On the day when USD celebrated their seniors, it was Santa Clara’s seniors who celebrated. Veteran Bronco forward Oladayo Thomas scored a pair of goals and fellow senior Juan O’Neill added a third to earn the visitors a 3-0 victory and fourth place in the West Coast Conference in Sunday’s season finale. The loss dropped the Toreros to fifth, and was USD’s worst result in WCC play.
The Toreros’ captain, senior midfielder Ross Meldrum, summed up the game.
“I think we started well, we started probably the better team,” Meldrum said. “Their first goal was probably against the run of play but that set us back a little bit, and then giving away another goal so early in the second half, that was tough.