SAN MARCOS, Calif. - A dominant second half sent Cal Poly Pomona past Cal State San Marcos, 2-0, in California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) women's soccer action Sunday at The Cage.

With a second successive 2-0 victory to complete a much-needed, perfect week, the Broncos improve to 6-4-2 overall and an even 2-2-2 in the CCAA. The Cougars drop to 5-3-2 overall and 1-3-2 in league play. The teams had started the day jointly in eighth place in the conference standings, with the CCAA slate now just past the halfway mark for all 12 squads. The home side had allowed only four goals over its nine matches and was ranked No. 10 in the nation with a .420 team goals-against average coming in.

Both CPP scores came within 15 minutes after the halftime break, with an 8-0 second-half shot advantage until the final five minutes.

The afternoon's first foul led to the first shot in the eighth minute, with CSUSM's Sierra Moore sending a direct free kick from outside of 25 yards into the arms of senior Bronco goalkeeper Sydney Williams.

Cal Poly Pomona's first attempt came in the 17th minute, through a header wide to the right by Allyssa Larkin off a left-sided cross from fellow senior Jessica Llamas, back home in her native San Diego.

The visitors nearly had a goal in the 31st as Elise Garcia ran onto a right-sided cross around the edge of the penalty area on the left, but the Cougar defender closed well and cleared the danger. With just over a minute left in the first half, Melanie Harradine's right-footed shot from 18 yards on the right diagonal, was scooped up by the goalkeeper.

Only 4:43 after the second-half whistle, Cal Poly Pomona had its goal. Phoebe Amaro played it out to Garcia on the left flank, with the latter Bronco cutting in on her right foot and providing a cross. Posted around the penalty spot, Emma Barrow struck a left-footed volley that looped over Allison Marcure and into the upper left corner. For the graduate transfer out of the University of San Diego, it was her fourth goal on the season, and first since tallying once in each of the first three contests. Garcia was awarded her fourth assist and second in as many games.

CPP continued its stellar start to the second half. In the 60th, Larkin expertly got a close-range, first-timed, left-footed shot off at the near post from a right-sided Amaro cross, and Marcure was barely able to slap it out over the end line for the game's very first corner kick.

Llamas sent that right-sided corner kick into the scrum in the middle, and it was cleared by a Cougar defender, but straight to Bridget Carbonneau. The junior center back dialed up a right-footed blast from 18 yards on the right edge of the penalty area, which took a significant deflection from a CSUSM player and went into the upper left side of the net. Carbonneau's first college goal, at 59:48, went down as unassisted.

In the 63rd minute, Llamas' hopeful cross from outside of 25 yards actually clanged off the crossbar, with a rebound effort by senior striker Taylor Scott coming off the left post.

Over the final five minutes, Ally Tomasetti went wide to the left for the hosts, and twin sister Megan Tomasetti had a long-distance try go barely over the bar. As they kept pressing to get back in the game, Devyn Kelley cracked a free kick late that also sailed high of the target, and Ally Tomasetti's weak left-footer was handled with ease by Williams.

Williams was credited with four saves for her sixth shutout of 2021 and fourth on the trot. Her shutout streak has thus now moved to 400:00. Marcure had four stops of her own for Cal State San Marcos. The redshirt freshman was 14th in Division II with a .420 goals-against average at the start of the day, and tied for 11th with six clean sheets.

CPP out-shot CSUSM, 11-7, after an even (3-3) opening period.

Cal Poly Pomona continues this season-long three-match road swing next week, beginning with a trip to Northern California for a showdown with Cal State Monterey Bay (6-3-3, 3-2-1 CCAA) on Friday, Oct. 22. Kickoff at the Otter Sports Complex in Seaside is set for 4:30 p.m. The host Otters upset No. 13 Sonoma State, 2-1, in overtime on Sunday.

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Bronco Bits: Cal Poly Pomona is 41-31-14 (.558) overall and 23-18-13 (.546) in CCAA play under sixth-year head coach and 2019 CCAA Coach of the Year Jay Mason ... CPP trotted out the same starting 11 for the fourth time this season and second straight match, and has still used seven different lineups in 2021 ... Alyssa Carthan and Taylor Scott each began their 33rd consecutive games, with Scott now at 35 appearances in a row, and the duo still among seven Broncos who have started all 12 games this season ... Emma Barrow's last goal prior to today capped a 3-0 home win over Concordia Irvine on Sept. 17 ... Barrow now leads the squad with two game-winning strikes ... Sydney Williams has 20 career shutouts, third all-time at CPP and four behind predecessor Ricki Ives (2014-17) in second ... Today's clean sheet was Williams' third in as many matchups with CSUSM, as she has blanked the Cougars for 290 total minutes ... With their first road win of 2021, the Broncos are 1-3 outside of Pomona ... The only other time that CSUSM allowed more than a single goal in a game this season was in another 2-0 home defeat to 13th-ranked CCAA leader Sonoma State on Oct. 8 ... The Broncos are an unbeaten 3-0-2 against the Cougars with Mason at the helm, including a perfect 3-0 in San Marcos ... CPP holds a 4-2-3 edge in the all-time series (4-2 on the road) ... CPP was picked second in the CCAA preseason coaches' poll, with CSUSM favored for a share of eighth.