No. 8 Gauchos top 13th-Ranked Concordia, 10-7

No. 8 UC Santa Barbara used a five-goal second quarter to earn a 10-7 win over No. 13 Concordia Saturday, Sept. 17 in Game Seven of the NorCal Tournament at Delta College.

The match was knotted at 3-3 after the first quarter, but the Gauchos registered five goals while shutting out the Eagles, going into halftime ahead 8-3.

Concordia tried to mount a comeback, outscoring UCSB 4-2 after halftime, but it was not enough.

Brian Shoemaker led the way for the Gauchos, finishing three times. Komadinic recorded a pair of goals. UCSB goalkeeper Myles Christian registered 10 saves in a complete game.

Jacob Belamaric was the only Eagle to score more than one goal. Concordia received a single goal from six different players. Goalkeeper Ryan Freerks went the distance, tallying 10 saves.

1  2   3  4    Final
Concordia      3  0  2   2    7
UCSB               3  5  1   1    10

Goals
Concordia – Belamaric 2, Arcidiacono, Fisher, Grubisic, Hamilton, Wright
UCSB – Shoemaker 3, Gillespie 2, Komadinic 2, Gronow, Johnson, Zhang

Goalkeeper Saves
Concordia- Freerks – 10
UCSB – Christian – 10