HAMDEN, Conn. – California stays perfect in away games this season after edging Quinnipiac 3-2 in the Quinnipiac Bobcat Invitational finale on Sunday. The Golden Bears extended their winning streak to five consecutive games, including a perfect 4-0 record on the road.
 
Katrina Carter, Janaye Sakkas and Megan Rodgers scored in the effort, and Lindsay Mathison earned her second assist of the weekend. Maddie Cleat also notched an assist.
 
For the first time in five games, the Bears were not the first team to jump on the board as Quinnipiac struck at 8:45 with a shot from Dayna Barlow.
 
The Bobcats limited Cal's high-powered offense for nearly the entire first half, with the Bears edging Quinnipiac in shots, 5-4, after a flurry of offense in the final minutes of the period. At halftime, the hosting Bobcats led 1-0.
 
The Bear offense came alive in the second half, scoring all three goals in a 17-minute span. Katrina Carter stole the ball and dribbled it into the circle to knot up the game, 1-1, in the 40th minute, and then Cleat found Sakkas seven minutes later to give the Bears a 2-1 lead. Rodgers scored her 10th goal of the season on a ball from Mathison at 56:32.
 
Quinnipiac battled back for a second goal in the 66th minute with Anna Walmsley scoring on a penalty corner play, but the Bobcats failed to procure the equalizer.
 
Cal is 6-3 this season and set for four more road games before returning to Berkeley on Oct. 15.

HEAD COACH SHELLIE ONSTEAD'S TAKE
"We wanted a sweep this weekend. We got the sweep. The road sweep. Mission accomplished. On to the next one."
 
CAL'S GOALS
39:45 – Katrina Carter (unassisted)
 
46:46 – Janaye Sakkas (assisted by Maddie Cleat)
 
56:32 – Megan Rodgers (assisted by Lindsay Mathison)
 
QUINNIPIAC'S GOALS
8:45 – Dayna Barlow (assisted by Michelle Federico)
 
65:38 – Anna Walmsley (assisted by Ines Ruiz Martinez)
 
NEXT UP
Cal continues a six-game road swing at UC Davis on Friday, Sept. 29 at 3 p.m.