RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men's soccer team fell to the No. 20 Seattle U Redhawks 1-0 on Thursday at the UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex.
The Redhawks (8-2-3, 3-0-1 WAC) came out firing offensively as Vaqueros (4-8-0, 1-4-0 WAC) graduate student goalkeeper and Brownsville-native
Garret Wild (1-2-0) was forced to make a save 33 seconds into the match.
The Redhawks scored in the 34
th minute on a
James Morris header that scraped by the outstretched hands of Wild. Sophomore
Kgodiso Sukati attempted the Vaqueros' only shot of the half in the 35
th minute, but it was stopped by Redhawks goalkeeper
Charlie Lanphier (6-1-2). The Redhawks outshot the Vaqueros 12 to 1 with Wild making six saves in the half.
The Vaqueros started the second half aggressively as they outshot the Redhawks 7 to 4. The Vaqueros did a good job creating opportunities in the second half, but Lanphier came up with three saves to hold the lead.
In the 89
th minute, the Vaqueros created an opportunity to tie the match with a shot inside the box that just missed to the left of the goal post.
The Redhawks outshot the Vaqueros 16 to 8 and 9 to 4 on goal.
Wild finished the match with eight saves.
The Vaqueros will be back in action next Thursday when they head to Colorado to visit Air Force at 5 p.m. on
WAC International.
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