Highlanders and Lancers Battle in Crosstown Showdown

Saturday, October 10

Riverside, Calif.

7:00 pm

UC Riverside

3-6-3, 0-2-1

CBU

9-3-0, 3-1-0

Team	1	2	Final F
UC Riverside	0	0	0
California Baptist	0	2	2

Photo by: Karl Boudiwan

Highlanders and Lancers Battle in Crosstown Showdown

10/10/2026 10:33:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The Highlanders and Lancers battled tonight at CBU Soccer Stadium in the Crosstown Showdown. This was the first meeting on the pitch between these two schools as conference foes and the Lancers took the match, 2-0.

Matti Richter got the first shot of the match for the Highlanders (4'), but CBU's Ulrik Stroem came up with the save. In the 22' Andrija Radonjic put one on target but it too was saved. In total the Highlanders recorded four shots but did not get one in the back of the net. The Lancers had seven shots of their own and the Highlanders' defense held strong.

In the second UCR's defense held against three Lancers' shots. However, on the fourth shot the Lancers got on the board as Mustapha Khasim scored in the 54'.

Trailing 1-0, the Highlanders then put up three shots over the next ten minutes one by Jackson A'Alessandro and two more by Wyatt Ponting. None got past Stroem.

Then CBU's Justin Ojo then put the Lancers up 2-0 in the 81'.

The Highlanders tried to get back in the match as they recorded five shots including a penalty kick for Tarek Hamideh, but none found the back of the net.

Next up for the Highlanders is CSUN on Wednesday night at the UCR Soccer Stadium. Match starts at 7PM.