{"id":500096,"date":"2026-10-18T11:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T11:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/500096\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T11:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T11:48:18","slug":"tigers-fall-3-0-to-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/500096\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers Fall 3-0 to San Diego"},"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\/10\/San_Francisco_Dons.png\" alt=\"San Francisco\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at San Francisco<\/p>\n<p>10\/21\/2026 | 7 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Oct. 21 (Wed) \/ 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\/10\/San_Francisco_Dons.png\" alt=\"San Francisco\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0San Francisco&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/opponent-history\/san-francisco\/143\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    STOCKTON, Calif. \u2013\u00a0Despite a strong defensive effort from goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/alejandro-caracheo-luna\/6275\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6275\" target=\"_blank\">Alejandro Caracheo Luna<\/a>, the Pacific men&#8217;s soccer program saw its three-match unbeaten streak in West Coast Conference play come to an end Saturday evening, falling 3-0 to San Diego at Knoles Field.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers (3-8-3, 2-1-1 WCC) entered the contest riding momentum from back-to-back conference victories over Santa Clara and Saint Mary&#8217;s, but the Toreros (7-3-3, 2-1-2 WCC) capitalized on early scoring opportunities to hand Pacific its first conference setback of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Caracheo Luna highlighted Pacific&#8217;s defensive performance, recording eight saves, including six in the second half, to help withstand San Diego&#8217;s offensive pressure throughout the evening.<\/p>\n<p>San Diego, the WCC preseason favorite, opened the scoring in the 14th minute when Taj Eagleston found the back of the net off a corner kick, giving the visitors an early 1-0 advantage.<\/p>\n<p>The Toreros doubled their lead in the 25th minute when Steven Ramirez converted a penalty kick, sending Pacific into halftime facing a two-goal deficit.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the early setback, Pacific continued battling defensively, with Caracheo Luna providing several key stops to keep the Tigers within striking distance.<\/p>\n<p>Offensively, <a href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/xavier-cisneros\/6278\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6278\" target=\"_blank\">Xavier Cisneros<\/a> paced Pacific with two shot attempts, while <a href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/massimo-erfani\/4876\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4876\" target=\"_blank\">Massimo Erfani<\/a> registered the Tigers&#8217; lone shot on goal in the 55th minute, testing San Diego goalkeeper Lucca Adams.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers faced sustained pressure throughout the second half as San Diego finished with 24 total shots, including 11 on goal. Pacific registered three shots in the contest.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSan Diego added its final goal in the 88th minute when Iain Wagner scored from outside the penalty area to complete the 3-0 decision.<\/p>\n<p>Pacific remains in contention for a berth in the inaugural WCC Men&#8217;s Soccer Tournament, which will feature the top four teams at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Pacific returns to WCC action on Wednesday, Oct. 21, traveling to face San Francisco at 7 p.m. in its next conference contest.<\/p>\n<p>Stay Social<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFor all the latest on Pacific Men&#8217;s Soccer, be sure to follow the team on X (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PacificMSoccer\" rel=\"nofollow\">@PacificMSoccer<\/a>), Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pacificmsoccer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@pacificmsoccer<\/a>) and &#8220;like&#8221; the team&#8217;s official Facebook page (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PacificMensSoccer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific Men&#8217;s Soccer<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>#PacificProud<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at San Francisco 10\/21\/2026 | 7 PM &#13; Oct. 21 (Wed) \/ 7&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-500096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500096","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=500096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}