UCSB’s Sara Feder scored two of UCSB’s six goals on Sunday. (Presidio Sports Photo)
STOCKTON – Sara Feder and Angelisa Cortez scored two goals apiece and UC Santa Barbara recorded its most goals in nearly 12 years en route to a 6-1 win at Pacific on Sunday afternoon.
The last time the team scored as many as six goals was on Oct. 20, 2002 when it did so in a 6-0 win at Idaho.
The Gauchos didn’t waste any time getting on the board as Miranda Cornejo took a pass from Kate Shoemaker and lifted a shot into the left side of the goal just 1:25 into the match.
Cortez made it 2-0 just four minutes later when she scored on a 2-on-1 break, taking a pass from Indiana Mead.
Feder scored the first of her two goals at 14:01, taking a pss across the box from Cortez and shoving a shot beyond the outstretched arms of Tigers goalkeeper Melissa Ma. Cortez didn’t wait around long to score her second goal, doing so at 15:25 when her shot went off the goal post and bounced in off of Ma.
UCSB had a four goal first half, equaling its highest output for a game in more than two seasons.
Cortez made it 5-0 at 63:23 when she scored on a breakaway.
Pacific ended the shutout bid by Beth Ritter in the 68th minute on a breakaway score by Matti Long.
The Gauchos capped the scoring in the 70th minute when Makenna Kummer scored off a rebound of a shot by Cristina Polini.
Santa Barbara outshot the Tigers 18-9 and each goalkeeper had three saves.
UCSB has now won three straight matches and are unbeaten in their last four, improving to 5-3-2 overall. Pacific, a former member of the Big West Conference, fell to 2-7-0.
The Gauchos return action on Sunday, Sept. 28 when they host Duquesne University in a 1:00 p.m. match at Meredith Field at Harder Stadium.
