LA JOLLA, CALIF -- Senior Jess Hetherington enjoyed his San Diego homecoming by leading the NAIA's No. 12-ranked Azusa Pacific to a 5-1 victory over NCAA Division III power UC San Diego in La Jolla.
Hetherington tallied the game's first goal (his first of the season) less than 7 minutes into the game and then assisted on the Cougars' second scorer, a goal by junior All-American Carlos Ochoa to put the Cougars up 2-0 in the 38th minute.
Like Hetherington, freshman Ryan Fridborg tallied his goal of the season and assisted on Hetherington's. Likewise, Ochoa registered a goal and an assist. Senior Jason Roufs padded his school career goal-scoring record with 2 more scorers to give him 46 in his career. He now has 108 career points, 1 shy of Kojo Asamoah's school-record 109.
The victory is Azusa Pacific's fifth straight over the Tritons and evens the all-time series at 12-12-1.
Azusa Pacific is now 4-1-1 on the season while UCSD suffers its first loss and falls to 2-1-1.
Scoring by Halves
UC San Diego 0 1 -- 1
Azusa Pacific 3 2 -- 5
GOALS: Hetherington (AP), Ochoa (AP),
Fridborg (AP), Sanders (UCSD),
Roufs 2 (AP)
ASSISTS: Fridborg (AP), Hetherington (AP),
Evans (AP), Brandon (UCSD), Ochoa (AP)
SAVES: Gorman (AP) 3, Curtolo (UCSD) 2
SHOTS: APU 16, UCSD 11
FOULS: APU 19, UCSD 16
