Complete Box Score

CARSON, Calif.-Freshman forward Michael Jimenez (Bishop Montgomery HS) scored his first collegiate goals, two of them, to lead the No. 1-ranked Toros and defending national champions to a 5-0 win over Cal State Stanislaus today at Toro Field. Today's game marked the 2001 California Collegiate Athletic Association season opener for both teams. The win also extends the Toros nation-best unbeaten streak to 26 games.

Junior forward Gabriel Valencia (Salesian HS) started it all knocking in the first Toros goal at 23:03. Valencia took a nice pass over the Warrior defense from sophomore midfielder Victor Guerrero (Century HS) and tapped the ball to the far post for a 1-0 lead.

CSUDH then scored four more unanswered goals in the second half beginning with senior midfielder Sean Lockhart (Palm Springs HS). Senior defender Kyle Thornton (W. Torrance HS) set the scoring opportunity up nicely when he sent a long ball to the corner to Guerrero who then crossed a pass to Lockhart for the score at 63:28.

Eight minutes later, Isidro Torres (Millikan HS) set up the next goal when he sent a ball to Guerrero near the mouth of the goal. Guerrero then fed freshman midfielder Rick Cobb (Warren HS) who beat the Warrior keeper Matt Buckman to the far post making it 3-0 at the 71:36 minute mark. Michael Jimenez then struck for his first ever collegiate score at 80:35.

Senior defender Nathan Ballard (Sonora HS) sent a ball inside the box to Steve Camp (Del Oro HS) who's shot was deflected. Jimenez cleaned up the action finding the back of the net to the near post giving the Toros a commanding 4-0 lead. Jimenez then scored his second goal of the game eight minutes later, when at 88:05 sophomore midfielder Matt Hellman (Frazier Mtn. HS) was on a breakaway. Hellman then passed off to Jimenez from 10-yards away who slotted the ball past the goalie for the final scoring margin.

Senior goalie Luis Morales (Banning HS) earns his second shutout of the year while having to make only two saves on the day. For Morales, it is his 15th consecutive win in a CSUDH uniform dating back to last season, and has yet to taste defeat with a perfect 15-0-0 career record. For CSU Stanislaus, Matt Buckman suffers the loss while making five saves in the net today.

Cal State Dominguez Hills, ranked No. 1 in the first NSCAA regular season polls released earlier this week, improve to 4-0 and 1-0 in conference while Cal State Stanislaus drops to 0-4 and 0-1 in league action.

CSUDH is back in action this Saturday when they host Cal State Bakersfield in another CCAA conference match-up. First kick is scheduled for 12:30 pm.