Box Score Turlock, Calif. — Junior Aboubacar Cisse muscled his way onto the score sheet with a pair of helpers, while senior Cole Porter and graduate students Dominic Galletti and Brian Sanchez added scores to help lift Dominican over Stanislaus by a score of 3-2.
 
Senior Christopher Barrios got the offense rolling in the 12^th minute when he forced the Warriors' keeper to make his first save of the game, followed by a header that narrowly sailed wide of the frame a minute later. Barrios' offense kick started three corner kicks over the span of 40 seconds, but Dominican was not unable to capitalize. The Penguins' next big opportunity came in the 21^st minute when Porter sent a shot past the outstretched arms of the Warriors keeper, but the left post played hero as the Dominican shooters began to overpower the Stanislaus defenders.
 
The Penguins' first breakthrough came in the 24^th minute when Cisse intercepted an errant pass near the top of the box after a Warriors' defender sent a pass through the middle of his third, gifting Cisse with a clean opportunity. Cisse quickly juked a defender and found Porter wide-open in the left half off the box before Porter finished the play with a strike into the upper right-90 of the goal. The goal marked Porter's first tally since the shortened 2020 season as he's battled back from a season-ending injury that forced him to miss the 2021 campaign.
 
Stanislaus had a pair of quick answers as it found the back of the net twice in a 4-minute span, the second of which came from the penalty dot after the Warriors were awarded a penalty kick in the 29^th minute. The 2-1 Warriors advantage held firm for the ensuing 16 minutes as the home team walked into halftime with a one-goal lead.
 
Dominican brought the game back even in the 52^nd minute when Cisse muscled a defender at midfield, nearly losing his balance as he shook the opponent off while partially on the ground before winning the ball and marching forward. Cisse eventually dished the ball off to Galletti near the top-right of the box before Galletti sent the ball sailing into the upper half of the frame, drawing the game even.
 
Sanchez tested the Warriors' keeper in the 65^th minute when he sent a missile towards the upper right-90 of the goal, but the ball was kept out with the touch of a fingertip as the Stanislaus goalie found himself horizontally 4-feet above the ground while making the miraculous outstretched stop.
 
Dominican earned the final advantage in the 85^th minute when Porter sprinted down the left side of the pitch before juking towards the center of the box. Porter lost his defender during the sprint but would ultimately be brought down by a second defender inside of the box before getting his shot off. The play earned a penalty kick, and Sanchez made no mistake has he calmly tallied the game winning goal, bringing the final score to read 3-2.

Dominican was the heavy favorite in most offensive categories, earning a 21-5 total shot advantage while finding the net frame more times than the Warriors. Dominican earned an overwhleming 12 corners as opposed to the Warriors 1 while Sanchez led the way with four shots as Barrios, Cisse, Porter and senior Elias Muro all sent three shots apiece towards the keeper. 
 
Dominican now looks ahead to Thursday when it plays host to Cal State East Bay.