Long Beach State University
0-2-0
Penn State
2-1-0
Beach Soccer Falls 3-1 Against No. 7 Penn State
8/30/2019 10:29:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Long Beach State got a late goal from freshman Aleea Caceres, but couldn’t climb out of a 3-0 hole against No. 7 Penn State on Friday night. Junior Marta Alemany Sanchez made six saves in goal for the Beach.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – Freshman Aleea Caceres scored her first career goal for Long Beach State (0-2-0) on Friday night, but the Beach fell 3-1 against No. 7 Penn State at George Allen Field. The Beach trailed 1-0 at the half for the second straight game against a Top 10 team, and eventually fell behind 3-0 against the Nittany Lions before the Caceres goal.
Caceres earned her first career start for the Beach on Friday, and was able to score Long Beach State's first goal of the season with just over four minutes left to play. The freshman raced into the box and got on the end of a cross from sophomore Lena Silano. After her initial touch took her past the last Penn State defender, Caceres' second touch slotted the ball past the goalkeeper and into the back of the net.
Long Beach GOAL!!! Aleea Caceres puts away her first career goal to put the Beach on the board! Lena Silano with the assist! #GoBeach pic.twitter.com/K2TrXaR6FZ
— LongBeachStateSoccer (@LBSUSoccer) August 31, 2019
In goal, junior Marta Alemany Sanchez made her second consecutive start and racked up six saves. The Beach were outshot 15-10 by Penn State, but LBSU trailed just 8-7 in shots over the final 45 minutes.
Long Beach State nearly scored in the 62nd minute as a chance fell to Nadiyah Siqueiros, but her shot clanged off the post to keep the Beach scoreless. It was one of two shots by Siqueiros, who tied Caceres for the team lead. The assist for Silano is the first of her collegiate career.
Jillian Hiraga, Amanda Jones, and Jada Thomas each made their Long Beach State debuts on Friday night, with Angela Morales also making her first appearance for the Beach after redshirting last season.
The Beach will return to their home field on Monday night to host San Diego in a Labor Day matchup set for a 6 p.m. kickoff.
Team Stats
Ally Schlegel (1)
Assisted By: Payton Linnehan , Frankie Tagliaferri
GOAL by PSU Ally Schlegel (FIRST GOAL), Assist by Payton Linnehan and Frankie Tagliaferri, goal number 1 for season.
9:46
Kerry Abello (2)
Assisted By: Sam Coffey
GOAL by PSU Kerry Abello, Assist by Sam Coffey, goal number 2 for season.
47:30
Sam Coffey (2)
GOAL by PSU Sam Coffey, goal number 2 for season.
52:07
Caceres, Aleea (1)
Assisted By: Silano, Lena
GOAL by LBSU Caceres, Aleea, Assist by Silano, Lena, goal number 1 for season.
85:59
