COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The No. 23 University of Colorado Colorado Springs men's soccer team played an intense 90-minute match against No. 2 Colorado State University Pueblo on Wednesday evening and ended the regular season with a 0-0 draw.
INSIDE THE MATCH-UP
Final: #23 UCCS 0, #2 CSUP 0
Records: #23 UCCS (10-2-6, 5-2-3 RMAC), #2 CSUP (13-0-3, 7-0-3 RMAC)
Facility: Mountain Lion Stadium | Colorado Springs, Colo.
All-Time Series: With tonight's draw the Mountain Lions all-time record against CSU Pueblo moves to 36-28-8.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The first half went by scoreless, with each team having chances on free kicks outside the respective penalty boxes, but all the shots taken on such chances curled harmlessly off target. CSU Pueblo put two shots on net, but they led to relatively easy saves for Hugo Sjöberg. UCCS managed to get one shot on target off the foot of Lucas Taitt, but that also led to a fairly easy save for the ThunderWolves goalkeeper.
- In the 67th minute Joao Lutz had a wide-open shot on net, but Sean Belzer slowed it down with a block before Sjöberg was able to dive into frame and collect the ball inches short of the goal line and keep the match scoreless.
- Lutz had another opportunity in the 86th minute to win the game after a costly UCCS turnover, but he sailed his shot high of the net. Seconds later UCCS turned the ball over again, this time in the box, but again the ThunderWolves missed the open net. The Mountain Lions quickly pushed the ball up field on the goal kick, and Eduardo Macias put a dangerous shot on goal that got blocked by the CSU Pueblo defense. The ThunderWolves had one last opportunity with a corner kick in the last 30 seconds, but the only shot they got hit the side of the net and the game ended in a 0-0 draw.
STATS FROM THE GAME
- Sjöberg turned away on all three shots that the ThunderWolves put on target en route to his sixth clean sheet of the season and 11th of his UCCS career.
- Jack Cook led the Mountain Lions in total shots with three, while Taitt put the lone shot on target for the team.
- CSU Pueblo led the match in shots (11-10), shots on target (3-1) and corners (8-3).
- Nick Cenek for CSU Pueblo was the lone player to put multiple shots on target with two.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- With his 11th career clean sheet, Sjöberg moves into sole possession of fifth all-time in program history.
- Dalton Uehling moved into a tie for ninth all-time in games played in program history with his 74th career game in a Mountain Lion uniform.
- With tonight's draw, UCCS broke the program record for draws in a single season with their six.
- The Mountain Lions have now played five games this season against opponents ranked inside the top 25 of the United Soccer Coaches National Rankings, going 3-0-2 in those matches.
UP NEXT
- The Mountain Lions will kick off the RMAC Men's Soccer Tournament on Sunday, Nov. 1 by hosting a quarterfinal matchup against Westminster University. The match is currently slated to start at 2:30 p.m. or at the conclusion of the UCCS Women's team's noon playoff match 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.
