CARSON, Calif. (Aug. 31) -- Suffering the first defeat of its inaugural season, the Seattle Pacific University women's soccer team allowed five goals in the first 57 minutes and was beaten 5-2 by Cal State Dominguez Hills in a nonconference match Friday afternoon at Toro Field.

The Falcons (1-1-1), who were coming off their first win Tuesday at Vanguard, were down 5-0 before Melissa Ellingson (Fr., Shoreline, Wa./Shorewood) and Erin Roberts (Jr., Issaquah, Wa./Issaquah) scored in the second half.

Tara Wood (Fr., Bellevue, Wa./Newport) assisted on both goals but later fell to the ground unconscious after being struck in the head by the ball. The game was halted for more than 20 minutes. She regained consciousness and was later taken to a hospital by aid car suffering from a concussion.

Diane Garza and Tanya Wilson each scored twice for Cal State Dominguez Hills, which remained unbeaten (4-0-0). Garza also had two assists.

The Toros finished with a 22-5 advantage in shots and 7-1 in corner kicks.

SPU keeper Jennifer Hull ((Fr., Eugene, Or./Sheldon) made 12 saves.

Seattle Pacific opens Great Northwest Athletic Conference play Wednesday at Northwest Nazarene in Nampa, Id.

Scoring
1, CSDH, Garza (Williams) 21:29;
2, CSDH, Wilson (Walsh) 31:17;
3, CSDH, Garza (Davis) 35:29;
4, CSDH, Donnelly (Garza) 50:13;
5, CSDH, Wilson (Garza) 57:58;
6, SPU, Ellingson (Wood) 68:24;
7, SPU, Roberts (Wood) 73:03.

Shots--SPU 5, CSDH 22.

Saves--SPU (Hull) 12, CSDH (Williams 2/Garcia 0) 2.

Corner kicks--SPU 1, CSDH 7.

Fouls--SPU 7, CSDH 11.

Offside--SPU 0, CSDH 3.