Sept. 25, 2008

Final Stats

BERKELEY - The No. 22 California women's soccer team defeated visiting Brigham Young University, 2-1, Thursday afternoon at Edwards Stadium. The Golden Bears received two goals from freshman defender Danielle Brunache while Katie Larkin scored for the Cougars. Cal, which out shot BYU - 18-6, improves to 6-3-0 while the Cougars drop to 6-5-0.

"I think we started the game very, very well in terms of our defense. Our organization was good and our offense was committed and earned a lot of shots and that forced [BYU] back," Cal head coach Neil McGuire said. "In the second half, we weren't as efficient with that but I thought we were much more efficient in terms of our set pieces, and as a result, we got two goals."

Cal had several slight misses in the first half. It took the Bears just 2:55 minutes in the second half to score when Brunache headed in the ball off a corner kick by sophomore defender/midfielder Megan Jesolva. Brunache struck again in the 54th minute off a free kick with Jesolva and junior midfielder Katie Oakes assisting.

BYU's Larkin scored off a penalty kick at 64:49.

Junior keeper Gina Pellegrini made two saves for Cal while McKinzie Olson had eight for the Cougars. Brunache and junior defender/forward Katherine Daiss each had two shots on goals.

The Bears close out their nonconference games Sunday against Santa Clara at 1 p.m. in Berkeley.

Scoring Summary
Cal	Danielle Brunache (Megan Jesolva)			47:55
Cal	Danielle Brunache (Megan Jesolva, Katie Oakes)	53:27
BYU	Katie Larkin						64:49