Hear from seniors Bernard Alvarenga, Luan Balestieri, Carlos Cabrera, Jose Delgado and Miguel Sanchez.
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The men’s soccer team celebrated Seniors’ Day with a 5-0 victory over Jarvis Christian College (JCC). The Saints improve to 3-1 overall and 2-0 in Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) play. The Bulldogs fall to 0-2 overall and 0-1 in the RRAC.
The Saints honored Bernard Cutini Alvarenga (SR/Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil), Luan Balestieri (SR/Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), Carlos Cabrera (SR/Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico), Jose Delgado (SR/San Antonio, Texas) and Miguel Sanchez (SR/San Antonio, Texas) during Seniors’ Day.
History
The Saints have yet to lose to Jarvis with a 6-0 all-time series advantage.
Basics
The Saints opened the scoring at the 17th-minute mark from Norberto Lira (JR/Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico). Javier Pena (SO/San Antonio, Texas) scored 12 minutes later off a header with an assist by Mitchell Medrano (SR/Baytown, Texas). The Saints totaled 17 shots and seven corner kicks in the first half.
OLLU added to the 2-0 advantage with a goal from Carlos Beltran (JR/San Antonio, Texas) in the 56th minute. Senior Balestieri scored in the 71st minute and Miguel Barrera (SO/San Antonio, Texas) tacked on a goal in the 85th minute. The Saints won convincingly 5-0 and goalkeeper Joseph Baker (SO/Llantwit Major, Wales, U.K.) made three saves in 75 minutes played to earn the win. Keelin Garrity (JR/Hartford, Conn.) took over in net for the final 15 minutes and tallied one save.
Scoring overview
17′ – OLLU – Norberto Lira
29′ – OLLU – Javier Pena– Assist from Mitchell Medrano
56′ – OLLU – Carlos Beltran
71′ – OLLU – Luan Balestieri
85′ – OLLU – Miguel Barrera
Inside the box score
Leading the way for the Saints’ offense was Lira and Cabrera with four shots each. Cesar Hernandez and Espoir Mugisha led the Bulldogs with three shots apiece.
Overall, the Saints tallied 17 shots, with 10 on goal. Jarvis recorded 10 shots, four being on goal.
JCC’s Alan Chairez was shown a yellow card at the 71st minute.
JCC’s Mugisha was shown a yellow card at the 83rd minute.
What’s next
The Saints welcome the University of the Southwest for a RRAC match on March 13 at 1:30 p.m.