Cal State Dominguez Hills Rolls to Its Third Straight Men's Soccer Title Game
Sean Lockhart Leads the Way with a Goal and Assist
November 2, 2001

LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Senior midfielder Sean Lockhart scored a goal and added an assist to lead two-time defending champion CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS to a 3-0 win over SONOMA STATE in the second semifinal of the 2001 California Collegiate Athletic Association Men's Soccer Championship on Friday.

The win improved CSUDH to 16-2-1 and pits the Toros against UC DAVIS for the CCAA Championship on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Sonoma finished its season at 12-7-1. UCD defeated GRAND CANYON earlier in the day, 3-2 in double overtime.

"It feels great going for our third consecutive CCAA Championship," CSUDH coach Joe Flanagan said. "This is what we play for. Davis is a good and very smart team. They can be very dangerous and it should be a well-played match."

Lockhart opened the scoring with a tremendous effort in the 15th minute as he slide-tackled the ball away from a Cossack opponent and curved a shot to the upper right corner of the net from 30 yards out.

The two squads battled for the next 55 minutes before the Toros' Gabriel Valencia matched Lockhart's effort with a spectacular one of his own.

After taking a pass at midfield, Valencia beat two defenders with a pair of nifty crossover dribbles and drilled a shot past Sonoma goalie Matt Bernard to put the match out of reach.

"Gabe made a great run and that seemed to breaks Sonoma State's back," said Flanagan.

Reserve Brian Suarez capped the scoring in the 84th minute. Following the ejection of Bernard for a flagrant foul, Suarez took a feed from Lockhart, side-stepped a defender, and scored from 10 yards out.

Sonoma State               0 0 -- 0 
Cal State Dominguez Hills  1 2 -- 3

Scoring:
14:23 -- Sean Lockhart (CSUDH);
68:53 -- Gabriel Valencia (CSUDH) from Sean Silvert;
83:08 -- Brian Suarez (CSUDH) from Lockhart.

Shots -- Sonoma State 11; Cal State Dominguez Hills 14.

Fouls -- Sonoma State 27; Cal State Dominguez Hills 23.

Corner Kicks -- Sonoma State 4; Cal State Dominguez Hills 4.

Ejections -- Matt Bernard (GK, Sonoma State).

Goalie Saves -- Matt Bernard (SSU) 3; Luis Morales (CSUDH) 5.

Attendance: 175