Golden Hurricane Come Up Short at Denver

Friday, September 4

Denver, Colo.

8:00 p.m.

University of Tulsa

2-2-1, 0-0-0

Denver

1-3-1, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Tulsa	0	0	0
Denver	1	2	3

Golden Hurricane Come Up Short at Denver

9/4/2026 10:24:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

DENVER — In the first road match of the season, Tulsa fell to Denver 3-0 Friday evening. The Golden Hurricane finished with eight shots, including two on goal, while the Pioneers totaled 18 shots and eight on frame.

Denver put Tulsa behind in the third minute when Hudson Tate scored at 2:39 off assists from Kieran Hanna and Bryce Willoughby for a 1-0 lead. Tulsa created its first sustained look midway through the half, with Luc Achermann-Stanfield taking a shot at 20:16 and sending another attempt out top right at 20:45. DU pressed from 22:30 through 32:20 with seven shots and four corner kicks, but Carlito Saylon made saves on Bryce Willoughby attempts at 26:09 and 32:15. Saylon made four saves in total during the match. The Golden Hurricane generated the later push, including a Christian Mezas shot saved by Alex Hohl at 33:11, a Joses Chukwu attempt at 42:19 and a corner kick at 44:21, but Denver carried the 1-0 lead into halftime.

Tulsa fired off the first two shots of the second half, with Arnau Pedrola Fortuny trying at 45:46 and Jared Aguilar forcing Alex Hohl to save a bottom-right effort at 49:09. The Pioneers followed with shots from Kyle McGowan, Luke Schultz and Ethan Orchard, with Saylon saving Orchard's attempt at 54:55, and added corner kicks at 55:30 and 59:17 while the score remained 1-0. Denver added to the margin at 60:04 when Erik Collins scored off Anthony Masino's assist to make it 2-0, and Bryce Willoughby scored from Ethan Orchard at 61:19 for a 3-0 lead. The final stretch included Tulsa yellow cards to Omar Flores and Achermann-Stanfield, multiple DU offside calls and a David Biggers shot off the top woodwork at 83:00, and Denver finished the second half with the 3-0 win.

Tulsa is 2-2-1 overall. Denver is 1-3-1 overall.

Up next, Tulsa soccer team hosts Temple on Friday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m. at Hurricane Soccer Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma.