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PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Christian University men's soccer program relied on the building blocks of its foundation of success that Coach Castillo has built in their collective final home match as a group with the seniors accounting for all 12 points in a 5-0 demolition of their visitors from Austin, Texas.
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The Basics:Â
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- Score
- #25 Louisiana Christian – 5
- Huston-Tillotson – 0
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- Records
- #25 Louisiana Christian (9-2-2, 6-1-1 Red River)
- Huston-Tillotson (3-4-2, 2-4-1 Red River)
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- Winning Streak
- Wildcats (W4) | Rams' Last Win: September 23, 2021 (2-1)
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Wildcats Top Performers:Â
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- Adrian Amoros Navarro put on one more dazzling show for the fans, piling up a career-high nine shots and six shots-on-goal while registering two goals and two assists for a total of six points.
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- Shakeem Walters saved one of his best performances for last as well, tying his career-best of four points off of two goals, his second multi-score outing of his time on "The Hill", and logged a season-most four shots too.
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- Sergio Pita Martin, the school's all-time penalty kick king, put another one home on Thursday to give him a half-dozen (twice as many as the next closest) and has now produced a goal in four of the team's previous five contests. He also registered an assist on Navarro's second score.
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- Rodrigo Silva had a complete game shutout as the netminder, catching the one potential goal that came his way.
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- Noah Brown got live game action for the first time of the season, notching a shot in his 11 minutes.
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Record Book Watch:
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CareerÂ
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- In his 48th career contest, Pita Martin finally cracked the final career leaderboard he had yet to appear on (outside of matches played), breaking onto the assists ladder at number six with his seventh.
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- Walters netted the game-winning goal, sliding him into a second-place deadlock with Alvaro Tudanca (2021-22), both boasting six on their resume.
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- Amoros Navarro would have tied for the career matches played title if not for Joao Pedro Giraldez Franco and Walters beating him to the punch, tying Maxime Demers (2005-08) for his new spot of third on the totem pole with his 72nd game.
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Season (Team)Â
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- The Orange and Blue have recorded the most PK goals (5), third-most shutouts (5), fourth-most assists (24), fifth-most points (90) and goals (33), eighth-most shots (213) plus the ninth-most SOGs (98) in a season.
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Season (Individual)Â
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- Navarro snatched the assists lead from Pedro Sao Tiago and entered his name onto the single-campaign list for the third time in the process, giving him five assists to rank sixth.
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- The senior leapt to fourth from the depths of the unranked in terms of shots-on-goal, notching 24 on the year.
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- Rodrigo Silva pushed Randy Richard (2012) down a peg on the shutouts ladder, collecting his fourth complete gamer on top of a combined blank sheet to move into the top-three.
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Game (Team)Â
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- A bunch of offensive leaderboards for a match were rearranged after their tussle with the Rams including the fifth-most goals (5), fifth-widest margin of victory (5-0), sixth-best shot total (27), and seventh-best point tally (13).
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Game (Individual)Â
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- Navarro's night was one for the ages with his six points ranking third while the nine shots and six on-target both slot second.
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Next:
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- Houston-Victoria will be the opponent in Alexandria on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. for one more tilt in CenLA before embarking on a season-ending four-match road venture through San Antonio, Stafford, and Metairie.
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