Men’s Soccer Falls at Seattle U

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men’s soccer team fell 3-1 to the Seattle University Redhawks on Thursday at Championship Field.

The Vaqueros (4-7-4, 2-3-3 WAC) and Redhawks (9-4-3, 6-1-1 WAC) battled through a constant rain from the very first kick. It was Seattle U who came out and took control of the match early on as Mo Mohamed scored in 2^nd minute giving them the 1-0 lead.

The Redhawks added another goal in the 15^th minute as Andre Philibbosian scored to make it 2-0.

The Vaqueros defense settled down the rest of the first half as sophomore Fernando Carreon made four saves in the half.

Seattle U added another goal quickly in the second half as Richy Lapointe-Guevara scored in 47^th minute to make it 3-0 Redhawks.

The Vaqueros had some fight in them as senior Jason Robles scored his third goal of the season in the 21^st minute but the Redhawks kept them at bay the rest of the way.

Carreon finished the night with six saves.

The Redhawks outshot the Vaqueros 22 to 7 and 9 to 2 on goal.

The Vaqueros will close out the regular season on Sunday when they visit the San Jose State Spartans at 3 p.m.