POMONA – Cal Poly Pomona hosted its first home match against the Concordia Golden Eagles on Thursday. Although the Broncos were first on the scoreboard, the Golden Eagles scored the last two goals to win the game, 2-1.
 
In the first half, Cal Poly Pomona's offensive pressure caught the Golden Eagles off guard when midfielder Jessica Llamas scored a goal off a steal from the CUI goalkeeper on the 19th minute. Concordia went on to score its first goal to tie the game in the 22nd minute when CUI's Daniela Filipovic hit a goal off the crossbar. Going into halftime, the game was tied 1-1.
 
Concordia scored the go-ahead goal in the 66th minute when Sophia Munoz connected with Riley Washington, who then spun around a CPP defender and fired a right-to-left shot into the side netting for the 2-1 lead. Cal Poly Pomona attempted four shots in the second half, but could not connect. The Broncos start the 2022 season 0-1-0.
 
Goalkeeper Audrey Brown collected two saves on the game. Forward Allyssa Larkin tallied four shots with two shots on goal. Jessica Llamas went for two shots, one of which found nylon.
 
Cal Poly Pomona's next match is Saturday at 6:00 pm, a non-conference tilt against CCAA opponent Cal State LA. Catch the action live on ccaanetwork.com.

Bronco Bits: Cal Poly Pomona seventh-year head coach Jay Mason moved to 43-34-15 in his coaching career ... The Broncos are now 27-9-3 all-time in the season-opener ... CPP falls to 4-3-1 all-time against Concordia, and 3-2-0 against the Golden Eagles in Pomona.