UC Santa Cruz Athletics
2-6-0
Cal Lutheran
2-6-0
Sidman goal helps give UCSC 1-0 win at Cal Lutheran
9/22/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
THOUSAND OAKS - At a game in Thousand Oaks, a local boy helped give UC Santa Cruz its biggest win of the season.
Ari Sidman- who prepped at nearby Westlake High- scored the only goal of the game in the 57th minute to give the Banana Slugs a 1-0 win at Cal Lutheran
UCSC broke a three-game losing streak to go to 2-6, while dropping the Kingsmen to the same record.
The teams each took 13 shots, and the Banana Slugs withstood a 13-4 disadvantage in corner kicks to get the win.
After absorbing an early Cal Lutheran attack. the Banana Slugs started to build halfway through the first half. Ari Statler got a shot off in the 25th minute that was saved by CLU goalie Antonio Welch. On the resulting corner, Aidan Durgerian's header went high.
In the second half, UCSC countered after a CLU corner kick and Sidman got on the end of passing from Ben Blackfield and James Allison to score the goal that would be the game-winner.
Gerald Delorie had a career-high seven saves for his first win of the season.
The Banana Slugs next play Friday September 28 when they host old rival Cal State East Bay.
Team Stats
Ari Sidman (1)
Assisted By: Ben Blackfield , James Allison
cross from left, shot to back left
56:31
