Soccer closes roadtrip with loss to Occidental

Friday, October 8

Eagle Rock, CA

7:00 PM

UC Santa Cruz Athletics

3-7-2, 0-0-0

Occidental

6-7-0, 3-4-0

UC Santa Cruz

Occidental

10/8/2021 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Bravo, Rabinovich score for Banana Slugs

EAGLE ROCK (10-8) – The Banana Slugs completed their two-match road trip as they took on Occidental College in Eagle Rock. The Tigers scored three goals in the first half and won 4-2 over the Banana Slugs.

In the first half, the Tigers would score early. With 38:48 left in the half, Evan Karp scored to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead. The Tigers scored again just over 7:30 of clock time later on an Adrian Paredes goal off an assist by Christian Corcoran. The Banana Slugs trimmed the Tigers' lead in half on a Luca Bravo shot off Jake Rhodes's assist with 24:07 left in the half. With 16:04 left in the half however, the Tigers would score to extend their lead to 3-1.

In the second half, the Bulldogs would extend their lead with 37:36 left on a goal by Paredes to extend the Tigers' lead to 4-1. The Banana Slugs would score again with 11:54 left on Itay Rabinovich's goal for the final tally of the match at 4-2.

Bravo had a match-high four shots for the Banana Slugs while for Occidental, Paredes had three shots. The Banana Slugs will return home on Tuesday to take on NCAA Division II Fresno Pacific University. Kickoff is set for 3 pm.