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Senior
Kristin Travis had eight shots and one goal
over two matches last weekend. The 49ers
won its season opener 2-1 over Sacramento
State Friday before tying the University
of San Francisco 0-0 at George Allen Field
Sunday. Matt Brown/CSULB Sports Information
Wiegand's
header gives Ingrassia, 49ers win in season
opener
By
Michael Bower
Sports Editor
It
was a weekend of firsts for the women's
soccer team.
First
game coached at Cal State University Long
Beach by Mauricio Ingrassia.
First
women's soccer game televised at CSULB.
And,
most importantly, the first time the women
won the opening game of the season since
becoming a Big West team in 1998.
Allison
Wiegand's header in the 64th minute helped
the 49ers and Ingrassia kick off the season
with a 2-1 victory over the Sacramento State
Hornets at George Allen Field Friday in
front of 225 fans.
It
was the seniors 15th career goal and 36th
career point, which ranks fourth all-time
at CSULB.
The
game winner for the 49ers (1-0-1) came just
over a minute after the Hornets' (0-1-0)
Jennifer Iha tied the game from eight yards
out.
"[Ingrassia
and I] are still getting to know the girls,"
assistant coach Eddie Soto said. "And
that was an example of what kind of character
we have…we could have put our heads
down and went into overtime."
The
49ers fired off 13 shots in the game and
the defense proved to be stingy as they
held the Hornets to just four shots.
The
49ers jumped out to a quick start as they
had three shots over the first seven minutes,
including Kristin Travis' goal from 10 yards
out at the 7:12 mark to give CSULB a 1-0
lead.
The
Hornets were held without a shot for the
first 20 minutes of the game. The team had
a chance to tie the game in the 86th minute
with a direct kick from 25 yards out, but
the ball bounced off the 49er wall and led
to one of eight corner kicks on the day
for the 49ers.
Meghan
Harwyk posted two saves as goalie for the
49ers. Harwyk has a minor quad strain, but
is day-to-day, according to Soto.
The
49er defense and goalie Tara Gotthardt fended
off the 16-shot attack by the University
of San Francisco Sunday as the two teams
settled for a 0-0 tie.
Gotthardt had a career-best nine saves in
the 110-minute match.
USF
took the 49ers by storm in the first half
of the match firing off nine shots to the
49ers' two. Gotthardt saved six of those
shots.
"She
came in and did what she needed to do,"
Soto said of Gotthardt. "She made some
big time saves to keep the game tied."
Both
teams had a shot at breaking the tie in
the second overtime of the match. USF's
Shuree Hytatt's shot went wide of the goal
while Kristin Travis' fifth shot of the
match was stopped by USF goalie Stephanie
Beall. Beall had seven saves in the game.
The
match will be replayed on Comcast Channel
3 on Saturday at 5 p.m.
The
women's soccer team is back in action this
weekend when they host the second Annual
49er Classic at George Allen Field. The
49ers will play at 5 p.m. against Drake
Friday and at 1 p.m. against Iona Sunday.
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