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2012 SF State Men's Soccer Seniors

Men's Soccer

Gators Defeat Toros, 2-1, on Senior Day

Gators Recognized Their 9 Seniors This Afternoon Prior To Their 2-1 Win over the Toros
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SAN FRANCISCO----    SF State senior forward Edgar Villagrana connected on a cross from Jairo Magana in the 75th minute as the Gators defeated Cal State Dominguez Hills in their regular season home finale.  This was Villagrana's first game-winning goal of the season and fourth goal of the year. 
 
With the win over the Toros, SF State dropped Cal State Dominguez Hills into second place in the CCAA South Division and they will face Chico State in this weekend's CCAA tournament championship semi-final in Carson, Calif. 
 
The win also snapped the Toros' seven-game winning streak.  This also was the Gators' first win over CSUDH since the 1999 since when they won 2-0.  During that span, the Toros held a 0-11-2 advantage over SF State. 
 
Miguel Vazquez gave the visitors the early 1-0 lead as he connected on a cross from Jio Santana in the 11th minute of the match from 10 yards out.
 
SF State (4-10-4, 3-8-4 CCAA) had a chance to tie the match in the 12th minute, but Sasha Chalak's shot went wide right.  Then in the 18th minute, senior Luis Fidel Medina connected on a free kick from 38-yards out to tie the match at 1-1.  This was his first goal of the 2012 season.
 
Cal State Dominguez Hills (11-5-1, 11-4 CCAA) had chance to take the lead, but Anthony Rodriguez stopped Aaron Salazar's shot in the 29th minute.  Salazar had another chance to give the Toros the lead, but it sailed high in the 45th minute to send the game into the half tied at 1-1.
 
Early in the second half, Wyatt Stucker went to give the visitors the lead back but Rodriguez stopped his attempt from going in the net in the 50th minute.
 
Then in the 61st minute, the Toros were called for a penalty in the box but Trey Mitchell stopped Sam Merritt's penalty kick attempt along with Jason Borges attempt from going in to keep the match tied at 1-1.
 
SF State kept its offensive strong and it paid off as in the 75th minute, Villagrana connected on what proved to be the game-winner off a cross from Jairo Magana. 
 
The Toros just had one chance to tie the match but it was stopped in the 87th minute by Rodriguez.
 
Edgar Villagrana

Cal State Dominguez Hills held a 17-16 advantage in shot attempts as well as a 6-5 advantage in shots on goal.  The Toros also had a 10-5 corner kick advantage. 
 
Rodriguez had 5 saves in goal for SF State while Mitchell also had 5 in goal for CSUDH.
 
Prior to the match, the Gators recognized both teams' seniors including their own in Jason Borges, Sasha Chalak, Mike McNeill, Luis Fidel Medina, Luis Mendoza, Jose Monje, Raul Stavoli, Edgar Villagrana and Jose Vitela. 

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