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Aztecs record first-ever regular-season sweep of Huskies
Source: goaztecs.com press release
Photo: Pablo Pelaez notched his first game-winning goal of his career on Sunday. Courtesy goaztecs.com
November 6, 2016 (Seattle) - Redshirt freshman Pablo Pelaez (San Diego, Calif.) scored on a free kick in the waning seconds on Sunday to lift the No. 21/15 San Diego State men’s soccer team to a 1-0 triumph over No. 11/10 Washington in a key Pac-12 showdown at Husky Soccer Stadium.
With the victory, the Aztecs sweep the regular-season series against the Huskies for the first time in program history, improving to 9-4-4 overall and 4-3-2 in conference action, while Washington had its hopes of a Pac-12 title dashed, slipping to 13-5 overall and 7-3 in the league standings. The result also gives SDSU its highest win-total since 2011, when the Scarlet and Black finished with a 10-6-3 mark.
With the 10-second countdown in progress over the public address system at the end of regulation, Pelaez lined up for the decisive kick from about 25 yards away, threading the ball inside the right post past a diving Husky goalkeeper Auden Schilder. The Aztec midfielder led the team with three shots on the evening, while redshirt junior Dallin Cutler (San Diego, Calif.) finished with two attempts of his own.
Collectively, SDSU was outshot 16-7 for the match and faced a 7-1 deficit in corner kicks, but the Aztecs’ trademark defense rose to the occasion, with redshirt junior Adam Allmaras (San Diego, Calif.) making four saves for his 10th clean sheet of the season and 20th of his career.
The rugged contest also featured a combined 32 fouls, including 18 by UW, while the two sides were given four yellow cards apiece.
San Diego State will wrap up its regular-season slate on Thursday, Nov. 10, when it squares off against UCLA at Drake Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif., beginning at 6 p.m. PT. The match will be broadcast on Pac-12 Networks.
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