SAN FRANCISCO – Five different Golden Bears scored in the California women's soccer team's 6-1 win over San Francisco Sunday night.
With its first road win of the season Cal improves to 2-1-1 while the Dons drop to 2-2-0.
It was an offensive showcase for the Bears, who after getting on the board via a USF own goal in the 8th minute, scored five more times. They finished the contest with 11 total shots, seven of which landed on frame for a .636 shot on goal percentage.
In the 21st minute, Noelle Bond-Flazsa played a beautiful ball into the box for
Alex Klos who headed it in for her first goal as a Bear.
Karlie Lema then made it a 3-0 contest in the 31st with her fourth goal of the season. Lema split a pair of Don defenders and found herself with open grass before firing it into the top right corner of the net.
San Francisco got on the board to start the second half with an impressive free-kick goal from Olivia Lukrofka in the 53rd minute.
To close out the night the Bears scored three goals off of three different boots in a 14-minute span.
Velize King was first, scoring for the first time this season with an assist from Lema in the 68th minute. Next was
Julia Leontini in the 81st who scored her first goal as a Bear on a missile from way beyond the 18-yard box. Just 20 seconds later
Alexis Wright scored for the second time in as many matches with an assist from King.
Kelly McManus had three saves in her second career win. She played the first 84 minutes before being replaced by
Maddie Gambs who made her collegiate debut and closed out the match between the posts.
Cal now returns home for five-straight matches at Edwards Stadium to close out the non-conference schedule. The Bears will face a pair of Big West schools to start seeing Cal State Fullerton on Thursday night and CSU Bakersfield Sunday afternoon.
