SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco State women's soccer team dropped its final home match of 2026, a 2-0 loss to visiting Chico State.
- The Golden Gators fall to 3-12-1 overall and 2-10 in CCAA action.The Wildcats move to 7-6-4 overall and are in a three-way tie for fourth place in the CCAA with 22 points and a 6-2-4 conference record.
- Kuramoto recorded her first brace and became the first Gator to record three goals in a season since 2021.
- Gracie Worthen had two shots on goal.
- Monique Alvarez led the Gators with two of the team's four shots on goal. Gracie Worthen and Camila Figueroa each had one.
- The Wildcats outshot the Gators 12-11 and had an 8-4 shots on goal advantage.
- SF State held a 3-2 corner kick advantage.
Olivia Hohnstein fired a shot just 1:05 into action for the Wildcats and the Gators answered with three shots of their own within the first five minutes. The Wildcats fired off three more shots with one in the 15th minute resulting in the early lead. Makayla Quesada crossed the ball into Hohnstein, whose header found Natalie Nevarez for the goal.
The Wildcats doubled their lead in the 68th minute. Gators goalkeeper Maile Burnett stopped a hard cross but Ava Jara followed a shot into the net.
Alvarez threatened in the 76th minute but had her shot blocked out of bounds. Kuramoto followed with a shot on a free kick shortly after but it sailed high. Worthen had a shot with nine minutes left that Charlotte Mailer made a one-handed save on that resulted in the Gators' fifth corner kick of the day but SF State was unable to convert.
Burnett (1-5-0) took the loss for the Gators. She made six saves and played all 90 minutes for the fifth time this season. Mailer (7-6-4) tended net the entire duration for the Wildcats and picked up her eighth shutout.
SF State will play its final match of the 2026 campaign at UC Merced (9-2-5/6-2-4 CCAA) on Thursday, October 29 at 11 a.m. Live stats will be available at sfstategators.com and fans can watch on FloCollege. Tickets are available at sfstategators.com/tickets.
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