IRVINE, Calif. – The UC Irvine men’s soccer team (10-4, 3-2) defeated Cal Poly 2-1 Wednesday night in Big West Conference action at Anteater Stadium.

Jacob Hustedt took a free kick from the right side of the field and put it into the box where Patrick Sigler headed it inside the right post giving Cal Poly a 1-0 lead in the 26th minute. Sigler received a yellow card in the 48th minute after fouling junior Spencer Thompson (Ahwatukee, Ariz./Mountain Pointe HS) inside the box. Senior Irving Garcia (San Luis, Ariz./Yavapai College) took the ensuing penalty kick for the ‘Eaters and kicked it to the lower left corner where it was stopped by keeper Patrick McLain preserving the 1-0 lead. Senior Carlos Aguilar (Palmdale/Taft College) collected a ball played out by the Mustang defense at the top of the box and sent it back into the box where it deflected off a defender on it’s way into the net tying the match at 1-1 in the 59th minute. Aguilar sent a ball from the right side of the field just out of the reach of junior Amani Walker (San Diego/Francis Parker), but not out of the reach of senior Kevin Santora (Los Altos/Bellarmine College Prep) who beat the keeper to the ball and gave UCI a 2-1 lead in the 72nd minute.

Junior keeper Victor Chinchilla (Palmdale/Taft College) had three saves for the ‘Eaters. McLain had six saves for Cal Poly.

The ‘Eaters next travel to Davis Saturday to face UC Davis in Big West play at 1:00 p.m. at Aggie Field.