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Big Sky Basketball Big Sky 15 0.167
Big West Confidential Big West 4 4 0.500

Box Scores week 11/13-11/20:
11/14 Fresno State 39, UCR 30
11/15 Cal Poly 64, Northern Colorado 53
11/16 Fullerton 77, Nevada 80
Pacific 61, Fresno State 66
11/17 Fullerton 112, Southern Utah 69
11/18 Northern Arizona 85, UC Davis 82
Southern Utah 61, Nevada 79



Sunday, September 30, 2012

Men's Soccer UCSB vs UCR summary

Men's Soccer UCSB vs UCR summary 

 

The Game

 This past Friday (9/28) #3 UCSB took on #24 UC Riverside. The game went similarly to what was expected (UCSB won 3-1), although there was an unanticipated flurry of cards shown throughout the entirety of the game.

The teams were nearly identically matched in height and weight as UCSB had an average body mass index (BMI) of 23.5 and UCR had an average BMI of 23.3. Therefore there was no clear imbalance of size on the field.

The Goals

 The first goal was put in by UCSB's Ema Boateng at 12:25 with an assist by freshman forward Charlie Miller. A short time later, at 21:13, UCR equalized the score with a goal by Ruben Valencia that came off of multiple assists. Going into the second half with a 1-1 tie UCSB came out charging the field. At 69:41 Nic Ryan buried the game winning goal making the score UCSB 2-1. After a frustrated tackle from behind UCR player Ivan Garcia was shown a red card which ultimately destroyed any hope left for UCR. As UCR played a man down and a mere 20 seconds later UCSB's Dion Acoff put in the third and final goal for UCSB making the score 3-1.

Conclusion

After inflating their egos with nothing but unranked teams UCR faced a sad reality, they were outmatched by #3 UCSB and suffered another embarrassing loss on their previously perfect record.

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3 comments:

  1. HighlanderDP95October 1, 2012 at 9:53 AM

    Were you actually at the game? It appears that you wrote your "report" by just looking at LiveStats. UCR dominated with ball control and was in the UCSB's half the majority of the game. They were not "outmatched," UCSB's first two goals were scored in counter attacks after horrific non-calls. The officiating overall was putrid. I am pretty sure Chris was there, so why didn't he write this report instead of a hack like you?

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    1. UnknownOctober 1, 2012 at 10:23 AM

      Because I love blatant homerism, and believe me if I wanted to delete this post, I would have.

      Also, if I wanted to write a recap, it would be nothing than a slew of curse words.

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    2. UnknownOctober 1, 2012 at 10:32 AM

      The difference between bloggers and professional writers is passion and style of writing (meaning more than just boring reports). With passion comes bias (and sometimes extreme bias).

      I brought on Moshe to cover UCSB soccer. If you would like to start covering Highlander sports, email me and I'll add you as well. Then you can write your own recap of the game, as well as other games in whatever fashion you like, as long as there are coherent sentences that are relatively intelligent.

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