Mavericks Overcome by No. 11 Saint Mary's on the Road

Monday, September 2

Moraga, Calif.

2 p.m. CT

Omaha

0-1-0, 0-0-0

Saint Mary's

1-0-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Omaha	0	0	0
Saint Mary's (CA)	1	3	4

Photo by: Mark Kuhlmann

Mavericks Overcome by No. 11 Saint Mary's on the Road

Sep 2, 2019 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

MORAGA, Calif. – The Omaha men's soccer team wrapped up its season-opening weekend with a 4-0 setback at No. 11 Saint Mary's on Monday afternoon at Saint Mary's Stadium in Moraga, Calif.

Omaha falls to 0-2 while the Gaels improve to 2-0 on the season.

Goals
SMC: 23' – Sebastian Schacht (Assisted by Jakub Svehlik)
SMC: 61' – Jakub Svehlik (Assisted by Anders Engebretsen)
SMC: 66' – Valentin Sponer (Unassisted)
SMC: 81' – Phillipe Van Der Lof (Unassisted by Lucas Andrews and Younes Dayekh)

How It Happened

Sebastian Schacht's shot was initially stopped by Omaha's Ugo Tritz, but was bobbled by the Maverick goalkeeper and fell into the goal in the 23^rd minute.
Seth Rinderknecht almost tied the match in the 56^th minute, flicking a header towards net that was stuffed by the diving SMC keeper.
The Gaels doubled their lead in the 61^st minute before adding a third goal five minutes later on a throw in deflected off an Omaha defender.
Saint Mary's scored its final goal in the 81^st minute to clinch the 4-0 victory.

Inside the Box Score

Saint Mary's recorded advantages in shots (20-6) and corner kicks (11-6) over the Mavericks.
Rinderknecht led the Omaha attack with three shots on goal while Billy Hoffmann, Andreas Hermansson and Vlad Jokic posted one shot on target each.
Tritz tallied a pair of saves while Jeremy Pollard played the final 11 minutes in goal for Omaha.
The Gaels were given two yellow cards while the Omaha bench was handed a yellow card in the 88^th minute.