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September 7, 2008 Lacey, WA – Saint Martin’s took the early lead but couldn’t hold on losing to Cal State Chico 3-1 in non-conference action Sunday afternoon at the Regional Athletic Complex. The Saints scored first in the game as Ruben Orozco converted the penalty kick at the 12:49 mark to take the early 1-0 lead. But the Wildcats would knot the game exactly four minutes later as CSUC’s Zac Crim picked up his first goal of the day on an assist from Ryan Struckmeyer. Crim would notch his second goal in the 29th minute as the Wildcats pulled SMU keeper Zac Lubin out of the goal allowing Crim to send one off the left post. Kevin Gibson earned the assist. The Wildcats capped off their scoring five minutes into the second half as Crim passed it to Kyle Crain who sent it into the back of the net. Saint Martin’s outshot the Wildcats 10-6 but SMU was unable to come up with any goals. “Our growth has to be measured in what we need to do within our own attacking area when there are goal scoring opportunities like we had in the first 15 minutes. We had some very good scoring chances and just didn’t understand how to convert them,” said head coach Rob Walker. “In the second half we went up a player and weren’t able to really use that trump card. We did everything we could to try to push players forward and didn’t get anything out of it. We are definitely improved over a year ago but definitely not where I want us to be.” The Saints have a break before playing Humboldt State next Friday at the RAC.
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