October 14, 2005

Courtesy San Francisco State Sports Information Office

Box Score

San Francisco, CA--- Jesse Graham connected on a ball five minutes into the second overtime on a ball from Marco Flores to score the golden goal to give the fourth ranked Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros (12-1-2, 6-1-2 CCAA) the 3-2 victory over the host, San Francisco State University Gators. With the loss, SF State falls to 8-6-1 overall and 4-4-1 in the CCAA.

The Toros scored the first goal of the game just five seconds on a shot by Kei Kamara off a pass from Carmelo Terranova. Mark Cipolla tied the match for the Gators at 1-1 off a cross from Paul Carter at the 27:25 mark for his fifth goal of the season. The match remained tied at 1-1 for the next 39 minutes.

SF State's George Nixon broke the tie at the 66:51 mark off a free kick from Savvas Constantinou and header from Scottie Hand. This was Nixon's third goal of the season.

Sammy Rivas connected on a pass from Jason Koza to tie the match for Cal State Dominguez Hills seven minutes later. The match remained tied at 2-2 until five minutes of the second overtime period.

Eric Shield recorded six saves in goal for the Gators in just his second start of the season. Kyle Polak had two saves in goal for Cal State Dominguez Hills, who out-shot the Gators 14-8 including 4-0 in the overtime periods.

The Toros continue their northern California swing with a match Sunday at Sonoma State.