IRVINE, Calif. --- A delayed Anteater attack was just enough to earn a 2-1 victory Sunday night in Anteater Stadium over the visiting UNC Asheville Bulldogs.

UCI (2-1-1) rolled through the first half putting up 11 shots and did not allow a single shot, but the score remained empty at 0-0.

Things changed quickly as the second half began. UNC Asheville (0-3-0) finally got a shot off as Alex Waldron would make the save, and the Anteaters ran down and scored twice in the span of 44 seconds.

Victor Falck and Ivan Canales connected through the offensive third, and Canales would flip a ball over to Giovanni Godoy whose volley sailed inside the left post to give UCI a 1-0 lead in the 47th minute.

The 'Eaters rose up once again in the 48th minute taking advantage of a turnover finding freshman Christian Bond-Flasza, making his first career start, streaking down the right wing. His cross landed to Ivan Canales who lashed a shot of his own dead center to grow the advantage to 2-0.

The Anteaters had countless more chances to add, but nothing fell as they would outshoot AVL, 20-5. The Bulldogs would find a goal and jump back in the match in the 72nd minute. Richie Lee pounced on a pinpoint set piece from Andrew Lawrence and head it inside the right post to close the gap to 2-1.

The Bulldogs had minimal threats moving forward as the Anteater backline snuffed out any chances riding the match out for the 2-1 victory.

Canales was credited with the game-winner, the first of his career, and added an assist on the opening strike. Godoy's goal was his second of the season. Assists from Victor Falck, Christian Bond-Flasza, and Alvaro Quezada the first of their careers for each, and for Bond-Flasza and Falck their first career points. Each keeper, Waldron and Tyler Moore, came up with a pair of saves.

"Another tough game," noted head coach Yossi Raz. "I think we found out rhythm in parts and were pretty and had nice opportunities - a couple we capitalized on, but most we didn't. We need to improve in many aspects of the game like our defense. It was a fair result, I felt we were the better team tonight, but credit to Asheville for being competitive and playing through to the final whistle. We were on our heels the last 15-20 minutes. I thought at times we combined well through traffic, used our speed, and connected effectively through short passing which was pretty to watch. We were able to break pressure and create opportunities, now we just have to finish better in the offensive third to put the game at ease sooner instead of battling that pressure at the end of the match like we did. We are still developing though, we got the result, and now we're on to some big tests.

Those tests come on the road this week with a trip to Albuquerque, N.M. and the Grange and Ashwill Invitational that starts Friday, Sept. 8 with a 3:00 p.m. match against third-ranked Denver for the 'Eaters.