LOS ANGELES — Maryssa McDuffy's first career goal kept the Warriors season alive as Stanislaus State defeated Cal State L.A., 1-0, in a first round match of the CCAA Women's Soccer Championships Tuesday night.

Stanislaus, which picked up the sixth and final berth of the tournament on the final day of regular season on Saturday, has advanced to the semifinal round. The sixth seeded Warriors will face No. 2 Chico State on Friday at 11 a.m. at Cal Poly Pomona's Kellogg Field.

"We played absolutely amazing soccer tonight. It's one thing to win. It's another to play beautiful soccer and win," head coach Gabriel Bolton said. "We always talk about dominating the ball. I thought we did that tonight especially in the second half."

Stanislaus (11-5-3) and Cal State L.A. were meeting in the CCAA tournament for the third time, each winning once before. Tuesday night, the Warriors completely shut-down the Golden Eagles in the second half and scored late for the win, avenging the 1-0 set-back against L.A. at Warrior Stadium last Thursday.

McDuffy's goal came at 87:40 on an assist from Amanda Woodhouse. Woodhouse had ripped a shot into the box with McDuffy getting the rebound for the goal. McDuffy, a defender, had 11 assists in her career but never scored. The junior's first goal was especially sweet as it extended the Warriors season.

"Maryssa absolutely took over the game in the second half. She has such a will to win. It was great to see her finish the ball that Mandy ripped into the box," Bolton commented.

The shutout is the team's ninth of the season and goalkeeper Chelsea Lewandowski's eighth solo shutout. Adding that to a shared shutout, Lewandowski has tied Breanna Vaughan's career mark of 27-and-a-half shutouts.

The Warriors only gave up two shots (off frame) to Cal State L.A., both in the first half. Stan State out-shot the Golden Eagles 7-0 in the second half.

"We were very organized defensively all match. Nichole and Chelsea have really stepped up their leadership," added Bolton.

Stanislaus State improved to 5-3 in CCAA tournament games. It was the Warriors' second straight win over Cal State L.A. during the conference postseason event.

Chico State will be the Warriors' opponent on Friday while top seed Sonoma State faces the winner of Cal Poly Pomona-UC San Diego Tuesday night match. The Warriors and the Wildcats faced each other on Oct. 4 in Chico with Chico State edging a 2-1 win in overtime.

"We packed for the entire week. We didn't check out of the hotel before the match. This is exactly where we expected to be and we are very excited," Bolton said.