LONG BEACH, Calif. --- UC Irvine women's soccer picked up a valuable road point against Black and Blue rival Long Beach State from a 1-1 draw Sunday night at George Allen Field

Back And Forth

• The match began fairly even with neither side breaking through quite yet. A wayward LBSU shot and a pair of corner kicks were all to be shown from the first 20 minutes
• The second corner kick got the ball rolling for the hosts
  • In the 21st minute, the kick was sent in to Ameera White who volleyed it back toward the near post right to Jordan Candelaria to slide it through the Anteater goalline defense and take a 1-0 lead
• UC Irvine's response came swiftly just over seven minutes later
  • The attack had built as they looked for a way in. Suus de Bakker's entrance was blocked along the left wing for Mia Colombini to collect
  • Colombini track back into the box and got a good look slicing a shot around the defense and inside the far post for the tying goal, 1-1, in the 28th minute
• The opportunities to break the tie again were plenty down the final half hour
  • Long Beach State put a pair on goal in the 25th and 38th minutes that Laurynn Ziller was able to collect
  • Mara Cochon disrupted LBSU's backline to get a head on one lofting it high on goal and saved
  • Colombini was back with the half's best chance ringing a shot from 20 yards off the right post in the 42nd minute

Missed The Point

• UCI led the charge in the second 45 minutes with Clara Samson smashing a shot on target two minutes in
• Ariane Haysman Boaler followed up with a prime chance in on keeper lifting it inches over the bar in the 56th minute. UCI had a handful of opportunities later in the half also sent over the bar
• The match turned in the 79th minute with a clear foul in the box giving UC Irvine a penalty try
  • Haysman Boaler was up for the lead, but her shot was saved by the LBSU keeper and the match remaining 1-1
• LBSU had their best chances of the half as the 85th minute was upon us
  • Ziller handled a shot through traffic in the 85th minute
  • Less than a minute later, Ziller and the defense were out near the edge of the box as LBSU's Kailey Supa made it a dicey situation ending in a deflection off Ziller out high
• A last gasp with 17 seconds left came for Long Beach State near the halfway line lofted into the box that was bounded back and forth without any dangerous threat as the time ran out

UC Irvine 1, Long Beach State 1

• The match ends in a draw for the fourth consecutive time in this series. UCI remains unbeaten in the last eight matchups (3-0-5)
• Both sides pick up one point giving UCI 10 of a possible 15 points through five Big West contests and a 3-1-1 record.
  • UCI is 6-3-5 overall on a three-match unbeaten streak heading into an 11-day break
• Colombini's strike is her fifth of the year as she regains the team goal lead and continues to lead on points at 11
  • UCI has 18 goals on the season with Colombini's just the fourth going unassisted
• Ziller matched her career high with four saves on the match
  • UCI led in shots, 10-7, as nine of the 17 total shots were on target
  • Fouls were near even, 13-12 in favor of LBSU, and each side drew two cautions
• Ella Colombini reached a notable mark playing in her 50th career match, the 106th Anteater to reach the mark. Her sister, Mia, is on track to reach the mark in her next match

UC Irvine is off now until October 16 where they'll play UC Santa Barbara in Anteater Stadium with five matches remaing in the regular season

 

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