Box Score

CALIFORNIA, Pa. - Junior midfielder Shea Neal scored the game's only goal in the 50th minute, giving East Stroudsburg University a 1-0 win at California in PSAC women's soccer on Friday afternoon.

Neal scored 4:38 into the second half and sophomore goalkeeper Jules Harris was not called upon to make a save as the Warriors (6-2, 6-2 PSAC) held an 8-6 advantage in shots, including 6-0 in shots on goal.

Neal, an NSCAA All-America first team selection as a sophomore, scored her third goal of the season and the 16th of her career. She scored ESU's only goal in a 1-0 win for the third time in her career, also doing it vs. Slippery Rock in the penultimate game of the 2014 regular season and vs. Kutztown in the PSAC championship game last fall.

ESU posted its third straight win over California, beating the Vulcans 1-0 to seal their 2014 PSAC regular season title and 3-2 in the PSAC semifinals, with two goals in the final 10 minutes.

The Warriors improve to 4-4-1 vs. Cal under ninth-year head coach Rob Berkowitz, and 15-5-4 all-time.

Harris had her 12th career shutout and 10th solo shutout, tied for ESU's second-most since solo shutout records are available in 2003. She has a 0.67 goals against average in 23 career starts.

Meghan Jayes had five saves for Cal (4-4-2, 4-3-2).

ESU is at IUP for a 3 p.m. start on Saturday. The Warriors posted a 5-0 win vs. IUP in the PSAC quarterfinals last fall on their way to the third PSAC championship in program history.


Game Notes
* ESU improves to 6-0 this season and 41-1-3 since the start of the 2012 season when scoring the game's first goal.

* ESU improves to 26-3-1 overall since the start of the 2014 season, 21-3 in PSAC regular season games and 24-3 in all games vs. PSAC schools.