Pena's 6-Point Night Leads CSUB Past UTSA

by Matt Turk

October 11, 2012

SAN ANTONIO, Texas--In a battle of the Roadrunners, Sam Peña (Sr., Bakersfield, Calif., Bakersfield HS) scored two goals and had two assists to lead CSU Bakersfield (5-8-2) past UT-San Antonio (2-9-2) 5-3 Thursday night at UTSA.

Emily Noethe's (So., Dallas, Ga., Spaulding HS) goal from a Peña feed in the fourth minute to give CSUB an early advantage. Peña made it 2-0 with a tally in the seventh minute. Redshirt senior Daisy Vazquez (Redwood City, Calif., Woodside, Calif.) scored her first career goal in the 23rd minute when she bent a corner kick in.

A Peña blast from 25 yards out a little over nine minutes later created a four-goal advantage for CSU Bakersfield. Anisa Patterson got UTSA on the board with her first goal of the season at 33:14.

Peña's second assist of the night came on an Erica Shelton (Jr., Bakersfield, Calif., UC Santa Barbara) goal four minutes into the second half. Liv Nyhegn's header in the 55nd minute made it 5-2 with Kirby Wright getting UTSA to within two with a header off a free kick in the 79th minute.

Peña tied her own school Division I record for most points in a match with six and her own school D-1 mark for most assists in a game (2). CSUB also tied its own Division I record for most goals in a match (third time scoring five since the transition in 2007).

CSU Bakersfield travels to New Mexico State Sunday for a 1 p.m. (MDT) start.

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