LOS ANGELES — No. 19 Cal State Bakersfield dropped a pair of matches on Saturday, losing 13-10 to No. 11 Loyola Marymount and 14-10 to Cal State Northridige.
Cal State Northridge scored three straight to break open a 7-7 to earn a 14-10 win over Bakersfield in the second game of a tripleheader at Loyola Marymount's Burns Recreation Center.
It was a wide-open, rough affair as the team's combined for 24 goals and 25 ejections. CSUB took a 5-4 lead after one as the teams combined for five ties and four lead changes as Northridge took a 6-5 lead on a five-meter penalty shot. The lead was short lived as the Roadrunners tied it on a 6-on-5 tally with 5:33.
Northridge took a 7-6 lead on a 6-on-5 goal just to see Bakersfield tie it again at 7-7 with 3:34 remaining in the first half. From there, CSUN scored their three straight to pull away.
Christine Cruz had three goals to lead the Matadors while Paola Medina had four goals and Yulia Blinovskaya had three to lead CSUB.
Against LMU, the Lions went up 4-1 in the first and held on down the stretch to post a 13-10 win in WWPA play in the final of three games Saturday. The win pushes LMU's rescord to 10-4 while CSUB falls to 15-5.
Nicole Hughes and Cara Colton each scored three goals in the win while Peterson added a pair. Paola Medina scored four goals and Amanda Ortiz added three for CSUB.
The Lions led 4-1 after one, but CSUB came back to tie the score at 6-6 thanks to a five goal second quarter. However, the Lions would take the lead at the break and for good with Katie Hicks scored with just two seconds remaining on a 6-on-5 goal, making the score 7-6.
Colton's penalty shot goal with just 43 seconds gone in the third gave LMU a two-goal lead, 8-6. CSUB would cut it to one, 8-7, on a goal by Medina. That would be as close as they would get as LMU scored the next three goals to go up 11-7.
Bakersfield hosts Indiana and Claremont on Tuesday in the final home match of the season at the John S. Hillman Aquatics Center.