SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The Louisiana Christian University men's soccer program took part in a penalty kick shootout for the first time in its 27th season during the RRAC Quarterfinals and it resulted in quite possibly the most entertaining 0-0 tie in team history, winning by a count of 7-6 in PKs leading to a raucous celebration as the Wildcats survive the Jaguars and move onto the RRAC Semifinals in hopes of a repeat.
 
The Basics: 
 

• Score
  • #5 Louisiana Christian – 0
  • #4 Texas A&M-San Antonio – 0

 

• Records
  • #5 Louisiana Christian (12-4-3, 9-3-1 Red River)
  • #4 Texas A&M-San Antonio (9-4-3, 9-3-1 Red River)

 

• Location
  • San Antonio, Texas – Texas A&M-San Antonio Soccer Field

  

• Series History
  • Wildcats Lead 3-1-2 (66.7%)

 

• Winning Streak
  • T1 | Wildcats' Last Win: November 4, 2023 (RRAC Quarterfinals, 4-1) | Jaguars' Last Win: October 24, 2024 (2-1)

 
Wildcats Top Performers: 
 

• Rodrigo Silva was the star for Head Coach David Castillo, saving five over the 110 minutes of combined time between regulation and the two ten-minute overtime periods, then stonewalling three of the nine shot attempts in the shootout to give the Cats just enough of an edge to win.

 

• During the penalty kick portion of the match, Sergio Pita Martin, Adrian Amoros Navarro, Lucas Lima, Shakeem Walters, Tarik Abdala, and Thiago Lopes put their shots past TAMUSA goalie Marco Matranga in that order before Gabriel Zuniga gifted the Orange and Blue a dub on his try.

 

• Amoros Navarro was the only student-athlete to get multiple looks at the net during the normal style of gameplay, placing two shots-on-goal.

 

• Juan Sierra, Walters, as well as Lopes rocketed on-target boots plus Pedro Sao Tiago got one away, but his was not accurate.

 
Record Book Watch:
 
Career 
 

• Silva landed himself on the top-ten leaderboard for career saves, knocking both Eric Post (2007, 2009-11) and Jayson Stewart down a peg to tenth on the totem pole as he has now snatched up 121 saves.

 
Team 
 

• The club's 293 shots moved them ahead of 2023's total for the second-highest all-time and their pair of corner kicks broke the tie for the crown with the fall of 2021 team as they have 104.

 
Season 
 

• Navarro tied with Oscar Giron (2007) for fourth place on the shots list at 48 on top of third in terms of SOG (29) and Sao Tiago is in a stalemate regarding sixth on that same leaderboard of 46.

 
Next:
  

• The Wildcats' "boogeyman", the #19 and top-seeded LSU Shreveport Pilots, are the only thing standing in their way for back-to-back Championship appearances, going down on the turf of Judy Kelley Morgan Field at 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

 

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