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No. 16 CSUDH Defeats Gators, 1-0

Eric Scolman Tied His Season High With 7 Saves at No. 16 CSUDH This Afternoon
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Carson, Calif---  For the second time this season, it was Cal State Dominguez Hills' Connor Brandt that scored the game-winner in the Toros' victory over the visiting SF State Gators.  Brandt chipped a shot over the Gators' goalkeeper with less than 9 minutes left in the match to give the No. 16 Toros the 1-0 win.  Earlier this season, the freshman forward recorded the game-winner in Cal State Dominguez Hills' 1-0 win over the Gators on Sept. 30 in San Francisco.
 
“I am proud of our guys as they bounced back from Friday evening and played well this afternoon,” said SF State Head Coach Joe Hunter.  “We just came up short in an evenly played match with one of the conference's top teams.”
 
Cal State Dominguez Hills, who is currently third in the NCAA Division II West Region and second in the  CCAA South Division, outshot the visiting Gators 14-6 including 10-3 in the second half.  The Toros (11-3-2, 9-3-2 CCAA) also recorded more shot on goals than SF State (8-1) and more corner kicks (6-5).
 
Eric Scolman tied his season high with 7 saves in goal for the Gators while Marcus Dickerson registered one save in goal for the Toros.
 
The Toros came out strong in the first half as they recorded three shots on goals in the first 20 minutes with all three stopped by the Gators' Scolman including two off the foot of Jordan Rover. 
 
Junior Sasha Chalak recorded the Gators' only shot on goal attempt in the 25th minute as Dickerson preserved the Toros' shutout.
 
Both teams recorded a shot attempt in the final two minutes with each attempt going high or wide as the match was scoreless going into the half. 
 
SF State's Robert Gilbert went to put the Gators on top in the 53rd minute, but his shot went wide.
 
The game remained scoreless until the 81:41 mark of the mach when Brandt chipped a shot over Scolman after a scramble in the box in what proved to be the game-winner for the Toros.
 
Neither team recorded a shot attempt in the final 8 minutes as the Toros held on for the 1-0 victory.
 
SF State (5-9-2, 4-9-1 CCAA) will end its 2011 regular season this coming weekend for a pair of CCAA road matches in Southern California.  The Gators will travel to La Jolla, Calif., this Fri., Oct. 28 at 4:30pm for a match with UC San Diego.  Then a week from today at 11:30am, SF State will end its regular season with a match in San Bernardino against Cal State San Bernardino. 

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