{"id":462875,"date":"2026-09-13T22:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T22:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/462875\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T22:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T22:54:13","slug":"rosas-game-winner-seals-senior-day-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/462875\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosa\u2019s Game Winner Seals Senior Day Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789340053_373_UNLV_letters.png\" alt=\"UNLV\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at UNLV<\/p>\n<p>9\/17\/2026 | 7 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Sep. 17 (Thu) \/ 7 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789340053_373_UNLV_letters.png\" alt=\"UNLV\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0UNLV&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/opponent-history\/unlv\/174\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    STOCKTON, Calif. \u2013\u00a0The Pacific women&#8217;s soccer program put together a spirited effort\u00a0on Senior Day with senior <a href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/kaya-rosa\/6154\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6154\" target=\"_blank\">Kaya Rosa<\/a> notching the game-winning goal in the second half to secure a 1-0 victory over Cal State Bakersfield on Sunday afternoon from Knoles Field.<\/p>\n<p>With a celebratory mood all day across the pitch thanks to Senior Day festivities, the Tigers (1-7) muscled\u00a0out their first victory of the 2026 campaign with an aggressive, offensive-minded approach in defeating the Roadrunners (1-6).<\/p>\n<p>Rosa was able to capitalize on a loose rebound off a shot by sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/kayla-pham\/6153\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6153\" target=\"_blank\">Kayla Pham<\/a> in the 55th minute to give Pacific a 1-0 lead to start a momentous second half. For Rosa, it marked her second goal in as many matches after scoring the lone goal in the effort with Cal Poly and her team-leading third goal of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Rosa, who was honored in a post-game ceremony alongside seniors <a href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/whitney-garn\/6148\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6148\" target=\"_blank\">Whitney Garn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/drew-novaes\/6167\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6167\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Novaes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/shay-clark\/6145\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6145\" target=\"_blank\">Shay Clark<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/zoe-shepherd\/6169\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6169\" target=\"_blank\">Zoe Shepherd<\/a>, collected a game-high four shot attempts and three on target.<\/p>\n<p>Pacific managed to out-shoot its opponent on the afternoon by a 19-9 margin, which is most shot attempts the Tigers have recorded in a match this year.<\/p>\n<p>Diving deeper into the numbers, 12 different Tigers attempted at least one shot through the 90-minute affair and seven registered each of their attempts on target. Of note, Rosa, freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/brooklyn-cornish\/6166\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6166\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn Cornish<\/a>, freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/julie-valdez\/6163\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6163\" target=\"_blank\">Julie Valdez<\/a> and sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/janelli-villagran\/6158\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6158\" target=\"_blank\">Janelli Villagran<\/a> had two or more shot attempts on the CSUB keeper.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side of the field, freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/ava-wells\/6220\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6220\" target=\"_blank\">Ava Wells<\/a> earned her first career clean sheet, stopping three Roadrunner shots. Wells becomes the first freshman goalkeeper to earn a clean sheet since <a href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/lis-van-herwijnen\/6156\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6156\" target=\"_blank\">Lis Van Herwijnen<\/a> from last year.<\/p>\n<p>Pacific controlled the pace the majority of the match, owning the shot disparity and the corner kick edge, 8-6.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers will continue to carry the momentum into next match, which will take place in Sin City against UNLV on Thursday at 7 p.m. from Peter Johann Memorial Field.<\/p>\n<p>Stay Social<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFor all the latest on Pacific women&#8217;s soccer, be sure to follow the team on X (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pacificwsoccer?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@PacificWSoccer<\/a>), Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pacificwsoccer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@pacificwsoccer<\/a>) and &#8220;like&#8221; the team&#8217;s official Facebook page (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PacificSoccer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific Women&#8217;s Soccer<\/a>).<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n#PacificProud<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at UNLV 9\/17\/2026 | 7 PM &#13; Sep. 17 (Thu) \/ 7 PM&#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-462875","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\/462875","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=462875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}