March 3, 2012

BERKELEY- With two goals in each of the first two quarters, Cal held the lead at half time, 4-2. However, the Anteaters fought back, scoring three in a row in the third to tie the game at fives. This effort was not enough to fend off the Bears' offense which took back the lead with three more goals to the Anteaters' one for a final score of 8-6 and a victory for Cal.

The Bears' Breda Vosters and Ashley Young led the team's offense with three goals apiece. Sophomores Kelly Mendoza and Kirstn Mase also added goals for the Bears. Cal's goalkeeper Lindsay Dorst tallied four saves in the game. UC Irvine came out strong, winning the sprint and scoring the first goal of the game, a bounce shot from Hannah Croghan, just thirty-four seconds in. Cal answered back a minute later with a long toss into the upper right corner of the net from Junior Breda Vosters. With 3:33 left in the first quarter, Kirstn Mase notched another goal for the Bears that bounced into the net for the Bears' first lead of the game. However, UCI's Annika Bergesen's shot off the cross bar made its way in the goal to tie the game, 2-2 at the end of the first.

The golden Bears dominated the second quarter with their offensive aggressiveness as well as their strong defense. Cal gained a second goal from Vosters with 5:52 remaining in the half and another from Kelly Mendoza with three minutes to go. Junior Lindsay Dorst's defense in the net shut down the Anteaters' offense as she notched three saves in just the second period, leaving the score 4-2 at halftime.

Just thirty seconds in to the second half, Cal's Ashley Young gave her first goal of the game with an assist from senior Elizabeth McLaren. However, the Anteaters' offense came alive to score three in a row to tie the game. H. Croghan scored her second of the match with a lob shot just over Dorst with 7:08 left in the third. UCI struck again with 5:20 to go in the third on a quick shot from up close by Danielle Warde to take the Anteaters within one point of the Bears. Jessy Cardey tied the game, 5-5, with a goal for the Anteaters with 2:33 left in the third period. The Bears scored the final goal of the quarter with 1:20 on the clock, when Young fired a shot into the top left corner of the net to take back the lead, 6-5.

The final stanza saw scores from both teams. With 5:36 left in the game, Cal's Ashley Young notched her third score of the game from up close to increase the Bears' lead to 7-5. After missing several shots high and outside, UCI's Hannah Croghan answered back with a quick shot from a long pass which gave her a one-on-one advantage with 1:57 to go. With just 1:21 left in the match, Breda Vosters fired in a long bounce shot just as the buzzer sounded and time on the shot clock expired for a score of 8-6. UCI got off one last attempt, but was unsuccessful and the Bears ran out the last twenty-five seconds of the clock to win the game 8-6 over No. 7 UC Irvine.

	1	2	3	4	F
CAL	2	2	2	2	8
UCI	2	0	3	1	6

Cal goals: Breda Vosters 3, Ashley Young 3, Kirstn Mase, Kelly Mendoza

Cal saves: Lindsay Dorst (32:00) 4

UCI goals: H. Croghan 3, Bergesen, Cardey, Warde

UCI saves: Yocum (32:00) 9