SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos men's soccer team fell 2-1 in overtime to Cal State Dominguez Hills in its home finale at The Cage on Sunday.
 
Prior to the game, seniors Danny Alvarez and Jacob Cuccia were honored with CSUSM President Dr. Ellen Neufeldt and CSUSM Director of Athletics Jennifer Milo in attendance.
 
GOALS
CSUSM – 38' Danny Alvarez (Assisted by Jacob Cuccia and Juan Camilo Salazar)
CSUDH – 42' Josue Cartagena (Assisted by Sulaiman Bah and Logan Kaufman)
CSUDH – 96' Taetum Lopez (Assisted by Logan Kaufman and Michael McKibbin)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cougars struck first in the 38th minute of play. Salazar made a pass into the box from the right side to Cuccia, who kicked the ball backwards as he fell to the turf. From the middle of the box, Alvarez let a shot fly into the top right corner of the goal and gave CSUSM a 1-0 lead.
• The Toros knotted things up in the 42nd minute. As Bah took the ball towards the end line on the right side, he made a pass into the middle of the box to Kaufman. Kaufman swinged the ball back up to the top of the box to Cartagena, who took a shot that went into the top right portion of the net.
• The second half remained tied at 1-1 as the Toros outshot the Cougars 8-3 in the period.
• In the first overtime, the Toros put it away in the 96th minute. A pass up the middle of the field by Kaufman found McKibbin at the top of the box. With a slide to avoid the CSUSM keeper, McKibbin passed the ball to Lopez, who sent the ball into an empty goal to win the game.

 
QUICK KICKS

• CSUSM dropped to 4-11-1 (3-6-1 CCAA) while CSUDH improved to 9-4-1 (7-3-0 CCAA).
• The loss eliminated CSUSM from CCAA Tournament contention.
• The Toros held the advantage in shots (14-9), shots on goal (7-2) and corner kicks (6-3).
• CSUSM held possession for 51% of the match.
• There was a very one-sided foul count as CSUDH committed 23 compared to CSUSM's 14.
• Jeanca Olivares led CSUSM with three shots.
• Alvarez's goal was his first as a Cougar.
• Cuccia earned his first assist of the season while Salazar extended his team-leading total to four.
• The loss snapped CSUSM's two-game winning streak against CSUDH and is now 2-7 in the all-time series.
• This was CSUSM's first game to end in the first overtime period this season as the Cougars went to double overtime earlier in the year against Humboldt State.

 
UP NEXT
The Cougars will play their final game of 2021 on Thursday at Cal State San Bernardino. Kickoff is set for 11:30 a.m. at Premier Field.