Archived Video BroadcastPOMONA, Calif. -- Despite holding a 15-8 shot advantage in the match, including a 10-4 output in the second half alone, the 10th-ranked and top-seeded Sonoma State women's soccer team was stunned by No. 4 seed UC San Diego in the semifinals of the 2015 CCAA Championship Tournament, 3-0, on Friday afternoon in Pomona, Calif.
The Seawolves (13-2-3), the CCAA regular season champions, allowed just five goals all season entering the day before they surrendered two in a four-minute span early in the first half and another just 51 seconds after halftime to the Tritons (14-5-1), who advances to Sunday's championship game against No. 6 seed Stanislaus State. The Warriors knocked off No. 2 seed Chico State, 1-0, earlier in the day.
UC San Diego got its second and third shots of the day past Sonoma State goalkeeper
Ashley Luis. The first goal came off the foot of Kiera Bocchino at the 12:24 mark before Katie O'Laughlin found success just 3:46 later at 16:10 to take an improbable 2-0 lead on the Seawolves who boasted the second-best defense in the nation up until that point. The Tritons weren't done yet, catching the Seawolves off guard to start the second half, as Bocchino buried her second goal of the day at 45:51 to go up by three goals.
From that point on, Sonoma would come out firing on all cylinders, but UCSD netminder Kelcie Brodsky made seven of her 10 saves in the final 37 minutes of the match and another SSU attempt by
Carolyn Greco would bang off the crossbar, only to frustrate the Seawolves in the shutout loss to the Tritons.
Luis made three saves in goal for SSU.
Sara Van Wagoner,
Margi Osmundson and
Alexandra Gonzalez attempted three shots each, accounting for nine of the 15 shots by the Seawolves.
Sonoma State, which entered the weekend ranked No. 3 in the official NCAA Division II West Region rankings, will await word on its NCAA postseason fate. The 48-team NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Championship field will be announced via a live selection show on Monday at 3:30 pm at NCAA.com. The Seawolves will need to be ranked as one of the Top 6 teams in the region to qualify for their third NCAA tournament in four years.
