SANTA ROSA – For the third straight match, the San Francisco State Gators had their match this afternoon go into the second overtime period. The visiting Gators and the Sonoma State Seawolves played to a 1-1 draw this afternoon at Cook Sypher Field in Santa Rosa.
The match was scoreless until the 19
th minute when
Ranier Plantinos connected on his fourth goal of the season off a cross from
Ashley Watson to give San Francisco State Gators (6-6-2, 3-5-2 CCAA) the earlier 1-0 lead. This was Watson's second assist of the season.
San Francisco State held the 1-09 lead until 17 minutes left in the match, when Maury Lopez connected on a pass from Evan Roehrig that he headed in for the tying goal for the Seawolves (6-2-5, 5-1-2 CCAA). Each team had chances late in regulation, but neither team could put the ball into the back of the net as the match went into the sudden death period.
The Gators had a chance for the golden goal be blocked by the Sonoma State defense as
Dzenet Heljo had his chance to be hero stopped in the 98
th minute. Sonoma State did not attempt a shot in the first overtime.
Ashley Watson had a chance for the golden goal, but his shot sailed wide right in the 104
th minute. Then with the clock winding down
Emmanuel Jimenez recorded his 10
th save of the match by stopping Maury Lopez's golden goal attempt as the match ended in a 1-1 double overtime tie.
The Gators will return to the pitch on Monday, October 24 at noon for a non-conference match at UC Santa Cruz.
MATCH NOTES:
FIFTH TIME: Today's match was the fifth time this season and third in the last two weeks, that the San Francisco State Gators have played a match that went into sudden death. The Gators are now 2-1-2 in overtime matches. Their two wins were earlier in the season a 1-0 win over Holy Names and a 3-2 win over Cal State Monterey Bay.
JIMENEZ: Emmanuel Jimenez recorded a season high 10 saves this afternoon in the Gators' 1-1 tie at Sonoma State. For the season, he has 49 saves and a 0.83 goals against average.
FOURTH TIME: Ranier Plantinos scored his fourth goal of the season off a cross from
Ashley Watson at the 18:41 mark of the first half. He is second on the team in assists to
Richard Leon's six. He is second on the team with 10 points.
NUMBER TWO: Ashley Watson recorded his second assist of the season on the Gators' goal from Plantinos. He is tied with Plantinos,
Andy Altamirano,
Jordan Wusstig and
Jonny Villeda for the team lead in assists.
THREE MORE: The Gators will just have three matches left in the 2016 regular season. They will be off until next week when they travel to Santa Cruz on Monday, October 24 for a noon starting non-conference match with UC Santa Cruz. They will then finish of the regular season with two home CCAA matches on October 27 and 29. The Gators will host Cal State East Bay on Oct. 27 at 3pm and Stanislaus State on Oct. 29 at 2pm. Prior to the match on the 29
th, the Gators will recognize their seniors.
STILL ALIVE: With their 11 points, the Gators are still alive for the six-team CCAA Soccer Championships which begin on November 1 with the First Round. Going into the later matches this afternoon, the Gators are four points out of the fifth and sixth spots and five out of the fourth spot.
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