St. Louis -- The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's soccer team survived a tough match against Rockhurst with a 1-0 win. The win improves the Tritons to 5-5-2, 4-4-2 GLVC while the Hawks are 4-5-4, 3-3-5 GLVC.
Connor Randel scored the game's only goal in the 67
th minute off a corner kick from
Benjamin Ocampo. As Ocampo whipped the ball into the box, Randel got his head on it, knocking it past the Rockhurst goalkeeper for his first goal at UMSL.
The Hakws continued to pressure the Tritons with
Will Winkler making back-to-back point-blank saves in the 74
th minute to keep the Tritons up a goal.
A minute later, Rockhurst rocketed two shots off the crossbar and down, but both times the ball bounced out to preserve the one-goal lead.
Winkler made seven saves in the game while Ocampo led UMSL with three shots, one on frame. The Tritons had 11 shots in the contest.
UMSL returns to action on Wednesday (Oct. 14) as it travels to McKendree to take on the Bearcats at 7:30 p.m. at Leemon Field.
