds into the match, on a rocket from Jojea Kwizera from the top of the penalty area. The Wolverines’ Evans Armah was perfectly positioned to put in the rebound, but wasn’t able to handle it cleanly, giving the Spartans’ defense time to recover.
Sweeney’s best save came on an acrobatic effort 2 minutes into the second half. Mateo Palomino one-timed a shot into a crowd of players in the box. The ball bounced high off of the turf and was headed into the net. Sweeney scrambled backward and to his left and extended his left hand far enough and with enough power to swat the ball away.
Spartans Earn a Point at Cal Baptist
The Spartans ended their two match road trip unbeaten with a 1-1 draw with California Baptist (7-2-3, 2-1-2) on Saturday afternoon.
Kameron Bolden scored San José State’s only goal of the match in the 19th minute off of a set piece. Rudi Castro’s corner kick found Willy Miranda, who headed the ball over to Bolden for the tap-in.
The Lancers evened up the match in the 61st minute, when Tete Vacas eluded a tackle from the Spartans’ Kasper Poulsgaard in the penalty area. Spartans’ goalkeeper David Sweeney came out to cut down the angle, but Vacas laid the ball of to Brian Gonzalez who blasted it into the net.
The Spartans’ Max Allen had the best chance in either of the two overtime sessions with his shot in the 99th minute that required a diving stop from Lancers’ goalkeeper Gage Rogers.
The Lancers maintained a 17-9 advantage in shots overall, with Sweeney making 5 saves and Rogers 4.
