La Jolla, Calif. – Gilberto Rivera, Neo Ruiz and Angel Iniguez all found the back of the net to lead the San José State men’s soccer (7-1-2, 0-0-0 WAC) in a 3–0 road victory over UC San Diego (0-6-2, 0-0-0 Big West) at Triton Soccer Stadium on Saturday night.
Rivera set the tone early, scoring his first goal of the season in the 8th minute with a composed finish from outside the box to give the Spartans the lead.
After carrying a 1–0 advantage into halftime, San José State doubled its tally in the 66th minute when Iniguez slotted home his second goal of the year, assisted by Dane Pendleton. Ruiz capped the night with his first career goal in the 80th minute, set up by Anthony Guzman, to put the game out of reach.
Defensively, goalkeeper Edgar Guerra earned his sixth clean sheet of the campaign, needing just one save to preserve the shutout.
UC San Diego played the final 30 minutes a man down after a red card was issued to Woody Brown in the 59th minute.
- The Spartans are now 6-0 on the road, the best road record in the nation to date
- The Spartans’ record of 7-1-2 is their best record to begin a season under Head Coach Simon Tobin and the best start to a season since 2000 when they started 9-0-1
- With the victory, the team extended its unbeaten streak to six matches
- The Spartans earned their sixth shutout of the season, the most in the Spartans’ first ten games of a season since 2000 when they had seven
- Guerra’s six clean sheets so far this season are tied for the second most in the nation
- The three goals are the most in a single match this season for the Spartans
- All of the Spartans’ goals were from outside the box
- Iniguez recorded his second goal of the season and now has eight points on the season
- Pendleton and Guzman recorded their first assists of the season
- The Spartans outshot the Tritons 21–12, and finished with a 7–1 edge in shots on target.
- The Spartans have had 10 different players score goals this season
UP NEXT: The Spartans will open WAC Conference play on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m. against Cal Baptist at the Spartan Soccer Complex. The match can be streamed on WAC International.
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