THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – The University of Redlands Men's Soccer team (12-2-2, 8-2-2 SCIAC) used a big second half where they scored three goals at California Lutheran University (CLU) Saturday morning to win 3-1, which gave themselves a chance to win the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) regular season title if Occidental College had lost to the University of La Verne.
Redlands found themselves behind to the Kingsmen 1-0 in the 12
th minute. The Bulldogs earned their first shot on target in the 14
th minute when
Phillip Kostenko (Redmond, WA) had his shot in the center of goal saved.
In the 28
th minute
Seth Lawrence (Redlands, CA) made his first save of the game as he denied a shot headed for the bottom left corner of the goal.
The rest of the half saw only one shot, an attempt by
Hazen Arias (Fontana, CA), which was saved in the 39
th minute as the Bulldogs went into the half down one.
Coming out of the break, the Bulldogs picked up a quick penalty on CLU in the box giving them a PK, which would be finished by
Jarette Barajas (San Jose, CA), tying things up at one.
Kostenko and
Skylar Darwen (Los Angeles, CA) each had shots saved in the 49
th and 51
st minutes. Then in the 66
th another foul was drawn inside the box giving Redlands another PK this time from
Spencer Palmer (San Diego, CA) who would convert the eventual game-winner.
A third score to give some breathing room came in the 73rd minute from first-year
Zach Darmanyan (San Diego, CA). For Darmanyan, he would smack a ball in from 17-yards out to the right side of the keeper, earning his first collegiate goal.
The Bulldogs finish second in the SCIAC Standings and will host Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (No. 3) at Farquhar Field, Wednesday, November 1 beginning at 7:00pm.