Box Score
SAN MARCOS, Calif. – Ryan VanDenburg scored the Cougars' first three goals as the Cal State San Marcos men's soccer team snapped a five-match winless streak with a 5-2 win over Marymount College on Wednesday afternoon at Mangrum Soccer Field.

VanDenburg scored in the fifth and 23^rd minute before converting a penalty kick in the 49^th. Sullivan Tobin and Jake Kaiser each scored in the second half to put the game out of reach.

“It was fantastic. Ryan's a terrific player – he's powerful, he's a good dribbler, a good striker of the ball,” said CSUSM head coach Ron Pulvers. “And today he showed with his foot and his head that he can find the back of the net.”

The junior from Huntington Beach put CSUSM (2-5-3) ahead early after a combination in midfield by Scott Rice,Tobin and Eric Lopez. Lopez slid the ball to his right and VanDenburg took a touch before beating Marymount goalie Christos Voglis to the far post.

Voglis got the better of him 10 minutes later, stonewalling a free opportunity on the right side of the box.

However, VanDenburg got his second when he finished with a header after being unmarked on Alex Brunsell's corner kick.

The Mariners nearly stole a goal on a counter attack in the 27^th, but Cary Cousineau slid Rimar Daisely West inside the box to deny the shot. Marymount did get one before half time when a cross was deflected in off the shin of Rice.

The Cougars made it 3-1 three minutes into the second stanza. CSUSM earned a penalty kick after a Cougar was brought down inside the area. VanDenburg stepped up to take it and buried it to Voglis' left. The three goals were the first of the year for VanDenburg.

“I've been practicing, working real hard on my shooting after practice,” said VanDenburg. “It feels really good.”

Five minutes later in the 54^th minute, Tobin was freed along the left side. He cut inside the box before taking it on his own, finishing to the front post to make it 4-1.

The Mariners (7-4-3) were gifted another goal in the 66^th when a cross off a free kick deflected off a CSUSM defender to make it 4-2.

After some tense moments, Kaiser put the game away in the 89^th. Brunsell played Yuki Hata before receiving the ball back. He crossed it inside the box, where Kaiser rose to head it off the left post and in.

“I think the group has been playing well. Today we played with purpose and energy, plus a lot more toughness,” said Pulvers.