Sept. 1, 2007

Lutes Get Lots of Shots But Not the Victory

Box Score

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Pacific Lutheran out-shot Southwestern (Texas) but couldn't finish enough of its chances in a 2-1 season-opening men's soccer loss. The match was played this morning at Trinity University.

Pacific Lutheran took 18 shots and forced Southwestern goalkeeper Ryan Tasin to make six saves. On the other side, a pair of Lute goalkeepers combined for four saves on 12 Southwestern shots.

Southwestern took the lead one minute before halftime when Kyle Strine beat junior goalkeeper Andrew Croft. At the 77:41 mark of the second half, Preston Hollis increased the Texas school's lead to 2-0 against freshman Daniel Mangum, who played the second half for PLU. Junior Derek Karamatic got the Lutes' lone goal at 85:57.

Pacific Lutheran returns to action tomorrow with a match against host Trinity, which is ranked No. 12 in the Division III men's Top 25 preseason poll.

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