Oregon women’s soccer (6-10-2, 2-7-1) will be returning to Eugene after posting a winless weekend in the Bay Area.
Oregon headed to No. 4 Stanford (16-1-2, 8-1-1) last Thursday and put up a solid performance to drive the game into overtime. The Ducks were able to contain an aggressive Cardinal attack that outshot the Ducks 23-4 in the first 90 minutes. The Cardinal’s Lo’eau LaBonta scored in the 95th minute to give the Cardinal the game-winning goal.
Sunday’s match at Goldman Field against California (13-4-2, 5-3-2) produced a different storyline with the same finish. Oregon’s Caitlyn Wong scored in the 6^th minute to give the Ducks an early lead.
The Golden Bears’ Arielle Ship countered in the 15th minute and tied up the score at 1-1.
Cal chalked up another goal in the 27th minute off of Thelma Einarsdottir to gain the lead that they would never give up. The match wrapped up at 2-1, California. .
Oregon will conclude their season Friday, Nov. 7 at 3 p.m. at home against Oregon State. The match will also be senior day at Papé Field and the Ducks will honor nine seniors from the 2014 squad.