Women's Soccer Drops Battle Against UC Davis

Sunday, August 27

San Francisco, Calif.

4:00 p.m.

University of San Francisco

0-3-0, 0-0-0

UC Davis

3-1-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
UC Davis	1	2	3
San Francisco	0	1	1

Photo by: Eduardo Garcia

8/27/2023 8:00:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – In another battle of Northern California schools, the University of San Francisco women's soccer team (0-3) fell to UC Davis (3-1), 3-1, at home at Negoesco Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

Getting things start for the Dons, Gabby Rizzo fired the first shot for either team at the 6:36, but she missed wide right of the net in her first attempt of the afternoon.
Following another shot from Allison Kamansky in the 20^th minute, UC Davis netted the opening goal of the match when Sarah Caravan scored in the 31^st minute to make it 1-0 Aggies.
As the half continued, Alex Carpio and Lily Loughney would each record shots of their own for San Francisco, but UC Davis maintained their 1-0 advantage heading into the halftime break.
Coming out of the locker room, UC Davis added to their score as Elise Picard scored on an assist from Bella Mayo in the 49^th minute to give the Aggies a 2-0 lead.
Fighting back with each possession, the Dons cut their deficit in half when Cade Mendoza rocketed her first collegiate goal past the keeper in the 78^th minute as San Francisco was within one, 2-1.
Shortly thereafter, UC Davis countered with another goal in the 79^th minute, this time off the foot of Risa Yamada, to make it 3-1 Aggies.
Unfortunately, this cushion would hold as UC Davis kept the Dons off the board down the stretch to secure their third victory of the season by. a final score of 3-1.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:

Starting in all three games so far this season, Mendoza found paydirt for the first time as a Don against the Aggies. Notably, she appeared in 17 games last year, but made only one started during her freshman campaign.
Additionally, graduate student Alexia Estrada made her debut in the green and gold on Sunday as she played the full 90 minutes while making one save.
Despite the loss, San Francisco led UC Davis in shots (13-12) and shots on goal (7-4).

POSTGAME WITH THE DONS:

To view the full postgame highlights of today's match, please click here.
To view the full postgame interview with associate head coach Pinder Nijjar, please click here.

UP NEXT:
San Francisco will remain in the Bay Area for their next road game as the Dons will make the short trip across the Bay Bridge to take on California at 4:00 pm at Edwards Stadium on Thursday, Aug. 31. Following their matchup with the Golden Bears, San Francisco will return home to Negoesco Stadium to host Columbia on First Responders Day this upcoming Sunday, Sept. 3.

FOLLOW US:
For updates and more information on the USF women's soccer program, be sure to follow @USFDonsWSoccer on Twitter, @USFDonsWSoccer on Instagram and @USFDonsWSOC on Facebook.

SPONSOR THR DONS:
he University of San Francisco Athletics Department would like to acknowledge and thank our sponsor – ABLE - for their continued support of USF Athletics. Interested in sponsoring the Dons? Please contact Frank Allocco, the Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Relations, at fallocco@usfca.edu or at (415) 422-4561.