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Matt Brown
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Winner UC Irvine UCI (8-7-6, 3-3-4)
0
Cal Poly CP (10-8-3, 6-3-1)
Winner
UC Irvine UCI
(8-7-6, 3-3-4)
1
Final
0
Cal Poly CP
(10-8-3, 6-3-1)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
UC Irvine UCI 1 0 1
Cal Poly CP 0 0 0

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Alex Roberts-Croteau

Women's Soccer Completes Three-Peat

FULLERTON, Calif. --- UC Irvine women's soccer defeated Cal Poly, 1-0, to win it's third consecutive Big West Championship Sunday afternoon in Titan Stadium.

[5] UC IRVINE 1, [3] CAL POLY 0
  • The match featured just two shots on goal and one that mattered as Mirayah Villalpando knocked home a pass from Suus de Bakker off a corner kick in the 40th minute to put the Anteaters on top, 1-0
  • UC Irvine was flagged offside six times in the match including three times that negated goals
  • Defense reigned supreme once again as the 'Eaters have now advanced through eight consecutive Big West Championship matches and all without allowing a goal
  • Glo Hinojosa didn't even need to make a save as her defense in front of her helped secure her 35th career win and 30th career shutout
  • Big West Championship MVP honors went to sophomore forward Emillie Castagna
  • Villalpando's goal was the second of her season and career. Assists from de Bakker, her first this year, and Mihaela Perez her second
  • Gianna Creighton, the Anteaters' midfield stalwart, played her 84th career match Sunday tying the program record while starting her 84th career match
  • For UC Irvine, it is the program's fourth Big West Championship title and earned a berth to the NCAA Tournament for a fifth time
 
 
 
 
 





UC Irvine enters the NCAA Tournament with an overall record of 8-7-6. They will learn their postseason fate from the NCAA Selection Show on ncaa.com Monday, November 6 at 1:00 p.m. PDT

 
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