ST. LOUIS, MO. – The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's soccer team opened Great Lakes Valley Conference play on Friday night with a 2-0 victory over No. 21 ranked Southern Indiana.
The Tritons received goals from junior
Kenan Selimovic and senior
Pat Ries, while defensively, they recorded their first shutout of the season.
RECORDS: UMSL (1-1-1, 1-0 GLVC), #21 Southern Indiana (2-1, 0-1 GLVC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Selimovic got the Tritons on the board in the 16
th minute on just their second shot of the night. Junior
Mark Skrivan fed the ball to Selimovic outside the 18 and Selimovic spun around his defender, firing the ball from the right side into the far left corner.
- Ries added an insurance goal – his third score of the year – in the 86
th minute. Ries picked up the ball in the middle of the box before finding the back left corner of the goal. Senior
Nick Werner and junior
Dom Barczewski assisted on the play.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
- UMSL finished with 13 shots, including seven on goal, while Southern Indiana was limited to six shots.
- Senior
Jake Schmidt played all 90 minutes in goal, making two saves, including one early in the second half that nearly tied the game, but Schmidt was able to jump up and punch the ball out of play.
- Selimovich took a team-high three shots, while Ries placed both of his shots on goal.
QUOTING HEAD COACH DAN KING
"It's hard to win in the GLVC and Southern Indiana is a quality team, so I'm really happy with how the guys played and the outcome of tonight's game."
"We felt it was important to get on the board first tonight and for Keno to get that goal, that gives him a lot of confidence moving forward."
"We've been working on our defense and the backline, so it's good to see our practice come through in a game and they are only going to get better as we keep playing."
UP NEXT
UMSL continues GLVC play on Sunday with 2:30 p.m. contest at McKendree.
