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Long Beach State’s Unbeaten Streak Ends at UC Santa Barbara
10/23/2022 3:53:00 PM | Women's Soccer
The Beach suffered their first loss of Big West play on Sunday afternoon.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Long Beach State suffered a tough 2-1 loss in their final road match of the year at UC Santa Barbara. It is the first loss for the Beach (6-5-6, 5-1-3 Big West) in conference play this season and snaps their eight-match unbeaten streak.
The first score of the afternoon came just 42 seconds after the opening whistle as a foul was called on the Beach award the Gauchos a penalty kick. Dylan Lewis would hit the PK successfully and put Long Beach State in a very early deficit.
After a good offensive response, LBSU outshot UCSB in the first half but still saw themselves down 1-0 at the break.
They would break the shutout in the 73rd minute. After a free kick in from Sophie Jones was punched out by the UCSB goalie, the ball rolled straight to Maddy Perez just inside the 18-yard line. From there, she launched a shot into the upper right corner for the equalizer. It is the second goal of the season for Perez and third for her career.
Unfortunately, three minutes later the Gauchos responded with a Claire Grouwinkel goal to retake the 2-1 lead.
That score would hold despite a lot of chaos in the box for the Beach handing them their first loss of the Big West season.
The Beach remains atop the standings, but is now in a tie with Cal Poly. The final matches on Thursday will decide the Big West regular season champion.
The first score of the afternoon came just 42 seconds after the opening whistle as a foul was called on the Beach award the Gauchos a penalty kick. Dylan Lewis would hit the PK successfully and put Long Beach State in a very early deficit.
After a good offensive response, LBSU outshot UCSB in the first half but still saw themselves down 1-0 at the break.
They would break the shutout in the 73rd minute. After a free kick in from Sophie Jones was punched out by the UCSB goalie, the ball rolled straight to Maddy Perez just inside the 18-yard line. From there, she launched a shot into the upper right corner for the equalizer. It is the second goal of the season for Perez and third for her career.
Needed one. Maddy delivered! pic.twitter.com/nMlyzM5wrh
— LongBeachStateSoccer (@LBSUSoccer) October 23, 2022
Unfortunately, three minutes later the Gauchos responded with a Claire Grouwinkel goal to retake the 2-1 lead.
That score would hold despite a lot of chaos in the box for the Beach handing them their first loss of the Big West season.
The Beach remains atop the standings, but is now in a tie with Cal Poly. The final matches on Thursday will decide the Big West regular season champion.
Team Stats
LBS
CSB
Goals
1
2
Shots
14
14
Shots on Goal
3
5
Saves
3
2
Corners
3
2
Fouls
10
7
Scoring Plays
Dylan Lewis
CSB Dylan Lewis PENALTY KICK GOAL.
00:42
Maddy Perez (2)
GOAL by LBS Perez, Maddy.
72:17
Claire Grouwinkel (2)
Assisted By: Mel Mikoy
GOAL by CSB Grouwinkel, Claire Assist by Mikoy, Mel.
75:14
Game Leaders
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
fwd
Shots
5
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
mid
Shots
3
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Players Mentioned
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