Wednesday, November 7
University of California, Riverside
2
vs
0
UC Irvine
Highlanders Record Sixth Shutout In 2-0 Victory Over UC Irvine
11/7/2007 1:13:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Riverside—Senior keeper Charles Alamo recorded his sixth shutout of the season as the Highlanders beat UC Irvine 2-0 Wednesday afternoon to pick up their first win at the UCR Soccer Stadium this season. Sophomore Zach Walker and senior Brandon Plummer each found the back of the net for the Highlanders who improve to 5-5-6 overall and 2-3-4 in the Big West.
UCR came out firing in the first half, outshooting the Anteaters 4-2 in the half. In the middle of the 12th minute, the Highlanders earned a corner kick. Senior Steven Kaufman's left-footed kick was headed by sophomore Nathan Paterson towards the right side of the goal and then on-timed by Walker who found the back right corner of the net for his third goal of the season and give UCR a 1-0 lead.
The rest of the half was well played by the Highlander defense who limited the UCI offensive attack to just two shots through the first 45 minutes. UCR covered the field with renewed levels of confidence and spoiled anyt Anteater threat throughout the match. The Highlanders were working for their first win in nearly a month (10/10 @ Cal State Fullerton).
Defense was the theme in the second half as well, the Anteaters turned up the dial on offense and fired five shots in the half. The Highlander defense, led by Alamo, continued to stone those UCI threats to keep the lead at 1-0 for much of the second half.
Just past the 82nd minute, senior Andrew Villalobos slipped a pass to a streaking sophomore David Lozano along the left side who then sent a left-cross over the UCI defenders to Plummer who banged in his second goal of the season past the diving UCI keeper to make it a 2-0 advantage.
Alamo produced another solid performance just as he as done game-in and game-out throughout the season. He finished with five saves to pick up the 16th career shutout.
This Saturday the Highlanders welcome Cal State Northridge for their final home game of the season set to begin at 3 pm. Prior ot the match, UCR will acknowledge it's six seniors, Alamo, Kaufman, Plummer, Villalobos, Ben Oliver, and Andrew Hills.
UCR came out firing in the first half, outshooting the Anteaters 4-2 in the half. In the middle of the 12th minute, the Highlanders earned a corner kick. Senior Steven Kaufman's left-footed kick was headed by sophomore Nathan Paterson towards the right side of the goal and then on-timed by Walker who found the back right corner of the net for his third goal of the season and give UCR a 1-0 lead.
The rest of the half was well played by the Highlander defense who limited the UCI offensive attack to just two shots through the first 45 minutes. UCR covered the field with renewed levels of confidence and spoiled anyt Anteater threat throughout the match. The Highlanders were working for their first win in nearly a month (10/10 @ Cal State Fullerton).
Defense was the theme in the second half as well, the Anteaters turned up the dial on offense and fired five shots in the half. The Highlander defense, led by Alamo, continued to stone those UCI threats to keep the lead at 1-0 for much of the second half.
Just past the 82nd minute, senior Andrew Villalobos slipped a pass to a streaking sophomore David Lozano along the left side who then sent a left-cross over the UCI defenders to Plummer who banged in his second goal of the season past the diving UCI keeper to make it a 2-0 advantage.
Alamo produced another solid performance just as he as done game-in and game-out throughout the season. He finished with five saves to pick up the 16th career shutout.
This Saturday the Highlanders welcome Cal State Northridge for their final home game of the season set to begin at 3 pm. Prior ot the match, UCR will acknowledge it's six seniors, Alamo, Kaufman, Plummer, Villalobos, Ben Oliver, and Andrew Hills.
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