Soccer team can't sweep
By Shreya Bhakta
The Daily Forty-Niner
It was a bittersweet weekend for the Long
Beach women's soccer team as it again failed to sweep a series at home.
On Sunday, the 49ers maintained a one-goal
lead to win against UC Santa Barbara, 2-1.
However, Friday afternoon Cal Poly rallied
to score four second-half goals as the 49ers blew a first-half lead and
dropped the game, 4-1.
The 49ers took the lead over the Gauchos
in the first half when LBSU Sophomore defender Jenna Koontz passed the
ball to junior midfielder Jennifer Reott. She scored
when she smashed the ball off the right post and in the Gaucho's goal at
the 17:56 mark. The 49ers went into the intermission with a one-goal lead
for the third time this season.
However, The Gauchos answered in the second
half to tie the score. UCSB's Beth Barbera kicked the ball past 49er goalkeeper
Jihan Elgazzar into the right side of the net.
The 49ers responded with a goal by Koontz,
who received a corner kick from teammate Kim Stempkowski and then drove
the ball past Gaucho's goalkeeper Mary Gleason for the game winner.
The goal was Koontz's first of the season.
Reott's fourth goal of the season made her the top scorer on the team.
Cal Poly visited LBSU at George Allen Field
on Friday. The Mustangs ran over the 49ers giving them a record of 6-11
overall and 4-5 in Big West Conference play.
Once again, the 49ers scored first when
Stempkowski scored on a penalty kick within the first six minutes of the
game.
The 49ers again went into half time with
a one-goal lead, but this time they could not hold it.
The Mustangs came into the second half
with a vengeance. They scored four unanswered goals in route to winning
game.
The 49ers will host Pepperdine
University today at 3 p.m. at George Allen Field. |
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