Golden Bears Handle Dons in Berkeley

Thursday, August 31

Berkeley, Calif.

4:00 p.m.

University of San Francisco

0-4-0, 0-0-0

California

1-2-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
San Francisco	0	1	1
California	2	3	5

Photo by: Christina Leung

8/31/2023 7:00:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

BERKELEY, Calif. – Traveling across the Bay Bridge for an afternoon showdown in Berkeley, the University of San Francisco women's soccer team (0-4) fell on the road at California (1-2), 5-1, on Thursday afternoon.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

Starting the scoring early on, Cal got on the board first at the 6:32 mark as Karlie Lema drove down the right side of the pitch before delivering a pass to the cutting Rilee Harmon in the box as Harmon tapped home the goal to give the Golden Bears a 1-0 advantage.
For the Dons, Gabby Rizzo attempted a shot of her own in the 11^th minute, but could not quite find the back of the net to start. As the action played on, Cal extended their lead to 2-0 on a goal from Mya Daily at 33:54 in the first half.
After a shot on target from Marissa Vasquez in the 35^th minute, the hosts remained on top by two (2-0) heading into the locker room.
Applying pressure out of the break, Jackie Koerwitz fired a shot on goal at 47:36, but was ultimately denied by Cal goalkeeper Teagan Wy.
As the match moved along, Wy went on to pick up a yellow card in the 61^st minute, which gave the Dons a golden opportunity to cut their deficit in half. Doing just that, Vasquez blasted it past Wy on the ensuing penalty kick to draw the green and gold closer, 2-1.
Shortly thereafter, the Golden Bears responded with a penalty kick goal of their own in the 62^nd minute following a foul from Isabella Ayau. Subsequently, Cal would add goals in the 68^th and 86^th minute as they went on to take down San Francisco by a final score of 5-1.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:

Finding the back of the cage for the first time this fall, Vasquez led the Dons with four total shots, three of which were on target.
Off the bench, Hannah Burns played the first minutes of her collegiate career on Thursday after battling injuries over her first few years on the Hilltop.
In goal, Kira Ybarra played the full 90 minutes for the third time this season while recording four saves along the way.

UP NEXT:
San Francisco will return home to the Hilltop this Sunday, Sept. 3 to host Columbia as the first match of a soccer doubleheader at Negoesco Stadium. Following the women's soccer match at 1:00 pm, San Francisco men's soccer will host UC Riverside at 4:00 pm. Live streaming and live statistics links for both matches are available via each team's schedule page. Tickets for both matches on Sunday are available via usfdons.com/tickets.

FOLLOW US:
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MERCHANDISE:
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SPONSOR THE DONS:
The University of San Francisco Athletics Department would like to acknowledge and thank our sponsor – Coca-Cola - for their continued support of USF Athletics. Interested in sponsoring the Dons? Please contact Frank Allocco, the Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Relations, at fallocco@usfca.edu or at (415) 422-4561.