Box Score

HAWKINS, Texas – The Louisiana Christian University men's soccer program had luck on its side at Jarvis Christian, watching the Bulldogs' score wiped off the board before turning a penalty kick goal into the margin of victory in a 1-0 squeaker.

The Basics: 

• Score
  • (RV) Louisiana Christian – 1
  • Jarvis Christian – 0

• Records
  • (RV) Louisiana Christian (6-1-2, 3-0-1 Red River)
  • Jarvis Christian (3-5-1, 2-2-1 Red River)

• Location
  • Hawkins, Texas – Wendon L. Blair Field

• Series History
  • Wildcats Lead 5-1-1 (78.6%)

• Winning Streak
  • Wildcats (W2) | Bulldogs' Last Win: September 14, 2019 (3-0)

Wildcats Top Performers: 

• Sergio Pita Martin, the team's career leader in goals (28) and game-winners (9) did it again to put a muzzle on the Bulldogs, turning a penalty into three points for Louisiana Christian.

• Rodrigo Silva, the all-time shutouts leader, is now a combined clean sheet away from a dozen as he faced a season-high 15 shots, making a trio of saves in the process to give him 11.5.

• Pedro Sao Tiago collected a season-best of four shots and his outing with multiple shots-on-goal (2).

• Lucas Lima and Adrian Amoros Navarro registered identical stat lines of three shots, two of which landed on-target.

• Shakeem Walters produced two shots as a reserve for the Cats and Joao Pedro Giraldez Franco logged one as part of the starting XI.

Record Book Watch:

Career

• Pita Martin's fourth PK score of his career made him the team's all-time penalty kick king, breaking free of a previously held tie between him, Fellipe Albuquerque (2012-13), Alvaro Tudanca (2021-22), and Raffi Ferreira (2011-13).

• Giraldez Franco stands alone as the second-longest tenured men's soccer student-athlete to ever grace the field at LCU, participating in his 71st contest as a Wildcat.

• Silva lowered his club record GAA down to 1.09 and raised his fourth-best save percentage up to 74.4%.

Team

• The win, their third consecutive, is the fifth-longest in history, same goes for their five-match unbeaten streak as well.

• Other milestones for the squad include the ninth-most corner kicks (52), second-highest number of PK goals (3), and sixth regarding shutouts (2).

Season

• Martin's second converted penalty of 2024 is second all-time for a year, just one behind Albuquerque for the top dog.

• Thursday's goalkeeper for the Orange and Blue tallied his first complete game shutout of the season, along with his combined clean sheet, giving him 1.5 in total, seventh-most.

Next:

• A road trip to Tyler, Texas transformed into a neutral site crosstown drive for the Cats as their match vs. Texas College will now take place on the campus of LSU Alexandria.

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