'Dogs come up short against Roadrunners, 2-1

Sunday, September 8

Fresno, CA

6:00 PM PT

Fresno State

1-1-1

CSU Bakersfield

3-2-0

CSU Bakersfield

Fresno State

'Dogs come up short against Roadrunners, 2-1

9/8/2019 10:23:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

By: Taylor Martinez / Communications Assistant

FRESNO, Calif. – The Fresno State women's soccer team finished its three-match homestand with a 2-1 loss to CSU Bakersfield at the Soccer and Lacrosse Stadium, on Sunday night.

Sophomore transfer Mariona Segales continues to ignite the Bulldogs offense this season, scoring her second goal of the season. After taking a 1-0 lead in the first half, the Bulldogs gave up a fast-break goal and a free kick shot in the second half. Fresno State wasn't able to recover from the one-goal deficit, resulting in the first loss of the season.

"I think we showed a little bit of complacency," head coach Brian Zwaschka said. "It's good to have a confident team, but you can't have a complacent team. This game was a lessoned learned, and we give credit to CSU Bakersfield for grinding it out. I reminded our team that this game showed us situations that we can have control over going forward."

Fresno State falls to 1-1-1 (0-0-0 MW) on the season.

Tori Nicolo, Kylie Lucero, Audrey Reyna, Megan Amick, Lorena Montanes, Segales, Melissa Ellis, Shantay Tamez, Robyn McCarthy, Jordan Brown and Bailee Kern logged the start for the Bulldogs, with Milena Zink in goal.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Fresno State started the match with dominating offensive play, not allowing CSU Bakersfield to take a single a shot during the first 20 minutes of regulation. The Bulldogs took a 1-0 lead when Segales sent the ball into the back of the net off a pass from Nicolo in the 20^th minute.

Fresno State took its 1-0 lead into halftime. The Bulldogs outshot the Roadrunners 7-1 and took more corner kicks 7-1 during the first 45 minutes of the match.

CSU Bakersfield came out of the halftime huddle ready to even the score. The Roadrunners scored on a fast break in the 57^th minute, tying the match 1-1. The momentum swung further in CSU Bakersfield's direction when a foul in the goalkeeper box led to a close-range free kick, the Roadrunners converted the free kick to take a 2-1 lead in the 69^th minute.

The Bulldogs fought to take three more shots before the end of regulation but couldn't finish, falling to the Roadrunners 2-1.

NOTABLES

Fresno State outshot CSU Bakersfield 11-5.
Fresno State lead the match in corner kicks 9-3.
CSU Bakersfield recorded more saves 5-1.
Jordan Brown chalked her first career start as a Bulldog.
Audrey Reyna chalked her first career start as a Bulldog.
Mariona Segales leads the Bulldogs in goals this season with two.
Tori Nicolo leads the Bulldogs in assists this season with three, averaging 1.00 assists per game.
Robyn McCarthy played a team-high 90 minutes in the match.

WHAT'S NEXT
Fresno State will go on the road for the first time this season, slated to play a neutral site match against Portland State (Sept. 13) before playing back-to-back road games against Weber State (Sept. 15) and UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 20).

The Bulldogs will return home on Sept. 22 to host UC Riverside at 12 p.m. PT at the Soccer and Lacrosse Stadium.

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