Tulsa Men’s Soccer Team Captures 1-0 Overtime Win Over #19 SMU

Sunday, September 24

Hurricane Stadium

4:00 pm

Tulsa

3-3-1, 1-0AAC

SMU

6-2, 0-1AAC

OT 1

SMU

Tulsa

Tulsa Men’s Soccer Team Captures 1-0 Overtime Win Over #19 SMU

9/24/2017 6:50:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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Gustavo Vargas headed in a goal at the 93:47 mark to give the Tulsa men's soccer team a 1-0 win over #19 SMU on Sunday afternoon at the Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium. TU moved to 3-3-1 on the season and 1-0 in American Athletic Conference play, while the Mustangs fell to 6-2 overall and 0-1 in the league.

"Obviously it was the first game in conference play and we wanted to get off to a good start here at home and we did that," Head Coach Tom McIntosh said. "SMU is a very good team, very experienced, and dangerous on corners and set pieces, but we did a good job of taking that away from them. We maintained our composure and put together a pretty disciplined performance so I'm pretty happy with the guys."

After 90 minutes without a goal, Tulsa and SMU began the first overtime period and were nearly four minutes in when Miguel Velasquez took a corner kick off the near side, sent the ball to the far post and Vargas headed it in.

"It was a tremendous ball by Miguel," McIntosh said. "He put it in with pace and in the right area, and Gustavo hammered it. I am really happy for both of those guys."

Tulsa had a 10-9 lead in shots, while SMU had a 4-3 advantage in shots on goal, and TU had a 6-2 lead in corner kicks.

Alex Harris had a team-best three shots, while Rollie Rocha added two attempts, and five others had one shot. Marcel Da Silva logged all 93:47 in goal and picked up three saves.

Tulsa will return to action on Friday, Sept. 29 against UConn. Game time is set for 6:00 pm in Storrs, Conn.

Scoring Summary
Tulsa 0 0 1 - 1
SMU 0 0 0 - 0

Individual Scoring
Gustavo Vargas (Tulsa) at 93:47 (Miguel Velasquez)

Goalkeeper Saves
Marcel Da Silva (Tulsa) – 3
Tulsa Team – 1
Michael Nelson (SMU) – 2