{"id":851622,"date":"2026-08-09T09:01:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T09:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/851622\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T09:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T09:01:32","slug":"two-second-half-goals-propel-gauchos-to-victory-in-lone-tune-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/851622\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Second-Half Goals Propel Gauchos to Victory in Lone Tune-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LMU_LogoUpdated.png\" alt=\"LMU\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> LMU<\/p>\n<p>8\/12\/2026 | 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Aug. 12 (Wed) \/ 7:30 p.m.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LMU_LogoUpdated.png\" alt=\"LMU\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0LMU&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/ucsbgauchos.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/opponent-history\/lmu\/152\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    SANTA BARBARA, Calif. \u2013 The UC Santa Barbara Women&#8217;s Soccer team defeated Trinity Western, 2-0, in their lone preseason tune-up before heading into the 2026 season. The Gaucho goals came from sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsbgauchos.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/avery-standish\/8058\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8058\" target=\"_blank\">Avery Standish<\/a> and senior <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsbgauchos.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/hayden-halscheid\/8050\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8050\" target=\"_blank\">Hayden Halscheid<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHOW IT HAPPENED<br \/>\nDespite not scoring their goals until the second half, the Gauchos had chances in the first half to net a few. In the 13th minute, <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsbgauchos.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/dakota-watterson\/8061\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8061\" target=\"_blank\">Dakota Watterson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsbgauchos.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/reese-wroblewski\/8063\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8063\" target=\"_blank\">Reese Wroblewski<\/a> each took shots on net, but the Trinity Western goalkeeper saved both. Additionally, a few crosses and corner kicks added some other scoring opportunities. Unfortunately, UC Santa Barbara did not capitalize.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIn the second half, after a complete lineup change for the Gauchos, the offense was clicking right away. Shots from point-blank range by <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsbgauchos.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/delilah-vega-aguilar\/8069\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8069\" target=\"_blank\">Delilah Vega-Aguilar<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsbgauchos.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/alondra-talamantes\/8066\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8066\" target=\"_blank\">Alondra Talamantes<\/a> were both saved by Trinity Western. In the 59th minute, the Gauchos broke through. After a shot by <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsbgauchos.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/chayse-yu\/8064\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8064\" target=\"_blank\">Chayse Yu<\/a> was deflected, <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsbgauchos.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/avery-standish\/8058\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8058\" target=\"_blank\">Avery Standish<\/a> collected the rebound and scored to put the Gauchos up 1-0.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Gauchos continued to maintain possession and get shots off against Trinity Western&#8217;s goalkeeper. They would net their second goal in the 86th minute. <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsbgauchos.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/stella-etcheverry\/8046\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8046\" target=\"_blank\">Stella Etcheverry<\/a> sent a perfect ball into the middle of the box that <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsbgauchos.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/hayden-halscheid\/8050\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8050\" target=\"_blank\">Hayden Halscheid<\/a> finished for the Gauchos two goal lead. The Gauchos hung on down the stretch and finished with the clean sheet.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUP NEXT<br \/>\nUC Santa Barbara will open their 2026 season on Wednesday, Aug. 12 as they host LMU at Harder Stadium at 7:30 p.m. For those unable to attend in person, the match will be streamed on ESPN+ with live stats available through ucsbgauchos.com\/WSOCLiveStats.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: LMU 8\/12\/2026 | 7:30 p.m. &#13; Aug. 12 (Wed) \/ 7:30 p.m.&#13; &#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":851623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-851622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/851623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}