Highlanders Drop Road Contest at Pacific

Thursday, August 31

Stockton, Calif.

7:00 p.m.

UC Riverside

0-3-0, 0-0-0

Pacific

2-1-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
UC Riverside	0	0	0
Pacific	1	0	1

Highlanders Drop Road Contest at Pacific

8/31/2023 9:10:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

STOCKTON, Calif. - A second-minute goal did in UC Riverside on Thursday night, as the Highlanders dropped a 1-0 decision to Pacific at Knoles Field.

HOW IT HAPPENED

UC Riverside ping ponged the ball around the box in the 30th minute, but Armando Ibarra Jr.'s soft shot would not find the net.
Brendan Clark centered a ball for Andrew Alexander in the 43rd minute that crossed through the box.
UC Riverside came out with offensive urgency for the second straight match, as Noah Lopez fired a shot in the 48th minute that just missed the far post.
Clark stood over a free kick in the 61st minute, but the inswinger was punched out of the way of the far post. UCR was dispossessed on the ensuing throw-in. Ibarra Jr. threw a left-footed cross into the box in the 70th minute with no one on the receiving end.
The Highlanders went a man up in the 71st minute as Pacific was handed a second yellow in the midfield. Clarked checked back in a minute later as UC Riverside would press for an equalizer.
Christian Ceja won a free kick just outside the 18 in the 75th minute, but Clark sailed it over the bar.
UCR kept the ball in the final third in the 85th minute, leading to the Highlanders' first two corners of the night.

HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS

Jackson D'Alessandro was named to his first UCR starting XI on Thursday night, logging 86 minutes. Ethan Walker made his collegiate debut on Thursday with four minutes off the bench.
Ibarra Jr. led UCR with three attempts on the night, two of which came from close range inside the box.

UP NEXT

UC Riverside will stay in Northern California to continue the road trip, visiting San Francisco on Sunday evening for a 4:00 p.m. kickoff from Negoesco Stadium.