October 29, 2005

Courtesy Cal State Bakersfield Sports Information Office

Box Score

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Cal State Dominguez Hills forward Kei Kamara scored a pair of goals and assisted on another to end Cal State Bakersfield's season Saturday night on the Main Soccer Field as the Toros downed the Roadrunners 3-1.

Bakersfield fought hard in a match it had to win to qualify for the final CCAA playoff spot, but Dominguez Hills (15-3-2 overall, 9-3-2 CCAA), which entered ranked No. 11 in the latest NSCAA/NCAA Division II poll, had other plans.

The Roadrunners got on the board first as senior Matt O'Sullivan scored his team-best seventh goal of the season on a blast past Toro goalkeeper Kyle Polak in the match's 10th minute.

After a couple of chances either way, the Toros finally responded as Kamara headed home a corner kick in the 26th minute. Dominguez Hills kept up the pressure after that goal while the Roadrunners held off the charge to preserve a 1-1 match at the half.

In the second, the Toros came out with fire, missing a number of great chances before finally taking the lead in the 70th minute. Kamara scored his second of the night and 14th of the season after running onto a great through ball off the foot of Sammy Rivas.

Dominguez Hills put the icing on the cake with a goal by Jason Koza with just over a minute remaining in the match after Kamara flicked the ball off his head to record the assist.

Bakersfield, which ends the year with a record of 10-10-0 and 7-7-0 in CCAA play, needed a victory tonight to secure the final CCAA playoff spot. That berth now goes to Cal State San Bernardino, which will play Dominguez Hills, the tournament's top seed, in the opening match of the CCAA tournament on Friday (Nov. 4).