{"id":31441,"date":"2025-10-31T05:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T05:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/31441\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T05:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T05:24:09","slug":"titans-lock-up-third-seed-with-win-over-bakersfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/31441\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans Lock Up Third Seed with Win Over Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    BAKERSFIELD, Calif. &#8211; The Cal State Fullerton Titans women&#8217;s soccer team prevailed 2-0 over Cal State Bakersfield on Thursday evening at the CSUB Main Soccer Field.<\/p>\n<p>With the win, the Titans secured the third seed in the 2025 Big West Championship.\u00a0 With results going their way in the second half, the Titans were close to being named Co-Champions with Cal Poly who would&#8217;ve been the No. 1 seed over the Titans due to the head-to-head tiebreaker.\u00a0 But a late goal from CSUN over Long Beach handed the Matadors the Big West regular season title with 21 points.\u00a0 The Titans and Mustangs both finished with 20 points, but the Mustangs earned the No. 2 seed and first round bye because of the tiebreaker.\u00a0 The Titans are locked into the third seed and will host the No. 6 seed on Sunday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Captain, <a href=\"https:\/\/fullertontitans.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/isabella-cruz\/5521\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5521\" target=\"_blank\">Isabella Cruz<\/a> led the Titans in her final regular season appearance with a brace.\u00a0\u00a0She scored her sixth and seventh goal of the season and also picked up her fifth game winning goal of the season.\u00a0 Cruz finished the regular season tied with No. 1 for goals in the conference with seven.\u00a0 She finished the conference with 19 points, the top mark in the conference, and tied with <a href=\"https:\/\/fullertontitans.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/camryn-cruz\/5534\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5534\" target=\"_blank\">Camryn Cruz<\/a> with 5 game winning goals.\u00a0 \u00a0The Titans dominated offensively against the Roadrunners, outshooting them 20-to-8 and earning 9 corners to their 4. \u00a0The Titans also had 8 shots on goal to the Roadrunners 4 shots on goal.<\/p>\n<p>At the half, it was scoreless between both sides with the Titans outshooting the Roadrunners 10-to-4.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Titans finally took the lead in the 56th minute after <a href=\"https:\/\/fullertontitans.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/isabella-cruz\/5521\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5521\" target=\"_blank\">Isabella Cruz<\/a> was brought down in the box. \u00a0She stepped up and drilled the penalty kick to give the Titans a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">56 &#8216; | <a href=\"https:\/\/fullertontitans.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/isabella-cruz\/5521\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5521\" target=\"_blank\">Isabella Cruz<\/a> is taken down in the box and takes the penalty herself!<\/p>\n<p>CSF 1, CSUB 0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TusksUp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#TusksUp<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bellacruzz10?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@bellacruzz10<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eImESI3NsY\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/eImESI3NsY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Titans Women&#8217;s Soccer (@FullertonWSOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FullertonWSOC\/status\/1984098380906402257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 31, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The Titans continued to press for a second goal as <a href=\"https:\/\/fullertontitans.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/sail-bozinovic\/5523\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5523\" target=\"_blank\">Sail Bozinovic<\/a> had a close range effort saved in the 69th minute. \u00a0Finally in the 73rd minute, Cruz got the ball near the left endline and dribbled into the box and shot a low shot past the Roadrunners keeper to make it a 2-0 game.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">74 &#8216; | Bella doubles the lead with an impressive strike from the side of the box<\/p>\n<p>CSF 2, CSUB 0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TusksUp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#TusksUp<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bellacruzz10?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@bellacruzz10<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K9px6VWlUm\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/K9px6VWlUm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Titans Women&#8217;s Soccer (@FullertonWSOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FullertonWSOC\/status\/1984103004161835327?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 31, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The Titans defense was able to see out the final 20 minutes of the game to secure their 13th clean sheet of the season.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fullertontitans.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/isaac-ranson\/5511\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5511\" target=\"_blank\">Isaac Ranson<\/a> made four saves for the game as he picked up his 12th win of the season and 12th shutout of the season. \u00a0Ranson moved into sole possession of third place in the Big West Conference with 30 shutouts. \u00a0He is one behind Danielle deSeriere (UCI\/2007-10) with 31 all-time.\u00a0He also tied the second best Big West mark of 12 shutouts in a season, tying Kaitlyn Gustaves (LBSU\/2011).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Titans will host the Sixth place team on Sunday at Titan Stadium.\u00a0 Kick-Off and Ticket information will be announced tomorrow.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SUPPORT THE TITANS!<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFans can purchase tickets for various Cal State Fullerton athletic events by visiting\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fullertontitanstickets.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FullertonTitansTickets.com<\/a>. The Athletic Ticket Office can also be contacted by phone at 657-278-2783 or by email at athletictixs@fullerton.edu. The Ticket Office is located at the Titan House off of Gymnasium Drive at the eastern end of the Intramural Fields and is open from 10 am \u2013 4 pm PT, Monday \u2013 Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW THE TITANS!<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFans can keep up with the latest in Titan Athletics by following us on Facebook (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fullertontitans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\/FullertonTitans<\/a>), X (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FullertonTitans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FullertonTitans<\/a>) Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fullertontitans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FullertonTitans<\/a>), YouTube (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@FullertonTitansAthletics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FullertonTitansAthletics<\/a>) and TikTok (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@fullertontitans?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FullertonTitans<\/a>). In addition, the women&#8217;s soccer team has established its own Twitter (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FullertonWSOC\" rel=\"nofollow\">@FullertonWSOC<\/a>) and Instagram accounts<\/p>\n<p>WATCH THE TITANS ON ESPN+<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTitans fans can now watch every home event exclusively on ESPN+. Cal State Fullerton has built a top-tier production studio to give the viewers an ESPN quality production for all games at Titan Stadium. Additionally, all schools in the Big West Conference are committed to producing ESPN quality streams which will allow fans to watch the Titans on ESPN+ for all road conference games.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fullertontitans.com\/news\/2025\/10\/26\/womens-soccer-titans-secure-big-west-qualification-with-win-over-the-beach.aspx?print=true\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,&quot;_blank&quot;);return false;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Print Friendly Version<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; BAKERSFIELD, Calif. &#8211; The Cal State Fullerton Titans women&#8217;s soccer team prevailed 2-0 over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-31441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}