SAN FRANCISCO – Visiting Cal State Fullerton wasted no time taking the momentum, scoring three times in the first 20 minutes. However, the Titans were unable to hold on to the lead as the University of San Francisco women's soccer team battled their way back and earned the hard fought draw on Friday evening at a foggy Negoesco Stadium.
The Dons (6-3-1) and Titans (7-2-1) put on an offensive display. Either team had ample opportunities to take home the win, the two sides combined for 42 shots with 20 on goal. Keeper
Olivia Camera (6-3-1) finished the night with six saves, none bigger than her save in the second overtime when she turned away a shot from inside the box.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Titans struck twice in rapid succession early in the first half. The first goal of the game coming in the 10
th minute when Maddie Bennett corralled her own shot and sent it past a diving Camera. Two minutes later, a cross by the Titans led to an open look for Atlanta Primus who scored the first of her two-first half goals. Primus struck again eight minutes later to put the Titans up three.
• Late in the first half the Dons finally got on the scoreboard. The Titans were called for the first of two penalties inside the box, giving the Dons a penalty kick.
Miciah Madison took the PK for the Dons, the first of her career, but Cal State Fullerton's keeper Victoria Ryan (1-0-1) notched the third of her five saves in the opening half.
• Fortunately for the Dons, Ryan wasn't able to hold on to the ball and
Ashley Humphrey took the rebound on Madison's penalty kick for her first goal of the year. Less than two minutes later it was
Miciah Madison's turn to send one to the back of the net when she blasted a shot past goal from 30 yards out to score her sixth of the year to bring the Dons within one.
• Midway through the second half, the Dons had an excellent chance at an equalizer when
Samantha Jehnings was awarded a penalty kick, unfortunately for the Dons senior the new Cal State Fullerton keeper Allison Poole (1-0-1) picked up the save and kept USF off the board.
• At the 70
th minute the Dons finally did get the equalizer when
Sydney Cooper took a cross from
Samantha Jehnings and beat the Titan keeper low and tow the right. It was the sixth and final goal of the evening with both teams coming up empty in overtime.
NOTABLE NUMBERS:
3: The Dons scored three goals by three different players tonight,
Ashley Humphrey (1),
Miciah Madison (6), and
Sydney Cooper (3).
6: The goal by Madison is the sixth of the season for her, a new career-high. She scored five in 2017 which was her previous high.
8:
Samantha Jehnings took eight shots on the night, with three on goal – both season-highs.
23: The Dons' 23 shots tonight was a season-high, the last time USF took 20 shots in the game was when they tallied 24 in the win over Saint Mary's on Nov. 3, 2018.
110: USF had six players play the full 110 minutes.
Mia Villegas, Madison, Jehnings,
Candace Hillegas and
Nicole Kelsey all playing career-high minutes.
NEXT UP:
The Dons will return to action on Sunday afternoon when UC Davis comes to Negoesco Stadium. The Aggies fell to Saint Mary's in Davis 1-0 earlier today, they are 5-4. For tickets, visiting
USFDons.com.
