Saints Men's Soccer Falls To Houston-Victoria

VICTORIA, TEXAS (Oct. 20, 2022) – The Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) men's soccer team fell to the University of Houston-Victoria (UHV) 5-0 this afternoon. The Saints move to 2-9-3 overall and 2-5-2 in the Red River Athletic Conference, while the Jaguars are now 8-2-4 overall and 5-0-3 in conference.

Head Coach Arthur Salazar commented, "I feel like we had a solid first 60 minutes despite giving up an early goal. The guys were disciplined on defense and really made it difficult  for a strong attacking team to break us down, which led to a few opportunities in transition. Hopefully, we come way from today with a better understanding of what it's going to take to compete with top teams in the conference."

History

The Saints are 8-8-2 against UHV. The Saints won last year's game 1-0.

Basics

The Jaguars scored in the fifth minute. Jose Martinez found the net on an assist from James Clark. UHV continued to have opportunities with three subsequent shots before OLLU could make their first one. It was a header from Cristian Govea Mireles, which went wide. Both teams had chances through the end of the first half that ended with the Jaguars leading 1-0.

The score remained 1-0 through the 68th minute when UHV's Sydney Tume scored on an assist from Callum Smith. UHV scored eight minutes later on an unassisted goal from Shukri Farias. Three minutes later, UHV's Martinez scored again on an assist from Smith to put them ahead 4-0. Their final goal came at the 82nd minute when Nathan Bautista found the net on a pass from Martinez.

Inside the box

Cade Ryan led the Saints with three shots, one on goal. Gabriel Rojas led the Jaguars with five shots, four on goal.

Overall, the Saints totaled eight shots, three on goal. UHV had 28 shots, 20 on goal.

OLLU recorded two corner kicks, while UHV had five.

OLLU's Thomas Sauceda and Cristen Govea Mireles were shown yellow cards. UHV's Kyi Nicholson and Mathew Albury had yellows, as well.

Carlos Hernandez played the entire game and had 15 saves for the Saints. UHV's Tyler Kappeli had three saves for his team.

What's next

The Saints will return for their final home game of the season on Oct. 22 when they will face Huston-Tillotson University at 3:30 p.m.