SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The 2022 CCAA regular season opened up on Friday for the Cal State East Bay women's soccer team, as the Pioneers dropped the match to Cal State San Marcos, 3-1 at The Cage. Early in the match, Jordan Salmon scored her first career goal with the Pioneers.
 

GOAL SUMMARY

 

• In just the fourth minute, Salmon scored her first goal as a Pioneer, putting Cal State East Bay ahead 1-0. Kayla Morales assisted on the opening goal.
• Claire Hernandez netted the equalizer for the Cougars in the 52^nd minute, with an assist by Danielle Paulson.
• It did not take long for CSUSM to take the lead. Sierra Moore scored what became the game winner in the 54^th minute, with an assist from Chloe King.
• Extending the Cougars' lead to 3-1 in the 85^th minute was Jenna Frankina. King got her second assist of the match.

 

NOTABLE STATS

• It was the second straight match in which Morales had an assist.
• With two shots each were Salmon and Mika Sayfurahman.
• The only Pioneer field player to be on the pitch for a full 90 minutes was Morgan Pearson.

POSTGAME QUOTE

 
Cal State East Bay head coach Robin Hart following the conference opener:
"It was a tale of two halves. San Marcos responded incredibly well coming out of the break. It's about putting together a full 90 and we are still learning how to get closer to that."
 

RECORDS

 
Cal State East Bay: 2-3-2, 0-1-0 CCAA
Cal State San Marcos: 3-3-2, 1-0-0 CCAA
 

UP NEXT FOR CAL STATE EAST BAY

 
The Pioneers look to even their conference record this coming Sunday with a CCAA match at Cal State San Bernardino. Kickoff from Premier Field is set for 11:30 a.m.