IRVINE, Calif. --- UC Irvine and Cal Baptist met for the first competition of the 2019 soccer season Friday night in Anteater Stadium in an exhibition contest.

Getting In The Game
The Anteaters and Lancers each put out regular starters minus Anteater keeper Maddie Newsom. The Lancers used wholesale substitutes throughout the match with one player, Cora Jacoby, playing all 90 minutes. The Anteaters played their starters through the first half while using nearly the entirety of their bench in the second half which included three keepers in all

Anteater Scoring
UCI started the scoring with a goal in the 13th minute. Alex Jaquez and CBU keeper Abigail Tyhurst both went for a ball at the top of the box coming together simultaneously. The ball bounded away from them right to Aleah Kelley, and she fed Jessica Miclat along the left side who fed the ball into the open mouth as a CBU defender's sliding attempt to save it went four nought putting the 'Eaters on top, 1-0.

Lancers Take Advantage
Cal Baptist scored three times in the second half against the UCI reserves starting in the 62nd minute. Rebecca Romero was the recipient of a good bounce as Amy Aquino's cross was punched by Taesja Paopao that landed right at her foot and she was able to punch it home to tie things at 1-1.

CBU added a pair of goals late on great individual efforts. Ari Coronado laced a shot from the top of the box to give CBU its first lead in the 77th minute. The Lancers sealed the game in the 88th minute as Kacie Dennis sent a ball from right along the right sideline high and inside the far post to make it a 3-1 game

Final Score: Cal Baptist 3, UC Irvine 1
The exhibition loss snaps a six-game exhibition unbeaten streak for UCI. Teams finished even in shots, 10-10, as UCI starters held a 7-3 advantage from the first half while adding a 5-0 advantage in corner kicks from the game. Each starting keeper had two saves.

Welcome Genius Sports
Tonight's match was the first of its kind statted by the new Genius NCAA Live Stats program for soccer. The new program calls for more data collection to track possession. From the official scorer's call, possession favored UC Irvine on the night holding 56% of the possession including 57% in the first half.

Next Up
The 'Eaters have one final exhibition tuneup on Sunday, August 18 in Anteater Stadium taking on No. 4 UCLA with kickoff slated for 6:00 p.m. The Bruins are coming off a 4-1 victory Friday night in a home exhibition contest against LMU.