Men's Soccer Falls To Oregon State

Sept. 5, 1999

SAN DIEGO - The SDSU men?s soccer team suffered its first loss of the season on Sunday Afternoon when it fell to Oregon State by a score of 2-1 at the ARCO Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista.The loss evened the Aztecs? mark at 101 while OSU improved to 2-0 on the season

The Aztecs took a 1-0 lead in the 16th minute off a set play when senior David Beltran took a free kick tap from Oscar Rodriguez and deposited a shot in the lower right corner from 20 yards.

The Beavers evened the game in the 42nd minute when OSU?s Greg Howes converted a penalty kick. The PK was set up when Howes was tripped in the box.

The Beavers? game-winning goal came from J.P. Capodanno who took a long through ball from Howes and converted into a score at the 56:10 mark.

The game was marred by a total of 60 fouls between the two teams. OSU received a pair of yellow cards while the Aztecs were shown three yellows and a red, the latter to Brett Lasby who was dismissed form the game in the 82nd minute after his second book able offense.

The Aztecs outshot OSU 13-9 on the day. Beaver goalie Bryan Hill recorded seven saves while SDSU?s Brian Barnes had three.

Up next for San Diego State is a non-conference contest with UC Irvine on Wednesday, September at the Olympic Training Center. Kickoff is set for 3:00 p.m.

Oregon State 2, San Diego State 1 1 2 TOSU 1 1 2SDSU 1 0 1Scoring: SDSU: David Beltran (Oscar Rodriguez) 15:05 OSU: Greg Howes (Penalty Kick) 41:16 OSU: J.P. Capodanno (Greg Howes) 56:10Shots: OSU 9, SDSU 13Saves: OSU-Bryan Hill 7 SDSU-Brian Barnes 3Corners: OSU 1, SDSU 9Fouls: OSU 29, SDSU 31Offside: OSU 1, SDSU 2Cautions: OSU: Jon Haddenham-20:05 (Tripping) Scott Tedder-35:43 (Tripping) SDSU: Darren Parker-1:10 (Pushing) Kyle Wiggs-35:10 (Tripping) Brett Lasby-76:33 (PushingEjections: OSU: None SDSU: Brett Lasby-81:08 (Tripping-second yellow)Att: 147