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CALIFORNIA, Pa. – A pair of late second half goals broke open an even match and allowed California (PA) come away with a 2-1 victory over the Bloomsburg University women's soccer team Saturday afternoon at the Phillipsburg Complex.
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Bloomsburg (6-7-1, 5-7-1 PSAC), fresh off a road victory over No. 24 Slippery Rock less than 24 hours earlier, controlled the first period of play by firing off six shots while limiting Cal to just one.
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Unfortunately for the Huskies, none of those shots found the back of the net and the teams took a scoreless deadlock into intermission.
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The sides remained knotted until the 78th minute when the hosts finally broke through. Chelsea Crockett put the Vulcans on the board with a header goal, her 10th tally of the season, off a corner kick by Erin Hogan.
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Cal added insurance in the 82nd minute when Janelle McCann registered her eighth goal of the year with a shot just inside the 18-yard box.
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Bloomsburg got on the board in the 88th minute when
Chrissy Hollan (Laurys Station/Parkland) gathered a pass into the box from
Rachel Yenney (Collegeville/Perkiomen Valley) and beat the Vulcans keeper to give the Huskies life.
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Time would run out on the Huskies, though, sending BU home with a setback against one of the region's top teams despite holding a 10-7 advantage in shots for the match.
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Cal improves to 10-2-2 overall and 9-2-1 in the PSAC with the victory.
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Megan Deak (West Islip, NY/West Islip) made four saves in net for the Huskies while Meghan Jaynes picked up the win with five saves for the Vulcans.
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Ashley Sanchez (Lyndhurst/DePaul Catholic) finished with four shots, three on net, for the Huskies while Hollan fired three shots, all on goal.
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Bloomsburg returns home for its regular season finale and will honor its senior class on Wednesday at 7 p.m. inside Steph Pettit Stadium vs. Millersville.
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