Anteaters Tripped Up in the Rain, 4-2

Saturday, October 10

Irvine, Calif.

6:00 PM

UC Irvine

4-5-3, 2-2-1

CSUN

5-5-4, 3-1-1

Team	1	2	Final F
CSUN	1	3	4
UC Irvine	0	2	2

Mimi Yamamoto rushes by her defender in a 2026 match vs. CSUN

Photo by: Robert Huskey

Anteaters Tripped Up in the Rain, 4-2

October 10, 2026 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

By: Alex Roberts-Croteau

IRVINE, Calif. --- UC Irvine women's soccer fell in a rain-soaked match in Anteater Stadium, 4-2, Saturday night vs. CSUN

Playing For Keeps

The match got going with the visiting Matadors setting the tone and on the attack. They offered up the match's first two shots and corners within the first eight minutes.
Fiona Shin provided a shot from distance in the 11th minute and CSUN responded with one later that minute with both needing a save.
The scoring began in the 20th minute
A foul well near the edge of the 18-yard box by Savanna Arruda on Jordyn Canister put her at the spot, and she chose correct on her shot to put CSUN ahead, 1-0.
The rest of the half played out with little on the offensive side. The 'Eaters earned a flurry of corners in the 34th minute, but did not manage any more shots.

Making It Rain

The weather continued through the intermission and steadily throughout the second half.
UCI was knocking on the door early including Mimi Dominguez gaining position and putting up a shot that was blocked and began a rush the other way.
CSUN's Canister was leading the attack and sent one ahead to Ariana Lopez-Angel. She found daylight and hit the back of the net on the counter to make it a 2-0 CSUN lead in the 54th minute.
UC Irvine gained back some life following a throw-in in the 58th minute.
- Mimi Yamamoto ran onto a ball on the right wing and served up a picturesque cross to the back post to the waiting Shin whose header back across goal settled in for the score and UCI now down, 2-1
CSUN hardly let UCI breathe back on the attack 34 seconds later as Lopez-Angel tried a shot from outside the box that was blocked, but the rebound fell to her and she got it to go inside the far post and push the lead back to 3-1.
Both attacks kept the momentum bearing down on goal, and another goal looked like it went in at the 74th minute.
- A cross from the right wing to the goalmouth was put on frame by Keira Baranski and saved, and Yamamoto followed with a shot in for the goal.
- A video review determined that a handball in the box by UCI came before the goal to reverse the ruling and keep the match at 3-1.
The Matadors didn't let that stop them as in the 75th minute, play along the left wing led to a cross bounding through traffic to Michelle Monroy who sliced a shot on the outside of her foot and inside the far post with nothing the Anteater defense could do now staring at a 4-1 deficit.
UCI continued to make the Matadors work including a solid shot from Dominguez saved in the 77th minute, and quality attempts by Chifumi Sasaki all denied before getting to goal.
- Fiona Shin reemerged in the 89th minute on brilliant short passing at the edge of the box to curl one over the leaping keeper and turn the score to 4-2 before the final minutes ticked down.

CSUN 4, UC Irvine 2

The Anteaters did all they could with 13 of their 15 shots in the second half, and finishing with more than CSUN's 13 on the match.
Fiona Shin had a career night with her first career brace and a career high in points with four. She now has five goals and 12 points to lead the Anteaters this year.
Mimi Yamamoto was just as valuable helping set up both Shin goals with assists with her first career multi-assist match. She's up to three assists and five points this season, and she added a goal in the match that was taken off the board.
Allison Rabe set up Shin's second goal with the primary assist. The assist and point for Rabe were each the first of her career
Savanna Arruda in net collected three saves in the match
UC Irvine earned 11 corner kicks in the match reaching double digits for the second time this season

The Anteaters now sit at 2-2-1 in Big West action on seven points. As it stands, UCI remains tied for the sixth and final postseason spot in the standings alongside Cal Poly. Ahead for UCI is a challenging week starting with a road trip to UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday, October 14, before returning home to face Long Beach State on Saturday, October 17.