Toros Cruise to 6-1 Win Over Cal State San Marcos

Freshman Tibu Casillas notches two goals to lead CSUDH in rout

Box Score

Carson, CA – True freshman Tiburcio Casillas scored twice as Cal State Dominguez Hills bounced back in a big way from last Friday's loss to Cal State L.A. with a dominating 6-1 win over visiting Cal State San Marcos on Monday night in Toro Stadium.

The Toros struck early as Andrew Marinez took a loose ball to the right of CSUSM keeper Trent Painter after a connection from Sammy Rivas and Jose Serpas, and tapped it near post for a quick 1-0 lead at 4:32.

The Cougars, who fell to 4-8, had a chance to equalize three minutes later, but Miguel Jocobo's 15-yard blast in traffic was caught by CSUDH starter Brendon Welch, keeping the Toros ahead.

CSUDH used that momentum four minutes later as a Marinez corner found Kevin Gallaugher perfectly positioned in front of the Cougar net, where the 6'1” Gallaugher headed the assist past Painter for a 2-nil lead.

That lead increased at 27:24 after a Toro was tackled inside the Cougar box, resulting in a Humberto Lopez penalty kick that connected for a 3-0 cushion.

Cal State San Marcos, which was outshot 23-8 overall and 13-3 in the first half, found life at 60:55 when Bradley Seidenglanz collected a loose ball after one of four Cougar corner kicks on the night and beat Justin Commins near post after Commins entered in goal after the break.

The Cougars looked to cut another goal off the lead in the 65th minute as Demitri Hidalgo beat Commins to a near 50/50 ball 30 yards from the Toro goal, but Hidalgo's blast connected squarely off a sprinting Commins' chest to keep the Cougars down two.

That scare seemed to wake the Toros up as Casillas scored two goals in a matter of 10 minutes, with the first score beating new Cougar keeper Danny Berthiaume near post at 68:51 after a feed from Gustavo Zarate, followed by his second score at 77:15 which saw Casillas weave around a CSUSM defender and drill his shot to the back of the net for a 5-1 lead.

Toro reserve Chris Martinez got in to the scoring at 83:25 as his header off a throw in found the net for the game's final tally.

An aggressive CSUDH squad wound up with 11 corners compared to CSUSM's four, while each team's keeper tandem tallied three saves in the 6-1 win.

CSUDH, now 8-2 overall, concludes its six-game homestand on Saturday, September 29, as nationally-ranked Seattle Pacific visits Carson for a 7:00 pm showdown. At that contest, the Toros will recognize members from its 2000 National Championship team, who are scheduled to be in attendance.

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