Beach Stumbles in Second Half, Falls 3-0 vs. No. 5 BYU

Thursday, September 26

Long Beach, Calif.

7:00 P.M. PT

Long Beach State University

2-7-0

BYU

9-0-0

BYU

Long Beach State

Photo by: John Fajardo

9/26/2019 10:12:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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Long Beach State held the visiting Cougars scoreless over the first 45 minutes of action, but No. 5 BYU eventually broke through in the second half to take a 3-0 victory in LBSU’s final non-conference match of the season on Thursday night.

By: Tyler Hendrickson, Associate Athletic Communications Director

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LONG BEACH, Calif. – Long Beach State (2-7-0) held tough defensively in the first half, but couldn't keep the No. 5 team in the country down for a full 90 minutes as visiting BYU (9-0-0) earned a 3-0 victory on Thursday night at George Allen Field.

Lena Silano had a pair of shots to lead the way for the Beach offensively and goalkeeper Ashley Seymour made five saves to set a new career high. The Beach were missing four starters for Thursday's match, and had just five players come in off the bench while the Cougars used 11 substitutes. Freshmen Alexis Komisza and Emily Jauregui each made their Long Beach State debuts in the match, playing seven and 18 minutes, respectively.

Long Beach State took the first shot of the match as Mackenzie Magaoay sent one wide just over four minutes in. Kaitlin Fregulia also had a good opportunity off a Magaoay corner in the 25^th minute, but her attempt went wide left. The Beach got a huge intervention from center back Myah Baksh as she blocked a ball away from goal inside the six-yard box, denying BYU a goal with just over 10 minutes until halftime.

The Cougars struck first in the 55^th minute to take the lead, as Ellie Maughan finished off a cross from out wide to open the scoring. The BYU advantaged doubled less than five minutes later as Elise Flake intercepted a pass and flicked the ball over an onrushing Seymour in goal. BYU added a third goal in the 85^th minute with a one-time finish from Ella Ballstaedt off a cross into the box.

Long Beach State will head back out on the road next week to open Big West Conference action, visiting Cal Poly next Thursday at 7 p.m. LBSU's next home match will be Thursday, Oct. 10 against Cal State Fullerton.