Oregon soccer (7-8-1, 1-7-0 Pac-12) concluded its second of two tough road games in Los Angeles with a 5-0 loss to the No. 2 USC Trojans (14-1-1, 7-1 Pac-12) on Sunday.
The loss is the seventh in-a-row for the Ducks, and the last of five straight games versus 2017 NCAA tournament teams.
It is also the final match of six against opponents ranked in the top-25—the most the Ducks have played in a single season since 2011.
Freshman forward Penelope Hocking led USC’s offense with three goals, completing the first hat trick of her career.
Hocking’s first goal came off a low arching pass from sophomore forward Tara McKeown. The pass led her to the top of the box where she scored off her left foot past Oregon senior goalie Halla Hinriksdottir.
After 20 minutes of play, a short pass from USC senior forward Leah Pruitt placed Hocking in the center of the box, where she sent the ball with her left foot to the bottom right-hand corner of the goal.
Just two minutes later, Savannah Demelo zipped a shot off a ricocheted pass to the left side of the net to earn her sixth goal of the season, concluding the scoring for the Trojans before halftime.
The final two goals of the match came in the 61st and 82nd minutes. The first goal was from Hocking, and the final goal came off a low bouncing shot to the bottom-right corner from redshirt sophomore forward Samantha Bruder.
The goal by Bruder was just past the outstretched hands of a diving Oregon junior goalie Katelyn Carter, who came in for Hinriksdottir in the second half for the most extensive playing time she has seen this season.
At the end of the game, the Ducks had one shot on goal to USC’s thirteen.
The Ducks will return home for the final three matches of the season, beginning with Arizona State on Thursday.
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Oregon soccer blown out by USC 5-0 in final road game of season
Bryce Dole
October 20, 2018
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