Another disappointing weekend for soccer
By Shreya Bhakta
Daily Forty-Niner
The Long Beach State women's soccer team
had two more looses this weekend, one away and one at home.
On Friday, the 49ers lost 3-1 in
Las Vegas against the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. LBSU returned home
on Sunday only to be shut out 2-0 by Fresno State.
"Our team defense was good, but weíre still
unable to put the ball in the net," Head Coach Julie Cochran said.
After the disappointing loss on Friday,
the 49ers came home to George Allen Field on Sunday to face the Fresno
State Bulldogs, Cochran's former school.
The first half of the match was pretty
quiet, although the Bulldogs did control the tempo of the game. The game
was scoreless at the half.
The Bulldogs came barking back to score
two second-half goals to win the game.
At the 49:22 mark, Jill Pearson scored
from a left side cross pass by Virginia Jenkins. Fresno Stateís Aimee Thompson
scored the final goal of the game unassisted with less then five minutes
left in the game.
"In my eyes, the final score against Fresno
State was one to zero, the other goal was sloppy," Cochran said.
The 49ers couldnít come back even though
freshman goalkeeper Jihan Elgazzar had a career-high 10 saves, including
two point-blank stops in the first half. The 49ers were outshot 28 to 11.
It was the second-highest number of shots allowed by the 49ers. LBSU let
the University of Pacific take 31 shots last season. The Bulldogs also
had more corner kicks, 7-3, than the 49ers.
The 49ers have only scored seven goals
in the nine games this season. This was the fourth time the 49ers have
been shutout this season.
The 49ers went to Las Vegas with hopes
of winning against a tough conference team. This game was also scoreless
in the first half.
However, the Rebels came charging back
in to second half scoring two goals in a one-minute span. UNLV's
Felicia Madrigal passed the ball to Suzanne Jensen who scored at the 60:18
mark of the game. The second goal for the Rebels followed at
the 61:16 mark, when Rebels' forward Janae Sims scored on an assist by
middle forward Anita Pedford.
The final score for the Rebels was also
scored by Sims with just six minutes left in the game.
The 49ers tried to fight back, but it
was too little too late. They managed to get on the board at the 86:25
mark of the game.
Freshman midfielder Erica Stone scored
her first collegiate career goal. 49er goalkeeper Jihan Elgazzar had five
saves while Rebels goalkeeper Shannon Wilson had three. The 49ers were
outshot 16 to seven.
The 49ers will play two road games in
Idaho this weekend. The 49ers will play Idaho on Friday, and they will
face Boise State on Sunday afternoon. |
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