MSOC | No. 6 Gaels Blanks Dons In WCC Rivalry - University of San Francisco Athletics

Saturday, October 13

Moraga, Calif.

3 P.M.

University of San Francisco

3-8-1, 1-1WCC

Saint Mary's

13-0-0, 2-0WCC

Team	1	2	Final F
San Francisco	0	0	0
Saint Mary's (CA)	1	7	8

Photo by: Christina Leung

MSOC | No. 6 Gaels Blanks Dons In WCC Rivalry

10/13/2018 5:44:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

MORAGA, Calif. — The University of San Francisco men's soccer team was shutout, 8-0, by the 6th-ranked Saint Mary's College on Saturday afternoon at the Saint Mary's Stadium.

Both teams started out strong, keeping each other to zero shots on goal attempts up until the 28th minute when Saint Marys (13-0, 2-0 WCC) found their way past San Francisco's (3-8-1, 1-2-0 WCC) defensive presence. SMC's Stephen Dougherty took the ball down the right side finding Jake Rudel in the center for the tap in to lead the Dons, 1-0. USF's Bar Twito, Sean Bowman, Ashish Chattha and Sam Higgins all recorded a shot attempt apiece in the first half.

The Gaels started and ended the second half by adding seven more goals. At the 47th minute the Gaels mimicked its first goal of the match to the second as SMC's Anders Engebresten brought the ball up the left side of the field and crossed it to the center of the box to Joseph Restani for the tap in to lead 2-0. It did not stop there. The Gaels continued to dominate offensively after back-to-back goals were scored from Rudel and Restani that came in under a minute, starting at the 54th mark. Rudel dribbled the ball up to Ruben Stuiver and popped it over his head from six-yards out. Restani got past the Dons and launched the ball from 18-yards and found the right corner of the net to lead, 4-0. Rudel recorded his 12th goal of the season as Restani notched his fourth.

Saint Marys final four goals of the match were scored from Lucus Andrews (2), Engebresten (1) and Phillipe Van Der Lof (1). Saint Marys outshot the Dons 28 to six.

UP NEXT: PACIFIC
San Francisco will continue it WCC road trip to Stockton to take on Pacific on Friday at 7 p.m.