Oct. 21, 2007

Final Stats

DAVIS, Calif. -- UC Irvine scored a pair of goals in a an 82-second span early in the first half on its way to a 2-1 victory in Big West Conference women's soccer action, Sunday, at Aggie Soccer Stadium. Makenzie Beahm and Kim Horn both scored for the Anteaters, who improved to 9-5-1 overall and 3-1-0 in the Big West. Rochelle VanBuskirk had her second straight match with a goal for UC Davis, which dropped to 6-9-0 overall and 1-4-0 in the conference.

UCI began the scoring in the seventh minute when Caty Cope sent a direct kick into the box from near the left sideline. Beahm found the ball with a header, and it bounced off the ground and into the goal for an early 1-0 lead. Less than two minutes later, Cope assisted on another goal by way of a corner kick from the left side. Horn met the kick in front of the goal and scored on a header to make it 2-0.

The score would remain 2-0 through the end of the first half, despite the Aggies owning a 9-3 advantage in shots in the first 45 minutes.

The Aggies cut the deficit in half in the 54th minute when Megan Wall fed a pass from midfield to VanBuskirk down the middle of the field. The sophomore had just the keeper to beat and punched a shot into the right side of the goal from about 18 yards. It was the fifth goal of the year for VanBuskirk and the second in as many matches as UC Davis drew to within 2-1.

That was as close as the Aggies could get as the Anteaters held on for the one-goal victory. UC Davis outshot UC Irvine, 18-8.

The Aggies' Samatha Faber led the match with four shots. Marisa Boge and Molly Scott each had three while Wall, Jordan Martin and Gabina Bohlman finished with two.

Danielle de Seriere picked up her eighth win of the year in the net for UC Irvine, allowing one goal with eight saves.

UC Davis returns to action next weekend with a two-match road swing against Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara.