SEASIDE, Calif- Freshman forward
Taylor Edmonds scored two goals, both of them in a dominant first half, as Sonoma State drilled Cal State Monterey Bay 5-1 in CCAA action on Friday in Seaside. The Seawolves scored four times in the first half and then put it on cruise control as they improve to 13-3-1, 8-2-1 CCAA on the year. The Otters fall to 1-17-1, 0-13-0 CCAA.
It was the second time this year that the Seawolves have beaten the Otters by a 5-1 score.
Sonoma State's leading scorer,
Lindsay Catton wasted little time getting the Seawolves on the board on Friday as she scored from 30 yards out just 49 seconds in. Quick goals are nothing new to the junior who owns the school record for quickest goal to start a game (:20). It was Catton's ninth goal of the season.
The Seawolves made it 2-0 in the sixth minute when Edmonds scored the first of her two goals off an assist from
Brittany Peterson.
The score would remain 2-0 for much of the first half, but two more Sonoma goals in the last 12 minutes gave them an insurmountable 4-0 lead. Edmonds picked up goal number two at the 33:01 mark and then another freshman,
Katie Parucha, scored in the 41st minute off an assist from
Jaci Davey.
Davey would also have the assist on the Seawolves' final goal of the game, which came off the boot of
Ali Cheadle in the 51st minute.
CSUMB got one goal back, at the 75 minute mark, to make it a 5-1 final score.
Sonoma State out shot Cal State Monterey Bay by a 19-8 margin. They also had a 6-3 edge in corner kicks.
Courtney Grixti played the first half in goal for Sonoma State.
Emma Dearman came in relief in the the second half and made two saves.
The Seawolves will now head up the coast to face San Francisco State in a key CCAA North Division showdown on Sunday.
Box Score
GAME NOTES: The Seawolves' 13 wins are their most since 2000 (14)...Friday's win was the 175th of head coach Luke Oberkirch's career...
Lindsay Catton's nine goals are the most by an SSU player since Shannon Rake in 2000 (10)...the Seawolves have scored at least five goals in a game four times this year; if you add up the total goals from those four games (23), they far surpass the goal total from all of 2007 (17)...Sonoma State is now 8-0-2 all-time against CSU Monterey Bay.
