Seniors, Panthers win 3-0 over Santa Cruz in final home game

ORANGE, Calif. – After a slow start, the Chapman University women's soccer team scored three goals over the remaining 58 minutes of the game, en route to a 3-0 win over U.C. Santa Cruz on Sunday afternoon at Wilson Field on Senior Day.

Santa Cruz (1-12-2), who played Chapman tough earlier this season in a 1-0 double overtime loss, controlled the game early on as they put a pair of shots on goal in the first 30 minutes only to be turned away by sophomore GK Rissa Andersen. The Panthers' goalie had five saves.

Freshman F Val Sobol gave Chapman a 1-0 lead in the 38^th minute on a breakaway off an assist from junior F Kate Lilly. The two connected again in the second half as the Panthers pushed their lead to 2-0. Sobol now is tied for the team lead with 11 goals while Lilly has a team-high four assists, three coming in the last two games.

In the 69^th minute after a foul on a hand ball by Santa Cruz in the box, senior M Bridget Thomson scored off a penalty kick for Chapman's third and final goal. Thomson has five goals on the year with two coming in the last two games.

Seniors, Thomson, Nicole Santo, Megan Moss and Alicia Fraticelli were all participating in their last home game at Chapman and were honored before the game.

by Chris Watts
Sports Information Assistant

Boxscore: http://www.chapmanathletics.com/sports/wsoc/2010-11/files/ucsc-cu.htm