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The SFU men’s and women’s soccer teams both saw their seasons end in the first round of their respective NCAA Div. II national tournaments.
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The Red Leaf women were making their first trip to nationals, and the No. 6 seeds in the West Region were outscored 2-0 in penalty kicks after playing No. 3 California State Los Angeles to 0-0 deadlock through regulation and overtime in Seattle Thursday.
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SFU outshot CSULA 21-13.
“I feel for our players today,” interim head coach Carlo Basso told reporters following the match. “We fought really hard and controlled the play for large periods of the match, but unfortunately didn’t do enough to break the tie. It always feels worse losing in penalties, but we have to be really proud of what we have accomplished this year.”
SFU finishes the season 8-5-6 (5-5-4 GNAC) as a GNAC champion for the first time in program history. Basso took the helm of the SFU team in August, moving up from assistant coach to replace Annie Hamel, who parted ways with the team.
The SFU men were making their sixth trip to nationals and the No. 7 seeds in Super Region 4 lost 3-1 to No. 10 Point Loma Nazarene in Los Angeles Thursday.
Point Loma Nazarene scored in the 76th and then in the 86th minutes to put the game away.
The Red Leafs finish the 2023 campaign with an 11-5-2 overall record (8-2-1 GNAC) and as conference champions for the first time since 2018.
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