FULLERTON, Calif. --- UC Irvine women's soccer battled to a scoreless draw Thursday night at Titan Stadium against Cal State Fullerton.
Saving Grace
- The offenses were on the move to start the match with all nine first-half shots coming in the first 25 minutes
- Anteater goalkeeper Savanna Arruda was in net for her third career start and saved two shots on target out of Fullerton's five faced as the half went without any scoring
Field Presence
- The host Titans hit the ground running in the second half with the first five shots including four in a span of 66 seconds
- Arruda continued to hold her ground with three more saves coming in the half
- UCI had their chances with four of their seven shots coming in the second half, but were without a shot on target in the match
- The best chance for either side came in the 82nd minute
- 1 of 4 Cal State Fullerton shots in the final 10 minutes went on goal with Arruda leaping to punch it away as it flew by her
UC Irvine 0, Cal State Fullerton 0
- The draw puts UC Irvine at 4-2-2 in Big West play on 14 points.
- UC Irvine entered the match even on points with Cal State Fullerton as they remain now in a tie for fourth place and three points off of the top spot
- UCI on the season has a record of 7-4-6 and are 3-2-4 in road games
- Arruda was Thursday's top performer with five saves and a shutout
- She has 13 saves in her five matches this year and has collected 0-0 shutout draws in each of her starts totaling 11 saves in them
- The fourth-year Anteater has yet to allow a goal in 202 minutes played in net this season
- Thursday's draw was the fourth scoreless one for UC Irvine on the season
- UCI were out-shot, 15-7, with Mia Colombini leading the team with three
- Both teams collected three corner kicks, and there were a total of 11 fouls in the match with no cautions
Two matches remain for UC Irvine in the regular season starting with the home finale Sunday, October 26 at 1:00 p.m. vs. UC San Diego
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