COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The University of Colorado Colorado Springs men's soccer took on No. 3 Colorado State University Pueblo in Sunday's competition losing in a tight one 1-0.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
- Final: #25 UCCS 0, #3 CSUP 1
- Records: UCCS (4-2-2, 0-0 RMAC) | CSUP (6-1-1, 0-0 RMAC)
- Location: Mountain Lion Stadium | Colorado Springs, Colo.
- All-Time Series: This was the 67th matchup between the Mountain Lions and ThunderWolves as CSUP has won four matches in a row. UCCS still holds the series advantage at 35-25-6.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Sunday afternoon's match started in CSUP's favor as in the 7th minute ThunderWolves forward Gabriel Campora sent a rocket to the top left of the goal from about 25 yards out putting them up 1-0.
- Pueblo's defense was locked in containing the Mountain Lion's attack any time they had possession as UCCS only got two shots up in the first half going into the break down one.
- The second half started with a similar story as the ThunderWolves defense contained the Mountain Lions attack. Any time UCCS got something going, a swarm of CSU Pueblo defenders would come and take back possession.
- UCCS had one of their best chances to tie it late in the match as in the 88th minute Dani Barajas got a good look at the goal, but Pueblo defenders were there to collect a team save. The Mountain Lions got two more shots up in the 89th minute but couldn't get them to go resulting in a 1-0 loss.
GAME STATISTICS
- The ThunderWolves outshot the Mountain Lions 15-9 while also having more corner kicks (5-3).
- Barajas led UCCS in shots with four. Lars Walczyk, Alex Andersson, Jacob Fitzgerald, Marvin Putu, and Kaydon Zamora-Reeves all each had a shot attempt as well.
- UCCS had five saves this afternoon with CSUP having two.
- Both teams collected six combined yellow cards with the Mountain Lions having four and the ThunderWolves having two.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- UCCS' match against CSU Pueblo marks the second game this season they have played against a top-5 ranked team, with the first coming in a 1-1 draw against then #3 ranked St. Mary's University on Sept. 9th.
UP NEXT
- The Mountain Lions will look to bounce back next Thursday, Sept. 28th as they open their RMAC schedule versus Colorado School of Mines for a match beginning at 7 p.m. at Mountain Lion Stadium.
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 14 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.
