BILLINGS, Mont. – On a warm Saturday at Yellowjacket Stadium, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs closed out their first road trip of the season with a 3-0 shutout win over Montana State University Billings.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: UCCS 3, MSUB 0
Records: UCCS (2-1-1, 0-0-0 RMAC), MSUB (0-2-0, 0-0-0 GNAC)
Facility: MSUB Yellowjacket Soccer Field | Billings, Mont.
All-Time Series: The Mountain Lions improve to 10-2-2 all-time against the Yellowjackets.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- After 41 minutes of scoreless action to begin the game, graduate student Marvin Putu threaded a pass inside to Lars Walczyk who fired a right-footed strike past the MSUB goalkeeper to put UCCS ahead 1-0 in the 42nd minute.
- UCCS would strike once again in the 44th minute as freshman Miles Seminario found Abe Lopez on a long pass down the field to increase the Mountain Lion's cushion to 2-0 heading into halftime.
- Senior Kolby Raineri would put the game out of reach in the 86th minute, scoring an unassisted goal after making a move around a Yellowjacket defender to close out a 3-0 victory in favor of the Mountain Lions.
STATS FROM THE GAME:
- Three different Mountain Lions scored in the victory, with Walczyk recording his second goal of the season and Lopez and Raineri each tallying their first goals of the campaign.
- Seminario and Putu were each credited with one assist, the first of the season for both players.
- As a team, the Mountain Lions held the advantage in shots (20-11), shots on goal (9-5), and corner kicks (8-3).
- Raineri led the team with four shots and three shots on goal, while 12 other UCCS players also recorded at least one shot in the match.
- Seminario and Carlos Vargas each tallied a full 90 minutes on defense as the team kept MSU Billings off the scoreboard.
- Goalkeeper Declan Domyan tallied four saves across 90 minutes in frame to earn his third clean sheet of the season.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
- With the win, the Mountain Lions extend their unbeaten streak against MSU Billings to four games dating back to Oct. 17, 2004.
- Marvin Putu, who led the GNAC with seven assists in 2021 as a member of the Yellowjackets, recorded his first assist as a Mountain Lion while playing against his former team.
- With three shots on goal in today's win, Kolby Raineri moves into a tie for seventh all-time in the category with 53 in his career. The Ankeny, Iowa, native needs just five more SOG to tie Jeff Bettner for sixth all-time in program history.
- After today's performance, the Mountain Lions are averaging 18.25 shots per game and limiting their opponents to just 8.75 shots per game through the first four games of the season.
UP NEXT:
- The Mountain Lions will return home to Mountain Lion Stadium next week for a pair of home games as they prepare to take on Lubbock Christian University at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 7 before hosting St. Mary's University for an 11:30 a.m. kickoff on Friday, Sept. 9.
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 16 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.
