Box Score BERKELEY --- Redshirt senior Ifeoma Onumonu and senior Arielle Ship provided all the scoring needed for the No. 17 California women's soccer team to earn a 4-1 victory over the University of Washington Huskies Thursday afternoon at Goldman Field.

Each member of the veteran duo scored two goals to help Cal (9-2, 2-0 Pac-12) remain undefeated at home in 2016 (7-0). Ship also set up Onumonu's final score, joining senior Emma Fletcher and junior Indigo Gibson in the assist column.

Washington (5-5-1, 0-2 Pac-12) struck first in the 15th minute off the foot Shannon Simon. The Huskies' leading scorer took a long shot from 30 yards out that found its way over the outstretched arm of junior goalkeeper Emily Boyd, giving her only the second goal scored on the Golden Bears in Berkeley this season.

Cal entered the contest with a +14 goal differential at home (15-1) and the Bears quickly reset that scoring margin. Less than 30 seconds after Simon's goal, Fletcher lofted a perfect long through ball from past midfield to the front of the box and Onumonu easily put it past Huskies goalkeeper Sarah Shimer from about eight yards out.

Onumonu and Ship would team up for what would become Onumonu's team-leading fourth game-winning goal in the 27th minute. Ship fed Onumonu with a through ball from the top of the attacking third and the fifth-year forward finished in near-identical fashion to give Cal a 2-1 lead.

The second half would see Ship switch roles from distributor to goal scorer. The reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year put away her first goal of the game (74') after making a move into the box, briefly losing possession, and recovering with a sliding tap of the ball. Her final score was just as creative, heading a chip pass from Gibson down in the box and lobbing it over Shimer from about 15 yards out.

"It's great to see Ife and Ari both score goals," head coach Neil McGuire said of his seniors. "They are being dangerous with their movement to get into max space and create scoring opportunities. It's very hard to defend that."

Taken together, the performance emphatically produced the Bears' first win over the Huskies since November 3, 2013 and give Cal its first 2-0 conference start since 2009.

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Cal will welcome Washington State to Goldman Field for an early 11 a.m. contest on Sunday, October 2.