SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The Louisiana Christian University men's soccer program put its defeat in the rear view mirror and took care of business on Saturday, taking down the Saints by a final count of 2-1.
 
The Basics: 
 

• Score
  • (RV) Louisiana Christian – 2
  • Our Lady of the Lake – 1

 

• Records
  • (RV) Louisiana Christian (11-3-2, 8-2-1 Red River)
  • Our Lady of the Lake (4-11-1, 3-7-1 Red River)

 

• Location
  • San Antonio, Texas – Our Lady of the Lake Soccer Field

  

• Series History
  • Wildcats Lead 2-1-1 (62.5%)

 

• Winning Streak
  • Wildcats (W1) | Saints' Last Win: October 1, 2021 (5-2)

 
Wildcats Top Performers: 
 

• Pedro Sao Tiago broke free of his scoring spell, opening the match with a goal in the 12th minute, his first points over the past five contests, as he found his footing once again with a season-high four shots and two on-goal.
   
• Sergio Pita Martin provided the winning difference with his score at the 51:25 benchmark, rocketing a career-most six shots for the second straight outing, half of those on-target.
   
• Rodrigo Silva had one of his top showings as a Wildcat, tying his career-most of seven saves for an 87.5% success rate.

 

• Juan Sierra was a perfect 4-for-4 on his shot attempts, both career-bests, placing all of them on-goal but failed to find the back of the net.

 

• Shakeem Walters, Thiago Lopes and Manuel Sosa Villasenor each logged a shot-on-goal, Sosa Villasenor's being the first of his debut campaign.

 
Record Book Watch:
 
Career 
 

• Lucas Lima became the fifth current student-athlete to make an appearance on the all-time matches played list, tying Jason Rodriguez (2017-21), Nathan Gautreaux (2014-17), Trevor Carville (2003, 2005-07), and Andrew Magel (2005-07) at number ten with 58.

 
Team 
 

• The Cats rank fourth regarding total shots taken (268) and fifth for SOGs (126).

 
Season 
 

• Sao Tiago rose up to sixth on the single-season points list (22) as well as goals (9) in addition to eighth in terms of shots (46).

 

• Pita Martin tied Tiago for the team lead with his third go-ahead score of the year, fourth on the leaderboard.

 
Next:
  

• The final week of the regular season has arrived with the guys visiting North American in Sugar Land for a Halloween matinee at 3:30 p.m. at Dulles Stadium.

 

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