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Men’s Soccer Continues
Winning Ways; Defeats Cal Tech |
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The men’s soccer team continued its roll on Sunday, going on the road to defeat Cal Tech 5-1. The victory pushes the Cougars’ win streak to five games. Sunday’s decisive win is quickly becoming business-as-usual for the men’s soccer team, which is in just its first year of competition. Coach Ron Pulvers saw his squad get off to a quick start against Cal Tech, scoring all five of its goals in the first half. Defender and Notre Dame transfer Ben Crouse began the scoring in the 9th minute with a well-placed header into the upper right corner of the net. The goal was Crouse’s third on the year, all of which have come on headers. That was just the beginning of the Cougars’ scoring. Two minutes later, forward Curtis Marcikic sent a cross to Bradley Seidenglanz, who slipped it past the Cal Tech keeper. In the 18th minute, Marcikic himself made it 3-0, knocking a header into the corner of the net. Soon after, forward Michael Nuovo, who leads the Cougars with four goals, broke free from the defense, creating space for him to hit a rocket past the keeper. Cal Tech was able to get on the board in the 23rd minute, when Vezdan Badlakhan struck a perfectly placed free kick past CSUSM keeper Trent Painter. That would be all that Painter would let by, however. The Cougar keeper has only allowed two goals during CSUSM’s five-game win streak. CSUSM would cap off the scoring when defender Brian Luhrs fed Ivan Milosevski, who had recently been subbed in, and Milosevski knocked his shot into the back of the net. After a conservatively-played second half, the 5-1 score became final, and the Cougars returned home with their momentum and win streak still intact. They won’t have long to rest, however; the team has to go on the road again on Thursday, this time to face the University of La Verne. The squad’s next home match will be against Point Loma Nazarene on Saturday the 16th at 1:00 PM. |