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No. 22 Bears Net Golden Goal to Defeat Santa Clara, 1-0
9/28/2008 12:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Sept. 28, 2008
BERKELEY - The No. 22 California women's soccer team defeated Santa Clara, 1-0, in double overtime on Sunday afternoon at Edwards Stadium. Senior midfielder/forward Nikki Schrey had the game-winning goal with 2:18 to play in the second overtime period to win the game for the Golden Bears. Cal improves to 7-3-0 while Santa Clara drops to 3-6-2.
"Our players were certainly up for this game. We take Santa Clara very seriously, they're traditionally one of the best teams in the country," Cal head coach Neil McGuire said. "We have the utmost respect for their players, the team and their coaching staff so we wanted to make sure we came here with the right level of energy. Overall, I thought we performed quite well."
Following a near miss by junior defender Brianna Bak, the Bears rebounded to score and win the game. Sophomore defender/midfielder Megan Jesolva crossed the ball to Bak, who headed it to Schrey. The goal by Schrey was the Fresno, Calif., native's third of the season.
The Bears out shot the Broncos, 26-3, with Jesolva pacing the team with six shots. Cal keeper Gina Pellegrini made three stops and Santa Clara goalie Megan McCray grabbed eight.
With the win over Santa Clara, Cal closes out its nonconference play at a 7-3-0 clip. The Bears have a week off from competition before opening Pac-10 Conference schedule on Friday, Oct. 10 against Oregon State in Berkeley at 1:30 p.m.
Score by period 1 2 OT1 OT2 F Santa Clara 0 0 0 0 0 California 0 0 0 1 1Scoring Summary Cal Nikki Schrey (Brianna Bak, Megan Jesolva) 108:13
