{"id":245884,"date":"2025-09-22T08:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/245884\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T08:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:21:12","slug":"tritons-fall-to-no-23-usd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/245884\/","title":{"rendered":"Tritons Fall to No. 23 USD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tStory Links&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n   &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SJS_SpartanHead-MAIN.png\" alt=\"San Jose State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> San Jose State<\/p>\n<p>9\/27\/2025 | 7 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Sep. 27 (Sat) \/ 7 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SJS_SpartanHead-MAIN.png\" alt=\"San Jose State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0San Jose State&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    <strong>SAN DIEGO \u2014 <\/strong>A hard-fought match between two San Diego sides went the way of No. 23 University of San Diego on Sunday night as Triton men&#8217;s soccer was defeated 1-0 on the road.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe lone goal came in the 62nd minute. The Tritons moved to 0-5-2 on the year with the result, while USD improved to 6-1-2.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>HOW IT HAPPENED<\/strong><br \/>\nThe first shot of the match did not come until the 15-minute mark. USD got an effort on target, but Triton goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/nolan-premack\/14244\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14244\" target=\"_blank\">Nolan Premack<\/a> was able to get to his right side for the save. He would go on to make six saves in the match, three in each half.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Tritons registered one shot on target in the first and took the only first-half corner kick. The two teams would head into the break deadlocked at zero.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nBoth teams had a flurry of chances to start the second half. UC San Diego striker <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/kai-oppenheim\/14243\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14243\" target=\"_blank\">Kai Oppenheim<\/a> had a shot on target that was saved by a USD defender. That effort was one of two that was on frame for the sophomore in the match.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUSD was ultimately the team to capitalize on its chances first, with a through ball unlocking the Triton defense in the 62nd minute. That goal proved to be the game&#8217;s only shot to find the back of the net, handing the Toreros a 1-0 victory.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Tritons registered four second-half corner kicks and two shots on target but were held scoreless. <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/tyler-cash\/14235\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14235\" target=\"_blank\">Tyler Cash<\/a> had the other shot on frame in the 79th minute.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>TRITON TIDBITS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/adam-dunbar\/14257\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14257\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Dunbar<\/a> made his collegiate debut, coming off the bench and playing 23 minutes.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/woody-brown\/14234\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14234\" target=\"_blank\">Woody Brown<\/a> got his first career start for the Tritons.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>The Tritons have now played four ranked teams this season.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>QUOTABLE<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;I am proud of the way the guys played tonight,&#8221; head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/coaches\/jon-pascale\/1954\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"1954\" target=\"_blank\">Jon Pascale<\/a> said. &#8220;There was very little that separated the two teams. Our guys have showed incredible resilience and grit this season. I am confident the growth and development of this team will continue and the results will come. We are looking forward to getting back to work and preparing for another top team in San Jose State.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>UP NEXT<\/strong><br \/>\nUC San Diego returns home to host San Jose State for Latinx Heritage Night this upcoming Saturday, Sept. 27. The match begins at 7:00 p.m. from Triton Soccer Stadium. Admission is free, with the contest also broadcast on ESPN+.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>About UC San Diego Athletics<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter two decades as one of the most successful\u00a0programs in\u00a0NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program has begun a new era as\u00a0a\u00a0member\u00a0of The Big West in\u00a0NCAA Division I. The 24-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in\u00a0Divisions\u00a0II\u00a0and III and helped guide\u00a01,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 39 have garnered prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world&#8217;s preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in NCAA Division I or II.\u00a0For more information on the Tritons, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UCSDtritons.com<\/a>\u00a0or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/2020\/9\/30\/social-media-directory.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/2019\/12\/12\/social-media-directory.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@UCSDtritons<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: San Jose State 9\/27\/2025 |&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":245885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,3549,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-245884","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-san-diego","12":"tag-sandiego","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115246981748214135","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}