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PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Christian University men's soccer program has finally gotten the monkey, or should we say Generals, off their backs after using a barrage of goals over the final 45 minutes to seal its first victory in seven tries courtesy of a 3-0 shutout.
The Basics:
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- Score
- (RV) Louisiana Christian – 3
- LSU Alexandria – 0
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- Records
- (RV) Louisiana Christian (2-2-1, 1-0-0 Red River)
- LSU Alexandria (1-4-0, 0-1-0 Red River)
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- Series History
- LSU Alexandria Leads 5-1-1 (21.4%)
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- Winning Streak
- Louisiana Christian (W1) | LSU Alexandria's Last Win: November 6, 2021 (3-0) – RRAC Quarterfinals
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Wildcats Top Performers:
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- Shakeem Walters had one of the most memorable moments of the match, putting the game on ice with the third and final goal of the evening before performing a backflip in celebration to the delight of the home crowd.
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- Sergio Pita Martin took little time putting the men from Pineville in front, slipping one between the posts less than five minutes into the second half.
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- Adrian Amoros Navarro scored in both facets, driving a goal past the diving mitt of the keeper in the 55th minute and setting up Pita Martin's ultimate game-winner just moments prior.
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- Natty Essomba may not have put one home, but he was just as critical as his goal producing teammates, serving up a pair of assists.
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- Rodrigo Silva's fortress has not been penetrated in his past 206 minutes as goalkeeper dating back to the match with Bethel (Tennessee), making three saves to keep a goose egg on the board and writing another clean sheet.
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Notes:
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- The Orange and Blue have now pitched back-to-back shutouts on the season as well as in the series history, hitting a stalemate in a 0-0 draw last year.
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Next:
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- For the first time in three weeks, Louisiana Christian will need to live out of their suitcases for a few days, traveling to USW on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. for its first road test of September.
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