HAYWARD, Calif., -- The Cal State East Bay men's soccer team will head on their final California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) road trip with games against Chico State and Stanislaus State.
 
WEEK IN REVIEW
The Pioneers are currently sitting 3-9-2 on the season with a 0-7-1 mark in conference play. East Bay defeated non-conference opponent UC Santa Cruz in their only match last week.
 
The Pioneer men's soccer team put forth a dominating effort in their 4-1 victory over non-conference match against UC Santa Cruz on Sunday evening, October 15 in Pioneer Stadium.
 
Their four goals on Sunday evening tied a season best set in their season opening 4-0 win over Holy Names.
 
East Bay dominated the possession of the ball in the first half of play claiming a 5-3 shot advantage. The lone score before the intermission would come from East Bay junior Luis Salazar. Salazar headed a pass from Jonathan Cuevas into the back left corner of the net. It was Salazar's first goal as a Pioneer and Cuevas' second assist of the season as East Bay took a 1-0 lead into halftime.
 
In the second half the Pioneers would pull off an offensive eruption with three goals within ten minutes of game action. First freshman Grant LaFleur scored on a perfect pass from senior TJ Butler at the bottom of the box as LaFleur was streaking toward the goal placing the kick on the right side of the goal. It was Lafleur's second goal on the year and and Butler's team-leading third helper of the year as CSUEB took a 2-0 lead.
 
Minutes later goal keeper Omar Coronel placed a full length kick from the top of his own goalie box pass the entire UC Santa Cruz defense for his first career goal at East Bay.
 
Already hanging on to a 3-0 lead, senior Christian Mendoza placed his first goal as a Pioneer to the top right corner of the net just past the outstretched arms of the goalie to give East Bay a 4-0 lead.
 
The Banana Slugs would score their only goal in the 82nd minute of action as the Pioneers secured the 4-1 win. East Bay outshot UC Santa Cruz 11-7 for the game and also won the corner kick battle 2-1.
 
Omar Coronel logged all 90 minutes in the net and recorded three saves, giving him 28 total on the season.
 
SANCHEZ'S SIZZLING START
East Bay senior Evan Sanchez (South Lake Tahoe, Calif.,) leads the Pioneers with five goals and ten points so far on the season. Sanchez is tied for sixth place in the conference in goals. Sanchez was Cal State East Bay Male Athlete of the Week for (Sept. 4-10).
 
DOUBLE-STUFFLING GOALIES
The East Bay goalie duo of sophomore Carlos Moreno and Omar Coronel have both been superb while splitting time in goal. Moreno leads the CCAA with 5.75 saves per game and is fourth in the conference with 46 total saves. He collected a career best eight saves in the Pioneers match against Westminster College.
 
For Coronel, he leads the Pioneers with eight games played and seven starts. He leads CSUEB with a 737:18 total minutes in net and logged a career best four saves in a 1-1 tie against ARTU.
 
Both goalies have recorded one shutout apiece on the season.
 
SCOUTING CHICO STATE
Chico State comes into the weekend with 8-4-1 record and a 6-1-1 mark in conference play. The Wildcats fell to Cal Poly Pomona before defeating Cal State San Bernardino last week. Jerimiah Egujie leads Chico State with seven goals on the year. Eruvey Arceta has compiled a team-leading six assists. Damion Lewis has started all 13 games in the goal racking up 44 saves and six shutouts.
 
SCOUTING STANISLAUS STATE
Stanislaus State enters the weekend with a 5-4-4 record overall and a 2-3-3 conference mark. The Warriors tied with Cal State San Bernardino before losing to Cal Poly Pomona last week. Sean Bender and Joseph Mayorca lead Stan State with three goals apiece. Bradlee Taylor leads the Warriors with three assists. Patrick Colombana has a team-best 30 saves on the season with two shutouts through eight starts.