FULLERTON, Calif. – The Cal State Fullerton Titans scored a season-high 19 goals on Wednesday evening to top the visiting McKendree Bearcats by a score of 19-7. Three different Titans recorded a hat trick to contribute to the Titans' season-high goals scored.
Fullerton tallied five unanswered goals to start the game.
Denes Dobi scored less than 30 seconds into the game before
Jason Joseph tallied back-to-back goals.
Francisco Paredes lobbed one past the keeper to put the Titans up by four with one minute left in the first.
Cade Zeilinger sealed the big opening period with a buzzer beater.
The Titans tallied another five in the second period but McKendree's two goals were still not enough to catch up to Fullerton.
Luke Porter, Dobi,
Ethan Merritt,
Gavin Shea and
Carmelo Bangs each notched a goal before the half. Fullerton led 10-3 after the first half.
CSF had a big third quarter, posting seven goals to the Bearcats' four. Dobi, Porter, and Joseph each completed their hat tricks in the third. Porter opened the period with back-to-back goals before Merritt and
Ryan O'Donovan paved the way for Joseph to post Fullerton's 17
th goal of the day.
The Titans held the Bearcats scoreless once more as
Dustin Drobeck and
Tony Benedetti scored two unanswered goals.
Dobi, Joseph and Porter led the Titans with three goals each while
Jace Peterson and
Samuel Branco each logged three assists each.
Ethan Ivey defended the cage for the first half, recording three saves, and
Zachary Shouka closed the game with 16 minutes in between the posts. Shouka tallied four saves against the Bearcats.
The Titans are back in action tomorrow at 12 p.m. against UC Merced at Titan Aquatics Center.
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