No. 2 Toros Men Roll Over No. 9 Cal State Bakersfield, 5-0
In a battle of top two teams in region, CSUDH cruises to shutout win over Roadrunners
September 13, 2003

Complete Box Score

CARSON, Calif.--In a battle of the top two teams in the Far West region, Cal State Dominguez Hills showed why they are ranked No. 1 in the region by soundly defeating Cal State Bakersfield Saturday in California Collegiate Athletic Association play at Toro Field, 5-0. Victor Guerrero (Santa Ana/Century HS) and Francisco Corona (Compton/Compton HS) lead the Toros with four points each in the game.

CSUDH, ranked No. 2 nationally in the latest polls, remains undefeated on the year at 6-0-0 and is now 2-0-0 in CCAA play. Bakersfield, ranked No. 9 in the country, drops their first game of the year and is now 4-1-1 overall and 0-1-1 in CCAA action.

The Toros went up 1-0 at 30:36 on a fortuitous goal by Guerrero. Bakersfield's Jason Doss-Carter attempted to clear the ball inside the box but tapped it inadvertently to his oncoming goalie, Josh Wicks. The ball ricocheted off Wicks side to the feet of Guerrero who tapped home the empty net shot for his first goal of the season.

CSUB threatened for most of the first 25 minutes of the second half controlling play. The Roadrunners nearly tied the game in the 64th minute when Andrew Kelley had an empty net from 15 yards out. However, his shot went off the crossbar.

At 71:51, Cal State Dominguez Hills went up 2-0 when Jesse Graham (San Diego/Point Loma HS) scored his second goal of the year. Graham took a beautiful pass inside the box from Eduardo Serrano (Toluca, Mexico) and one-time his shot to the far post.

Ryan Taylor (Chino Hills/Ayala HS) gave the Toros a 3-0 lead just under two minutes later when at 73:15 off a direct kick from Guerrero, Taylor headed his shot to the near post from close range. Kevin Sosa (Torrance/Torrance HS) registered his first goal of the year on a header over a drawn out goalkeeper after taking a nice pass inside the box from Corona at 82:43.

Corona then closed out the scoring at 86:52 taking a nice through ball from Guerrero, dribbled past a defender and beat Wicks' to the far post.

Today's win for the Toros is the 13th in row against Cal State Bakersfield dating back to 1997.

Javier Barragan (Long Beach/LB Jordan HS) notches his fourth shutout of the year while having to make only one save in the game. Wicks gets the loss for Bakersfield while making four saves on the day.

Cal State Dominguez Hills returns to action on Tuesday, September 16 travelling to crosstown CCAA rival Cal State LA. First kick is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.

CS Bakersfield (4-1-1, 0-1-1 CCAA)      0 0 - 0 
CS Dominguez Hills (6-0-0, 2-0-0 CCAA)  1 4 - 5

GOALS -
CSUDH: Victor Guerrero (Francisco Corona), 30:36; Jesse Graham (Eduardo Serrano), 71:51; Ryan Taylor (Victor Guerrero), 73:15; Kevin Sosa (Francisco Corona), 82:43; Francisco Corona (Victor Guerrero), 86:52.

SAVES - CSUDH: Javier Barragan 1; CSUB: Josh Wicks 4.

SHOTS - CSUB 13, CSUDH: 13.

FOULS - CSUB 16, CSUDH: 6.

CORNERS - CSUB 7, CSUDH: 7.