Tulsa Falls at Missouri State

Friday, September 6

Springfield, Mo.

7 p.m.

Tulsa

1-3-0, 0-0-0

Missouri State

2-2-0, 0-0-0

Tulsa

Missouri St.

Photo by: Alina Lebedeva

Tulsa Falls at Missouri State

9/7/2024 12:12:00 AM | Men's Soccer

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A first half goal from the hosts was enough as the Missouri State Bears held off the Golden Hurricane 1-0 in a Friday night soccer match at Betty and Bobby Allison South Stadium.

Tulsa (1-3-0) had seven shots on the night, four coming from Will Applegate, but were unable to force a save out of the Missouri State (2-2-0) goalkeeper, Harry Townsend. The Bears' goal came off the foot of Jesus Barea, who scored his sixth goal of the season. He has put the ball in the net in every match, but did not continue his streak of two games with a brace.

Senior goalkeeper Alex Lopez was back in net for the Golden Hurricane. He made three saves in the contest.

How it Happened
Missouri State scored the game's only goal in the 30^th minute. The Bears were quicker to a loose ball in the middle of the pitch, getting it quickly to the near sideline to Dion Ruffo Luci. Luci played it forward down the line to James Jenning, who sprinted down the right wing before laying it across to Jesus Barea, who received the pass in strike around 25 yards away from goal to the right of the penalty arc. Barea took three quick touches, the third setting him on his right foot and creating the space to put a shot to the left of the diving Alex Lopez for a goal.

From there, the Missouri State defense stifled the Golden Hurricane, preventing any shots on target. Tulsa did have four shots, but none of them forced a save from the goalkeeper as the Bears held off the Hurricane 1-0.

Game Notes

TU drops to 1-3-0 on the season.
Tulsa falls to 30-14-4 all-time against the Bears.
This was Tulsa's first time to be held without a shot on goal this season.
Tulsa has given up the first goal in every game this year.
The Hurricane was held scoreless for the second time this year.
Alex Lopez, Nils Orywol, Wes Bottenburg, Alex Cunningham and Luke Adams all played the full 90 minutes for Tulsa.

Scoring Summary
Tulsa 0 0 - 0
Missouri St. 1 0 - 1

Individual Scoring
Jesus Barea (MSU) at 29:47 – Assist (James Jennings and Dion Ruffo Luci)

Goalkeeper Saves
Alex Lopez (Tulsa) – 3

-TulsaHurricane.com-