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Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
Mikhaol plu
3
Pomona-Pitzer PPC (0-1-1, 0-0-0)
3
Pacific Lutheran PLU (0-1-1, 0-0-0)
Pomona-Pitzer PPC
(0-1-1, 0-0-0)
3
Final
3
Pacific Lutheran PLU
(0-1-1, 0-0-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Pomona-Pitzer PPC 1 2 3
Pacific Lutheran PLU 0 3 3

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Wild Second Half Forces Sagehens To Settle For Draw Against PLU

SANTA CRUZ, CA. – The Pomona-Pitzer Men's Soccer team came away with a 3-3 draw against Pacific Lutheran on Sunday morning on the campus of UC Santa Cruz.

Season Impact: With the draw, the Sagehens move to 0-1-1 to start the 2024 season.

The Sagehens were led by Niclas Ulrich who scored the first goal of 2024 with a penalty and then followed up for his brace with a header as well. Keyon Namdar had then other goal for the Sagehens while Aidan MacLennan picked up an assist.
 
The Sagehens did a good job being selective with their shots with five in the first half and four of those on target. The Sagehens were able to jump ahead in the __ minute after a shot by Alex Greenstein caught the outstretched arm of a defender giving the Sagehens a penalty opportunity.  Ulrich stepped to the spot for the PK and buried it in the bottom right corner to take a 1-0 lead.
 
The defense stepped up big at the end of the first half to preserve the lead as the Lutes came on strong just before halftime with some scoring opportunities. A one-on-one effort by the Lutes went wasted with a shot that drilled the cross bar and just before halftime, a shot coming from a corner chance was cleared off the line by Guy Fuchs to keep the 1-0 lead into halftime.
 
A lot of action in the second half that saw a total of five goals between the two teams. Getting the scoring going was the Sagehens after a breakthrough on the backline left Namdar one-on-one with the keeper and slotted it into the bottom corner to put the Sagehens up 2-0 in the 69th minute.
 
The Lutes came storming back with two goals in three minutes to tie the game at 2-2 before the Sagehens got their third as Ulrich rose up above the defense off of a corner and headed home his brace to put the Sagehens back on top at 3-2 in the 82nd.
 
Unfortunately, the Sagehens couldn't hang on to the lead as the Lutes tied the match just five minutes later as the Sagehens had to settle for a draw against Pacific Lutheran.
 
Up Next: The Sagehens will next host Puget Sound for their home opener on Sunday, September 8th at 11:00 a.m.  
 
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