Gaines-Ramos tried to put the ball in the back of the net for the third time in succession, but Samantha Hauk stood tall in the Cornhuskers net to keep it a 1-0 Aztec advantage. The ball then rebounded back into danger where Dicus fired the ball back on goal and forced another save.
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Rachelle Elve darted into the box beat her defender, cut back on her left foot, and passed to Emma Gaines-Ramos who forced a save from the Nebraska keeper.
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Neither side would find the back of the net the rest of the half and the Aztecs took a 1-0 lead into halftime.Ĭoming out of the halftime break, neither team produced much in the final third until the Aztecs forced a trio of saves in the 57th minute. This time she picked up a ball from just outside the 18-yard box, rounded the keeper and fired the shot over the retreating defender and into the upper right-hand corner of the net, giving the Aztecs the 1-0 advantage. It would then take until the 28th minute for either team to break the deadlock. Castro came closest in the opening moments when she forced a save two minutes in off her left foot. The San Ysidro, California native rose above everyone and put a towering header into the back of the net to give the Aztecs the win, 2-1.īoth teams would feel each other out in the opening 15 minutes, with neither team able to find a way past the opposing teams defenses.
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The senior then whipped in a cross to the far post where Castro was waiting. With 30 seconds left in the match and the scored tied at 1-1, Lauren Dicus picked up the ball just outside the 18-yard box. – Denise Castro scored the game-winner with 30 seconds to go as the Aztecs took down Nebraska 2-1 on Thursday evening to open their 2022 season. Story Links Courtesy of San Diego State Athletics