Wednesday, October 11
UC Riverside
1
vs
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UC Santa Barbara
UCR Records Historic Win Over UCSB, 1-0
10/11/2006 3:01:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Riverside—UC Riverside recorded its first-ever Division I win over UC Santa Barbara, defeating the Gauchos 1-0 Wednesday afternoon in a Big West Conference match in front of a school-record crowd of 576 fans at the UCR Soccer Stadium. The Highlanders gain their first conference victory of the season to improve to 4-8-1, 1-3-1 while UCSB drops to 7-6-0, 3-2-0.
UCR entered the game having never beaten UCSB in 10 meetings at the Division I level but that didn't scare off the five freshmen in the Highlanders' starting lineup. The hosts, who had never led in any of those 10 matches against the Gauchos, wasted little time in showing that things would be different this time around, scoring on their first shot. Junior defender Ben Oliver (Chula Vista, CA) sent a ball down the right that freshman forward Michael Galland (Claremont, CA) stepped over to freeze his defender and then ran on to. Galland then sent a first-time cross into the box, where freshman forward Nathan Paterson (Modesto, CA) volleyed it into the net with just 1:15 gone on the clock. It was Paterson's team-leading fourth goal of the season.
UCSB came close to equalizing four minutes later as Nick Perera hit a shot low to the left of UCR junior goalkeeper Charles Alamo (San Luis Obispo, CA). Alamo got a hand on it to push it off the post. Brennan Tennelle had the next opportunity in the 29th minute on a through-ball but skied his shot high. UCR junior midfielder Andrew Hills (Loma Linda, CA) had a pair of long range efforts saved by Gaucho goalie Kyle Reynish.
Despite being outshot 20-9 for the match, UCR did not sit back on its lead. In the second half, the Highlanders caught the Gauchos on a counterattack. Galland laid the ball back to junior midfielder Steven Kaufman (Encinitas, CA) but his shot was saved by Reynish. Galland later had his own opening but again Reynish was equal to the task.
Alamo came up big in the 65th minute, parrying away a blistering shot from Tino Nunez. Ten minutes later, it was the Highlander defense that came to Alamo's rescue as freshman defender Scott Dailey (San Dimas, CA) cleared a David Walker effort off the line. The Gauchos would continue to rain shots down on the Highlander goal in the waning minutes but none would cause much trouble as the Highlanders ticked down the clock on their historic victory.
Alamo made six saves to record his first shutout of the season and eighth of his career. Reynish had five saves.
The victory snaps UCR's seven game winless skid since a 2-1 victory over Sacramento State on September 8. UCR had last defeated UC Santa Barbara 3-2 in Riverside in 1974, when the Highlanders were in Division II and before the program was dropped in 1983 and resurrected in 2001.
UCR entered the game having never beaten UCSB in 10 meetings at the Division I level but that didn't scare off the five freshmen in the Highlanders' starting lineup. The hosts, who had never led in any of those 10 matches against the Gauchos, wasted little time in showing that things would be different this time around, scoring on their first shot. Junior defender Ben Oliver (Chula Vista, CA) sent a ball down the right that freshman forward Michael Galland (Claremont, CA) stepped over to freeze his defender and then ran on to. Galland then sent a first-time cross into the box, where freshman forward Nathan Paterson (Modesto, CA) volleyed it into the net with just 1:15 gone on the clock. It was Paterson's team-leading fourth goal of the season.
UCSB came close to equalizing four minutes later as Nick Perera hit a shot low to the left of UCR junior goalkeeper Charles Alamo (San Luis Obispo, CA). Alamo got a hand on it to push it off the post. Brennan Tennelle had the next opportunity in the 29th minute on a through-ball but skied his shot high. UCR junior midfielder Andrew Hills (Loma Linda, CA) had a pair of long range efforts saved by Gaucho goalie Kyle Reynish.
Despite being outshot 20-9 for the match, UCR did not sit back on its lead. In the second half, the Highlanders caught the Gauchos on a counterattack. Galland laid the ball back to junior midfielder Steven Kaufman (Encinitas, CA) but his shot was saved by Reynish. Galland later had his own opening but again Reynish was equal to the task.
Alamo came up big in the 65th minute, parrying away a blistering shot from Tino Nunez. Ten minutes later, it was the Highlander defense that came to Alamo's rescue as freshman defender Scott Dailey (San Dimas, CA) cleared a David Walker effort off the line. The Gauchos would continue to rain shots down on the Highlander goal in the waning minutes but none would cause much trouble as the Highlanders ticked down the clock on their historic victory.
Alamo made six saves to record his first shutout of the season and eighth of his career. Reynish had five saves.
The victory snaps UCR's seven game winless skid since a 2-1 victory over Sacramento State on September 8. UCR had last defeated UC Santa Barbara 3-2 in Riverside in 1974, when the Highlanders were in Division II and before the program was dropped in 1983 and resurrected in 2001.
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