HOUSTON – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) men's soccer team scored in the 65^th, 69^th and 76^th minutes to beat Houston Baptist University (HBU) 3-1 on Thursday at Sorrels Field.
 
After being held to just three shots in the first half, UTRGV's (6-6-3, 3-4-2 WAC) offense awakened in the second half, with four shots and a corner kick in the first five minutes. UTRGV only had one shot over the next 12 minutes, but in the 63^rd minute, UTRGV started taking shot after shot, and on the 11^th shot of the half, sophomore Ilias Kosmidis found the back of the net after grabbing a loose ball in the box following a header by sophomore Guillermo Martinez.
 
Just over four minutes later, sophomore Arthur Rogers took a shot that was blocked. Sophomore Jaakko Hietikko grabbed the rebound and fired a one-timer into the net from 18 yards out.
 
Six and a half minutes after that, Kosmidis sent a cross into the box that sophomore Angel Lopez deflected into the goal to complete the scoring.
 
Kosmidis now has six goals, tied for the 10^th highest single-season total in NCAA Division I program history, and three assists for 15 points, tied for the ninth highest single-season total in NCAA DI program history.
 
UTRGV ended up outshooting HBU (5-9-0, 2-7-0 WAC) 21-11, including 7-3 on goal, after being outshot 6-3, including 2-0 on goal in the first half.
 
HBU scored its lone goal 2:45 into the match when Marc Anthone converted a penalty kick.
 
Sophomore Esa Aalto (2-1-2) finished with one save.
 
Harrison Veith (4-5-0) made three saves for HBU.
 
UTRGV closes out the regular season on Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. at Incarnate Word.

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