September 21, 2006

Box Score

Los Angeles, CA -- Eighth-ranked Cal State Dominguez Hills saw an 11-year unbeaten streak against Cal State L.A. go by the wayside as the host Golden Eagles shocked the Toros, 3-2, on Thursday afternoon at Jesse Owens Stadium. With the loss, the first to CSULA since a 4-3 defeat on September 30, 1995, CSUDH falls to 7-3, 3-3 CCAA. CSULA, meanwhile, improves to 4-4-1, 3-3 CCAA.

Freshman Mario Guerrero (Riverside, CA/La Sierra HS) got an offensive first half on track early in the contest as he took a Wilmer Lopez (Inglewood, CA/Inglewood HS) corner and found the back of the net at 13:04 for a quick 1-0 lead. CSULA, however, answered just as quickly as reigning CCAA Player of the Year Morten Marthinsen knotted the contest at 1-1 just 1:27 later.

The hosts took their first lead of the game at 31:51 as Derrek Horn found Jason Swope, who beat CSUDH keeper Kyle Polak (Huntington Beach, CA/CS Fullerton) for a 2-1 lead, but CSUDH returned the favor 45 seconds later as Sammy Rivas (Long Beach, CA/CS Fullerton) connected for an unassisted equalizer at 32:36.

Both defenses settled in after intermission, with neither team finding scoring success. That changed drastically, however, with just five minutes left in the contest as CSULA was awarded a penalty kick at the 84:57 mark, where Dennis Idrissa took the honors and stopped the streak with a blast by reserve keeper Derby Carrillo (La Mirada, CA/St. John Bosco HS) for the game-winner.

The Toros outshot the Golden Eagles 13-10 and netted a 5-1 advantage in corners, but saw two second-half penalty kicks go for naught in the loss. CSULA keeper Patrick Fry was stellar for CSULA as the sophomore tallied six saves in the contest, including one on a PK, compared to two total for the Toros.

CSUDH looks to get back to its winning ways on Sunday as the Toros travel to Cal State Bakersfield to take on the 'Runners with first kick scheduled for 2:30 p.m.