'Eaters End LBSU's Season in Penalty Kicks

Sunday, October 29

Long Beach, Calif.

6:00 PM

UC Irvine

6-7-6, 3-3-4

Long Beach State

10-6-4, 5-3-2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
UC Irvine	0	0	0	0	0	0
Long Beach St.	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Photo by: Matt Brown

'Eaters End LBSU's Season in Penalty Kicks

October 29, 2023 | Women's Soccer

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By: Alex Roberts-Croteau

LONG BEACH, Calif. --- UC Irvine women's soccer advances through to the Big West Semifinals Sunday night at George Allen Field via a 4-1 win in a penalty kick shootout.

UC IRVINE 0, LONG BEACH STATE 0 (UCI ADVANCES ON PENALTY KICKS, 4-1)

The Black & Blue Rivalry Series returned for a second time this season after the sides drew, 1-1, in the regular season in a match also on LBSU's home field
The sides were on point early on with nine shots in the first half between them and seven of them on target
After a scoreless half, Long Beach State began the second half as the aggressors with multiple corners in the first five minutes
Each side had chances with two shots on goal for the 'Eaters in the stanza, but still no scoring as the match went to overtime
Action was end-to-end in both 10-minute overtime periods with each program looking for a winner. UCI had three shots to LBSU's two with one shot on goal, but still no scoring sending the match to a shootout
The Anteaters had the first crack with Tati Fung netting her shot
Glo Hinojosa gave UCI the advantage by saving Long Beach State's first penalty try
After another UCI make, LBSU's second shooter nailed a shot off the left post
Both sides made their third attempts putting Marissa LeVine on the spot to end it with a slow-rolling shot that snuck between the post and the diving keeper to win the shootout, 4-1
Glo Hinojosa claimed her 28th career shutout on the night and second career shootout win. She now has seven career saves on penalty kicks including regulation and shootouts. Her four saves in the match give her 216 in her career
The 'Eaters are now 2-1 all-time in PK shootouts in the Big West Championships, 3-2 in program history, and go to 4-2-3 in Big West postseason overtime matches
The Anteaters run their unbeaten streak to six matches, 3-0-3, against Long Beach State
UCI finished with the advantage in shots, 14-10, and shots on goal, 7-4, while LBSU held the 6-5 edge in corner kicks

Glo comes up BIG #STRONGwomen pic.twitter.com/mGQnVetyhf
— UCI Women's Soccer (@UCIwsoc) October 30, 2023

There's that Glo again!! #RipEm pic.twitter.com/Y14bz8WpKU
— UCI Women's Soccer (@UCIwsoc) October 30, 2023

#BEATTHEBEACH #MARSFORTHEWIN pic.twitter.com/SrPTNrPfWB
— UCI Women's Soccer (@UCIwsoc) October 30, 2023

#GloSaysNOOOOOOO https://t.co/oDPrmeBewS pic.twitter.com/zmYRXcwLK8
— UCI Women's Soccer (@UCIwsoc) October 30, 2023

Nothing like filling in that bracket. ???

See you in the semifinals @UCIwsoc! #OnlyTheBold x #TWZ x #NCAASoccer pic.twitter.com/6uc8WPqWKP
— The Big West (@BigWestSports) October 30, 2023

The match ends in a draw to put UCI's record at 6-7-6 on the year, but the 'Eaters advance on penalties. Next up is a return to Titan Stadium where the 'Eaters won last year's Big West First Round matchup. UC Irvine and the No. 1-seed Titans match up in the semifinals with a 7:30 p.m. kickoff on Thursday, November 2.