RICHARDSON, Texas - The UT Dallas men's soccer team enjoyed its biggest win of the season, defeating Sul Ross State 5-0 at the UTD Soccer Field Saturday afternoon.
Before the match, the Comets (8-2-5, 2-1-4 Lone Star Conference) honored six seniors -
Patrick Banich,
Josh Zemanski,
Julio De Los Reyes,
Evan Pustejovsky,
Avery Brazzell and
Tabor Robinson.
With the win over the Lobos (0-13, 0-7 LSC), the Comets are in a three-way tie for fourth place in the conference standings with three games to play. The top six make the LSC Championship Tournament.
UTD opened the scoring the 18th minute when Pustejovsky found the net on a
Seb Martinez assist. They went up 2-0 in the 38th minute with an
Aaron Pondeca goal which was fed by
Osi Iyamah.
After the break,
Jose Diaz converted a penalty kick in the 50th minute.
Tyler Leonard scored again in the 62nd minute after an assist from
Callum Thompson and Iyamah scored on a pass from
Itzak Sandoval.
UTD outshot SRSU 30-3 overall and 17-0 on goal. The Comets led in corner kicks, 10-1, and committed more fouls, 9-8.
UT Dallas Notes
- The Comets improve to 8-0-2 all-time against the Lobos.
- Iyamah posted his fifth goal of the year and second assist. He is tied for the team lead with 12 points.
- Pustejovsky and Diaz each scored their second goals of the season.
- Pondeca and Leonard's scores were their first as Comets.
- It was the third assist of the year for Thompson and second for both Martinez and Sandoval.
- 31 different players got on the pitch for UTD.
Sul Ross State Notes
- Fernando Hernandez allowed all five goals, but came up with nine saves.
- Matthew Martinez added one save.
- The Lobos also recorded a pair of team saves.
- David Ceniceros took two shots.
- Ethan McCullough recorded one shot.
Up Next
UT Dallas will be back at home on Wednesday at 7 p.m. against St. Edward's for International Student Night.
