OLLU Men's Soccer Suffers 3-1 Loss to LSUS

SHREVEPORT, LA. (Sept. 22, 2022) – The Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) men's soccer team lost to LSU-Shreveport (LSUS) 3-1 on Thursday. The Saints are now 0-5-1 overall and open Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) play with an 0-1 record. The Pilots improve to 4-3-1 overall and 1-0 in conference.

Head Coach Arthur Salazar said, "Not much went right for us today against a strong LSUS team unfortunately. We need to try and regroup and find a way to get a win in order to establish some momentum."

History

The Saints were 4-3 against the Pilots in the series history.

Basics

The Saints were defeated by LSUS to start conference competition on Thursday afternoon. The Pilots opened the scoring in the 19th minute with a strike from Alex Golder. The Saints responded quickly at the 25-minute mark with a goal from Randy Dominguez. Niek De Jong gave the Pilots the advantage heading into halftime by scoring with under one minute remaining in the half. The Saints were outmatched in the first half as LSUS took 11 shots compared to OLLU's three.

Joseph Baker totaled 10 saves in the match, but the Saints were unable to climb back from the halftime deficit. De Jong scored again for the Pilots in the 51st minute to increase the lead to 3-1. The Pilots totaled 24 shots with 11 on goal. There were seven yellow cards shown throughout the match.

Scoring overview

19' – LSUS – Alex Golder (assisted by Alex Charles)

25' – OLLU – Randy Dominguez

44' – LSUS – Niek De Jong (assisted by Martin Rasmussen and Gledi Doda)

51' – LSUS – Niek De Jong (assisted by Muhamed Jammeh and Gledi Doda)

Inside the box score

Three different Saints players tallied one shot on goal. Three Pilots players marked two shots on goal each.

Overall, the Saints tallied five shots, with three on goal. LSUS recorded 24 shots with 11 shots on goal.

OLLU failed to take a corner kick while the Pilots had six.

What's next

The Saints face Texas A&M University-Texarkana on Sept. 24 at 3:30 p.m.