Tulsa Trio Net Goals in 3-0 Win Over SMU

Saturday, September 24

Dallas, Texas

7:00 pm

Tulsa

1-04-2-2; AAC

SMU

0-13-6-0; AAC

Tulsa

SMU

Tulsa Trio Net Goals in 3-0 Win Over SMU

9/24/2016 11:06:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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By: Stephanie Hall

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Three Tulsa men's soccer players each scored a goal to give the Golden Hurricane a 3-0 win over SMU on Saturday night at Westcott Field in Dallas, Texas. TU moved to 4-2-2 on the season and 1-0 in American Athletic Conference play, while the Mustangs fell to 3-6 overall and 0-1 in the league.

"I think the guys' preparation has been really good the last three days," Head Coach Tom McIntosh said. "We created some really good chances early on, including Ray's goal, which was really well taken. Then Rollie's goal came on good combination play and good build up. The third goal came as Kay made a good run. All three goals were really well taken. Defensively, I thought we were pretty organized throughout the night and the team was mentally locked in. The weather delay was not what anyone wanted so it was important to come back out and continue with the same approach, which was to win each moment and continue to get better. SMU's goalkeeper made some big saves, including a penalty kick and a break-away opportunity, but I was pleased with tonight's performance."

Ray Saari put TU on the board with just 3:53 ticked off the clock as he picked up a pass from Vincent Pedace and made a left-footed shot. Rollie Rocha made it 2-0 as he drilled in pass from Jacob Gooden in the 27^th minute, and then Kay Duit added another score for the Golden Hurricane in the 38^th minute as he went one-on-one with the keeper and drilled in a shot from 12 yards out off a pass from Alejandro Chavez.

At halftime there was inclement weather in the Dallas area, forcing an approximate two-hour lightening delay.

In the second frame, neither team found the back of the net as TU picked up the 3-0 victory.

Tulsa had a 19-8 lead in shots, including an 8-3 advantage in shots on goal, and took all five corner kicks.

Matthew Puig had a team-best four shots, while Chavez, Duit, Munashe Raranje and Lesley Nchanji all had two attempts. Jake McGuire logged all 90 minutes between the posts and picked up three saves and a shutout.

Tulsa will return to action on Tuesday, September 27 against Missouri State. Game time is set for 7:00 pm at the Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium.

Scoring Summary
Tulsa 3 0 - 3
SMU 0 0 - 0

Individual Scoring
Ray Saari (Tulsa) at 3:53 (Vincent Pedace)
Rollie Rocha (Tulsa) at 26:54 (Jacob Gooden)
Kay Duit (Tulsa) at 37:21 (Alejandro Chavez)

Goalkeeper Saves
Jake McGuire (Tulsa) – 3
Nick Ruiz (SMU) – 5