RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men's soccer team poured on the goals in a 5-0 victory Wednesday over the Texas A&M-San Antonio (TAMSA) Jaguars at the UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex.
UTRGV (2-0-0) needed just 71:39 to capture the win. Sophomore forward
Keaviano Francis scored two goals and had one assist, and junior forward
Kgodiso Sukati tabbed one goal and one assist. Sophomore goalkeeper
Fernando Carreon made five saves on eight shots faced to keep TAMSA (0-1-0) off the board. Sophomore forward
Jaime Carrillo had two asssits.
The Vaqueros wasted no time taking control of the match, scoring three goals in a span of six minutes. Francis scored the first goal of the match on an assist from Carrillo in the second minute of the contest. Four minutes later, Francis assisted Sukati's goal to double the lead. Two and a half minutes later, junior midfielder
Cade Erickson scored his first NCAA Div. I goal and Carrillo tabbed his second assist of the match to put UTRGV up 3-0.
Shots were pretty even during the first half, with UTRGV outshooting the Jaguars 8-5. TAMSA put two shots on goal, but Carreon was up to the task and made both stops.
Francis started the second half just like the first, scoring a goal in the 48
th minute. He took charge when the Jaguars were leisurely moving the ball deep in UTRGV's offensive third. Francis sprinted into the box, took the ball off the TAMSA goalkeeper's foot, dribbled around the keeper and drilled the goal.
Rain started falling hard at the UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex, but it didn't stop the red-hot Vaqueros one bit. Junior forward
Sota Matsuo scored his first NCAA Div. I goal in the 60
th minute, launching a fast and low shot from the top of the box off a tap-assist from Sukati. Shortly after the goal made it 5-0 in favor of UTRGV, the Jaguars were issued two yellow cards, bringing their match total to four.
The Vaqueros kept the downpour coming with a bevy of shots after Matsuo's goal, but Jaguars goalkeeper
Wilmar Aguilar made a trio of saves to keep the score at 5-0.
The match needed to hit 70 minutes to be considered an official contest, so with rain still falling at 71:39, the teams shook hands on the pitch and ended the match. The Vaqueros outshot the Jaguars 18-8.
UTRGV's next match is Saturday at 6:30 p.m. against Incarnate Word at the UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex. Attendance is free but fans will need a digital pass to gain entrance. Fans can sign up for the UTRGV Soccer Pass at
GoUTRGV.com/SoccerPass. A clear bag policy is in place at the facility.
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