'Eaters Triumph at Sac State, 3-0

Saturday, October 17

Sacramento, Calif.

4:00 PM

UC Irvine

8-5-2, 3-1-1

Sacramento State

4-8-2, 0-2-2

Team	1	2	Final F
UC Irvine	2	1	3
Sacramento St.	0	0	0

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Photo by: Matt Brown

'Eaters Triumph at Sac State, 3-0

October 17, 2026 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

By: Alex Roberts-Croteau

SACRAMENTO, Calif. --- UC Irvine men's soccer got three big points in the Big West race topping Sacramento State, 3-0, in a road victory Saturday afternoon.

Double Time

Early in the match the 'Eaters were earning the advantages while drawing the fouls.
A flurry of shots led to the opening goal in the 16th minute
- A blocked and cleared shot made its way to Gustavo Gonzalez ahead to Shane Kaemerle. A low cross to Gage Lyons who gathered a slipped a shot by the keeper for the 1-0 lead
A few fleeting chances came as the half played on with the 'Eaters capitalizing on another near the end of the 45 minutes
- A set piece was slipped ahead to Brady Treinen who passed it back to the top of the box from the endline to James Arteaga whose first touch was true inside the right post and put the 'Eaters ahead, 2-0

Three Pointers

Second half came out with a vengeance as three cards issued in the first 15 minutes and one to the 'Eaters
UCI also scored a third goal in the first 15 minutes of the half
- Following a caution and a shot saved, the rebound was passed to Pierce Rizzo whose shot deflected slightly up and over the leaping keeper to put UC Irvine ahead 3-0.

UC Irvine 3, Sacramento State 0

UCI matched its high for goals in a match this season, the fifth match scoring three goals.
Gage Lyons scored his seventh goal of the season, second in as many matches, and his fifth game-winning goal of the season. He added an assist, his second match with a goal and assist, giving him 18 points on the season
Arteaga netted his second goal of his freshman season moving to third on the team with seven points.
Rizzo's goal in the second half is the first goal and point of this career.
UCI dished out five total assists including Lyons'. Kaemerle had the primary assist on the game-winner, his third on the season. Gonzalez added an assist on that goal, his second straight game with an assist.
Treinen earned his fourth assist of the season and 14th of his Anteater career on Arteaga's goal. Matthew Miranda started the play and registered his first career assist and point.
Scott Williams needed just one save in the match to earn his fifth shutout and the team's sixth. UCI out-shot the Hornets, 18-3.

The win coupled with a CSUN loss gave UCI a berth to the Big West Championship with a record of 8-5-2 and a conference mark of 3-1-1. UCI's next match is in Anteater Stadium hosting Pac-12 side Cal Poly on Wednesday, October 21.