SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos women's soccer team (2-0-0) posted a 3-0 shutout win against Fresno Pacific (0-3-0) on Thursday afternoon at The Cage.
 
GOALS
CSUSM – 16' Nani Kia'aina (Assisted by Natalia Huntington)
CSUSM – 56' Lily Jensen (Assisted by Nani Kia'aina)
CSUSM – 67' Danielle Paulson (Assisted by Kaci Embree and Gabby Marsh)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• In the 16th minute, Huntington took a shot that went off the FPU keeper. Kia'aina picked up the rebound and put the ball into the back of the net to give CSUSM an early 1-0 lead.
• The Cougars ended the half with a 16-2 shot lead.
• CSUSM made it a 2-0 lead in the 56th minute. From the top of the box, Kia'aina fed the ball to Jensen in the middle of the box, who proceeded to put a hard roller into the left side of the goal.
• On a corner kick by Embree, she made a pass to Marsh who immediately passed it back to Embree outside of the box. Embree made a high pass across the box to the head of Paulson, who headed the ball over the keeper and gave the Cougars a 3-0 lead in the 67th minute.

 
QUICK KICKS

• CSUSM heavily outshot FPU at 25-7 while putting 16 shots on goal.
• The Cougars' 25 shots were their most since beginning NCAA Division II play (2015-present) and their most since tallying 40 against Bethesda in 2014.
• This is the first time CSUSM has scored five goals in its first two games since 2013.
• The Cougars also took 12 corner kicks for the game to the Sunbirds' three.
• Paulson led the game with four shots.
• Kia'aina, Jensen and Paulson each tallied their first goals of the season.
• CSUSM had possession for 57% of the match with 74% of its possessions coming in FPU territory.

 
UP NEXT
CSUSM will return to The Cage on Saturday to face cross-county foe (RV) Point Loma at 2 p.m.