‘Eaters triumph

Brad Evans, Matt Murphy and Anthony Hamilton scored second-half goals

sparking UC Irvine to a 3-0 win over Air Force in nonconference men’s

soccer action Sunday at Anteater Stadium.

Evans scored 37 seconds into the second half as he netted from the

left side of the box on an assist from Murphy. Murphy scored less

than three minutes later on a breakaway with an assist credited to

Charles McKay. Hamilton closed out the scoring with an assist from

Evans in the 74th minute as UCI improved to 3-3-2 on the season.

Ryan Mathy had two saves for the Anteaters as he recorded his

second shutout of the weekend, the fourth this season and the 11th in

his career.

Brian Guyette had four saves for the Falcons, who fell to 2-5-1 on

the year. UCI outshot Air Force, 15-3, and had seven corner kicks to

the Falcons’ one.

The Anteaters open Big West Conference play hosting UC Riverside

Saturday night at 7.

UCI women prevail

The UC Irvine women’s soccer team defeated UNLV, 2-0, Sunday

afternoon in nonconference action at Anteater Stadium.

Freshman Lauren Curtis scored the eventual game-winning goal in

the 30th minute. Curtis scored following a cross by senior Lauren

Baer to freshman Megan Ortiz, who passed the ball on to Curtis for

the goal. Ortiz scored her fourth goal of the season with less than a

minute to play to seal the victory for UCI (2-7-1).

Freshman goalkeeper Rosie Aguilera earned her second shutout of

the season and she had three saves on the day.