ARCATA, Calif.  – Humboldt State's Cameron Spencer connected on a ball from Humberto Alvarez for the golden goal in Humboldt State's 2-1 victory over the visiting San Francisco State Gators in the 104^th minute this afternoon in a rainy CCAA match in Arcata.  This was the Gators' fourth overtime match of the season and second straight double overtime match.

The Lumberjacks (4-6-1, 2-5 CCAA) scored first in the 21^st minute when Trice Smith connected on an unassisted goal.  The hosts did not hold the lead that long as seven minutes later, Richard Leon scored his 6^th goal of the season to tie the match at 1-1.

The match remained tied at 1-1 until the 103^rd minute when Spencer connected on the golden goal off a ball from Alvarez.  Emmanuel Jimenez had 6 saves in goal for the Gators, who are now 6-6-1 overall and 3-5-1 in the CCAA.

The Gators will return to the pitch as they will travel to Santa Rosa, Calif., this Sunday at 11:30am for a CCAA match with Sonoma State at Santa Rosas Junior College.  The Seawolves defeated the Cal State Monterey Bay Otters 2-1 earlier this afternoon in Petaluma.  

MATCH NOTES:
2-1-1:  Today's match was the fourth time that the Gators' matches have gone into overtime and this is the second straight double overtime that the Gators have played in 2016.  They are 2-1-1 with their two wins in overtime over Holy Names (1-0) and Cal State Monterey Bay (3-2).  San Francisco State played to a 1-1 double overtime tie with Cal State San Marcos this past Sunday at home.

NUMBER 6:  Richard Leon scored his team leading sixth goal of the season in tying the match at 1-1 in the 28^th minute.  This was his first game-tying goal of the year.  He has three game-winning goals and has scored two first goals of the match and twice in overtime.

ALSO NUMBER SIX:  Emmanuel Jimenez recorded six saves in goal for the Gators this afternoon, which is a season high for the senior goalkeeper.  He has a 78% saves percentage in the 13 matches he has played in this season with a 0.83 goals against average.

75%; Seventy-five percent of the shot attempts off the feet of Richard Leon and Ashley Watson were shots on goal this afternoon.  KJ Ahlo's two shot attempts were on goal while Ranier Plantinos had one shot on goal attempt in his three attempts. 

COMPLETE MATCH:  Besides Emmanuel Jimenez, two other Gators played the complete 104 minutes this afternoon in Marco Ruelas and Aydan Bowers. 

CHANGE OF VENUE:  The Gators' match on Sunday afternoon be played at Santa Rosa Junior College at 11:30am instead of Sonoma State due to inclement weather scheduled for this weekend in the Bay Area.
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